Accessible Red Carpet Fan Area: How to Apply for Premieres in London

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Looking for how to apply for London film premieres? Studios running fan-access ballots for London premieres have offered a separate accessible access ballot alongside the general one. This guide explains how it worked for recent Warner Bros. UK premieres. Terms differ between studios and events, so use this as a guide and read the official ballot page.

How eligibility worked

For example, for the Wuthering Heights and F1 The Movie premieres, Warner Bros. UK said it had partnered with Nimbus Disability and The Access Card. To qualify for the accessible ballot, applicants had to provide either:

a Warner Bros. UK Events registration number, or
an Access Card number.

Registering for a Warner Bros. UK Events number was free. The ballot page asked applicants to allow 48 hours to receive their number, so don’t leave it to the last day.

What else applied

These rules matched the general ballot:

Applicants must be 18 or over.
One application per person.
Successful applicants receive two passes.
Winners were chosen at random and emailed by 5pm the day after the ballot closed.
Photo ID is required on arrival. Accepted ID was a UK or international passport, a driving licence, or a physical Access Card from Nimbus Disability.
Passes cover the fan area only, not the cinema or the screening.
Fan areas are outdoors and uncovered.
If you can’t attend, tell the organisers so your pass goes to the waitlist.

Timing

Ballot windows are short. The Wuthering Heights ballot (for 5 February) closed on 25 January, and the F1 ballot (for 23 June 2025) closed on 5 June.

What about before ballots?

For the 2022 Black Adam premiere, Warner Bros. asked people who needed an accessible space on the carpet to email its events team in advance. Ballots have since replaced that approach for these events.

Tips

Get your registration or Access Card number sorted well before a premiere is announced.
Apply to the accessible ballot, not the general one, if you need that space.
Contact the organiser if you have needs the ballot page doesn’t cover.

Frequently asked questions

How do I qualify for the accessible fan area ballot? For recent Warner Bros. UK premieres you needed either a Warner Bros. UK Events registration number or an Access Card number from Nimbus Disability. How do I get a Warner Bros. UK Events registration number? Registration was free, and the ballot page asked applicants to allow 48 hours to receive their number. Can I take a carer or companion? Successful applicants for recent Warner Bros. UK ballots received two passes. Check the terms of the specific ballot for rules about companions.

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