In an ongoing effort to make F-O-R-M more accessible to a variety of audiences, this page highlights some of the supports available at the 2021 festival (September 13-18).

Learn more about F-O-R-M 2021, including the full festival schedule, here.

Ticket Access

All access passes are pay-what-you-can, on a sliding scale. Free community tickets are available by emailing Kayla DeVos, Associate Producer, at kayla@f-o-r-m.ca.

Event Access

Festival events will take place online via Vimeo live-stream or Zoom (with the exception of one in-person film installation in Vancouver, Pedestrian Protest). All online events will be available to watch on demand throughout the week of the festival until September 25 if you are unable to watch live. These links will be made available in daily pass holder emails.

Helpful links:
Vimeo Keyboard Shortcuts
Zoom Keyboard Shortcuts

Captioning + Transcripts

All films with any spoken words will include captions in English. All workshops and our two Commissioned Artist talkbacks will have live auto transcription. Recorded events will include captions in English.

An edited copy of the transcripts for live festival events will be made available 12-48 hours after each event.

• Building Collaborative Processes for Movement-on-Screen

  • Download the transcript as a Word document

  • View the transcript as a PDF document

ASL Interpretation

Live ASL interpretation will be available for the following events:

In the Frame with Narrative Portraits - Workshop with Virginia Duivenvoorden
Tuesday, September 14, 3:30PM to 5PM PDT

Discussion with Virginia Duivenvoorden (following Off-the-Wall screening)
Tuesday, September 14, 6PM to 6:45PM PDT

Directional Honouring - Movement Workshop with Sophie Dow
Friday, September 17, 3:00PM to 4:00PM PDT

Commissioned Artist Talkback (following world premieres Friday screening)
Friday, September 17, 6PM to 7:00PM PDT

Commissioned Artist Talkback (following world premieres Saturday screening)
Saturday, September 18, 6PM to 7:00PM PDT

If you identify as Deaf or hard of hearing and are planning on attending an event with ASL interpretation, please email kayla@f-o-r-m.ca so we can connect you with our interpreters, so they may best match their interpreting to your specific language use.

Program Guide

Our fully formatted digital festival program is available on our website here. You can also access a text-only version of the program guide in one of the following ways:

• View on Google Docs here

• Download as a PDF here

• Download as a Microsoft Word document here

Contact Us

If you have an access need that is not being met by the supports listed above, please email kayla@f-o-r-m.ca and we will do our best to accommodate your request. We are always looking for feedback on how to improve accessibility at the festival.