Expanding the Frame

About our events

Blonde woman sitting with her legs crossed on the floor. She is wearing a white top and trousers. On her lap is a piece of paper with an ink drawing. She is holding a cup and paint brush and show a girl in front of her the drawing.

Opening doors and breaking down barriers for disabled audiences

Expanding the Frame is MAC's three-year project supported by Film Hub Midlands which is focussing on significantly improving access to cinema for disabled audiences in the West Midlands.

As part of this, MAC has been piloting new programmes and events to ensure that disabled people can experience film in an accessible environment, as well as seeing themselves reflected on screen.

Expanding the Frame is made possible by the generosity of Film Hub Midlands. This project is also kindly supported by Mr Geoff Poole, in loving memory of Mrs Carol Poole.

About the programme

Woman with brunette bob and earing white top and trousers. She is leaning forward with her hand out. On the right is the back of a boy's head. The screen in the background has a yellow box on it with the word 'touch screen'.

touch screen

Join artist Sarah Hamilton Baker in MAC’s cinema for a sensory journey through film. During these relaxed screenings you will be invited to touch, smell and feel your way through a collection of shorts.

A smiling man in his twenties with a beard smiles at the camera. He is sitting in a wheelchair, wearing a lanyard and an orange T-shirt.
Conor O'Donovan, guest programmer
A younger Black woman wearing glasses smiles at the camera. She is wearing a pink blazer and a flowery skirt and is sat on a purple cushioned pew.
Elaine Lillian Joseph, associate programmer
A woman in her late thirties with short brown hair and bright red lipstick on smiles at the camera. Behind her are a collection of flip-up seats in a theatre space.
Sarah Hamilton-Baker, touch screen facilitator

Expanding The Classics

2025 sees us launch Expanding The Classics – a season of classic films screening in a more accessible way, whether that be with descriptive subtitles, audio description or in a relaxed environment. Chosen by guest programmer Conor O’Donovan.

Expanding The Team

Photo of a white girl with blonde hair blue eyes wearing a grey jumper with New York in big bold dark blue writing smiling arms crossed in front of a black bricked background

Meet our new Expanding the Frame intern

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What's on

List of Events

  1. A black and white photo shows a young white woman sat at a table in a grandiose manor. She holds a mirror up as she looks at hwer face in it. Next to her is a candelabra, with flames lit and wax dripping onto the table.

    Expanding The Classics: Great Expectations

    Cinema
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  2. A collection of young filmmakers - both male and female - stand in an empty swimming pool, smiling for the camera. One of them is wearing a dog superhero costume.

    The Stimming Pool

    Cinema
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  3. A woman in her thirties with long blonde hair and wearing a white dress looks into the eyes of a man in his thirties, who stands opposite her. He is wearing a black jumper.

    Expanding The Classics: Lost Highway

    Cinema
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  4. A woman in her thirties with short blonde hair (Naomi Watts) and wearing a red shirt both sits next to and is talking to a woman in her thirties with long dark hair, who is staring out into the distance.

    Expanding The Classics: Mulholland Drive

    Cinema
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  5. A Black man in his thirties sits on a subway train, his eyes closed and his walking cane held in his hands in front of him. He is wearing a satchel and a dark blue shirt.

    Vision Portraits

    Cinema
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  6. Woman kneeling on the floor holding a piece of paper with a ink explosion on it and showing it to a young boy.

    touch screen

    Cinema
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