Hippodrome Silent Film Festival

Day 4! 10:30–13:30 | Foreshore Fragments 11:00–12:35 | The Cameraman (1928) 13:30–15:00 | Rosebank Tour 14:00–15:15 | Captain January (1924) 16:30–18:05 | The Mountain of Destiny (1924) 19:30–20:30 | Platform Reels 19:30–21:00 | Saxophone Susy (1928) 21:45–23:15 | The Bat (1926)

@BBCScotlandNews Join us (and Mike!) at @HippodromeFilm this afternoon for High Treason (1929) - Britain’s answer to Metropolis! This is a fascinating example of one of British cinema’s early ventures into sci-fi... Tickets: hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/sff26… #SciFi #SilentFilm #HippFest2026

Fab segment on #HippFest2026 in @BBCScotlandNews The Entertainment Mix - ft. footage of Hipponauts past & present, Festival Director Alison Strauss, plus Mike Nolan offering a piano preview of this afternoon's High Treason (1929)! 📺 Starts approx 10:30: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Friday at #HippFest2026! ✨ Prepare for glamour! 10:00–13:00 Callendar House Exhibition Tour 12:30–14:00 April Fool 15:30–17:00 High Treason 18:00–19:00 HippFest Pub Quiz 20:00–21:45 Friday Night Gala: Why Be Good? (Gala after-party until 23:00) 🎟️ hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/

See inside Kinneil House, Bo'ness, for free this Saturday, 21 March. Big thanks to @HistEnvScot and the @Kinneil team. kinneil.org.uk/2026/03/17/kin…

@dranj70 Hi, all good here, @HippFest is here, I’m off to see some classic silents with new live soundtracks

@rhiannemargo Thanks so much Rhianne - we've had lots of lovely comments on the artwork already!

#HippFest2026 kicks off today! 🎬✨ I had the pleasure of working on the artwork and roll out for this year’s festival with the lovely @HippFest team! Nice to see it all out in the world – along with an amazing programme this year of you fancy heading along!

Day 2️⃣ at #HippFest2026! And as always, a handy itinerary for you: 10:30–11:30 📽️ Behind-the-Scenes Tour 14:00–15:15 🏝️ Kidnapped (1917) 17:00–18:30 🔎 Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases (1921, 1922, 1923) 20:00–21:20 ⛵ The White Heather (1919) 🎟️ hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/

Lunchtime reads 🍽️ Thanks to Carmen Paddock ( @theskinnymag) for this feature on Jean Epstein's Finis Terrae (1929), ahead of this afternoon's premiere of a new score from Dan Abrahams and Philippe Boudot. 📰 Read: theskinny.co.uk/film/interview… 🎟️ Tickets: hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/sff26…

Hipp-Hipp-Hooray, it's #HippFest2026 Day 1! 🥳 Today's Hipp-tinerary: 12:30–14:30 | The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) 16:00–17:30 | Finis Terrae (1929) 19:00–20:30 | Opening Night: Fante-Anne (1920) 21:15–23:15 | Folkemølje/Folk Dance Party 🎟️ hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/

One more ticket deal to tempt you! 💥 £5 last-minute tickets for concession holders only, on the day of the screening, for events that are not sold out with >10 tickets available. On sale the morning of the event from @HippodromeFilm Box Office only. 🍿 hippodromecinema.co.uk/hippfest/hippf…

Kinneil House @welovehistory *re-opens!* this Saturday 21 March - self-guided indoor tours, 10am-3pm + outdoor guided walk at 12 noon + see museum in probably its last fortnight of Council management - all *free* for this week’s @HippFest @VFalkirk kinneil.org.uk/2026/03/17/kin…

Tomorrow night! 🥳✨ We've prepared a special ticket deal for audiences wanting to squeeze the most fun possible out of our #HippFest2026 Opening Night - attend #SilentFilm Fante-Anne (1920) AND our Folkemølje afterparty for just £16.50 (£12 concession)! hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/sff26…

That's right folks, 2 DAYS TO GO! And we have a final few things to shout about: 📽️ 19.3 Hippodrome Behind-the-scenes Tour 🧑‍🎨 20.3 Callendar House Exhibition Tour 🥃 21.3 Rosebank Distillery Tour & Tasting 💃 22.3 Roaring Twenties Charleston Workshop hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/

Saturday reads ☕ Thanks @LothianLife for this fab interview ahead of our #HippFest2026 Folkemølje, which sounds a lot like a ceilidh... 'We want to bring folk out to the clubs so that it catches on beyond folk dance groups.' 📰 lothianlife.co.uk/2026/03/interv… 🎟️ hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/sff26…

Song (1928) ⚔️ Anna May Wong gives one of the most compelling screen performances of her career as a woman tormented by unrequited love. 🎟️ hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/sff26… 🎶Stephen Horne, Frank Bockius 🙏 Supported by the Confucius Institute for Scotland at the University of Edinburgh

Apart From You (1933) 💞 A quietly devastating Japanese melodrama about two working women, an aging geisha, Kikue, and a younger woman, Terugiku, selflessly devoting themselves to family, whatever the cost. An understated masterpiece. 🎟️ hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/sff26… 🎶 John Sweeney

Laurel & Hardy Double-Bill 😄 The boys in bowlers are back! Join us in the company of the world’s best-loved comedy team. This year ft. two newly-restored rarities: the *world premiere* of the new restoration of With Love and Hisses, and Slipping Wives. 🎟️ hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/sff26…

TONIGHT AT 7PM 📽️ Our final pre-festival presentation: Weimar Slapstick! A richly illustrated exploration packed with clips - and including many references to films at #HippFest2026... ▶️ youtu.be/R7tBo_gQTec 🗣️ Presented by Dr Paul Flaig 🎶 Virtual accompaniment: Mike Nolan

Less than 2 weeks to go! 😍 New Found Sound returns with another delightful morning of Scottish archive films brought to life by talented young musicians from Falkirk District schools. Featuring: 🎞️ An Evening Sail 🎞️ Winter in Scotland 🎞️ Witch Craft 🎟️ hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/sff26…