HippFest is Scotland’s first and only festival of silent film with live music, centred in and inspired by Scotland’s first and oldest cinema. *Inactive account*
After 12 years on this platform we've decided the time has come for the curtain to close on 'X'.
You can head to hippfest.co.uk for info about all things #HippFest - including our next edition and links to our active social media profiles.
Farewell Twittersphere! 👋📽️
Reminder! @FalkirkCouncil are looking for two skilled individuals, working as part of the friendly and dedicated #HippFest2027 team. We are currently recruiting:
🟡 Freelance Marketing officer - closing 20 July
🟡 Freelance Producer - closing 10 August
hippodromecinema.co.uk/get-i…
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to yooou... 🎂 Filmhouse are turning one - technically tomorrow - and in today's show we hear from Program Manager Raymah Tariq, reflecting on the first year since reopening in June 2025.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5rd…
🖥️ hippfest.wordpress.com/2026/…
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ALT Pink and red cheerful graphic with squiggles, cake, stars and text that reads: 'FILMHOUSE ARE TURNING ONE!'
A few photos from 'Foreshore Fragments' 💎 Once a thriving centre of industrial activity, Bo’ness still holds traces of its past, revealed with low tide. Armed with notebooks & curious eyes, participants in this session were led by Eva Jack to discover the practice of mudlarking.
ALT Eva Jack addresses a gathered group.
ALT A person leans against a grey wall, looking at their notebook.
ALT Someone handles fragments of pottery.
ALT A group of people stand on a strip of concrete surrounded by water.
WE ARE HIRING! 📋 @FalkirkCouncil are looking for a highly organised, detail-focussed Freelance Producer to oversee all production aspects of #HippFest2027 as part of the friendly and dedicated festival team.
📌 Info: hippodromecinema.co.uk/get-i…
⏰ Closing: 10AM, Monday 10 August
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We are on the lookout for a Freelance Marketing Officer to join the #HippFest2027 team! You will be responsible for:
📌 Marketing planning, budgeting & delivery
📌 Creating content & materials
📌 Email campaigns
📌 Liaising with Box Office
More info: hippodromecinema.co.uk/get-i…
ALT A pair of charleston dancers stand arm-in-arm in front of a colourful screen projecting 'The Hippodrome Speakeasy'
An interesting piece from 25-year-old Jared Griffiths, considering how to attract younger audiences to #SilentFilm (a key HippFest priority!) and reflecting on @NeilBrandLive's recent #LaurelAndHardy Centenary Tour. 📰 Read in full over at Voice Mag UK: voicemag.uk/feature/16539/si…
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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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/…
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/…
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…
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…
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/…
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…
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
ALT A dimly lit audience is visible watching an ensemble of young musicians and a cinema screen.
ALT Young musicians are illuminated by colourful images on the big screen.
ALT A young musician playing a large string instrument, illuminated by colourful images on the big screen.
ALT Young musicians are illuminated by colourful images on the big screen.