KT Hosts 'Barrier-Free Film Festival' for the Hearing Impaired, a 'Festival Without Barriers'

Screening of Barrier-Free Film 'Sprinter' for Students and Staff of Seoul Samsung School
Subtitle Production Involves KT Regional Headquarters and KT Alpha Employees

KT announced on the 29th that it held a "Barrier-Free Festival" barrier-free film festival for the hearing impaired at the Sorisaem Welfare Center of Seoul Samsung School on the 26th. Barrier-free films are existing movies with added auxiliary elements such as subtitles and audio to make the content easier for everyone to understand. KT Gangbuk Gangwon, Gangnam Seobu two regional headquarters, and KT Alpha jointly hosted the event.

KT is hosting a barrier-free film festival at Seoul Samsung School and screening the movie "Sprinter" with detailed subtitles for the students.
[Photo by KT]

More than 120 people attended the festival, including about 80 students and faculty members. The selected film was "Sprinter," which highlights the life of a short-distance track athlete. After the screening, director Choi Seung-yeon and actors Gong Min-jeong, Lim Ji-ho, and Jeon Shin-hwan visited for a stage greeting to enhance the understanding of the film. Throughout the festival, sign language interpreters and captioners assisted communication among attendees.

In particular, the barrier-free subtitles for Sprinter were produced through volunteer activities by employees of KT regional headquarters and KT Alpha. KT employees who participated in volunteer activities throughout September also created subtitles for "Not Out," the award-winning film at the 22nd Jeonju International Film Festival, in addition to Sprinter. The produced barrier-free subtitles will be provided for streaming and VOD services.

Kim Hyung-man, Executive Director of KT Alpha's Content Media Division, said, "It is very meaningful that KT Group employees participated in volunteer activities to create barrier-free subtitles in celebration of Movie Day and watched the film together with students from Seoul Samsung School," adding, "Going forward, KT Alpha will continue ESG activities with KT to ensure that everyone can enjoy cultural life."

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