By Rana Khaled, Daily News Egypt As a positive step towards integrating visually impaired children into larger society, the first animated film with live audio description will be screened at Zawya, in cooperation with the Commercial International Bank (CIB) and Masreya Media. Listening to a detailed audio description allows children with visual impairments to imagine the costumes, outer appearance, body language and facial expressions of the characters. One hundred children from different governorates came to watch the film “Hotel Transylvania 2”. “We chose to cooperate with Zawya because they are the most open-minded venue and is happy to adopt new initiatives,” said Aisha Selim, the director of Masreya Media, the leading dubbing, translation and subtitling studio in Cairo. “We discussed the idea with them and they were very enthusiastic about it. We first cooperated last June when we screened the classic historical film “Al-Naser Salah Eldin” with an audio description.” About 20 people were involved in the different steps which included translating the script, reading the voice overs, obtaining certain permissions, and contacting schools. “There are about 32 schools for visually impaired children in Egypt. We contacted them and sent…
Zawya Hosts First Film Screening for Visually Impaired Children
April 23, 2016
