The accessible filmmaker and the global film

As well as an alternative approach to audiovisual translation and media accessibility, accessible filmmaking (AFM), the integration of translation and accessibility into the filmmaking process through the collaboration of filmmakers and translators, is a new approach to filmmaking. The aim of this article is to ascertain what filmmakers need (in theory and practice) to become accessible filmmakers. Firstly, the reason for the gap between film and translation/media accessibility is explored and a new translation-oriented notion of film studies is presented. A new concept (the global film) is then introduced to help filmmakers widen their perspective beyond the original version of their films. Examples are provided of pioneering filmmakers who have already considered the global film and applied a similar approach to the AFM model.  Finally, the article looks at how the concept of the global film and the AFM model were applied to the feature-length documentary Where Memory Ends.