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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Gion Linder, Head of access service and Robin Ribback, Innovation Manager.

Gion Linder and Robin Ribback are respectively Head of access service and Innovation Manager at Swiss Text and have been working in providing access services across Europe for many years. On FRED during ARSAD 2017, they talk about their experience in accessibility through the years and how things have been changing and improving so far. The aim of Arsad for Gion Linder is to improve their work by increasing quality and decreasing cost for access services. As for the status of accessibility, Robin Ribback answers that we will never be where we would like to be but there are always more technologic driven projects each time Arsad takes place. Conferences like Arsad are important to exchange and consolidate these ideas and new projects.

Since its beginning in 2007, the international seminar on audio description ARSAD has been a meeting point for all key agents interested in both research and practice in audio description. Its sixth edition, to be held in Barcelona on March 16th (all day) and 17th (morning) 2017, aims to take stock of recent advances while looking at the future of the field. ARSAD 2017 would like to engage practitioners, researchers, trainers, trainees, regulators, broadcasters, users, social activists, cultural managers, and anyone interested in audio description in a fruitful discussion on the past, present and future of audio description.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Anna Jankowska and Agnieszka Szarkowska, from the Jagiellonian University, Krakow – University of Warsaw.

Anna Jankowska and Agnieszka Szarkowska met during an ARSAD conference years ago and now they’re back for the 6th edition to present the OpenArt project, a research project aimed at creating both accessible technology and accessible content through designing an application for smartphones and tablets developed within the framework of Universal Design (UD) to suit the needs of both the visually and hearing impaired as well as sighted and hearing people. On FRED they talk about the genesis of OpenArt and discuss on how and why they became involved in accessibility projects and in particular in the field of audiodescription.

Since its beginning in 2007, the international seminar on audio description ARSAD has been a meeting point for all key agents interested in both research and practice in audio description. Its sixth edition, to be held in Barcelona on March 16th (all day) and 17th (morning) 2017, aims to take stock of recent advances while looking at the future of the field. ARSAD 2017 would like to engage practitioners, researchers, trainers, trainees, regulators, broadcasters, users, social activists, cultural managers, and anyone interested in audio description in a fruitful discussion on the past, present and future of audio description.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Matt Kaplowitz, president of Bridge Multimedia.

Bridge Multimedia is one of the Gold Sponsors of this year’s edition of ARSAD – The Advanced Reseach Seminar on Audiodescription. Matt Kaplovitz, President of the company talks about Bridge Multimedia which is is a New York City-based content services company dedicated to supporting all facets of universally accessible media for entertainment, educational, commercial, and government applications. Arsad 2017 has been analyzing the status of accessibility in Europe so with the 2 days conference ni mind, Kaplovitz analyzes and comments on the status of accessibility in the US compared to the European latest achievements.

Since its beginning in 2007, the international seminar on audio description ARSAD has been a meeting point for all key agents interested in both research and practice in audio description. Its sixth edition, to be held in Barcelona on March 16th (all day) and 17th (morning) 2017, aims to take stock of recent advances while looking at the future of the field. ARSAD 2017 would like to engage practitioners, researchers, trainers, trainees, regulators, broadcasters, users, social activists, cultural managers, and anyone interested in audio description in a fruitful discussion on the past, present and future of audio description.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Joel Snyder, President of the Audio Description Association.

Joel Snyder is an institution when it comes to accessibility in the USA. He can be considered as The Voice of Audiodescription in America. at the Arsad Joel Snyder has presented its research on the history of audio descritpion, from prehistoric times to present. With the Obama administration, a lot of attention and funds have been granted to accessibility activities and many big events, including Obama’s election and entrance at the White House have been audiodescribed by Joel Snyder himself and his team. Snyder comments on the new Trump era and its affecting rules and regulations on accessibility in the US.

In this fast-paced review of the history of audio description, Dr. Joel Snyder will guide attendees from prehistoric times to the present, chronicling how description has been employed regularly if not professionally by companions and family of people who are blind or have low vision. Audio description can no longer be considered in its infancy — perhaps it is in its adolescence, with new techniques on the horizon, broadening access to new media for increased numbers of people who are blind or have low vision.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Emmanuelle Bercot, director and screenwriter of the films 150 Milligrams and Standing Tall.

Famed for her prowess on both sides of the camera, Emmanuelle Bercot won the Best Actress Award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival for her moving performance in Mon roi. Bercot’s directorial work is showcased at this year’s French Film Festival by 150 Milligrams and Standing Tall.

150 Milligrams follows a courageous woman who embarks upon a hazardous path as she attempts to expose the dangers of a profitable new medication, whilst Standing Tall stars the legendary Catherine Deneuve as a juvenile judge who tries to rehabilitate a volatile young delinquent.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Paul Verhoeven, director of the film Elle.

After winning 2 Golden Globes and participating to the Festival de Cannes, Elle is finally in Italian cinemas and Paul Verhoeven was in Rome to introduce it to the italian audience. On FRED he describes his adaptation of the book Oh…by Philippe Dejan and how he got inspiration from his wife to shape the protagonist’s character and strength. Michèle (Isabelle Huppert) is a woman who refuses to be a victum and to be trated like one so Verhoeven comments on whether women are born with the necessary strength to fight these violences or instead, it’s an attitude they choose to acquire in life. Elle is a film about a woman who doesn’t follow any rules. She always tells the truth and it is on truth and cruel reality that Verhoeven sets the whole film, without judging the protagonist’s choices.

Elle: Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a leading video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle’s life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game—a game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Iris C. Permuy, founder Traducarte.

As Arsad is approaching, Iris C.Permuy joins FRED to talk about her work in accessibility. With a BA in Translation, a postgraduate degree on International Culture Management and an MA in Screen Translation, Iris C. Permuy is currently pursuing a PhD in Translation and Intercultural Studies, focusing on media accessibility for the hard of hearing and the visually impaired. In 2014 She also founded her own Translation, Culture and Accessibility Services company called TraducArte, focused on artistic production and events. With Gonzalo Iturregui-Gallardo, she will present at ARSAD a model proposal for audio introductions of opera productions with the title “A standard for opera AD”. THe aim is to allow both the blind and the sighted audiences to be prepared for the performance about to be enjoyed.

Since its beginning in 2007, the international seminar on audio description ARSAD has been a meeting point for all key agents interested in both research and practice in audio description. Its sixth edition, to be held in Barcelona on March 16th (all day) and 17th (morning) 2017, aims to take stock of recent advances while looking at the future of the field. ARSAD 2017 would like to engage practitioners, researchers, trainers, trainees, regulators, broadcasters, users, social activists, cultural managers, and anyone interested in audio description in a fruitful discussion on the past, present and future of audio description.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Gian Maria Greco, Accessibility Expert and Researcher at UAB/TransMedia Catalonia

Gian Maria Greco, accessibility expert expert and researcher at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, will attend the upcoming ARSAD, The Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description, to chair the introductive panel “Audio Describing Art” and will contribute to the conference with an explorative research On The audio description of comic books. Gian Maria Greco is also involved , with Anna Matamala and Pilar Orero, in MAP – the Media Accessibility Platform, a unified atlas charting the worldwide landscape of research, policies, training and practices in this field.

Since its beginning in 2007, the international seminar on audio description ARSAD has been a meeting point for all key agents interested in both research and practice in audio description. Its sixth edition, to be held in Barcelona on March 16th (all day) and 17th (morning) 2017, aims to take stock of recent advances while looking at the future of the field. ARSAD 2017 would like to engage practitioners, researchers, trainers, trainees, regulators, broadcasters, users, social activists, cultural managers, and anyone interested in audio description in a fruitful discussion on the past, present and future of audio description.

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PODCAST | Samantha Sartori interviews David Ruf, director of the film Land of Light.

We met David Rug in New York and we talked about Land of Light his documentary based on theater workshops with Syrian refugee children living in the Turkish-Syrian border town Reyhanli. The film tells the story of five children that flee, when their village is destroyed. Acted completely by Syrian children who themselves fled to Turkey, this film is a parable on how war affects children, crossing the borders between documentary and fiction. It was premiered and won two awards at the FILEMON International Childrens Film Festival in Brussels, Belgium (Best Feature Film by Childrens Jury and Best Feature Film by Teenager Jury) Its German premiere was at Max Ophüls Festival (out of competition) The next screening is on the 2nd of March on the Fantasporto Film Festival in Porto, Portugal (Official Selection – Out of Competition) After that next festival is the Goldener Spatz Festival in Erfurt – 11th to 17th of June 2017

Land of Light: Raisa’s every day life is war. But somewhere, the eleven years old girl believes, there is the Land of Light – a place where all wishes and dreams are fullfilled. When Raisa’s father disappears and her grandmother is killed, she leaves her village together with her small brother and sets forth to find this place. Every child that she meets, Raisa takes on the journey and tells him about the Land of Light, where all people are equal, no matter what group or religion they belong to. In this peaceful land children can play without worries and their parents take care for them. While the other children start to believe Raisa’s prophecy and follow her on the dangerous journey, the colorful group grows tightly together. But soon the war overhauls them. Distrusts divides the group and feeds the fear, that the Land of Light might not exist and that their journey could fail…

Official website here.

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