STOP PRESS: Rear Window Captioning at the Sydney Film Festival

Monday, 01 June 2009 11:04

1 June 2009 

The 56th Sydney Film Festival in partnership with Accessible Arts will trial the Rear Window Captioning (RWC) system at two of its film sessions at the State Theatre, 49 Market Street, Sydney.

RWC uses a reflective plastic panel mounted on a flexible stalk that sits adjacent to the viewer’s seat. An LED display is mounted on a rear wall that displays caption characters in mirror image. Viewers move the panels into position, below the movie screen, so they can read the reflected captions and watch the movie.

The following two screenings will have RWC:

Prime Mover, Monday 8 June at 4:00 pm. A little bit of truck-love burns a lot of rubber in this diesel-charged Australian romance about a dab-hand at the repair shop who has a crush on the roadhouse girl from across the highway and hankers after a chromed-up prime mover of his own. Starring William McInnes and Ben Mendelsohn. 

Cheri, Friday, 12 June at 9:15 pm. A romantic adaptation of the novel by French scribe/bonne viveuse Colette is an immensely entertaining portrait of love bought, found and lost among the rarefied courtesan circle of the Belle Époque. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kathy Bates.

To book RWC seats please call the festival office on 9690 5390 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please note, seats are limited and subject to availability.