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Hippodrome Silent Film Festival

@hippfest

Scotland’s first and only festival of silent film with live music. HippFest will return in 2026 from 18 - 22 March, save the date!

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Musicians Jane Gardner and Caroline Salmon (photo credit: Lisa Evans) accompanying Finnish folk-horror directed by Teuvo Puro: Before the Face of the Sea (1926). 🌊 "This was clearly a well-honed piece of musical teamwork." 🖥️ Review by J.A Sutherland: bit.ly/4j8SzCS

Musicians Jane Gardner and Caroline Salmon (photo credit: Lisa Evans) accompanying Finnish folk-horror directed by Teuvo Puro: Before the Face of the Sea (1926). 🌊 "This was clearly a well-honed piece of musical teamwork." 🖥️ Review by J.A Sutherland: bit.ly/4j8SzCS
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We're over the moon to see Alanna Steele's #HippFest2025 review in Student Newspaper 🥰 'This hidden gem of a festival is accessible, affordable and ideal for anyone willing to take a chance on an incredible era of film...' 📰 Read in full digital format: bit.ly/42JhHu9

We're over the moon to see Alanna Steele's #HippFest2025 review in <a href="/TheStudentPaper/">Student Newspaper</a>  🥰 'This hidden gem of a festival is accessible, affordable and ideal for anyone willing to take a chance on an incredible era of film...' 📰 Read in full digital format: bit.ly/42JhHu9
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Applications for Pordenone Silent Collegium are open! 'The Collegium provides opportunity to 12 people under 30 who are eager to experience the festival’s screenings through a structured programme in which conversation is privileged over lecture.' 📝 Info: bit.ly/3RfBDhY

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Some gorgeous photos from The Near Shore: A Scottish and Irish Cine-Concert screening at #HippFest2025... as a visual reminder that our Feedback Surveys close TOMORROW! 🖼️ katgollock ✅ In-person events: bit.ly/3FTkube ☑️ Online events: bit.ly/43Z6iaJ

Some gorgeous photos from The Near Shore: A Scottish and Irish Cine-Concert screening at #HippFest2025... as a visual reminder that our Feedback Surveys close TOMORROW! 🖼️ <a href="/littlekatphotos/">katgollock</a> 
 
✅ In-person events: bit.ly/3FTkube
☑️ Online events: bit.ly/43Z6iaJ
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New #HippCast Episode just landed! 📻 1 month on from our fifteenth edition, we speak to some of our youngest attendees/ recent #SilentFilm converts on their highlights from #HippFest2025! 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/42MhKnZ 📖 Read the transcript: bit.ly/4jnNV42

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The winner of our first ever LHARAs is... Craig Lowe! 🏆 We selected Craig's fabulous 4.5/5 ⭐ review of The Chase After Millions (1930). 'A German Sensationsfilme, this felt an interesting hybrid of silent comedy and swashbuckler...' Read in full: letterboxd.com/craiglikesfilm…

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Happy Friday film fans 🥳 We're delighted to share the winners of our #HippFest2025 Photo/Video Competition: Andy Aldridge & PipingBairn! We absolutely loved seeing the snapshots you shared with us illustrating your Festival experience. Thanks so much both for sharing! #Festival

Happy Friday film fans 🥳 We're delighted to share the winners of our #HippFest2025 Photo/Video Competition: Andy Aldridge &amp; PipingBairn! We absolutely loved seeing the snapshots you shared with us illustrating your Festival experience. Thanks so much both for sharing! #Festival
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Today we bid a fond farewell to our Marketing Manager Abbie Dobson, who managed to wrangle the team for a photo right in the middle of #HippFest2025! 💗We'll miss her greatly, but she's moving on to big things at the soon-to-reopen Filmhouse. Thank you Abbie! 🖼️ katgollock

Today we bid a fond farewell to our Marketing Manager Abbie Dobson, who managed to wrangle the team for a photo right in the middle of #HippFest2025! 💗We'll miss her greatly, but she's moving on to big things at the soon-to-reopen Filmhouse. Thank you Abbie! 🖼️ <a href="/littlekatphotos/">katgollock</a>
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A selection of images (credit: katgollock) of our AUDIENCE AWARD-WINNING New Found Sound screening, with a whopping average score of 4.9/5! 👏 Bravo Laura Namyslo, Sunny Li, Charlie Franklin, Jack Cunningham, Timi Somefun, plus the @YMIFalkirtrad Junior & Senior Trad Bands.

A selection of images (credit: <a href="/littlekatphotos/">katgollock</a>) of our AUDIENCE AWARD-WINNING New Found Sound screening, with a whopping average score of 4.9/5! 👏 Bravo Laura Namyslo, Sunny Li, Charlie Franklin, Jack Cunningham, Timi Somefun, plus the @YMIFalkirtrad Junior &amp; Senior Trad Bands.
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Work with us! 💼 @FalkirkCouncil are looking for an exceptional Freelance Marketing Officer to join the friendly and dedicated team working on #HippFest2026. ⏰ Closing date: 11AM, Monday 14 July 2025. 📌 More info: hippodromecinema.co.uk/get-involved/j… 🖼️ Image credit: katgollock

Work with us! 💼 @FalkirkCouncil are looking for an exceptional Freelance Marketing Officer to join the friendly and dedicated team working on #HippFest2026. 

⏰ Closing date: 11AM, Monday 14 July 2025. 
📌 More info: hippodromecinema.co.uk/get-involved/j…
🖼️ Image credit: <a href="/littlekatphotos/">katgollock</a>
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From our #HippFest2025 screening of OUR HOSPITALITY (1923) - swipe to see Buster doff his hat! '...Everyone laughing along at Buster, with the superb live piano accompaniment, was such a wonderful way to see silent film live for the first time.' - Tom Futter 📸 katgollock

From our #HippFest2025 screening of OUR HOSPITALITY (1923) - swipe to see Buster doff his hat!

'...Everyone laughing along at Buster, with the superb live piano accompaniment, was such a wonderful way to see silent film live for the first time.' - Tom Futter

📸 <a href="/littlekatphotos/">katgollock</a>
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Do you have a passion for print; a mind for merch; or a buoyancy for branded bunting? ✋ Marketers, we want to hear from you! Falkirk Council are looking for an exceptional individual to lead on Marketing as part of the dedicated team behind #HippFest2026: hippodromecinema.co.uk/get-involved/j…

Do you have a passion for print; a mind for merch; or a buoyancy for branded bunting? ✋ Marketers, we want to hear from you! <a href="/falkirkcouncil/">Falkirk Council</a> are looking for an exceptional individual to lead on Marketing as part of the dedicated team behind #HippFest2026: hippodromecinema.co.uk/get-involved/j…
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We're celebrating our volunteers as part of Volunteer's Week 2025! 💞 We say it time and time again but we couldn't deliver HippFest's warm welcome without our incredible volunteers. On behalf of everyone that walks into Hippodrome Cinema each March, THANK YOU. 🖼️ katgollock

We're celebrating our volunteers as part of <a href="/VolunteersWeek/">Volunteer's Week</a> 2025!  💞 We say it time and time again but we couldn't deliver HippFest's warm welcome without our incredible volunteers. On behalf of everyone that walks into <a href="/HippodromeFilm/">Hippodrome Cinema</a> each March, THANK YOU.

🖼️ <a href="/littlekatphotos/">katgollock</a>
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Work with us! We are recruiting a Freelance Outreach and Engagement Coordinator 🤝 This role is vital to achieving our engagement and outreach ambitions, with a focus on local integration during core dates and building HippFest’s reputation. 📌 More info: bit.ly/4jKvKoT

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Another HippFest2025 #ThrowbackThursday... who did it better, Jane Gardner and Caroline Salmon or Heidi Blåfield and Urho Seppälä? 😂 From our screening of #SilentFilm Before the Face of the Sea (1926). 📒 Read the programme notes written by Antti Alanen: bit.ly/44gq6VR

Another HippFest2025 #ThrowbackThursday... who did it better, Jane Gardner and Caroline Salmon or Heidi Blåfield and Urho Seppälä? 😂 From our screening of #SilentFilm Before the Face of the Sea (1926).

📒 Read the programme notes written by Antti Alanen: bit.ly/44gq6VR
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Reminder! 🔔 We are #recruiting for two roles ahead of HippFest 2026: 🟣 Marketing Officer (deadline: 11am Monday 14 July) 🟣 Outreach and Engagement Coordinator (deadline: 11am Monday 21 July) To download the Recruitment Pack for each position, visit: hippodromecinema.co.uk/get-involved/j…

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A brilliant blog from 🎞 Silent London 🎞's Pamela Hutchinson. On Karen Pearlman's BREAKING PLATES: 'Rare to see such joyful feminist revolution on screen, or such deep, loving engagement with silent film style... It moves, constantly, and at a galloping pace.' bit.ly/45COKCg