HippFest

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HippFest is Scotland’s first and only festival of silent film with live music, centred in and inspired by Scotland’s oldest cinema, featuring exceptional screenings, commissions, workshops, community events and touring. More info: http://www.hippfest.co.uk

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#TBT to a wonderful launch of our Taste of Silents season last week... Queen Kelly (1929) was a MAGIC way to begin! Huge thanks to @pamhutch.bsky.social for a fab intro, Neil Brand for magnifient music, our Young Programmers,@cineredis.bsky.social on Tour, and Milestone Film & Video / Kino Lorber.

Historic movie theatre interior showing a vintage title card reading "Gloria Swanson in QUEEN KELLY," with a star-studded domed ceiling above and a dark auditorium of seated silhouettes below.Audience seated in a vintage cinema watching a presentation titled "Cinema Rediscovered" on a large screen, a speaker at a podium stage right, ornate proscenium with sunburst motif, and a star-speckled domed ceiling with circular ring lights overhead.Pamela Hutchinson speaking at a podium in an ornate theatre auditorium beside a large projection screen showing a vintage film poster, framed by red curtains and an art-deco sunburst mural above.Audience seated in a vintage theatre watching a large screen titled "Taste of Silents 2026" displaying four vintage film posters, beneath a domed ceiling with star-shaped lights and a decorative sunburst above the stage.
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Deeply saddened by the loss of @theskinnymag.bsky.social, we've been so grateful to The Skinny for supporting HippFest. Particular thanks & well wishes to Jamie Dunn for championing a broad range of contemporary film events. Our thoughts are with the entire team - this loss will be immediately felt.

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'This recently restored masterpiece of the silent era will be accompanied by Neil Brand on piano and introduced by film historian and author @pamhutch.bsky.social.' 💸 With multi-buy deal: 2 screenings for £20/£16 concession, 3 screenings for £30/£24 concession & 4 screenings for £40/£32 concession!

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A wee #TBT today to give you a peek at some of our community engagement work 👩‍🏫 Back in February we worked with Confucius Institute Scotland to deliver a brilliant Peking Opera session for Falkirk Youth Theatre led by Ziying Jin and Ruibin Tang. Thank you for a wonderful afternoon! 📸 Robin Mair

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Team HippFest enjoyed a brilliant Strategy Day last week at Jupiter Artland 🎨 As a largely Freelance festival team, opportunities to come together in person and reflect on progress & development are rare and much appreciated. And what a beautiful place to do so - incl. sheep to bid us farewell! 🐏