Alchemy Film & Arts
Using film as a way to come together, have conversations and strengthen community.
FILM TOWN
“Alchemy puts Hawick on the map as Scotland’s Film Town”
— Southern Reporter, June 2018
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.
PROJECTS
MIWA NAGATO-APTHORP
A practice-led participatory research project with musician in residence Miwa Nagato-Apthorp
FILM CLUB
Alchemy’s monthly film meet-up for film enthusiasts aged 16 – 30
VIEWFINDERS
A multi-year hands-on filmmaking project with local teachers
OUTWITH
A year-long filmmaking project with Borders young people
BRANCHING OUT
A project with Borders Additional Needs Group focused on nature
THE LITTLE THINGS
A film by young people exploring the realities of digital abuse
BREAKING THE SILENCE
A film made with participants from Border Women’s Aid
HEALING THE LOSS
A film made with the Joint Health Improvement Team around grief
SOUPALUNCH HEROES
A film made with Reaching Out’s local food initiative
BEARS, BENGALS & BIG BAD BARRY
Six films by Hawick Cubs, Jedburgh Scouts and Interest Link
FORAGE/IMAGE
Workshops and exhibitions exploring film and environment
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