Hippodrome Silent Film Festival

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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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: https://t.co/vb5lAxA3zD⏰ 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: https://t.co/V82Ay7rfyR
💻 Read: https://t.co/KEs29PwdYB

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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: https://t.co/71pSdbj2yV

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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: https://t.co/WnPeVlp1Bd
🖥️ Read: https://t.co/luylgqs3gO

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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: https://t.co/vrzlu8WInj

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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: https://t.co/tEASCY9qVl
🎞️ Submit a film: https://t.co/UexKAP8dgH

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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

📻 https://t.co/WnPeVlp1Bd
🖥️ https://t.co/luylgqs3gO

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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: https://t.co/v0PSGroNkP

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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: https://t.co/zB1zsh8rMK

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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.' https://t.co/XmqIeZD1FV

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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: https://t.co/m3aJ6leMlw
🖥️ Read the transcript: https://t.co/luylgqs3gO

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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: https://t.co/EvtRwNq8dA

📷 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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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: https://t.co/UwWtwpjWqD #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: https://t.co/SM2B4oB4lp

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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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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: https://t.co/EvtRwNq8dA

📷 Diana Dumi

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If only every day could start with a game of Heids or Bahookies and end with a jam-packed screening of The Cameraman (1928), accompanied by super-duo John Sweeney & Frank Bockius... ❤️ #SilentFilm #BusterKeaton Let us know about your visit: https://t.co/EvtRwNq8dA

📷 Diana Dumi