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HippCast: Episode 14
It’s the annual ‘Programme Picks’ episode, and with only one week to go, what better time to re-assess your ticket buying choices, and maybe book a few more tickets?
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HippCast: Episode 13
It’s the annual ‘Programme Picks’ episode, and with only one week to go, what better time to re-assess your ticket buying choices, and maybe book a few more tickets?
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HippFest 2024: the programme
Contemporary talent and vintage Hollywood stars will take the spotlight in a programme that features Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Clara Bow, and Joan Crawford; with live appearances from musicians and silent film aficionados, including Neil Brand, Jenny Hammerton, Maud Nelissen, and John Sweeney. Depictions of Scotland on Screen are in focus, as the Festival opens…
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HippCast: Episode 9
In today’s release we are delighted to share a conversation that took place earlier this month at the University of Edinburgh, hosted by Jane Sillars, Programme Director of the Masters in Film, Exhibition and Culture, along with Lizelle Bisschoff, who runs the Film Curation Masters at the University of Glasgow. The conversation featured the participation…
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Happy days feasting on films and ice-cream
According to the Lonely Planet Visitor Guide, Pordenone in the northeast of Italy is “the kind of place you wouldn’t mind calling home”. For hundreds of silent film enthusiasts, archivists, researchers, musicians, students, curators, authors and academics it absolutely is home… a place where one feels amongst family.
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Silent Siblings: HippFest goes to Tromsø Silent Film Days
… A four day programme of “not so silent film”, as asserted in their tag-line, which foregrounds the importance the creative team place on live music at all their screenings.
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HippCast: Episode 3
A young musician plays guitar during the HippFest 2023 New Found Sound performance. Image credit: Kat Gollock
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HippFest 2023: the programme
Lights… camera… action! The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival has announced the programme for its 13th edition. Scotland’s only festival dedicated to silent film takes place in the country’s oldest purpose built cinema, the Hippodrome in Bo’ness, Wed 22 – Sun 26 March 2023. 2023’s edition looks to continue bringing silver screen gems, world-class musicians and…
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Film restoration in both senses of the word.
HippFest Director Alison Strauss reflects on a trip to le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2022, and considers some film favourites from the packed programme.
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The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival 