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The Minister of Culture and Sports Jos Manuel Rodrguez Uribes has collected the Cermi.es Award awarded by the Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities CERMI in the category of Inclusive Cultural and or Sports Action.The award is due to its decision to promote audiovisual accessibility to cinematographic productions by conditioning public aid to cinema so that these works include subtitles and audio description from the beginning.Rodrguez Uribes stressed that it is a right of citizens but also of creators that is why in these measures there is a double dimension guaranteeing universal access to culture and promoting cinema made by people with different abilities. In addition In recent times we have seen that they are very successful and therefore there is a qualitative part there that we have to underline. Uribes collected the award together with Beatriz Navas general director of ICAA in an act in which the state president Luis Cayo Prez Bueno participated on behalf of CERMI who presented the distinction to the minister the executive director Pilar Villarino and the president of the committee in the Community of Madrid scar Moral Ortega.In the words of the president of CERMI Luis Cayo Prez Bueno the Ministry of Culture and Sports a few months ago and that was what led the jury unanimously to award you and recognize this excellent practice of cultural accessibility agreed that no cinematographic work that receives public aid will come out without accessibility conditions. This is very important it is a very clear message to the industry it means telling them that if they commit to inclusion they will have more aid and they will have more public. These awards seek to recognize the initiatives actions and work of people or institutions that have distinguished themselves the most in areas such as labor inclusion social and scientific research universal accessibility inclusive culture social responsibility activism and perspective. gender among others in favor of people with disabilities and their families.At the end of his speech the Minister stressed that today is a happy day for us. It is an honor and a great pride that you recognize this work and we continue together as allies critics as well that part must not be lost to that we do not relax and you have in this minister in this house and in this team a claim and firm will to work for equal rights and for a universality of inclusion of all .
