Capricorn Film Festival
Highlights
- Experience captivating films at the Capricorn Film Festival, showcasing exceptional cinema from local and international filmmakers.
- Engage in masterclasses and panel discussions, enhancing your creative skills with insights from industry professionals.
- Savour the vibrant atmosphere in Yeppoon, the gateway to stunning coastal views and the Southern Great Barrier Reef.
- Enjoy family-friendly activities and local cuisine at pop-up bars and cafes, ensuring a memorable festival experience.
Based in Yeppoon, the gateway to the Capricorn Coast and the wonders of the Southern Great Barrier Reef and Keppel Bay Islands, the annual Capricorn Film Festival is Central Queensland’s premier film arts festival destination event spanning five days and showcasing the best in arts and cinema to enthusiasts from the region and filmmakers worldwide.
Festival activities include a wide array of creative arts experiences including masterclasses, visual arts, performances, and hero location activities, panel discussions and selected documentary, features and short films in competition.
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Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Website meets <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/" target="_blank">WCAG 2.0</a> accessibility standards
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A doorbell or intercom at an accessible height and display a contact number (accessible height is 900mm-1100 mm)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
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