About

Positioned between popular culture and artistic expression film is uniquely accessible and presents infinite possibilities.  Tom Swift has worked with a wide range of incredibly interesting people to make films about everything ranging from Dementia awareness, to live music, to brand promotion and everything in between.  He takes great pride in realising other people’s ideas into films that are beyond their expectations.  

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Recent successful projects that Tom has been involved in include a film for Drake Music Scotland which was Creative Scotland’s featured Spotlight for August; a suite of films that Tom created the soundtrack for and assisted to edit were shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival; and Alchemy Film & Arts won a SURF Award for Creative Regeneration largely due to Film Town, the filmmaking community project that Tom has been running.  

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Through Film Town, Tom has enabled the creation of various installation projects that have been displayed during the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival over the last few years.  These include: working with Hadrian Creatives to create Belonging, an octagonal film projected vertically with 8 audio channels that the audience had to move around to control the volume; and Start Making Sense which was an new cinematic experience designed with Branching Out Youth Group and included a sensory room, a chill out area and a mini cinema.  He has also made a huge number of films with community groups, ranging from an animation about alien sheep to an experiment with sound in the woods to an autism awareness film.  Tom continues to work with community groups across the Scottish Borders to create new and thought provoking work. 

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In a freelance capacity, Tom continues to work with partners to tell their stories and promote positive change in society.  Recently these include the Scottish Borders Climate Action Network and Remembering Together, the COVID memorial project.  This strong desire to give voice to everyone, promote equality and enact positive change will always drive Tom's filmmaking work.

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