Accessibility Services at CIFF50
The Cleveland International Film Festival is working toward equitable access to our programming. Available accessibility services, by event, will be listed in the online and printed Film Guide.
To request accommodation, or receive more information about accessibility offerings at our Festival, please email accessibility@clevelandfilm.org or visit Guest Services in the lobby of the Idea Center.
Physical Accommodations
Playhouse Square is fully accessible to attendees using mobility devices and accessible (ADA) seating is available for all Festival events by request, in advance or when you arrive. Staff and volunteers can assist you at any Festival venue entrance off of Euclid Avenue. Playhouse Square has courtesy wheelchairs available by request (with a photo ID) for use during your visit to CIFF.
Cedar Lee Theatre is fully accessible to attendees using mobility devices and accessible (ADA) limited seating is available for all Festival events by request, in advance or when you arrive. Staff and volunteers can assist you at the cinema’s entrance off of Lee Road.
Each screening venue has accessible restrooms and Festival attendees are invited to use the restroom that best suits their needs. In some areas, private restrooms or care areas are available.
Working service animals, such as guide dogs, are welcome to accompany Festival attendees. We are unable to accommodate pets or emotional support animals.
Captioning & Amplification
CIFF partners with filmmakers to enable closed captioning for their programs whenever possible using personal caption devices, available by request (with a photo ID) at our box offices at Playhouse Square and Cedar Lee Theatre. Films with closed captions will be noted online and in the Film Guide.
For some programs, live AI captions will be provided through our partnership with Koda.
Assistive Listening Devices, which amplify program sound through headphones or hearing aids, are available by request (with a photo ID) box offices at Playhouse Square and Cedar Lee Theatre.
Some programs are equipped with Audio Description that provide narration through Assistive Listening Devices.
Language & Interpretation
All foreign-language films are screened with English subtitles. Films with subtitles will be noted online and in the Film Guide.
CIFF may be able to arrange American Sign Language interpreters by request at no cost to you. Two weeks’ notice is strongly preferred.
Questions & Requests
To request accommodation, or receive more information about accessibility offerings at our Festival, please email accessibility@clevelandfilm.org or visit Guest Services in the lobby of the Idea Center.
