Jules Horne: Rebel Cello
A foot-tapping, pedal-looping assemblage of tall tales and cinematic journeys.
Festival Year: 2023
Take Arms Against A Sea
From ocean to moon, six films wrestle with nothing less than life, death and birth and self-expression.
In The Lifespan Of Stars
As one world ends and another begins, seven films interrogate the meaning of extinction, survival and community.
Calligraphic Landscapes: Letters Across Wind and Water
A guest-curated programme of letters, zines, readings and films exploring relations between Scotland and Puerto Rico.
Up, Down And Side To Side
Exploring the bricks and mortar of encounter, eight films unlock new memories, sensory environments and modes of being.
Miwa Nagato-Apthorp + Festival Ceilidh
Alchemy’s recent musician in residence Miwa Nagato-Apthorp performs new commissions responding to Scottish Borders history, including a speculative song about bondagers – women engaged by tenant farmers to do agricultural
Thereafter, Forever, Once Upon
A double bill presents untold prehistories and redefines the storytelling potentials of Scottish towns and forests.
Welcome To The Daily Calm
Ten films negotiate and navigate life’s cluttered desktops, its crowded frames, and the quiet chaos of its everyday routines.
Music On A Farm Was A Rare Thing
Seven films probe the constructs of image-making in relation to ownership, authorship, framing and power.
Maxime Jean-Baptiste: To Yield
The introduction and Q&A at this event will have BSL interpretation. We are delighted to welcome artist filmmaker Maxime Jean-Baptiste to Hawick with a newly commissioned multimedia performance. To Yield begins in