HippFest on Tour
HippFest regularly commissions new music to accompany silent films in our festival programme and for touring. If you are interested in arranging a presentation of one of our HippFest commissions please contact us: hippfest@falkirk.gov.uk.
The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric
A new accompaniment for The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric was commissioned with funding from Creative Scotland and premiered at the 14th Hippodrome Silent Film Festival (20 March 2024). This undisputed hit of the 2024 HippFest is now available to book for touring to venues across Scotland. An extraordinary film from the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive directed by Jenny Gilbertson The Rugged Island is A beautiful ‘story documentary’ made by pioneering Scottish filmmaker Jenny Gilbertson showing life, love and work in Shetland’s rural crofting communities.
Presented with a live performance of newly commissioned music Hippfest commissioned one of Scotland’s most in-demand composer producers Inge Thomson to create a new live score for this remarkable film. The premiere met rapturous response and requests for further performances. Thomson, herself from one of Scotland’s most remote crofting communities, brought in multi award winning Shetland fiddler Catriona Macdonald, and between them they make a soundtrack both ancient and modern. The perfect foil to Gilbertson’s feminal work.
If you're interested in booking The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric, download our tour package here.
