Plan your visit

Accessibility

San Luis Obispo International Film Festival welcomes all visitors to screenings and events and makes every effort to ensure the program is accessible to our whole audience. We use a number of external venues; see the details for each venue below.

Access and inclusion

Please email info@slofilmfest.org for specific access requests. When booking your tickets you can also note specific access needs; venue coordinators review them before your arrival.

  • Wheelchair spaces: our venues have a limited number of wheelchair spaces. See each venue below.
  • Assistance animals are welcome at all festival events and venues.
  • Assistive listening: not all festival venues have assistive listening devices. See each venue below.
  • ASL: interpreters are available for specific special events, such as Opening Night and Closing Night remarks.
  • Subtitles: all foreign-language films are subtitled in English.

Request access support

For all access and inclusion bookings or enquiries, and to tell us about your needs so we can make your visit as enjoyable as possible, call 805-546-3456, email info@slofilmfest.org or make a note when booking your tickets.

At the venues

Wheelchair spaces, restrooms and listening devices at each festival venue.

Festival Lounge at Edna Contemporary Fine Art (967 Osos St.): ramped entrance on Osos St., a gender-neutral accessible restroom and no listening devices. Panels in the Lounge have live captioning.

Accessible parking

Anyone with a valid disabled parking placard, displayed correctly, can park on the streets of San Luis Obispo for free as long as the vehicle is not in a commercial zone, a passenger loading zone or at a red curb. Please tell us if you need more parking support.

Accessible parking spaces in downtown SLO

Captions, audio description and ASL

ASL interpreters are available for special events such as Opening Night and Closing Night remarks. Open-captioned, subtitled and audio-described screenings are announced with the schedule and can be found with its Accessibility filter.

SLO Film Center - Palm Theatre

817 Palm St., San Luis Obispo

  • Listening devices available
  • Closed-caption devices available

All 3 theaters are accessible. 2 Wheelchair space at the back of each theater.
Restrooms: (1) Gender Neutral bathroom near lobby/entrance.
Wheelchair Access: Front door entrance.
Audio Listening Devices: 9 headsets that amplify sound can be picked up at concessions.

Downtown Centre Cinemas

888 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo

  • Listening devices available
  • Closed-caption devices available

The wheelchair-accessible elevator by Starbucks comes down to our location for easy access.
Theatre 2: has 131 seats. Wheelchair accessibility: Front row has seats for companion in A1 and A12. Spaces for wheelchairs to the right of A12 and to the left of B1. Companion seats in the back right and left; J1 and J2 with spaces for a wheelchair beside them.
Theater 3: Has 94 seats and four wheelchair spaces.
Theater 4: Has 55 seats and has an entrance on the right side only. Back row has 2 spots for a wheelchair to the left of E1.
Theater 5: 61 seats total. Wheelchair space in the front right and also in the back to the left of E1. Theater 5 has aisles on both the right and left side.
Theater 6: Spaces for wheelchairs front right and left and two spaces also in the back to the left of F1.
Restrooms: Men's and Women's bathrooms have 2 stalls that are wheelchair accessible.
Audio Listening Devices: 10 hearing assistant headphones and 10 closed captioning box devices that have subtitles, ask theatre staff.

Fremont Theater

1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo

  • 4 wheelchair spaces

All of the ADA accessible seats are at the back of the hall. 10 total seats available. 5 on each side of the theater. 3 companion seats and 2 wheelchair spaces per side.
Restrooms: (1) In lobby near the managers office.
Wheelchair Access: From either side of the ADA Sections, Companion Seats, 6 total available.
Audio Listening Devices: No listening devices

Masonic Event Center

859 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo

Access to the main entrance of the lodge is a series of stairs, but to the left of the building is an elevator. We will have volunteers stationed at the elevator to assist.
Restrooms: 1 Men's and 1 Women's Restroom in the lobby, each with an ADA-accessible stall in the ladies' room.
Wheelchair Access: Via Elevator on Marsh St.
Audio Listening Devices: There are no audio listening devices at this location.

Bay Theatre

464 Morro Bay Blvd, Morro Bay 93442

  • 4 wheelchair spaces
  • Listening devices available
  • Closed-caption devices available

Theater is wheelchair accessible from the main entrance. 312 seats, and 4 Wheelchair spaces near the back of the theater. Emergency exit-only doors to back alley on either side of the movie screen.
Restrooms: 1 Men's and 1 Women's Restroom in the lobby, each with ADA accessible stalls.
Wheelchair Access: Front door entrance on Morro Bay Blvd.
Audio Listening Devices: Headsets that amplify sound and Closed Captioning boxes with subtitles can be picked up at concessions.

Need help?

Email info@slofilmfest.org or call 1-805-546-3456.