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From Hawick Saxhorn Band and performance lectures to our Festival Ceilidh, between our Nightcaps to our closing Film Quiz, there’s a range of events to enjoy at this year’s Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival.

You can browse our events by day below, or view them as part of our daily screenings schedule.


THURSDAY 2 MAY

OPENING EVENT
SONS OF HEROES – 60TH ANNIVERSARY
20:00 – 21:00
Join us for a special 60th anniversary screening of Hawick Film Group’s Sons of Heroes, receiving its world premiere in a newly digitised format with a live performance from Hawick Saxhorn Band.

OPENING RECEPTION
NIGHTCAP
21:00 – late
Join us for a wee nightcap in the Heart of Hawick café bar. Free entry with any festival cinema ticket. 


FRIDAY 3 MAY

LIVE PERFORMANCE
EMPEDOCLES SYNDROME
17:00 – 17:45
A new performance lecture by GF Ramsay on the joyously dense entanglements between volcanoes, the pre-Socratics and early cinema.

EVENING EVENT
FESTIVAL CEILIDH
19:30 – 01:00
Join us for another popular night of collective memory-making and dance floor camaraderie. Kilts encouraged, all welcome! 


SATURDAY 4 MAY

EVENING RECEPTION
NIGHTCAP x KOOLSHI WA KALASHI
21:00 – 01:00
A special nightcap edition of Luna Issa’s koolshi wa kalashi set in the Heart of Hawick café bar. Free entry with any festival cinema ticket. 


SUNDAY 5 MAY

EVENING EVENT
FILM QUIZ
20:00 – 22:00
Test your nerves and knowledge on movies and music of all types in a special edition of our popular monthly film quiz. All welcome!

CLOSING RECEPTION
NIGHTCAP
22:00 – 00:00
One for the road? Join us for a final wee nightcap in the Heart of Hawick café bar. Free entry with any festival cinema ticket.


Banner image: Sanne Gault

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