Ceremony, directed by Phil Collins, who will attend a Q&A Photo: Courtesy of Alchemy Film & Moving Image The line-up of Alchemy Film & Arts Moving Image Festival has been announced, along with a new slogan: "Embrace the Strange", which incoming creative director Michael Pattison describes as "an invitation as well as a dare".
The festival, which will run from 2 to 6 May in Hawick, Scottish Borders, will showcase 147 moving-image works, including four feature films and 11 shorts programmes alongside guest-curated programmes, performances and moving-image installations.
Highlights include Turner Prize nominee Phil Collins' Ceremony, plus the UK premieres of feature films by Stephen Broomer (Canada), Karolina Breguła (Poland) and Yashaswini Raghunandan (India) and a programme of shorts curated by Crossroads, San Francisco Cinematheque’s annual film festival.
Avant-garde filmmakers Barbara Meter, Esther Urlus and Deborah S Phillips will also be celebrated by showcases.
Writer/actor/director Gerda Stevenson will lead a Film Walk...
The festival, which will run from 2 to 6 May in Hawick, Scottish Borders, will showcase 147 moving-image works, including four feature films and 11 shorts programmes alongside guest-curated programmes, performances and moving-image installations.
Highlights include Turner Prize nominee Phil Collins' Ceremony, plus the UK premieres of feature films by Stephen Broomer (Canada), Karolina Breguła (Poland) and Yashaswini Raghunandan (India) and a programme of shorts curated by Crossroads, San Francisco Cinematheque’s annual film festival.
Avant-garde filmmakers Barbara Meter, Esther Urlus and Deborah S Phillips will also be celebrated by showcases.
Writer/actor/director Gerda Stevenson will lead a Film Walk...
- 4/7/2019
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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- by Notebook
- MUBI
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- MUBI
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