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Happy Hippo-birthday!
The Hippodrome Cinema in Bo’ness will be celebrating ten years since its high profile restoration and re-opening in April 2009
Coming Soon
We will soon be launching programme notes to accompany some of our events, watch this space!
Opportunity for 16-26 year olds
Hippodrome Silent Film Festival / Hippodrome Cinema are looking for Young Reviewers to attend and write about HippFest 2019.
‘Local Hero’ Bill Forsyth to kick off season of his films with Gregory’s Girl at the Hippodrome Bo’ness
The director of Scotland’s best-loved comedy films will attend a screening of Gregory’s Girl at the Hippodrome Bo’ness on Thursday 11th October.
Hippodrome Bo’ness to launch captioned screenings for D/deaf and hard-of-hearing
From October 2018 the Hippodrome Cinema will be introducing screenings with captions for D/Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.
What's On
HippFest Online - Body and Soul (1925)
- Wednesday, 17 Mar 21 at 18:30 PM
BODY AND SOUL (1925) SILENT FILM WITH MUSIC - original score by Wycliffe Gordon INTRODUCTION 18:30 WITH Professor Charles Musser (10m) FILM (18:40 - 20:22) POST SCREENING Q&A starts at 20:30 (on Zoom)
HippFest Online - Behind-the-Scenes at the Hippodrome
- Thursday, 18 Mar 21 at 11:00 AM
Behind-the-Scenes at the Hippodrome TALK & VIRTUAL TOUR - Will Gibbs THU 18 MAR, 11:00, 20M (ava 48hrs)
HippFest Online - Scottish Cinema and the Flu Pandemic of 1918-19
- Thursday, 18 Mar 21 at 14:00 PM
HippFest Online - Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
- Thursday, 18 Mar 21 at 19:00 PM
GRASS: A NATION'S BATTLE FOR LIFE (1925) SILENT FILM WITH MUSIC - Mike Nolan INTRODUCTION 19:00 WITH Professor Nacim Pak-Shiraz (10m) FILM (19:10 - 20:21)
HippFest Online - Architect Matthew Steele in Bo’ness
- Friday, 19 Mar 21 at 11:00 AM
Architect Matthew Steele in Bo’ness TALK & VIRTUAL TOUR – Geoff Bailey FRI 19 MAR, 11:00, 40M (ava 48hrs)
HippFest Online - Underground (1928)
- Friday, 19 Mar 21 at 14:00 PM
FRI 19 MARCH MUSIC BY NEIL BRAND (PIANO) Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Timothy Brock Introduction with Bryony Dixon 14:00 (5m) FILM 14:05, 1H 44M (ava 48hrs) Post Screening Q&A starts at 16:15 (Live on Zoom)
HippFest Online - The Eagle (1925)
- Friday, 19 Mar 21 at 19:00 PM
THE EAGLE (1925) INTRODUCTION WITH ALISON STRAUSS 19:00 (5m) SILENT FILM WITH MUSIC – Neil Brand FILM FRI 19 MAR 19:05 - 20:17 (1h 12m) (ava 48hrs)
HippFest Online - Mary Pickford’s Silver Screen Supper
- Saturday, 20 Mar 21 at 11:00 AM
Mary Pickford’s Silver Screen Supper COOK-A-LONG with Jenny Hammerton SAT 20 MAR, 11:00, 30M (ava 48hrs)
HippFest Online - Prix de Beauté (1930)
- Saturday, 20 Mar 21 at 14:00 PM
SILENT FILM WITH MUSIC – Stephen Horne INTRODUCTION WITH PAMELA HUTCHINSON 14:00 SAT 20 MAR, 14:10, 1H 33M POST-SCREENING Q&A starts 16:00 (Live on Zoom)
HippFest Online - The Woman Men Yearn For (1929)
- Saturday, 20 Mar 21 at 19:00 PM
The Woman Men Yearn For (Die Frau, Nach der Man Sich Sehnt) 1929 SILENT FILM WITH MUSIC – Frame Ensemble INTRODUCTION 19:00 WITH Hannah McGill (10m) SAT 20 MAR, 19:10, 1H 18M (ava 48H) Post-screening Q&A starts at 20:45 (Live on Zoom)
HippFest Online - New Found Sound (2020)
- Sunday, 21 Mar 21 at 11:00 AM
Sun 21 March HippFest Commission 11:00, 30M (ava 48hrs)
HippFest Online - Billie Ritchie’s Early Hollywood Footsteps
- Sunday, 21 Mar 21 at 12:00 PM
Billie Ritchie’s Early Hollywood Footsteps TALK – John Bengtson SUN 21 MAR, 12:00, 20M (ava 48hrs)
HippFest Online - Chess Fever (1925)
- Sunday, 21 Mar 21 at 13:30 PM
SUN 21 MAR With Music Accompaniment from John Sweeney INTRODUCTION with Alison Strauss 13:30 (5m) Film 13:35, 25M (ava 48hrs)
HippFest Online - Sparrows (1926)
- Sunday, 21 Mar 21 at 19:00 PM
Sparrows (1926) SILENT FILM WITH MUSIC - The Graves Brothers Q&A – The Graves Brothers and Elaina Friedrichsen SUN 21 MAR, 19:10, 1H 49M (ava 48hrs)
