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FESTIVAL

1 – 4 MAY 2025, HAWICK, SCOTTISH BORDERS

The fifteenth edition of Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, the UK’s festival of experimental film and artists’ moving image, will unfold with the warmth, hospitality and solidarity for which it is known.

Browse the full programme now!

ABOUT US

Alchemy Film & Arts is based in the Scottish Borders town of Hawick. We work with artists and communities across local, national and international contexts, using film as a way to come together, have conversations and strengthen community.

Read more about who we are and what we do.

FILM TOWN

Film Town is our award-winning year-round programme of community filmmaking, skills development and creative learning, which places inclusion, equity and social justice at its centre through collaboration, partnerships and critical practice.

Read more about Film Town.

RESIDENCIES

We host artists in residence throughout the year to support the creation of new work researching and responding to the borders, boundaries and lines of Hawick and the Scottish Borders.

Read more about our current and previous residencies.

VOLUNTEER

Make friends, develop your skills, get involved – sign up to be a volunteer at Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2025.

Read more about volunteering.

FILM QUIZ

Test your nerves and knowledge on movies and music of all types on the third Wednesday of every month. All welcome!

Further info on Film Quiz.