Hippodrome Silent Film Festival

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 https://t.co/ECePof9ARe 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

https://t.co/QLV5g3y4il

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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.

🎧 https://t.co/XF5PcEwfvc
🖥️ https://t.co/ZGDM9vD9kU

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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: https://t.co/26oOEYZzKG
⏰ 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: https://t.co/vb5lAxA3zD

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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: https://t.co/QdjAs7jUgg

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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: https://t.co/vb5lAxA3zD
📷 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: 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