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*

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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! 👋📽️

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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…
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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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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.
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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…
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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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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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