Alchemy Film Festival - programme announced

from Richard Ashrowan

The programme for Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival is now alive! Held in the Scottish Borders, this year's festival spans three days, beginning on the morning of Friday 26th October, through to Sunday 28th October, at Tower Mill, Heart of Hawick. Our theme is 'Traversing
the Wild' and we'll be showing a wonderful array of features, experimental film and moving image art. Do please let me know if you can come, as I should like to welcome you personally.

The programme has just been launched and can be found in full here: http://www.alchemyfilmfestival.org.uk/

Or download a print-friendly versi on of the programme here:
http://www.alchemyfilmfestival.org.uk/2012/2012-festival-programme/

I would appreciate it very much if you would circulate this information about the festival within your own networks - we need all the support we can get as we rely heavily upon word of mouth.
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Andrew Kotting - 'Swandown'

FEATURES:
-'Swandown' - Andrew Kotting's wonderfully eccentric swan pedalo travelogue (Scottish premiere).
-'Impressions' - an astonishing impressionist journey, introduced by moving image artist Jacques Perconte (UK premiere).
-'Two Years at Sea' - the award winning debut feature from Ben Rivers.

-'Re-Formation' - ‘A seductive and furious film essay’ by Dutch artist Jeanette Groenendaal (UK premiere).
-'Janadhaar' - set in India’s Garwhal Himalaya, by Jade Ajani and David Meek (European premiere)
-'Patience (After Sebald)', a multi-layered film essay by the acclaimed filmmaker Grant Gee.
-'As Above, So Below', a tale of material transmutation by Sarah J. Christman (UK premiere).

Robert Cahen

SPECIAL SCREENING EVENTS:
- 'Fugitive Beauty' - the films of Robert Cahen, one of the most important and influential video artists of our generation (Scottish premiere). Robert Cahen will be in attendance and his films will be introduced and discussed by the artist and writer Chris Meigh Andrews.

- 'sin∞fin The Movie #3' by VestAndPage and 'Jusque-là' by Enrique Ramirez, a double bill of artist films, each involving aspects of performance art on film, followed by a special discussion with the
filmmakers, plus performance artists Claudia Borgna and Sandra Johnston.

- 'Celebrating Hawick Common Riding' - including the premiere of the specially commissioned film, Kick Oan, by Borders filmmaker Catriona Taylor.

- 'William Johnstone Film Walk' - a battery powered screening in a remote bothy, showing two films about the work of Borders artist William Johnstone, with a special talk by Ken Duffy and Alexander
Hamilton.

- 'Digital Jungle Boogie' - an experimental live jam of punk-poetry, improvised music and immersive, site-specific video art, by Edinburgh's video LaB and special guests.