Our Sweet 16th edition saw a spectacular line-up of silent films presented with unrivalled live music. Join us online, or next year from 17 - 21 March 2027!
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Reminder - we're hiring a Freelance Marketing Officer to work as part of the team behind #HippFest2027! 💼 Are you marketing mad? Campaign crazy? Branding barmy? We want to hear from you!
👉 More info/recruitment pack: hippodromecinema.co.uk/get-i…
📷 Photography by Diana Dumi
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We're hiring! 📢 @FalkirkCouncil are looking for an exceptional individual to lead on #Marketing as part of the friendly and dedicated team working on #HippFest2027.
📌 More info: hippodromecinema.co.uk/get-i…⏰ Deadline for applications: 10AM, Monday 20 July 2026
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Happy Sunday film fans - a new HippCast Episode has landed! 🚨 We speak to #SilentFilm polymath Ben Model (@silentfilmmusic) about his recent publication (released in 2025) The Silent Film Universe. #Podcast
📻 Listen: spotifycreators-web.app.link…
💻 Read: hippfest.wordpress.com/2026/…
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It's time for the @PordenoneSilent Open Call! 🎓 Now in its 28th year, the Collegium aims to remain unchanged: to attract new, young generations to the riches of silent cinema and the very special international #SilentFilm community.
📌 Info/ to apply: giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/…
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In HippCast Ep. 34 we chat to two of our recent HippFest attendees, both Young Scot reward winners, about their take on the films. 16-year-old Izzie Middleton has Scotland's landscape down to a tee. 🫡
📻 Listen: spotifycreators-web.app.link…
🖥️ Read: hippfest.wordpress.com/2026/…
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Screening alert! 📽️ An evening of #SilentFilm film at Burnside Hall, Dollar (Sat 23 May), 'accompanied by atmospheric piano music performed live by musician Forrester Pyke, recreating the magic of early 20th-century cinema.'
More in the @alloaadvertiser: alloaadvertiser.com/news/260…
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Searching for a new #SilentFilm listen? Great news! Festival Director Alison Strauss was recently a guest on 'The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever', which, well - does exactly what it says on the tin!
📻 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/3Xp…
🎞️ Submit a film: the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever…
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Have you tuned in to our #podcast? 🔊 In Ep. 34 we hear from two first-time #HippFest attendees, both @youngscot reward winners.
"Something about the fact that the films are old almost makes it more special." - Kitty Volino
📻 spotifycreators-web.app.link…
🖥️ hippfest.wordpress.com/2026/…
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We had an incredible number of entries to the LHARAs this year & a whale of a time reading all of your thoughtful responses to the films in our programme. But without further ado, the winner of our #HippFest2026 LHARAs is… Carrie Chisholm! 🏆
More here: hippfest.wordpress.com/2026/…
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The Scottish leg of Neil Brand Presents: Laurel & Hardy approaches!
✳️ 12 May - Ayr, @AyrGaiety
✳️ 13 May - Edinburgh, @queens_hall
✳️ 14 May - Airdrie, @AirdrieTownHall
✳️ 15 May - Inverness, @EdenCourt
✳️ 16 May - Kirkcaldy, @ASTheatre
Info & tickets: laurelandhardypresentedbynei…
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Sunday reads ☕ Yes, still bathing in the #HippFest2026 afterglow, but we PROMISE this will be our last article! Thanks Lucas McQueen @EdinReporter for reflecting on a weekend with us: 'Whatever your experience with the genre, there’s a lot to like here.' theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2…
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ANNOUNCING our HippFest 2026 Audience Award Winner: New Found Sound! 🏆🌟 Congratulations to all of the incredible young musicians that performed alongside #SilentFilm from the @nlskelvinhall Moving Image Archive, plus the tutors & staff that make this possible.
📷 Kat Gollock
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New podcast alert! 🚨 In today's episode we hear from two of our #HippFest2026 @YoungScot reward winners, both attending Scotland's only silent #FilmFestival for the first time.
🎧 Listen to the episode: open.spotify.com/episode/04D…
🖥️ Read the transcript: hippfest.wordpress.com/2026/…
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Anyone else spending their Saturday night reminiscing about watching a silent film programme on the platform of @bonessrailway? 🚂 Remember the deadline to participate in our #HippFest2026 evaluation survey closes at midnight tomorrow! Info: hippodromecinema.co.uk/hippf…
📷 Diana Dumi
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What a joy to catch Jay Weissberg (Director of @PordenoneSilent) last month, and ask his thoughts on #HippFest2026! "It's lovely to be in a community where the cinema that has been a part of this community for so long remains a vital element in the structure of the town." 📽️❤️
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Hippodrome Silent Film Festival retweeted
How Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin did some of their stunts.
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A fantastic feature from Henry Roberts in the @independent, who travelled from London to Bo'ness for #HippFest2026: 'It was five days to make you fall in love with cinema – for the first time or, for me, all over again.'
📰 Read in full: independent.co.uk/travel/uk/… #SilentFilm
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Sunday reads! via @MixUpTheatre: a ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ review from Houston (age 9) and Mum: 'Hippfest Laurel and Hardy...well, it was incredible. The live piano and percussion really set the scene in transporting you back in time.' 📰 Read in full here: mixuptheatre.com/post/film-r…
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Friday night Flapper throwback anyone? 💃 We had a blast at our Charleston workshop last month, where tutor Rowan Mitchell transported attendees to the glittering Jazz Age. A prohibition-style mocktail helped participants hydrate before the hard work got underway... 📷 Diana Dumi
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ALT People wearing flapper accessories dance in a small hall.
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4 weeks ago today... the calm before the storm! 🍿 A beautiful picture of @HippodromeFilm before we opened the doors for the first time! AAAAND yet another wee reminder to let us know about your visit to #HippFest2026 - all the details via: hippodromecinema.co.uk/hippf…
📷 Diana Dumi
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