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Film Town

Film Town is Alchemy Film & Arts’ award-winning year-round programme of community engagement, skills development and creative learning.

Through collaboration, direct partnerships and critical practice, Film Town works to the benefit of Hawick and Scottish Borders communities, placing inclusion, equity and social justice at its centre. 

In 2022, Film Town won the SURF Award for Best Practice in Creative Regeneration, from Scotland’s regeneration forum in partnership with Scottish Government.

Alchemy puts Hawick on the map as Scotland’s Film Town

⁠— Southern Reporter, June 2018

Alchemy’s monthly film meet-up for film enthusiasts aged 16 – 30

A multi-year hands-on filmmaking project with local teachers

A project with Borders Additional Needs Group focused on nature

A film made with Reaching Out’s local food initiative

A year-long filmmaking project with Borders young people

Workshops and exhibitions exploring film and environment

Six films by Hawick Cubs, Jedburgh Scouts and Interest Link

A film made with the Joint Health Improvement Team around grief

A film made with participants from Border Women’s Aid

A film by young people exploring the realities of digital abuse