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celebrating film with live music
The Unknown © 1927 WBEI
WEDNESDAY 16 – SUNDAY 20 MARCH 2022
BOX OFFICE: 01324 506850 | HIPPFEST.CO.UK
WELCOME CONTENTS
WHAT’S ON
A very warm welcome to HippFest. It’s good to be back!
HippFest at Home .................................................4-5
We learned so much from HippFest online but now we are All events
thrilled to be back in person for our 12th edition, and indebted Saturday 12 March ................................................6 in the
to our audiences, musicians, and partners for sticking with us on Wednesday 16 March ..........................................7-8 Hippodrome
that roller-coaster journey. We are so grateful to everyone who and online will
has shown their support by donating, tuning in digitally, attending Thursday 17 March .................................................9-10 be BSL English
live events and connecting with us on social media. Thanks to all supported
of you, we approach HippFest 2022 with fresh film discoveries, old Friday 18 March ........................................................11-14
favourites, long-awaited premieres, new commissions and a larger Saturday 19 March .................................................15-19
than ever community of HippFest fans. The team have combined the best
bits of the new digital adventure with many of the most prized ingredients of previous Sunday 20 March ...................................................20-23
Festivals to make a winning formula of great films, great music, and great fun. It’s been Performers ..................................................................24-27
a long time coming but now HippFest has come home!
Tours .................................................................................28 Age 16-25?
Alison Strauss (Arts Development Officer) Film and Media Explore the Area .....................................................29-30 Tickets for just
Director, HippFest, Falkirk Community Trust £4.50 on selected
Bo’ness Eating and Drinking............................31 screenings
How to get here and Staying Safe ............32
A very warm welcome to the 12th annual Hippodrome Silent Film Festival. How to Book ................................................................33
It is truly wonderful that HippFest is back at the Hippodrome Our Supporters ........................................................34
this year. As Chair of Falkirk Community Trust I am delighted
that the Trust will once again stage one of Scotland’s greatest At A Glance ..................................................................35
cultural events, in Scotland’s oldest cinema in Bo’ness. I would
For Festival updates connect with us on:
like to thank all the funders, artists and audiences who joined
us online in 2021, and really hope they will be able to join us in HippFest
person this year. Enjoy the festival. @HippFestScot
David White HippFest
Chair, Falkirk Community Trust
What our audiences say
“Wonderful experience, wonderful music, wonderful films”
“Love, Love, Love HippFest. Truly a highlight of my year”
“Fun, innovative, totally different to other festivals”
“Great festival with a world-class programme and a community feel”
THE HIPPFEST TEAM
Festival Director: ........................Alison Strauss Videography: ........................ Strangeboat
Producer: ..........................................John Humphries Cinema Advert: ................... Cue the Mustard
Marketing & Media: ..................Public Image PR Festival photography
Social Media Officer & credits:......................................... 2019 Kat Gollock
Online Coordinator: .................Christina Webber 2018 Findr
Photography: ................................Kat Gollock, Tom 2015/16/17 Alex Hewitt
Duffin, Lisa Evans
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HIPPFEST AT HOME ONLINE ONLY HIPPFEST AT HOME ONLINE ONLY
photo: Mark Tipping
Looking forward to HippFest? We’ve got some great online talks lined up in the run up to
the start of the Festival… Mark Kermode in Conversation with Neil
A digital device with internet access is required to view all HippFest at Home content.
Brand and Mike Hammond (live online)
A String of Pearls: Composing for A Wed 9 March | 19:00
Mandarin Ducks, Movie World Tour £5 | £1 conc.
Butterflies, and Modern (online premiere) (pre-record) Live Online | 45mins incl Q&A, with BSL-
English interpretation and live captioning All live-streamed
events will have live
Shanghai in the 1920s Wed 2 Mar, 19:00 The nation’s best-loved film critic: captioning for viewers
(online premiere) (pre-record) £FREE but ticketed / 45 mins / with BSL- Mark Kermode, in conversation with at home.
English interpretation and closed captions Mike Hammond and Neil Brand.
All pre-recorded content
Ahead of the long-awaited premiere
Wed 23 Feb, 19:00 Silent film composer and pianist John will have closed
of their musical accompaniment to
£FREE but ticketed / 45 mins / with BSL- Sweeney joins film composer Dr Chris captions.
FW Murnau’s City Girl (see page 16),
English interpretation and closed captions Letcher and Screen Music History
members of the Dodge Brothers
honours students at the Reid School
A String of Pearls (see pg.21) exemplifies discuss their unique collaboration with
of Music (Edinburgh College of Art) for
the kind of “modern cinema” Shanghai composer Neil Brand, their respective
filmmakers and intellectuals in the a lively conversation with film archivist
approaches to creating music for
1920s had aspired to achieve before and researcher Paul Frith to discuss
silent film, and their unique take on
the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in composing for this unique, international
this silent era masterpiece.
1931. It is also one of few surviving films film programme of counterculture
written by Hou Yao (1903–42), who was a silent film from the 1930s (see page This is a live event with an opportunity
pioneer in Chinese-language film theory 8). Chaired by HippFest Director: Alison to pose questions via live chat.
and criticism. In this talk, Victor Fan will Strauss.
introduce the historical background and
critical discourses of Shanghai cinema in This live event will be broadcast via Zoom.
relation to this masterpiece. To attend this event you must purchase a
ticket via the Box Office. Full details of how
To tune in to our two online premieres ahead of the Festival, simply visit the HippFest Facebook page join will then be emailed to ticket-holders
or the Falkirk Community Trust YouTube account at the advertised start times. Alternatively, you can ahead of the event.
also book a free ticket via the Box Office and be emailed a link ahead of the Premiere if preferable.
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SATURDAY 12 WEDNESDAY 16
All live-
streamed
events will have
live captioning for
viewers at home.
HippFest Community Screening Talk
Rowdy Ann & The Boatswain’s Mate (double bill) Queen of Hearts: Mary Queen of Scots in
Popular Culture
SATURDAY 12 MARCH | 19:00 Tonight’s HippFest Community Screening
£10 | £8 conc double-bill is a teaser for three must-see
programmes at the Hippodrome next Wednesday 16 March | 16:00
VENUE: Barony Theatre, Borrowstoun This event takes place in the Hippodrome and
week: ‘Gender Rebels’ (Fri 18 Mar Page 11) £5 | £3.50 conc
Road, Bo’ness EH51 9RS will be live streamed. Purchase tickets to attend
part of our #NastyWomen strand, co-
A riotous double bill featuring two women curated by Maggie Hennefeld and Laura Mary is not just Queen of Scots, but the live event in the venue OR to tune in to the live
who delight in defying convention and Horak; plus two events celebrating Britain’s Queen of the movies. Like the plays, stream, please book an e-ticket via the Box Office.
turning the tables on the men who just most celebrated female screenwriter of songs and ballads, the films from The events will be streamed live via YouTube with
don’t measure up. the silent era: ‘Lydia Hayward and the cinema’s earliest days have portrayed BSL interpretation and live captioning. We cannot
Cow-girl Ann (Fay Tincher) is Rowdy by Boatswain’s Mate’; and Not for Sale (Sat 19 the Mary we love to know - passionate, guarantee that questions submitted digitally will be
name and rowdy by nature, so her father Mar Page 16) headstrong, and with a dash of asked during the event.
packs her off to college hoping she will “larn adulterous spice. In this illustrated talk,
Dir. Al Christie | USA | 1919 | N/C U | English All our online talks require a digital device with
to be a lady”. The tutors try to smooth intertitles | 24m Donald Smith celebrates the Mary
internet access.You will be sent a viewing link in your
Ann’s “rough corners” but you can’t keep of legend, while inviting the equally
With: Fay Tincher, Eddie Barry and confirmation email 48 hours before the event.
a good woman down and it’s not long Katherine Lewis
interesting Mary of history to step out of
before she is putting the men in their place. the silver screen shadows.
In our second film, Florence Turner plays Dir. H. Manning Haynes | UK | 1924 | N/C U
widowed landlady Mrs Waters. One of her With: Florence Turner and Victor McLaglen 1h 30m incl. Q&A.
regulars fancies the easy life and hatches BSL-English supported event
Performing live: Jane Gardner (piano)
a dodgy plan to win a place in her heart (or
rather a stake in her assets). But he has Screening material courtesy of Kino ng
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WEDNESDAY 16 THURSDAY 17
A Movie World Tour: How Institute of Amateur
1930s Amateur Filmmaking Cinematographers Award-
Conquered the World winners film programme
(1935-1939)
Thursday 17 March | 13:30 – 15:00
£5 | £3.50 conc Thursday 17 March | 16:00
Join Paul Frith and Keith Johnston £10 | £8 conc.
(University of East Anglia), and Melanie Around the world in seven films…
Selfe (University of Glasgow) for
an insightful discussion of amateur In 1935, during the formative years of
filmmaking during the inter-war period, to amateur filmmaking in Britain, the Institute
complement our IAC World Tour screening. of Amateur Cinematographers (IAC)
sent out a package of seven award-
the 1920s, interest in amateur
In winning films on a “World Tour”. Arranged
filmmaking expanded rapidly across the in conjunction with cine clubs across
HippFest Opening Night globe thanks to affordable and widely the globe (including Australia, India, and
Restoration World Premiere available filmmaking equipment and Japan), this tour represented the breadth
materials. Although often dismissed, these
The Loves of Mary Queen of Scots DIY makers of “home movies” offered
exciting alternatives to the predominant
of filmmaking styles and genres open to
the amateur filmmaker.
mainstream movie industry. To mark the 90th anniversary of the IAC,
Wednesday 16 March | 19:30
this specially curated programme features
£14 | £11.50 conc This talk will consider how the work of the new 2k scans of the tour films, recently
‘serious’ amateur filmmaker pioneers digitised at the East Anglian Film Archive
Stand aside Saoirse… it’s time to make
blossomed during this lively period, and Filmoteca de Catalunya as part of the
way for the silent era’s answer to the most
producing unorthodox and ground- research project ‘International Amateur
celebrated and romantic figure in Scottish
breaking films to rival the mainstream with Cinema Between the Wars, 1918-39’.
history: Mary Stuart.
their imagination and creativity.
After the cancellation of our 2020 Festival We are thrilled to welcome musician/tutor
we are delighted at last to present the 1h 30m incl. Q&A. BSL - English Chris Letcher and students of the Reid
world premiere of a new restoration of supported event School of Music to perform premieres for
this extremely rare British feature film, their new compositions for Sister (Japan,
chronicling the Scottish Queen’s life. Full of Dir. Denison Clift | UK | 1923 | U | 2h incl. 1933) Memmortigo (Spain, 1933). The five
intrigue, betrayal and scandal: her bitter Narration | BSL-English supported event remaining films in the programme will be
enmity with John Knox, wars with the With: Fay Compton, Gerald Ames, Ivan accompanied by John Sweeney.
unruly Scottish nobility, her fatal marriages Samson HippFest at Home: To be the first to hear Performing live: students at the Reid School
to Darnley and Bothwell, her captivity, Performing live: Andy Cannon (narrator/ more about the process of composing for of Music (Edinburgh College of Art) and
imprisonment and execution at the hands explainer), Wendy Weatherby (cello, these films, Attend our online premiere of
John Sweeney (piano)
of Queen Elizabeth… all are played out in voice), Frank McLaughlin (guitar, pipes), a new discussion featuring the musicians in
this ambitious historical costume drama. David Trouton (piano) conversation (see Page 4).
1h 30m incl. Q&A. BSL - English
Screening material and restoration supported event
This evening’s screening will be ‘elaborated’ courtesy of Archive Film Agency and
with a performance by the internationally Celluloid Tapestry
acclaimed professional storyteller Andy
Cannon providing historical context during
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THURSDAY 17 FRIDAY 18
Scotland’s Year of Stories Commission Nasty Women Programme
Journey to the Isles: Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Gender Rebels (double bill)
Friday 18 March | 11:00 The Night Rider: Dir. Jay Hunt | USA | 1920 |
Thursday 17 March | 19:30 songwriter: Mairi Campbell. Weaving N/C U | English intertitles | 25m
£7 | £5 conc.
£14 | £11.50 conc together words, music and song With: Texas Guinan, Pat Hartigan
alongside Kennedy-Fraser’s enchanting Ever since Donald Trump interrupted Hilary
A mesmerising glimpse into the Clinton during a 2016 Presidential Debate, Rowdy Ann: Dir. Al Christie | USA | 1919 |
landscapes, folktales and songs that films, Marion and Mairi will conjure the
#NastyWomen has become a global N/C U | English intertitles | 24m
inspired one of Scotland’s great early sounds and landscapes captured by this
key figure of Scotland’s Celtic Revival. feminist rallying cry. Yet, there is a long and With: Fay Tincher, Eddie Barry and
collectors of Traditional Arts. robust history of women celebrating their Katherine Lewis
Performing live: Marion Kenny (storytelling, own nastiness to speak truth to patriarchal Performing live: Meg Morley (piano)
Kennedy-Fraser began collecting piano, flute, gu-xheng), Mairi Campbell
Hebridean songs in 1905, fired by a power. Meet HippFest’s very own Nasty Screening material courtesy of Kino Lorber
(voice, viola)
desire to preserve and celebrate the Women in this new programme, co-curated Co-curated by Laura Horak (Director of
1h 30m. BSL-English supported event by Maggie Hennefeld and Laura Horak.
musical riches of the islands’ people. the Transgender Media Lab, Associate
These disarming films, made by Screening material courtesy of National
Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive For this fun-filled double-bill, our guest Professor of Film Studies, Carleton
Kennedy-Fraser herself - provide a curators showcase two favourites about University; author of Girls Will Be Boys:
snapshot of her work and the culture gender hijinks in the Wild West! Women Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and
of the people she devoted her life to wearing the trousers… and the cowboy American Cinema) and Maggie Hennefeld
studying. All the while revealing the boots to match! Our first Nasty Woman is (Associate Professor, Cultural Studies
warmth of her personality and the Actor-Producer Texas Guinan - a successful & Comparative Literature, University
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beauty of the Hebrides. films throughout the 1910s, and here plays a Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes).
Joining us on this journey to the Isles self-sufficient ranch owner who reluctantly With an introduction by Pamela
will be acclaimed and charismatic decides to enlist the help of a husband. Next Hutchinson - a freelance writer, critic
live performer Marion Kenny - one of meet hugely popular comedy actress Fay and historian, specialising in silent and
Scotland’s leading storytellers; and Tincher as cowgirl Ann… “Rowdy” by name classic cinema. Pamela is the founder of
award-winning musician, singer and and “rowdy” by nature. Tincher worked silentlondon.co.uk and the author of the
continuously from 1912 to 1928, appearing BFI Classic: Pandora’s Box.
in more than 160 films, also running a
production company of her own.
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FRIDAY 18 FRIDAY 18
Talk
Dawn
Wartime propaganda and peacetime
diplomacy: Edith Cavell on Film 1915–1928 Friday 18 March | 16:00 The lead role was given to prominent
£10 | £8 conc stage actress Sybil Thorndike, whose
Friday 18 March | 13:30 One of the most controversial films physical resemblance to Cavell and
allied propaganda, shining a light on
of the 1920s Dawn tells the story of dignified performance add yet more
£5 | £3.50 conc the diplomatic controversy sparked by
British nurse Edith Cavell, shot at dawn weight to this suspenseful war drama.
An essential look at the compelling historical continuing interest in the case.
by the Germans on 12 October 1915 for Dir.Herbert Wilcox | UK | 1928 | N/C PG |
events and fictionalised narratives behind Performing live: Mike Nolan (piano) 1h 30m helping over 200 Allied soldiers escape French and Dutch intertitles with English
this afternoon’s feature presentation Dawn. incl. Q&A. surtitles | 1h 31m + short accompanied by
from German-occupied Belgium during
When the German occupiers in Belgium Screening material courtesy of BFI WW1. Diplomatic efforts to minimise the Forrester Pyke
National Archive film’s perceived potential for inflaming With: Sybil Thorndike, Ada Bodart, Gordon
shot Edith Cavell for treason in 1915 they
handed the British and their allies a perfect anti-German sentiment and disrupting Craig, Marie Ault
propaganda opportunity to portray the LIVE STREAM international relations led to censor Performing Live: Stephen Horne (piano,
enemy as brutal and uncivilized. After cuts for British audiences but in Belgium flute, accordion), Frank Bockius (percussion)
the war international relations shifted This event takes place in the Hippodrome the film was released intact. It is this With an introduction by Lawrence Napper
significantly, and cinema took a key role in and will be live streamed. Purchase tickets to uncensored version that we present for
attend the live event in the venue OR to tune
Screening material courtesy Belgian Royal
cementing more friendly relations within our stirring Festival screening. Film Archive
Europe and in remembrance activities in to the live stream, please book an e-ticket
via the Box Office.The events will be streamed Director Herbert Wilcox was keen to
through battle reconstructions and war
live via YouTube with BSL interpretation and ensure realism and historical accuracy
stories.
live captioning. We cannot guarantee that in his film, using original location footage,
Lawrence Napper’s accessible, illustrated questions submitted digitally will be asked scrupulously researched set designs
talk will consider Herbert Wilcox’s during the event. All our online talks require a and one of Cavell’s collaborators – Ada
extraordinary retelling of Cavell’s story in digital device with internet access.You will be Bodart – playing herself.
the film Dawn and discuss representations sent a viewing link in your confirmation email
of the Cavell case on film as part of 48 hours before the event.
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FRIDAY 18 SATURDAY 19
Photo courtesy of Photoplay Productions
Friday Night Gala Jeely Jar Screening: double bill
The Mark of Zorro Behind the Screen & Sherlock Jr.
Friday 18 March | doors 19:00 | Screening Dir. Fred Niblo | US | 1920 | N/C U | 1h 25m + Saturday 19 March | 10:00 Dir. Charlie Chaplin | US | 1916 | U | 23m
19:45 shorts accompanied by Forrester Pyke £6 | 2-for-1 with clean jam jar and lid With: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance,
£16 | £14 conc. With: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La A backstage peek at the movies, in the Eric Campbell
Dress code: Zorro-esque or HippFest glamour Motte, Robert McKim, Noah Beery inimitable company of silent cinema’s Dir. Buster Keaton | US | 1924 | U | 45m
Live pre-screening music by Rapido Mariachi Performing Live: Neil Brand (piano) and greatest comedy stars. With: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire,
Dual identity: check! Secret lair: check! Frank Bockius (percussion) Joe Keaton
Charlie Chaplin plays an overworked
Black mask and cape: check! The original This presentation is by arrangement with Performing live: Neil Brand (piano)
Photoplay Productions and Patrick J. stagehand who gets a shot at
caped crusader… 1920s style! comeuppance when he and his nemesis BSL-English supported event
Stanbury
Don Diego Vega (Douglas Fairbanks) are enlisted as extras in a pie fight. Screening material courtesy of Eureka/
Flipbook short screening material courtesy
masquerades as an ineffectual fop to of San Francisco Silent Film Festival Followed by Buster Keaton as a cinema L’Immagine Ritrovato & Lobster Films
bamboozle his enemies and conceal his projectionist who falls asleep and
BSL - English supported event
secret persona: ‘Zorro’: avenger of the dreams he is the star of a movie about
oppressed. The first King of Hollywood – a “crime-crushing” detective. This is
dashing, athletic Fairbanks, pretty much Keaton at his very best, featuring a
defined the swashbuckling genre with nonstop string of stage gags, illusions,
this rip-roaring adventure flick. Featuring impressive stunts, and a dazzlingly
horseback stunts, witty chase sequences brilliant film-within-a-film. This popular
and sword fighting, this entertaining Jeely Jar show starts with a fun
romp achieves a satisfying blend of competition for all the audience.
This presentation is
humour and heroics that remains the by arrangement with
benchmark for action films today.
Photoplay Productions
and Patrick J. Stanbury
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Talk and Screening
Not for Sale
Lydia Hayward and The
Boatswain’s Mate Saturday 19 March | 15:00
£10 | £8 conc.
Saturday 19 March | 12:45 Screenwriter Lydia Hayward shows off
£7 | £5 conc. her sharp-eyed wit and expert ear for
comic vernacular in this delightful rom-
British screenwriter Lydia Hayward could
com .
spin comedy gold out of any story and
wrote dozens of screenplays in the 1920s. Handsome Hollywood leading-man Ian
She was hailed in the film trade press as Hunter made his film debut here as
“the finest scenario writer we have”, but Martin Bering - a feckless, disinherited
her fine reputation languishes forgotten toff, who falls for the charms of Annie
with the films she worked on. Happily, Armstrong - the independent mistress
HippFest is here to change that! of a Bloomsbury boarding house. The
downwardly mobile Bering soon learns
Join Bryony Dixon - curator of silent
how the other half lives, and learns
film at the BFI National Archive, and
what is really valuable in life, under the
long-time champion of Lydia Hayward
reforming influence of kind-hearted
- for an enjoyable introduction to the
Annie.
screenwriter’s creative career and
outstanding contribution to some of the This well-plotted and entertaining film
era’s most widely enjoyed films.
This event includes a screening of the
features a splendid cast of ensemble
characters - Annie’s roguish wee brother City Girl
John who enlists Bering in his “Anti-
short comedy The Boatswain’s Mate
Boarders League”, the dubious Jim who
written by Lydia Hayward from the Saturday 19 March | 18:00 Aly Hirji (rhythm guitar, mandolin), Alex
is taken on as a rather unpolished butler,
humorous story by W.W. Jacobs. Florence Hammond (percussion) and Neil Brand
and the hilarious gaggle of lodgers who £16 | £14 conc.
Turner (famed as the ‘Vitagraph Girl’ and (piano) this is sure to be a highlight of
try Annie’s patience with their gossiping The Dodge Brothers and Neil Brand
one of the film industry’s first stars) plays HippFest’s 12th edition.
and finickity ways. perform the Scottish premiere of their
savvy pub landlady Mrs Waters, the ideal
woman, according to lazy ex-boatswain Dir. W.P. Kellino | UK | 1924 | N/C U | 1h 26m new live musical accompaniment for Dir. F.W. Murnau | US | 1930 | N/C PG | 1h 28m
George Benn, who fancies himself as a With: Mary Odette, Ian Hunter, Gladys F.W. Murnau’s lyrical and ravishingly
With: Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, David
publican by proxy. Benn enlists a “mate”, Hamer, Mary Brough beautiful drama.
Torrence
a burly out of work seaman, in an over- Performing live: Stephen Horne (piano, Tall, dark, handsome star Charles Farrell Performing live: The Dodge Brothers and
complicated plan to appear heroic, in Mrs flute, percussion). With an introduction by plays Lem, a farmer’s son who travels to Neil Brand
Waters’ eyes. This doesn’t quite go to plan. Bryony Dixon the Big City, where he falls in love with a BSL-English supported event
Dir. H. Manning Haynes | UK | 1924 | N/C U BSL-English supported event disenchanted waitress. Lem brings his Screening material courtesy of Eureka
| 24mins Screening material courtesy of BFI National new gal home to meet the folks, but his
With: Florence Turner, Johnny Butt, Victor Archive dominating dad (David Torrence) and
McLaglen the pack of leering farmhands put the HIPPFEST AT HOME:
Performing live: John Sweeney (piano) young couple’s love to the test. With a Join Mark, Mike and Neil on 9 March In
line-up featuring Mike Hammond (lead Conversation about accompanying silent
BSL-English supported event film and their collaboration on City Girl
guitar, banjo), broadcaster and film
Screening material courtesy of BFI critic Mark Kermode (bass, harmonica), (see Page5)
National Archive
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Platform Reels:
The Fall of the House of Usher
Station Content, The Timber Queen & The
Lonedale Operator Saturday 19 March | 20:45
£10 | £8 conc.
Get ready to be haunted by this brooding
Saturday 19 March | Doors office for D.W. Griffiths’ celebrated and impressionistic adaptation of Edgar
Screening 18:30-19:45 adventure about a self-willed, quick-witted Allan Poe’s creepy Gothic tale of obsession
£19.50 | £17 conc. incl. hot main meal (vegan girl (Sweet), who thwarts two ruffians and madness.
option available) and hot drink. Pre-booking intent on train robbery.
An unnamed man pays a visit to the
by 5 March required. Dir. Arthur Hoyt | US| 1918 | N/C U | 12m decaying, aristocratic mansion of his
Venue: Bo’ness Station, Bo’ness and Kinneil (abridged) childhood friend, Roderick Usher. He finds
Railway, Union Street, Bo’ness EH51 9AQ Dir. Fred Jackman | US | 1922 | N/C U | 10m Usher to be demented… obsessed by
A sensational triple bill of railroad heroines (abridged) death, consumed with fear that his beloved
Dir. D.W. Griffith | US | 1911 | N/C U | 15m
Stephen Horne and Elizabeth-Jane
featuring screen legend Gloria Swanson, wife Madeline will die, and no less fearful Baldry will premiere their musical
Performing live: Mike Nolan (piano)
queen of the serials Ruth Roland, and the that she will be buried alive. He spends his collaboration on this title, to be reprised
Biograph Blonde Blanche Sweet. Screening material courtesy of Harpodeon days painting an eerily lifelike portrait of at the Barbican, London in April.
and Eye Filmmuseum Madeline, but with each brush stroke the
We fire up our film engines with a snappy This screening is outdoors, under the Dir. Jean Epstein | France | 1928 | N/C PG |
morality tale about Kitty (Swanson), life seems to drain from her. French intertitles with English surtitles | 1h 3m
platform awning. Dress for the weather.
the lonely wife of a station master who Blankets provided. Epstein’s version changes the relationship With: Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance,
decides to run away to the big city, Screening sponsored and made possible by of Madeline and Roderick from brother and Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard
redeeming herself by selflessly averting a INDY Cinema Group sister to husband and wife but matches Performing live: Stephen Horne (piano, flute,
train wreck. Then it’s full steam ahead for the horror and menace of Poe’s story, accordion) and Elizabeth-Jane Baldry (harp)
The Timber Queen, ep. 12: The Abyss in with weird, surreal images and an insidious Screening material courtesy of La
which Ruth Reading (Roland) finds herself atmosphere conveyed by the glowering Cinémathèque française
atop a runaway box car. Finally we pull in halls, fluttering curtains and nightmarish
at the remote Lonedale railroad telegraph suggestiveness of the veil and coffin.
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Triple Bill
New Found Sound
Laurel & Hardy
Sunday 20 March | 10:00 £7 | £5 conc.
This unique schools initiative invites talented Sunday 20 March | 13:00
young people to create and perform music £10 | £8 conc.
to accompany silent film from Scotland’s An outstanding Laurel and Hardy triple
Moving Image Archive. Led by mentor bill, befitting a return to in-person events,
Jane Gardner and tutors John Somerville concluding with the people’s choice
(Treacherous Orchestra), Marc Duff as voted for by our lovely audience in
(Capercaillie co-founder) and Calum McIlroy 2020. First up is the long lost, recently
(BBC Radio Scotland Young Trad Musician re-discovered and restored Duck Soup
of the Year 2020 finalist). (later remade with sound as Another
Three piano students from Falkirk schools Fine Mess, and not to be confused
will premiere their new score for Early with the 1933 Marx Brothers film). Stan
Birds about a tiny tot’s raid on the family and Ollie are a couple of vagrants who
kitchen. Followed by two remarkable shorts masquerade as owner and housemaid
accompanied by the Falkirk Schools Trad of a fancy mansion. Stan in a dress is
Bands... Da Makkin o’ a Keshie, filmed and always a joy! Next up is Two Tars – a
directed by pioneering Scottish filmmaker
Jenny Gilbertson in which a Shetland
comedy classic in which The Boys play
sailors on leave. The gallus pair score a
A String of Pearls (Yichuan Zhenzhu)
crofter demonstrates how to make a date with two girls but wind up stalled in
‘keshie’ to carry home his peat; and The a very long traffic jam… and a whole lot
Sunday 20 March | 15:30 Dir. Li Zeyauan | China | 1926 | N/C U | 1h 46m
Coming of the Camerons (dir. Frank of trouble. Finally, Liberty in which Laurel + short accompanied by John Sweeney
and Hardy are escaped convicts trying to £10 | £8 conc.
Marshall) following Cairngorms postie Jean With: Xiadian Lei, Xiandian Lei, Hangou Liu,
Cameron’s on her bicycle rounds and her reclaim their trousers… atop the girders One of the earliest surviving Chinese
Hanjun Liu, Jiqun Liu, Shaomei Xing, Qiqi Zhai
campaign to secure uniform trousers for of an unfinished skyscraper! features, and based on Guy de
Maupassant’s short story The Necklace. Performing live: John Sweeney (piano)
post women instead of the regulation skirt. Dir. Fred Guiol | James Parrott | Leo With an introduction by Dr Julian Ward
N/C U | 1h 15m incl Q&A McCarey | US | 1927/8/9 | 20m x 3 A social climbing, middle-class housewife
BSL-English supported event
Early Birds Dir. Frank Marshall | UK | 1956 Performing live: Jonny Best (piano) and cajoles her husband into borrowing an
Frank Bockius (percussion) expensive necklace to wear at a party. Screening materials courtesy of the China
|12m with live piano accompaniment by Film Archive
Megan Richards (Graeme High), Aaron McKay Screening material courtesy of Lobster Films Her ostentatious display succeeds in
(Denny High) and Euka Osei (Larbert High). making a big impression but, on the Short courtesy of the Library of Congress
Da Makkin o’ a Keshie Dir. Jenny Gilbertson night of the party, the necklace is stolen
(née Brown) | UK | 1932 | 5m with live and her husband ends up embezzling HippFest at Home. Enjoy a lively talk from
accompaniment by Falkirk Junior Trad Band funds to pay for the loss, triggering Dr Victor Fan on Wed 23 Feb for a lively
a downward spiral in their fortunes. talk about early filmmaking in Shanghai
The Coming of the Camerons Dir. Frank
Boasting some surprisingly lovely and A String of Pearls See p4
Marshall | UK | 1944 | 10m with live
accompaniment by Falkirk Senior Trad Band cinematic touches, and moody lighting,
the film also offers a fascinating look at
rich, Westernized life in 1920s Shanghai.
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The Unknown copyright 1927 WBEI
Closing Night Gala
The Unknown
L’Homme du Large
Sunday 20 March | 18:30 This film was the sixth of ten
£10 | £8 conc. collaborations between Chaney and Sunday 20 March | 20:00
Tod Browning’s jaw-droppingly macabre Browning, a director most famous today £14 | £11.50 conc.
drama starring box office sensation Lon for the Bela Lugosi Dracula and the
A powerful conclusion to HippFest 2022, symbolic imagery and striking use of
Chaney and superstar-in-the-making notorious Freaks. A love-triangle like no
with mesmeric live narration by acclaimed natural settings this is a memorable fable
Joan Crawford. other and probably one of the most
actor Paul McGann. of the opposing elements of earth and
bizarre and dramatically grotesque films
Chaney demonstrates his unparalleled water, of the corrupt modern world and
you will ever see. Guaranteed to send Severe and deeply religious, Nolff is
flair for gruesome on-screen physical the timeless purity of the ocean.
shivers down your spine. You have been a fisherman who lives with his wife,
transformation with his performance warned! daughter and son on the Breton coast, Dir. Marcel L’Herbier | France | 1920
as Alonzo the Armless - a knife-thrower far from the temptations of the city. From | French intertitles with live English
Dir. Tod Browning | USA | 1927 | N/C translation | 1h 24m With: Roger Karl, Jaque
in a travelling circus, madly in love with recommended 16+ | 1h 3m his remote cliff-top home, Nolff dedicates
glamorous assistant Nanon. Alonzo hides himself to his fishing and to raising his Catelain, Marcelle Pradot, Charles Boyer
secrets. Not only is he a murderer but With: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, and Joan Performing live: Paul McGann (narration),
Crawford son Marcel, as “a free man, a sailor”. But
he is not actually “armless” - choosing to Marcel is idle and selfish, exploiting his John Sweeney (piano), Frank Bockius
conceal his limbs to evade identification Performing live: Jonny Best (piano) (percussion)
father’s blind affection, and rejecting the
by the police and to win the trust of BSL-English supported event old man’s passionate devotion to the Screening courtesy of Gaumont Pathe
Nanon who has a phobia of men’s hands. Screening courtesy of Park Circus / Warner sea and all it represents. With beautifully Archives © Gaumont
Bros. Entertainment Inc. stylised, poetic inter-titles, haunting BSL-English supported event
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Elizabeth-Jane Baldry Jonny Best Frank Bockius
The Fall of the House of Usher Laurel and Hardy, The Unknown Dawn, The Mark of Zorro, Laurel Photo: Mark Tipping
and Hardy, L’Homme du Large
An award-winning harpist and Jonny studied piano at Chetham’s Dodge Brothers
composer who has created harp School of Music and Drama Frank Bockius is a versatile
percussionist who has City Girl, HippFest at Home
scores for many silent films in the at University of London, and
UK, Europe, and America. Her this combination of music and dedicated a major part of his The Dodge Brothers are a skiffle-and-blues band producing ‘tunes of proven merit’ – new songs written and
compositions have been used storytelling has run through his musical work to accompanying performed in the old style, harking back to the days of jug-band blues and early rock’n’roll. The band are: Mike
by ITV, the BBC and by Irish, work ever since. After twenty years silent film during the last 25 Hammond (guitars, lead vocals, banjo); Aly Hirji (guitars, mandolin, vocals); film critic Mark Kermode (bass,
Japanese, Danish and Canadian working in theatre, opera, classical years. He regularly plays at harmonica, vocals), Alex Hammond (washboard, snaredrum, percussion) and, when accompanying silent film,
film, radio and television. Her music and arts festivals, Jonny many major festivals, cities and the band are joined by their fifth member – pianist, composer, broadcaster and HippFest favourite: Neil Brand.
orchestral score for feature turned to silent film accompaniment venues around the globe and
The Dodge Brothers were the first band to accompany a silent film at Glastonbury Festival in 2014 and their
film, Sir Lanval, won a Media in 2014. He leads Yorkshire Silent records scores for silent film.
film performances have taken them from The BFI Southbank to Arctic Circle, performing to sell-out audiences
Innovation Award. Film Festival, produces a year- www.frankbockius.de in Finnish Lapland & Tromsø, Norway.
She also produces and directs round programme of live-scored
www.dodgebrothers.co.uk
films of British fairytales and is silent film in the north of England,
lucky enough to own a magical and researches silent era keyboard
wood in the Dartmoor National playing. He’s also a house pianist
Park where she grows trees, at BFI Southbank and a founder
keeps bees, and brews tea in a member of improvising quartet
twig kettle. Frame Ensemble.
www.elizabethjanebaldry.com www.jonnybest.co.uk
Jane Gardner Stephen Horne Marion Kenny
Andy Cannon and friends Rowdy Ann and The Dawn, Not for Sale, The Fall of Journey to the Isles: Marjory
Boatswain’s Mate, New Found the House of Usher Kennedy-Fraser
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots Sound Mentor
Stephen first started Marion Kenny is a charismatic
Andy is one of Scotland’s leading An acclaimed composer and accompanying silent films at BFI live performer, highly regarded
Mairi Campbell storytellers and was a founder pianist, Jane Gardner has Southbank over 30 years ago. He multi-instrumentalist and one of
Neil Brand of Wee Stories Theatre where he delighted many a silent cinema has recorded music for several Scotland’s leading storytellers.
Journey to the Isles: Marjory created productions including audience with her original and DVD releases and regularly plays She held the post of ‘Storyteller
The Mark of Zorro, Jeely Jar, City Kennedy-Fraser sympathetic accompaniments.
Girl, HippFest at Home Labyrinth, Treasure Island and at major international festivals. in Residence’ for the National
Mairi is a pioneering Scottish Arthur, Story of a King. Andy has She has performed many times at Although principally a pianist, Museums of Scotland and is
Neil is one of the UK’s musician whose work is rooted worked as Artist in Residence at HippFest and the Hippodrome’s he often incorporates flute, a pioneer of educational and
most established silent film in, and draws from, her personal Platform, Glasgow and also with ‘A Taste of Silents’ programme to accordion and keyboards into interpretive storytelling in
accompanists, composers, stories and cultural concerns. Macrobert, Stirling. Andy was the films including Seven Footprints his performances, sometimes museums, galleries and heritage
writers and broadcasters. His As an interpreter of Scots song, Creative Director of Performance to Satan, The Grub Stake, Earth, simultaneously. Recently Stephen sites. Marion is an award-winning
achievements are too extensive with David Francis, Mairi has for the Glasgow 2014 opening Dragnet Girl, The Goose Woman, won ‘best screening with a single artist who has performed,
to list, but recent work includes contributed many songs to its ceremony and at HippFest will Forbidden Paradise, Pandora’s accompanist’ for the sixth year in researched and taught
Neil Brand presents Laurel and current canon. She is the recipient be joined by musicians Wendy Box, The Black Pirate, Filibus and a row at the Silent London Poll. extensively internationally.
Hardy and The Sound of TV on of six national music awards and in Weatherby (cello and voice), Häxan as well as Laurel and Hardy
www.stephenhorne.co.uk www.marionkennystoryteller.com
BBC 4. 2019 was inducted into the Scottish Frank McLaughlin (guitar and and Jeely Jar comedy screenings.
www.neilbrand.com Traditional Music Hall of Fame. pipes) and David Trouton. www.janegardner.co.uk
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Chris Letcher Paul McGann Meg Morley Bryony Dixon Lawrence Napper Donald Smith
A Movie World Tour, HippFest L’Homme du Large Gender Rebels (double bill) Bryony Dixon is a curator at the Dr Lawrence Napper is a Senior Queen of Hearts: Mary Queen of
at Home Actor Paul McGann came to Since playing for her first silent film BFI National Archive with special Lecturer at King’s College Scots in Popular Culture
Chris Letcher is a film composer prominence as the eponymous six years ago, Meg Morley has quickly responsibility for silent film. She London who has published
Donald Smith is an author,
and lecturer in music for screen “I” in Bruce Robinson’s cult film become one of the UK’s pre-eminent programmes for film festivals widely on British and silent films
storyteller, and Director of
at the University of Edinburgh. comedy Withnail and I and has silent film accompanists, performing and events worldwide and Co including Silent Cinema: Before
the Scottish International
His research interests include an since gone on to star in films at various international film festivals directs the British Silent Film the Pictures Got Small (2017).
Storytelling Festival since 1989.
interest in the practice and theory including Alien 3 and Dr Who including Flatpack Festival, Il Cinema Festival. She is the author of 100 Lawrence has appeared on BBC
His many publications include
of composing music for the moving (1996), as the eighth Doctor, and Ritrovato and Nederlands Silent Film Silent Films (BFI Screen Guides 4 television documentaries
Storytelling Scotland, Ballad of
image, and issues of representation in TV including Holby City and Festival. Meg plays regularly at the 2011) and The Story of Victorian including The Cinema Show: The
the Five Marys, A Pilgrim Guide
in African and ‘world’ cinema. Luther. Well known for his voice London Cinema Museum where she is Film (BFI 2022) She has been Forgotten Decade, and Glamour’s
to Scotland, Wee Folk Tales in
Letcher has recently finished work, Paul has narrated many a resident pianist for the Kennington lead curator on recent BFI silent Golden Age: Hooked on
Scots and Folk Tales from the
composing music for Reyka (2021) documentaries as well audio Bioscope. Her latest silent film film restorations, including all Hollywood. He runs a blog called
Garden. Donald has also staged
an eight-part TV series produced episodes as the Eighth Doctor projects include: a commissioned nine surviving Hitchcock silent atthepictures.photo.blog about
over a hundred plays; and was a
by Fremantle and starring Iain and has recently worked with score (2018) for several Mabel films, the works of Anthony cinema-going in the past.
moving force behind the Scottish
Glen. Letcher’s score for Matthys the San Francisco Silent Film Normand films released on DVD, Asquith, The Great White Silence
Storytelling Centre, and a
Boshoff’s The Story of Racheltjie De Festival to narrate the intertitles and a piano score (2019) by Kino (1924), Shiraz (1928) and is
National Theatre for Scotland.
Beer (2019) won Best Feature Film to several films. Lorber for a DVD release of Alfred currently working on The Rat
Score at the South African Film and Hitchcock’s The Ring. (1925) and the Sherlock Holmes
Television Awards, an award he had www.megmorleymusic.com series 1921-23.
previously won in 2016.
www.letchermusic.com
Take a piece of HippFest home…
We have a fantastic selection of branded tea-towels, t-shirts, mugs and cloth bags for sale.
Pop into our Festival hub at 39 North Street, opp the Hippodrome during HippFest.
Mike Nolan Forrester Pyke John Sweeney
Platform Reels, Edith Cavell on Film Shorts A Movie World Tour, The Boatswain’s
Mike works across Scotland as Forrester has had a successful Mate, A String of Pearls, L’Homme
du Large
a composer, choral conductor career as a teacher and musical
and performer and is a regular at director and is one of the most Since 1990 John has played for silent
HippFest. He has accompanied highly respected silent film film at festivals and venues including
silent film screenings for over accompanists in Scotland. For the British Silent Film Festival, and
20 years including several over 25 years he has brought the Giornate del Cinema Muto in
commercial releases and live many of the great silents vividly Pordenone, Italy. He has composed
performances for the NLS to life for a new generation of scores for Lois Weber’s Dumb Girl
Moving Image Archive. Mike is cinemagoers. of Portici (Milestone DVD) and The
also a Nordoff-Robbins trained Great Victorian Picture Show at the
Forrester is greatly respected
music therapist. London Film Festival (2018), and has
for his musical composition and
recorded DVDs for the BFI, Cineteca
improvisational technique.
Bologna and Edition Filmmuseum.
www.forrestercliftonpyke.co.uk John is one of the founders of the
Kennington Bioscope which screens
neglected silent films at the Cinema
Museum in London.
26 @silentsweeney HIPPFEST.CO.UK 27EXPLORE THE AREA
From Roman remains to internationally acclaimed art, the Bo’ness and Falkirk area
is home to a vast range of attractions including two of the world’s most unique: The
Falkirk Wheel and The Kelpies. In 2019 the area was named as the UK’s best walking
neighbourhood meaning that it really is a great place to visit and stay.
Visit unlockboness.com and visitfalkirk.com to find out more.
NEW for 2022 – Falkirk Distillery and Rosebank Distillery are both due to open this year
– keep checking their websites for more details: falkirkdistillery.com rosebank.com
Matthew Steele Walking Tour BO’NESS MOTOR MUSEUM THE BRIDGENESS SLAB
Sunday 20 March | 11:00 | Duration 1h 15mins approx Bridgeness Road. 01506 827007 Harbour Road, Bo’ness EH51 9LD.
Free | Starts at the Hippodrome | Distance: 2.5km approx. | Level terrain bonessmotormuseum.co.uk A roman legionary distance marker
Architect of the Hippodrome (1911), Matthew Steele has a lasting legacy in the streets of Bo’ness. His Classic cars and memorabilia including stone was found in Bo’ness in 1868 – one
practice lasted from 1905-37 and in that time he created many private homes and public buildings famous film cars: James Bond, Harry of the best examples of its kind. Visit a
in the town, in the Arts and Crafts, and later art deco modern, style. Born in Bo’ness and trained Potter, 51st State and more. Check replica of the slab that has been installed
in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Steele worked mainly in Bo’ness throughout his life and his designs are website for opening hours. at Kinnigars Park in Bo’ness.
often very recognisable. Geoff Bailey, Heritage Engagement Officer with Falkirk Community Trust will
guide you through Bo’ness to discover the buildings created by this influential architect. BO’NESS & KINNEIL RAILWAY BLACKNESS CASTLE
Bo’ness Station, Union Street, Bo’ness historic-scotland.gov.uk
EH51 9AQ. This 15th century castle offers stunning
Tel: 01506 822298. bkrailway.co.uk views of the Firth of Forth and its
Platform Reels takes place at the railway impressive architecture has given it the
2ND FLOOR GALLERIES, CALLENDAR HOUSE
Monday 29 January - 18 April 2022
on Saturday 19 March. Soak up the name of the ‘ship that never sailed’... The
atmosphere of this heritage railway, castle has been used as a film location
travel by steam train (trains operate for Outlander, Mary Queen of Scots,
from April 2022) and explore Scotland's Outlaw King and many more. (You can
largest railway museum. Three large now hire an e-bike in Bo’ness and cycle
buildings full of wonders - from full-size to Blackness whilst enjoying the views of
Film on Forth locomotives to old fashioned railway the River Forth).
signs which once adorned the walls of
KINNEIL MUSEUM
Explore the sites that made the screen! The Graphic Novel busy stations, each with a story to tell.
The Railway has been used as a film kinneil.org
The Falkirk and West Lothian areas of World of Metaphrog location in a number of films and TV
Scotland have featured in a range of films A historic house, open on selected
and TV Shows, from Outlander to Mary
An exhibition by award-winning duo series including Season 1 of Outlander, days and surrounded by parkland and
Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers
Queen of Scots and many more. Retrace The Railway Man, 39 Steps, and many Woodland. Kinneil Museum displays
29 January 2022 – 17 April 2022
the steps of the stars that visited the area more productions. 2,000 years of history from Roman
Callendar House, Callendar Park,
with a range of itineraries - from day trips Falkirk, FK1 1YR times to present day.
to longer, multi night stays. Free Admission
www.filmonforth.co.uk
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JOHN MUIR WAY THE FALKIRK WHEEL Between screenings there are plenty of places to eat in or pick up
a snack to takeaway. There are also some great independent shops
www.johnmuirway.org www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk including the nationally renowned Inkspot and Silverleaf Booksellers
This 134-mile walk stretches across The Falkirk Wheel is the world’s first that stocks a fine collection of silent film books and Firefly Design
Scotland’s heartland and is ideal for and only rotating boatlift and a that runs a contemporary arts and crafts gallery.
walkers and cyclists of all abilities. It fantastic day out for all the family.
passes some of the area’s most iconic Sail 35m through the sky between
landmarks including Blackness Castle, the Forth & Clyde and Union Canal.
EATING AND DRINKING IN BO’NESS
Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway, Callendar Includes a children’s activity zone, mini Anchor Tavern Leighs Deli and Takeaway
House and many more. canal & water play park, mini golf, water
54 North St. 01506 824717 34-34A South St. 01506 200127
activity zone, segway tours, cycle hire,
THE KELPIES IN HELIX PARK water zorbing, canoeing, boat trips, and Lively traditional pub selling real Family-run cafe offering full
woodland walks which take in some of ale. Open Sun-Thu 11am-11pm, breakfast menu, sandwiches,
www.thehelix.co.uk cooked lunch, sweet treats and
the best remains of the Antonine Wall. Fri-Sat 11am-midnight
The world’s largest equine sculptures hot drinks.
Simply Treats
form a dramatic centrepiece in The Open Mon-Sat 9am - 5.30pm
Helix Park. Visitor centre, gift shop, CALLENDAR HOUSE Matty Steele Building, 122-126
North St. 01506 828646 Lucky Chen
café, kids adventure zone, accessible www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org Pier Pizzaz
playpark, trails and guided tours of Sit-in or takeaway. Mouth- 4 Main St. 01506 505555
Visit this magnificent 14th century
the Kelpies are available. Ideal for watering desserts made with Chinese takeaway 22 East Pier St. 01506 822591
house and gallery, set against the
cycling, you can pre-book an e-bike at stunning backdrop of Callendar Park, freshest and finest ingredients. Open daily 4.15pm-11pm. Closed Tue Family friendly restaurant,
the Kelpies and cycle along the canal and a section of The Antonine Wall 4pm -11pm specialising in authentic Italian
towpaths to the Falkirk Wheel. Thomas Burns & Son Butchers pizza and pasta.
(a Unesco World Heritage Site). Plus Rooneys Hope St Cafe & Deli Open Fri 4pm-9pm, Sat-Sun
Georgian kitchen and refurbished tea
9 Hope St. 01506 823815 10 Market St. 01506 822764 12pm-9pm. Closed Mon-Thu
room. The House was used as a film
location in season 2 of Outlander. Family favourites, snacks and hot Traditional award-winning butchers Stav’s Kebab Shop
Admission Free. drinks. Dine-in and takeaways. and deli offering top quality meat
99 North St. 01506 204888
Open Thu-Tue 7am-3pm, Wed and gold award steak pies.
Turkish kebab and pizza
7am-2pm Open Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 8am-
takeaway.
4pm, Wed 8am-1pm, Sat 8am-
The Corbie Inn Open Sun-Thu 4pm-11pm Fri &
3pm, Closed Sun
84 Corbiehall 01506 825307 Sat 4pm-12am
McMoo’s Ice Cream Parlour
www.corbieinn.co.uk Sweet Bakery
Cask beers, real ales, great pub 13 Hope St. 01506 828983
13 North Street 07551533561
grub, and delicious wood-fired Ice cream, delicious desserts, Dear
pizzas. Green coffee, cake, milk shakes, Luxury cupcakes, cheesecakes
sundaes, cookie dough, waffles, and tasty treats.
Open Mon-Sat 12pm-11pm; Sun
HOTEL – BAR - RESTAURANT 12.30pm-11pm. pancakes and lunch menu. Dine-in Open Mon-Thu 8am-1pm, Fri
or take away. 8am-5pm, Closed Sat-Sun
The beautiful, refurbished Richmond Park Hotel enjoys picturesque views over the River Corvi’s (Seaview Café)
Open Tue-Wed 10am -5pm, Thu- The Pie King
Forth and is just 10 minutes’ walk from Bo’ness town centre and the Hippodrome. 5-7 Seaview Pl. 01506 822659 Fr 10am-9pm, Sat-Sun 11am-9pm,
So, if you are planning to go to HippFest this year, then why not come and stay with South St. 01506 379062
Traditional fish & chips to eat-in Closed Mon
us, dine in our quality restaurant, drink in our bar, or sit back and relax in our guest New handmade pies, baked daily.
lounge. HippFest guests can enjoy 15% off in the Copper Kiln restaurant. or takeaway. Nosh
Tuesday - Saturday, 12 noon -7pm Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-2.30pm.
13 South St. 01506 828151 Closed Sun.
Restaurant open 12pm to 8.30pm Daily. Free Wifi in our public areas. Closed Sun & Mon. Last orders at
the seats 30 mins before closing. Cosy café serving hot food and
Lounge Bar with a great selection of whisky, Refurbished modern rooms with 1884 Kitchen and Grill
light bites. Dine-in or take away.
spirits, mocktails and cocktails open until late. en-suite & flat screen TV. Kettle Drum
Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-2.30pm 12/15 South St. 01506 829946
Free tea, coffee and toiletries for all our guests.
45 South St. 01506 823796 Home of the Hot Rocks, cook
Rooms still available with reduced rates for HippFest guests. Why not give us a call Chinese takeaway. No dine-in. your own steak from our very
to make your reservation. own butchers to perfection.
Open 4.15pm-11pm. Sat 3pm-
11pm. Closed Wed Check facebook page for
01506 823213 | enquiries@richmondparkhotel.com
opening times.
26 Linlithgow Road, Bo’ness, EH51 0DN | richmondparkhotel.com
30 HIPPODROME SILENT FILM FESTIVAL 2022 | BOX OFFICE: 01324 506850 HIPPFEST.CO.UK 31HOW TO BOOK
Online at www.hippfest.co.uk booking fees
apply (no need to print at home, simply
show your ticket on your smartphone).
BSL users can contact us via contact
By Phone 01324 506850
SCOTLAND-BSL
Monday – Saturday 9:00 – 17:00
All live events in the Hippodrome and
In Person at the Hippodrome Box Office,
online will be BSL-English supported. All
open Saturdays 10:15 to 14:30 and 30
live streamed events will also have live
mins before screenings.
HOW TO GET HERE During the Festival the Box Office is open:
captioning. All recorded online content
will have subtitles..
Train inlithgow station is the
L Wed 16 March 15:15– 19:30
nearest to Bo’ness. Visit Refunds
Thu 17 March 12:45 – 20:00
www.nationalrail.co.uk for Tickets will not be exchanged or refunded
details. Fri 18 March 10:15 – 20:15 after purchase except in the event of
Sat 19 March 09:15 – 21:15 cancellation of screening/activity by
Car Bo’ness lies on the south
bank of the Firth of Forth. Sun 20 March 09:15 – 21:00 Falkirk Community Trust.
From the west, exit the Concessions Available to: under 18s, If you are required to isolate due to
M9 at J5 and then follow HIPPFEST COMMUNITY BUS
unemployed in receipt of benefits, full- COVID-19 and are therefore unable to
the brown tourist signs for Year-round Bo’ness Community Bus time students, 65s and over, Young Scot attend, we have a refund policy in place.
Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway operates Mon to Sat from Edinburgh
and the Hippodrome. From card holders and Falkirk Community Trust Please contact us on 01324 506850 or
to Bo’ness during the day. Visit Go Card holders. Eligibility must be shown. email bookings@falkirkcommunitytrust.org
the east, exit at J3 and www.bonesscommunitybus.scot for
follow the brown signs. There 16-25 years: in advance of the event you were due to
their latest timetable.
is plenty of free parking in Tickets are available for £4.50 on the attend for full details.
Bo’ness town centre. following events: Doors to the auditorium will open approx.
Carshare Connect with other drivers COVID - 19 30 minutes before each event unless
at www.gocarshare.com/ 17 Mar 16:00 A Movie World Tour -
You can book with confidence for your Award winners programme otherwise stated.
festival/hippfest
chosen events, safe in the knowledge that 18 Mar 11:00 Gender Rebels (double bill) Guests and performers listed are correct
Bus Regular services operate we are operating under the latest Scottish
to Bo’ness from Edinburgh, 18 Mar 16:00 Dawn at the time of going to print. Whilst every
government guidance for COVID-19.
Linlithgow and Falkirk. 19 Mar 12:45 Lydia Hayward effort is taken to ensure accuracy of
Call 0871 200 22 33 for Please be assured that all our staff and information, event details may be subject
volunteers are trained in our Covid safety
19 Mar 15:00 Not for Sale
timetables or visit www. to change.
protocols and are encouraged to regularly 19 Mar 20:45 Fall of the House of Usher
travelinescotland.com
Alternatively jump aboard the test themselves before coming to work. 20 Mar 15:30 A String of Pearls Booking enquiries:
Bo’ness Community Bus which If you have any symptoms of Covid-19 20 Mar 18:30 The Unknown bookings@falkirkcommunitytrust.org
operates year-round. www. please do not attend the Festival. As per
bonesscommunitybus.scot Scottish Government guidelines we ask
Access
Seating is unreserved. Due to the nature of
that you take a lateral flow test before If you have mobility issues and need to be
Bike Follow National Cycle the live Festival performances, some seats
Network Route 76 from entering the venue and follow our venue seated downstairs please email bookings@ may have restricted view. As Scotland’s
Edinburgh. guidelines. These are regularly updated falkirkcommunitytrust.org and let us know oldest cinema, seats in the balcony wings
on our website and can be found on our in advance and we will do our best to have less leg room and are narrower.
Taxi From Linlithgow Rail Station HippFest Covid-19 page. accommodate you. You can also download
the average taxi fare is
£10/£12 and will take approx. If you are required to isolate due to the Neatebox App and it will automatically
10/15mins. COVID-19 and are therefore unable to alert us that you are attending and have
attend, we have a refund policy in place. specific access needs.
Festival guests can enjoy Please contact us on 01324 506850 or
10% off their taxi fare when 3 wheelchair spaces
email bookings@falkirkcommunitytrust.org
booking through: Accessible toilet
in advance of the event you were due to
Express Taxis (01324 638000) attend for full details. Infra-red sound transmission
and Fourways (01506 823607). Induction loop (in cinema and at box office)
Baby change on ground floor
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