ALCHEMY FILM AND MOVING IMAGE FESTIVAL

“A film festival unlike any other in Scotland, with a distinctive focus on unusual, experimental filmmaking that blurs the boundary between cinema and visual arts.” — The Skinny

Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival is the UK’s festival of experimental film and artists’ moving image, and the flagship event of Alchemy Film & Arts, taking place in a warm, intimate and inclusive setting in Hawick each spring.

The call for entries to our fifteenth edition (1 – 4 May 2025) is now open. More details on our call for entries can be found here.

Presenting an international programme of cinema screenings, moving-image exhibitions, live performances and a ceilidh in venues around town, the event is known for the openness, solidarity, humour and non-competitive nature with which it is delivered.

The fourteenth edition of Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival took place 2 – 5 May 2024. You can browse the programme here.

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ALCHEMY FILM AND MOVING IMAGE FESTIVAL ARCHIVE