Accessibility
Guided by the motto "Cinema for all", we seek to break down existing barriers and make the festival more accessible. To invite as wide an audience as possible, we offer the below accommodations at this year's edition.
If you have questions or want to communicate individual needs, please contact us at:
e-mail: inklusion@nordische-filmtage.de
phone: 0451 122-1322
Oct 24 – Nov 08 2026
Mon – Fri, 10:00 am – 06:00 p.m.
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Audio description
Selected films are available with German audio description. To access audio description we give out headsets. Additionally, for some films the app Greta & Starks offers audio description. Please download an log in before attending the screening. More information to follow soon.
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German SDH
We screen selected films with German SDH. These subtitles are specifically written with deaf and hard of hearing people in mind, but can be useful to hearing visitors as well.
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Live Translation (German)
Films directed at those under the age of 14 in our section "Young Audience" screen with either live translation into German or German dubbing. In CineStar Stadthalle, screening rooms 1 and 2, you can listen to the original version by using a headset.
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Audio induction loop
At KOLK17, people with newer hearing aids or cochlear implants can connect to the audio induction loop, or T coil, in order to listen to the film's soundtrack. You can find further information on KOLK17's webpage.
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Sensory friendly screenings
Look for the below symbol in our programme to find sensory friendly screenings. At these screenings, entry starts earlier, the lights don't get turned off (only dimmed), and sound volume is reduced. You can talk, move around, and leave the screening room at your liking.
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Content notes
We inform you about senstive subjects in our porgramme—in our catalogue right below each film's synopsis and online with this overview.
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Accompanying Persons
You can bring an accompanying person if you're in a wheelchair and/or have the letter B in your German disability card (or your international equivalent). Please get in touch early on to reserve a seat and get a free ticket for your accompanying person.
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Service animals
You can bring your service animal to the cinema. If you wish to do so, we ask you to please get in touch with us early on.
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Catalogue and festival journal
Our festival catalogue (side-by-side in German and English) is available as an accessible, screen-reader friendly pdf. It can also be ordered as print-on-demand. The festival journal (only in German) with daily timetables is available on print by the time ticketing starts. The journal is also available in pdf format. Find our programme and download our catalogue or journal here.
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Nordic Film Days VOD
You can enjoy about half the festival's programme from home via our video on demand service. Included are subtitles and, for films directed at those under the age of 14, a recording of the live German translation. For licensing reasons, we can only offer this service within Germany.
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Individual adjustments (website)
Make use of the tool EyeAble to individually adjust font size, visual contrast, and screen reader options on our website. You can find the tool on the right side of your screen.
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Step 1
Choose your preferred screening
Look for the screenings you wish to attend in our programme. The icons tell you which services we offer at each screening.
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Step 2
Get in contact
Tell us about your preferred screenings, your individual needs and how many seats you wish to book. You can send us an e-mail using inklusion@nordische-filmtage.de or you can call us at +49 (0) 451 122 1322.
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Step 3
Get your booking confirmation
We'll reserve your seat, get you a free ticket for your accompanying person and make sure you can bring your service animal. You'll recieve your booking confimation via e-mail.
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At the cinema
Persons with the code GdB 80 in their German disability card (or international equivalents) receive a discount of 50 percent. Please have your disability card with you when entering the venue.
Festival locations
The below table tells you about the accessibility of our festival locations (as of Oct 14, 2026). Detailed information is available here (only in German).
Key:
✔ available
~ with restrictions
❌ not available
Location | Accessible without stairs | Wheelchair spaces | Accessible restroom | Headsets |
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CineStar Stadthalle | ✔ main entrance (ground level) | ✔ two each in screening rooms 1 and 2, five in room 4 | ✔ same floor, no key needed | ✔ 90 headsets in screening rooms 1 and 2, each |
CineStar Filmhaus | ⁓ only via patio | ⁓ up to four in screening room 1 | ❌ no accesible restroom | ❌ no headsets available |
Koki – Kommunales Kino | ✔ via patio (access from Gerade Querstraße) | ✔ up to two wheelchair spaces | ✔ in neighboring building, key needed | ❌ no headsets available |
KOLK 17 Figurentheater & Museum | ✔ level entry, elevator to screening room (first floor) | ✔ one wheelchair space available | ✔ on the same floor | ❌ no headsets available |
InfinityDome | ✔ level entry | ✔ up to four (please get in touch beforehand) | ✔ two mobile cabins, additionally there's an accessible restroom in nearby Hotel Atlantic | ❌ no headsets available |
Europäisches Hansemuseum | ✔ coming from An der Untertrave you can use the elevator | ✔ please get in touch beforehand | ✔ accessible restroom avaible (including diaper-changing unit) | ❌ no headsets available |
Musikhochschule Großer Saal | ✔ level entry possible (please get in touch beforehand) |
| ✔ accessible restroom available | ❌ no headsets available |
