Film Festival: HippFest, March 19-23, 2025!

HippFest, Scotland’s first and only festival of silent film with live music, is back on March 19-23, 2025! The festival features screenings, commissions, workshops, community events, and touring. This year’s program features work by several women film pioneers, including The Cave of the Spider Woman (1927) starring Pearl Ing; Smouldering Fires (1925) written by Sada Cowan; The Pleasure Garden (1925) and The Constant Nymph (1928) assistant directed and co-written, respectively, by Alma Reville; The Pride of the Clan (1917), starring Mary Pickford and written by Elaine Sterne Carrington; The Shamrock Handicap (1926) with titles by Elizabeth Chevalier Pickett; and Our Hospitality (1923) starring Natalie Talmadge.

View the full program here and buy tickets here.