Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival
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| Location | Hawick, Scotland |
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| Directors | Rachael Disbury, Michael Pattison |
| Festival date | 30 April - 4 May 2020 |
| Website | https://alchemyfilmandarts.org.uk |
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival is an annual film festival and the flagship event of Alchemy Film & Arts that takes place each year in the Scottish Borders town of Hawick. Founded in 2010, it has grown to be considered as a leading festival of experimental and artist film within the UK and Europe.[1]
The tenth edition of Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival will take place 30 April - 4 May 2020.
Alchemy Film & Arts, a registered Scottish Charity, is one of 121 organisations to receive regular funding from Creative Scotland and the only organisation to receive such funding in the Scottish Borders. The organisation platforms emerging and established artists and "is invested in film as a means of generating discussion, strengthening community, and stimulating creative thought."[2] Both Alchemy Film & Arts and its annual film festival are directed by Rachael Disbury and Michael Pattison.[3]
In addition to its annual film festival, Alchemy Film & Arts produces year-round projects that encompass artist residencies, commissions and film exhibitions, a regular screenings programme, and research and discussion events. Its most recent projects are Once Upon a Time in Hawick, a year-long focus on the identities, industries and stories of Hawick,[4][5][6] and Film Town, a community filmmaking initiative that aims to work with local partners to widen access and cultural inclusion for Hawick and its communities.[7][8]
In 2017, Alchemy Film & Arts curated Scotland’s national exhibition at the Venice Biennale, presenting a film commission by the artist filmmaker Rachel Maclean.[9][10][11] Other artists with whom Alchemy has worked include the Quay Brothers, Jan Švankmajer, Hanna Tuulikki, Tereza Stehlíková, Phil Collins, Onyeka Igwe, Rhona Mühlebach, Ela Orleans, Karel Doing and Jacques Perconte. Alchemy also works with LUX Scotland to select candidates for Cove Park’s experimental film and artist moving image residencies.
References
- ^ Cloughton, Rachael (2016). "Alchemy Film Festival" (PDF). Scottish Art News. Scotland: Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "About Alchemy Film & Arts". Alchemy Film & Arts. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Appointments, Expansions, Growth". Alchemy Film & Arts. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Once Upon a Time in Hawick". Retrieved 9 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Knox, David (1 February 2020). "Credits Roll on Scotland's first Film Town". The Border Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Janiak, Kevin (6 February 2020). "Alchemy magic shows Hawick as it was, as it is and as it may yet be". The Southern Reporter. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Hawick's Alchemy Film & Arts appoints new director and wins £88k grant". The Southern Reporter. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Film Town". Alchemy Film & Arts. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Mansfield, Susan (9 May 2017). "Interview: Rachel Maclean on representing Scotland at the Venice Biennale". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ Cook, William (9 May 2017). "Rachel Maclean: A grotesque Disney for the Facebook generation". BBC. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ Mansfield, Susan (21 March 2018). "Art reviews: Rachel Maclean". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 June 2018.