Accessibility

Accessibility

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Our aim is to enable people with very different living situations and conditions to be able to watch and discuss films together. That is why we are working to make DOK Leipzig as barrier-free as possible.
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This page gives you an overview of the accessibility of our venues and the parts of the programme that are accessible. We are aware that parts of the festival are not fully accessible and that we are not yet able to address every need for accessibility. We invite you to come along with us on this journey and look forward to seeing you at the festival!

Contact:

Paula Schumann

Phone: +49 (0)341 30864 1024
Email: inklusion [at] dok-leipzig [dot] de

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Blick über die Schulter einer Person auf ihren Laptopbildschirm, in der Hand hält sie ein Smartphone mit der App Greta.
© Susann Jehnichen
Venues

Many of our cinemas have wheelchair access. This does not apply to Schaubühne Lindenfels and Schauburg Leipzig – both venues are not wheelchair accessible. Regina Palast and Kinobar Prager Frühling offer limited accessibility. You would need the assistance of an accompanying person.

We’ll add detailed information on all barrier-free cinemas on 21 September.

CineStar

Petersbogen, 2nd floor (accessible via elevator)
Petersstraße 44

Public Transport : Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz (Tram 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14; S-Bahn)
Accessible Parking: There is accessible parking in the underground parking garage Petersbogen. Three accessible parking slots are also located at the back of Petersbogen at Burgplatz 2.

Assistance dogs allowed.

Wheelchair Seating:

  • Cinema 2 & 4: 3 spaces
  • Cinema 5 & 6: 1-2 spaces

Die Rollstuhlplätze befinden sich hinten in der Nähe des Eingangs auf dem Podest.

Accessible Toilets: 
Available at the 3rd and 5th floor.

Not fully accessible:

  • There are no acoustic floor announcements in the elevator.
  • There is no tactile wayfinding system.
  • Barrier-free showers are not available.

Induction loop is not available

Ein einstöckiges Gebäude mit Schrifttafeln an einer Straßenkreuzung. Über dem Eingang steht: "naTo", darunter "DOK Leipzig".
Cinémathèque Leipzig in der naTo

Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 46

Public Transport: Südplatz (Tram 10 und 11)
Accessible Parking: not available at the naTo. Three accessible parking slots at Bernhard-Göring-Str. 64,  in 550m distance to the cinema.

Assistance dogs allowed.
Charging stations for electric wheelchairs are available.

Wheelchair Seating:
10 wheelchair spaces in row 1-3.

Accessible Toilet:
Available, close to the cinema hall.

Not fully accessible:

  • There is no tactile wayfinding system.
  • Barrier-free showers are not available.
  • Induction loop is not available
Blick in das Festivalzentrum von DOK Leipzig: Ein hoher Raum mit gläsernen Wänden, darin mehrere Personen im Gespräch an Kaffeetischen, im Hintergrund der Gästecounter mit mehreren Personen, die dort anstehen.
Festival Centre at MdbK Leipzig

DOK Box Office, DOK Neuland, Guest Office, Awareness Team

Museum der bildenden Künste (MdbK) Leipzig
Katharinenstraße 10

Public Transport: Goerdelerring (Tram 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15), 400 m to the cinema; Hauptbahnhof (Tram, Zug: diverse Linien, 550 m to the cinema)
Accessible Parking: 7 accessible parking slots at Reichsstraße

Wheelchair access through the entrance at Katharinenstrasse and Böttchergasse. All floors of the MdbK, including the DOK Neuland exhibition, have a wheelchair access with an elevator. The doors open automatically and are provided with contrast markers.

Our Box Office and Guest Office both are located from 6 October on the ground floor.

Accessible Toilet: 
In the basement, to be reached by an elevator

Not fully accessible:

  • The tactile wayfinding system has not been installed completely yet.
  • Barrier-free showers are not available.
Das Hauptbahnhof-Gebäude in Leipzig von außen bei Nacht. Über dem Eingang leuchtet das Schild "Osthalle".
Hauptbahnhof Osthalle (Leipzig Main Station)

Willy-Brandt-Platz 5

Public Transport: Hauptbahnhof (Tram, Zug: diverse Linien)
Accessible parking: 11 parking slot at the parking garage Osthalle, How to get there

The entrance to our pop-up cinema in the East Hall at the main station is wheelchair accessible via Willy-Brandt-Platz. From the track level, you can reach the Osthalle via an elevator. The elevator offers audible floor announcements and is equipped with Braille and with electric, tactile door opening systems.

Assistance dogs allowed. Please inform the customer service in advance at: +49 341 14 12 717.

Wheelchair Seating: 
are available on the side of the seat rows in the front or also in the back.

Accessible Toilets: 
are available on all three floors.

Not fully accessible:

  • There is no tactile wayfinding system in the Osthalle
  • Barrier-free showers are not available.
  • Induction loop is not available
  • No charging stations for electric wheelchairs
Ein vollbesetzter Kinosaal. Zwei Frauen stehen vor einer Leinwand mit dem Festivalmotiv und blicken ins Publikum.
Kinobar Prager Frühling

Limited accessibility for wheelchairs (with a flat step at the entrance) 

Haus der Demokratie
Bernhard-Göring-Straße 152

Public transport: Connewitzer Kreuz (Tram: 9, 10, 11)
Accessible parking: 2 parking slots at the Haus der Demokratie

The elevator buttons are Braille, there is an acoustic floor announcement and a wayfinding system.
Assistance dogs allowed.

Wheelchair Seating:
Six wheelchair spaces available at the front side.

Accessible Toilet: 
Is available.

Not fully accessible:

  • Barrier-free showers are not available
  • Induction loop is not available
Mehrere Personen gehen durch einen glasüberdachten breiten Gang in einer Passage. Oben hängt ein blauer Ring mit der Aufschrift "Passage Kinos". Links ein rotes Banner mit der Schrift "Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm".
Passage Kinos

Wheelchair accessible

Hainstraße 19 a

Public transport: Goerdelerring (Tram 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15), 400 m to the cinema
Accessible parking: 2 parking slots at Große Fleischergasse 12.

Wheelchair seating:

  • Kino Astoria: 2 wheelchair spaces in row 1 at the side
  • Kino Wintergarten: 1 wheelchair space (smaller wheelchairs) in row 7 at the side

Assistance dog allowed with advance notice.
Charging stations for electric wheelchairs are available in the courtyard.

Induction loop: 
Kino Astoria offers an induction loop for hearing aids and cochlear implant (CI) in row12-15.

Accessible toilet:
In the courtyard. Please ask the cinema staff for the key.

Not fully accessible:

  • There is no tactile wayfinding system in the Osthalle
  • Barrier-free showers are not available.
Ein Veranstaltungsraum, in dem verteilt mit Mindestabstand mehrere Personen sitzen und drei Vortragenden zuhören. Auf der Leinwand hinter den Vortragenden steht der Schriftzug: Methoden der Nachbereitung.
Polnisches Institut Filiale Leipzig

Wheelchair accessible

Handwerkerpassage, 1. Stock
Markt 10

Public transport: Markt (Bus: 89; 150 m) and Goerdelerring (Tram 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15; 550 m)
Accessible parking: Parking slots at the parking garage Q Park Marktgalerie.

The elevator has to be activated by the staff at Polnisches Institut. Please contact Rainer Mende: +49 341 702610.

Assistance dogs allowed.
Charging stations for electric wheelchairs available.

Wheelchair seating: 
at the side of the seating rows, close to the entrance.

Not fully accessible:

  • No accessible toilets
  • There are no acoustic floor announcements in the elevator.
  • There is no tactile wayfinding system.
  • Barrier-free showers are not available.
  • Induction loop is not available
Menschen stehen in kleinen Gruppen in einem hohen holzgetäfelten Veranstaltungsraum mit einer großen Fensterfront.
Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis

Venue of the DOK Talks

Nonnenmühlgasse 2
Wheelchair access via Martin-Luther-Ring/Peterssteinweg

Public transport: Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz (Tram 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14; S-Bahn) 
Accessible parking: 2 parking slots in the parking garage (with elevator access to the venue floor)

Wheelchair spaces available.
Assistance dogs allowed.

Accessible toilet
available

Not fully accessible:

  • There is no tactile wayfinding system.
  • Barrier-free showers are not available.
  • No charging stations for electric wheelchairs
  • Induction loop is not available
Ein beleuchteter Eingang zu einem mehrstöckigen Haus. Am Eingang sind mehrere Schaukästen, darüber steht "Regina Palast Leipzig".
Regina Palast

Limited accessibility for wheelchairs (assistance needed for access via the back entrance in the courtyard)

Dresdner Straße 56

Public transport: Gerichtsweg (Tram 4, 7), 400 m to the Regina-Palst
No accessible parking slots nearby

Wheelchair seating:

  • Kino 1: 3 wheelchair spaces
  • Kino 4:  not accessible

Not fully accessible:

  • Wheelchair accessible only with an accompanying person
  • No accessible toilets
  • There is no tactile wayfinding system.
  • Barrier-free showers are not available.
  • Induction loop is not available
Tickets

Persons with any degree of disability are eligible for reduced-price tickets without having to present a disabled pass.

Reduced-price Tickets

Singe ticket: 8 € 
DOK Leipzig Season ticket: 45 €

Wheelchair Seating

Wheelchair seating can be booked at our ticket offices. To ensure that persons accompanying wheelchair users are admitted free of charge, a category “B” disabled pass must be presented at the entrance. Please contact our ticketing team by email at tickets [at] dok-leipzig [dot] de prior to coming. We will be happy to make a reservation including a free ticket for the person accompanying you.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us at this email address.

Getting to the Festival within Leipzig

OpenStreetMap

This open-source map includes information on the accessibility of individual locations and stops. As the map is maintained by volunteer users, the information may not always be complete.

https://www.openstreetmap.org

Wheelmap 

Most of our venues and event locations are rated at wheelmap.org, a map for searching for and finding wheelchair-accessible locations. Wheelmap can be accessed via your Internet browser and is also available as a smartphone app.

LVB network map

LVB (Leipzig’s public transport) provides a map showing all connections and stops within Leipzig. It can be downloaded as a PDF.

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Accessible Films

Certain selected films in our programme are screened with audio description and/or extended subtitles – both of which are in German. In addition, selected film talks at the festival will be interpreted into German Sign Language. We are currently unable to offer an accessible programme of films in English.

Why aren’t all the films accessible?

Some of the films at DOK Leipzig have never before been screened in cinemas. Many are completed only a short time before the festival begins and have their premieres here. Others are retrieved from the archives and are decades old, so that accessible versions of most of them do not yet exist. The German audio descriptions and SDH versions found in our programme of accessible films are ones we have created specifically for the festival.

Audio Descriptions

For several films in our programme we offer Audio Descriptions in German via the app Greta. The app is available free of charge for both iOS and Android, and it is useful to install it before the screening already. You can find our films in the app under “Preview – Events”. 

Find the films with German audio descriptions on the German-speaking page.

German Subtitles and Subtitles for the Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing (SDH)

Most films at DOK Leipzig are shown in their original version with English subtitles. For a selection of films we also provide German subtitles and subtitles for the deaf or hard-of-hearing on screen. Please note that SDH subtitles will be provided in German and enable viewers who do not understand the film's original language or English to access German subtitles. The subtitles will be shown on screen, you don’t need an app or device in the cinema.

Find the films with German SDH subtitles on the German-speaking page.

Attendant Service

In collaboration with the Diakonie Leipzig, we are offering an attendant service for blind, visually impaired and wheelchair-bound festivalgoers in Leipzig this year. If you need assistance, please contact Susann Handke at the Diakonie by email or telephone: 

Email: susann [dot] hanske [at] diakonie-leipzig [dot] detarget="_blank"
Phone: +49 341 56121290

Please inform the Diakonie of your wish to have an attendant at least two working days before the event. The attendant service can pick you up at home or meet you at a bus stop on the way to the cinema.

Photosensivity Advisories

A few films in the 2023 programme contain flashes of light that may trigger seizures in people with visual sensitivities. We indicate this with an icon (in form of a flash) that you can find below the text on the respective film pages and in the calendar. 

The films with photosensitivity warnings are:

  • 30 Kilometres per Second
  • The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology
  • The Box
  • Feet in Water, Head on Fire
  • Heaven and Home
  • Weeding
  • The Last Relic
  • The Mother of All Lies
  • Ouverture
  • Universe Department Store
  • Valerija
  • Vika!
  • Who, If Not Us? The Fight for Democracy in Belarus 
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Awareness Team

Our awareness team is here to support people who have experienced discrimination or transgressions. The awareness team is available during the festival week:

  • At the festival centre: 8/10–14/10, 16:00–18:00
  • Phone: +49 176 1562 6320 (8–14/10, 14:00–midnight)
  • Email: awareness [at] dok-leipzig [dot] de
Quiet Room

Festivalvisitors with disabilities who need a short-term quiet space, please contact our awareness team (see above).

The barrier-free offer is supported by the Saxon State Ministry of Science and Art. This measure is co-financed with tax revenues on the basis of the budget approved by the members of the Saxon State Parliament.

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