CONTENTS silent film festival Where movies and music come alive!

WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH - SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2018

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Welcome to the 8th annual Hippodrome Festival in Bo’ness. This year’s programme has a fantastic international selection of silent-era films accompanied by some of the finest silent film musicians performing today. Our thanks go to all our funders and supporters who help make this Festival one of Scotland’s great cultural events and keep this wonderful era of cinema alive. Thanks also to the staff involved, whose passion for The Hippodrome and its historical significance make HippFest such a joy to attend year-on-year and make each event so memorable.

Ruth Morrison Chair, Falkirk Community Trust

We’ve been busy rummaging in the world’s archives, arranging assignations with musicians and conjuring up ideas with all sorts of partners to put together our 8th HippFest. The result is a programme packed with all the ingredients for an enjoyable festival, peppered with some surprises and innovations to keep things fresh. We’ve introduced a Saturday night, double-bill for HippFest night-owls and are experimenting with spoken-word and new fringe events. There are two public With support from the we will be screening a workshops (gin anyone?) and streamlined selection of shorts from the National transport options. All this plus galas and Library of Scotland Moving Image jeely jars, premieres and old favourites Archive and other film archives before selected features, accompanied by plus our new vintage piano. It’s going to be acclaimed Scottish silent film pianists Hipp-tastic. See you there! Mike Nolan and Forrester Pyke plus HippFest newcomer Steven Gellatly at the Barony Theatre. Alison Strauss Find out more about the Director, HippFest collections available to view at Arts Development Officer (Film and Media) movingimage.nls.uk.

2 HIPPODROME SILENT FILM FESTIVAL 2018 | BOX OFFICE: 01324 506850 CONTENTS Travel home in style Community Screening...... 3 see page 17 [Untitled]...... 4 for our shared taxi offer Cuppa Talks...... 4 - 5 Early Birds get Wednesday 21 March...... 6 10% off tickets Thursday 22 March...... 6 Book before the end of Friday 23 March...... 7 Tuesday 20 February Saturday 24 March...... 8 - 11 and save ££. Sunday 25 March...... 12 – 15 See page 18 for Workshops...... 13 more details. At A Glance...... 16 How to Get Here...... 17 For Festival updates, connect with us on: Booking Information...... 18 Free Library & Archive Events...... 19 HippFest Performers...... 20 - 21 @HippFestScot Engagement Programme...... 22 - 23 HippFest Explore Bo’ness and the Local Area...... 24 - 29

HippFest Community Screening Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life

SATURDAY 17 MARCH | 19:30 £9.75 | £7.75 conc VENUE: Barony Theatre, Borrowstoun Road, Bo’ness EH51 9RS First feature by the dynamic directing duo behind King Kong. Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack tell the jaw-dropping story of a tribe of nomads in Iran known as the Bakhtiari and their epic trek with half- a-million animals across impossible terrain to reach summer pasture. A spectacular ethnographic record, this film was intended for the lecture circuit but was snapped up by Paramount for theatrical distribution on the strength of its powerful dramatic punch. It’s easy to see how the character of Denham in King Kong was modelled after the adventurer Cooper, whose daredevil real-life exploits were the stuff of Hollywood adventure films. Dir. Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack | US | 1925 | N/C U | 1h 10m + short Performing live: Mike Nolan Screening material courtesy of Milestone Films

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[Untitled] Presents: Film In Search of the Modern Poet - Margaret Tait at 100 Marriage: Chinese Silent Cinema in the 1920s

THURSDAY 15 MARCH | 19:00 £10 | £8 conc (Early Bird discount: £2 off) WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH | 14:00 VENUE: Behind the Wall, 14 Melville St, £6.60 incl. tea/coffee & cake Falkirk FK1 1HZ, (1st floor, no lift) VENUE: Hippodrome Cinema, Bo’ness An exciting new partnership between HippFest and Falkirk’s leading visual and By the 1920s the custom of arranged literary arts group [Untitled]. Come along for marriage was under assault in China. a special evening of silent film, spoken word Young urbanites insisted modern and performance by some of Scotland’s citizens should find their own marriage finest writers as they celebrate the unique partners, free of parental control. work of Orcadian filmmaker and poet, New European ideas about modern Margaret Tait. romance were intoxicating but no-one knew exactly what modern marriage Including screenings of three of Tait’s most was, leaving anxious youngsters to enthralling silent films alongside dynamic experiment! In this lively talk Prof. spoken word sets from Cine Poet Lesley Pickowicz will show how the Shanghai- Traynor and Scottish BAFTA winner Gerda based, silent film industry engaged Stevenson. Finally, Falkirk’s SAY Award passionately with the debate, using (Scottish Album of the Year) nominee Adam fascinating clips of controversial 1920s Stafford will perform his new composition Chinese films that tackled the marriage inspired by Tait’s film poems. issue head on. Featuring One Is One (1951), My Room. Prof. Paul Pickowicz (University Via Ancona 21 (1951) and Three Portrait of California, San Diego) is a true Sketches (1951) and hosted by Craig Allan. interdisciplinary scholar and one of the Screening material courtesy of the National country’s leading historians of modern Library of Scotland, China with fifteen books to his credit. Tickets: c/o HippFest bookings 1h 30m incl. Q&A (see page 18) or https://filmpoet.bpt.me Performing live: Forrester Pyke (piano) untitledfalkirk.weebly.com

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Lost Girls Billie Ritchie: The Man Who and Goddesses Made the World Laugh

THURSDAY 22 MARCH | 14:00 FRIDAY 23 MARCH | 14:00 £6.60 incl. tea/coffee & cake £6.60 incl. tea/coffee & cake VENUE: Hippodrome Cinema, Bo’ness VENUE: Hippodrome Cinema, Bo’ness Austrian director G. W. Pabst worked with Before Ewan McGregor and Sean many of the most talented, glamorous Connery there was silent comedian Billie and notorious women of silent cinema. Ritchie! Born in Glasgow, Billie entered They included Louise Brooks, Greta the movies in late 1914, making some Garbo, Brigitte Helm, Asta Nielsen, Lucie 70 films in Hollywood, and was, for a Mannheim and Leni Riefenstahl. This time during WW1, recognised as a star talk will introduce some of the most with international box-office appeal, fascinating actresses who starred in appearing on the front page of Variety Pabst’s silent films, and also explore the and billed as “The Man Who Makes the stories that he told about female lives, World Laugh”. Using a range of illustrative from tales of fallen women to encounters materials, Trevor Griffiths traces the with dazzling seductresses. (See Pabst’s little-known story of this world-wide first feature on Sat 24 Mar, go to page 9 Scottish star. for details.) Trevor Griffiths is based at the University Pamela Hutchinson is a freelance writer, of Edinburgh and has published widely on critic and film historian, specialising in silent aspects of Scottish cinema history. He was and classic cinema. She is the founder and co-investigator on the recently completed editor of SilentLondon.co.uk and the author AHRC-funded project on Early Cinema in of the BFI Film Classic Pandora’s Box (1929). Scotland, the book of which is out shortly. 1h 30m incl. Q&A. 1h 30m incl. Q&A. Performing live: Mike Nolan (piano) Performing Live: Forrester Pyke

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HippFest Opening Night Premiere Call of the North The Last of the Mohicans THURSDAY 22 MARCH | 19:30 £13.50 | £11 conc Tonight’s event celebrates the work WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH | 19:30 of the amazing Isobel Wylie Hutchison (DOORS OPEN 18:45) (1889–1982) – a Scottish filmmaker, £13.50 | £11 conc botanist and writer, as well as an intrepid Arctic explorer. Hutchison travelled to Rare screening of the original and Alaska and Greenland, filming the things most faithful film adaptation of James she saw around her, the landscape and Fenimore Cooper’s classic novel. Two the wildflowers growing there, uniquely British sisters caught up in the war for dwelling on domestic details and the daily colonial control of North America, find lives of the indigenous people she met. protection under the care of white scout Multi-talented Scottish singer-songwriter Hawkeye, the last chief of the Mohican Gerda Stevenson will introduce the life of tribe, and his hunky yet majestic son this extraordinary and pioneering woman, Uncas. and perform song settings of Hutchison’s A magnificent drama in which good own poetry with accompaniment by Rob and bad characters are dispersed MacNeacail. For the second part of the amongst Native Americans, British and evening award-winning Scottish-based French alike, whilst the narrative takes in Japanese composer Atzi Muramatsu devastating action scenes and swoon- will perform his powerful contemporary inducing romance. composition, inspired by three Hutchison films (score commissioned by Yasmin This thrilling adventure is accompanied Al-Hadithi for Highlight Arts). live by a new score for keyboards, percussion, bass, ukulele and acoustic Dir. Isobel Wylie Hutchison | Greenland/ guitar composed and performed by Scotland | 1935 | N/C U 1h 30m incl. Q&A guitarist and multi-instrumentalist David Allison. Performing live: Gerda Stevenson (voice), Rob MacNeacail (fretless bass guitar), Atzi Muramatsu (cello) Dir. & Maurice Tourneur | US | 1920 | N/C PG | b&w + tinted/toned Screening material courtesy of the Royal Scottish | 1h 13m + short This event will Geographical Society Performing Live: David Allison be enhanced by BSL interpretation Screening material courtesy of Lobster plus electronic Films note-taking

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Friday Night Gala The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

FRIDAY 23 MARCH Featuring live piano accompaniment by RECEPTION 18:30 | SCREENING 19:30 world-renowned musician and HippFest £15.50 | £13 conc favourite Neil Brand. incl. ‘champagne’ reception with live Dir. | US | 1927 | N/C U | music by The Red Hot Minute Brass Band b&w + tinted | 1h 45m + short Dress code: HippFest glamour or With: , , Old Heidelberg biergarten Jean Hersholt Performing Live: Neil Brand (piano) An utterly delightful romantic drama The presentation of The Student directed by the maestro of subtlety and Prince by arrangement with Photoplay wit – Ernst Lubitsch. Young heir to the Productions and Warner Bros. throne, Prince Heinrich, escapes the Friday night gala reception and confines of the stuffy court to take up entertainment generously supported by his… ahem… “studies”. Carousing with the Corbie Inn and Tesco Bo’ness his new drinking buddies, the soon-to- be-monarch falls in love with vivacious barmaid Kathi, and the scene is set for a struggle between duty and love, convention and freedom. The film is pure Book a space in movie magic – Novarro’s performance as a Festival cab the young prince is thoroughly charming from Fourways and he wins our hearts from his first Taxis. See page moments on screen. Shearer is his 17 for details perfect match as the gutsy gal who can down a stein of beer as well as any man but whose heart is liable to be broken by loving unwisely. Image Courtesy of Photoplay Productions

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Jeely Jar Screening: double bill European Premiere Saving Sister Susie Striving & The Kid Reporter (Fen Dou)

SATURDAY 24 MARCH | 10:30 SATURDAY 24 MARCH | 13:30 £6 | 2-for-1 with clean jam jar and lid £9.75 | £7.75 conc Don’t miss movie music maestro Neil First opportunity to see this new Brand, performing live for this year’s restoration from the China Film Archive, hilarious Jeely Jar double-bill. First up is directed by one of pre-Communist China’s a rare find produced by the Christie Film most notable filmmakers and never before Company who launched the careers of screened in the UK. The popular Chinese dozens of comedy greats including Harold film star Chen Yanyan plays Swallow – a Lloyd and Fatty Arbuckle. In this short young woman living unhappily with her Dorothy Devore is reluctantly forced to bullying ‘adoptive father’. Next door are pose as a child to leave the field clear two brothers – bookish and sensitive Xiao for her older sister who is trying to catch Zheng and belligerent and unruly Xiao Yuan. a fiancé. Cue a comedy of errors as The pair attempt a rescue of their beautiful little sis refuses to play the game and neighbour but soon quarrel over her confounds everyone in her path, including affections. The film clearly signals its moral children looking for a play-mate. Next, messages about standing up for what is lovable child superstar Baby Peggy plays right and the perils of indifference but rises the secretary in a busy newsroom who gloriously above this proselytising thanks to steps up to crack the case of a stolen charming performances, striking set pieces pearl necklace. This family friendly show and remarkably fresh camerawork. starts with a fun competition for all the Dir. Shi Dongshan | China| 1932 | N/C PG | audience. Chinese intertitles with English surtitles | Dir. Scott Sidney | US | 1921 | N/C U | 22m 1h 25m With: Dorothy Devore, Earle Rodney, With: Zheng Junli, Chen Yanyan, Yuan Katherine Lewis, Eugenie Forde Congmei, Liu Jiqun Dir. Alfred J. Goulding | US | 1924 | 20m Performing live: Stephen Horne (piano, | German/French intertitles with English accordion, flute) & Frank Bockius surtitles (percussion) With: Baby Peggy, Buddy Williams Screening material courtesy of the China Film Archive Performing live: Neil Brand (piano) Screening material courtesy of: Lobster Films and BFI National Archive

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HippFest Commission Platform Reels: The Treasure The Great K&A Train (Der Schatz) Robbery

SATURDAY 24 MARCH | 16:30 SATURDAY 24 MARCH £9.75 | £7.75 conc Food served 18:30 | Screening 19:00 £19.50 | £16.75 conc incl. hot main meal We are delighted to welcome acclaimed & hot drink German musician Alois Kott to perform Pre-booking by 19 March required the world premiere of his new score for this powerful morality play. An Saddle-up for a thrilling western in the expressionistic and deeply symbolic tale company of “the king of cowboys”: Tom Mix. about the corrupting power of greed Tom has been hired by the Railroad President and the first film by one of Germany’s to put a stop to a series of train robberies. greatest directors – G.W. Pabst. With his trusty steed Tony the Wonder Horse, our hero goes undercover to bring A bell-founder lives with his wife the criminal gang to justice and unmask and daughter in a solitary house the dastardly double-crossing company with Svetelenz – a grotesque figure secretary. Along the way he performs some portrayed by Werner Krauss (famed death-defying, train-top stunts and captures for his role three years earlier as Dr the heart of the beautiful gal Madge! This is Caligari). The trio are joined by young a thrill-a-minute cowboy pic starring one of Arno and the two men soon become the silent era’s biggest box office draws who rivals… for the heart of Beate and for made a staggering 291 movies of which only the unearthing of treasure supposedly a fraction survive today. buried for a hundred years. Thanks to stylish cinematography and production This screening is outdoors, under the platform awning. Dress for the weather. design the crushing interior of the house seems to have its own part to Blankets provided. play in this darkly poetic fantasy. Venue: Bo’ness Station, Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway, Union Street, Bo’ness EH51 9AQ Dir. Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Germany | 1923 | N/C U | German intertitles with Dir. Lewis Seiler | US | 1926 | N/C U | 53m English surtitles | 1h 19m + short With: Tom Mix, Dorothy Dwan, Tony the Horse With: Albert Steinrück, Lucie Performing Live: John Sweeney (piano) Mannheim, Ilka Grüning, Werner Krauss Performing live: Alois Kott Screening material courtesy of Beta Film

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HippFest Commission The Penalty

SATURDAY 24 MARCH | 20:00 his legs into leather stumps in a tightly £13.50 | £11 conc bent position that was so painful he could only wear them for ten minutes The great American actor at a time. The effect is astounding, as demonstrates his unparalleled flair is Chaney’s nimble manoeuvring across for on-screen transformation with his the set of ropes, ladders and poles macabre characterisation of ‘Blizzard’ showing a technical ability that makes his – a tortured, criminal mastermind. A character utterly believable. young boy has both his legs needlessly amputated by an inexperienced surgeon Dir. Wallace Worsley | US | 1920 | N/C 12A | 1h 29m and grows up to become “master of the underworld”, driven to terrible deeds With: Lon Chaney, Ethel Grey Terry, Claire Adams, Charles Clary by his passion for sadistic revenge. The film is considered Chaney’s break-out Performing live: Graeme Stephen role, cementing his reputation as master (guitar) & Pete Harvey (cello) of the gruesome and grotesque, ahead Screening material courtesy of Kino of his defining performance as the Lorber Hunchback of Notre Dame. The actor famously refused the use of trick camera angles to simulate his ‘deformity’, forcing

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Seven Footprints to Satan

SATURDAY 24 MARCH | 22:15 £13.50 | £11 conc A long-lost scare flick to round off your Dir. Benjamin Christensen | US | 1929 | evening of horror at the Hippodrome. N/C 12A | Italian intertitles with English Debonair man of leisure James Kirkham surtitles | 1h 10m is keen to travel the world before With: Thelma Todd, Creighton Hale, settling down with his fiancée Eve. On Sheldon Lewis the eve of his departure the couple are Performing live: Jane Gardner (piano) kidnapped from a society ball and taken and Roddy Long (violin) to a mansion populated by strange Screening material courtesy of Cineteca freaks and monsters, held prisoner by Italiana the mysterious master of the house… none other than Satan himself! This Leave the car at home and book a riotous – and on occasion salacious – special Festival cab from Fourways Taxis movie is bags of fun. Think (see page 17 for details). Devil Worship crossed with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and you get the general idea. The film’s subject matter was clearly a favourite of the director Benjamin Christensen who was already a veteran of the genre having achieved great success and notoriety with Haxan (1922), an unsettling and unique history of witchcraft and demonology.

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HippFest Commission Triple Bill New Found Sound Laurel & Hardy

SUNDAY 25 MARCH | 11:00 SUNDAY 25 MARCH | 13:30 £6.25 | £5.25 conc £9.75 | £7.75 conc This unique schools initiative invites talented No HippFest would be complete young people to respond musically to silent without our celebrated Laurel and film. The 2018 project has been mentored by Hardy triple bill – a glorious afternoon Colin Broom (Composer, Royal Conservatoire in the company of the world’s best- of Scotland), and leading folk musician John loved comedy team. We begin with Somerville alongside Marc Duff (Capercaillie Flying Elephants in which the bachelor co-founder) and Laura Beth Salter (The Boys are transplanted to pre-historic Shee), tutors with Falkirk Schools’ Traditional times and their bowler hats are Music Groups. Students from St Mungo’s substituted for Hollywood-issue High School compose and conduct the caveman outfits. Next up is their final premiere of their new score to Holidays, silent Unaccustomed as We Are (re- Hurrah, directed by prolific Scottish amateur made as their first talkie). Ollie brings filmmaker Frank Marshall. The new score Stan home for dinner, much to the will be performed by Falkirk Schools Senior disgust of Mrs. Hardy who storms out Orchestra. leaving the coast clear for the pair to try their charms on beautiful neighbour This will be followed by two shorts from Mrs. Kennedy (Thelma Todd). Finally, the NLS Moving Image Archive, Winter In we are delighted to present one of Scotland (Templar Film Studios) and How Laurel and Hardy’s best-loved shorts: Not to Bath A Baby (directed by Dr. Iain Big Business which sees the duo Dunnachie), accompanied by the Traditional gain-lessly occupied as door-to-door bands. Christmas tree salesmen falling foul of The event concludes with a new silent short-tempered (Larbert-born) James film created by local young filmmakers Finlayson with predictably but oh-so- who have worked with Screen Education satisfyingly destructive results. Edinburgh - more details on page 23. Dir. Frank Butler | Lewis Foster | James N/C U | 1h 15m incl. Q&A Horne | US | 1927 | 1929 | 1928 | BBFC cert U | 20m x 3 Performing live: Jane Gardner (piano) and Hazel Morrison (percussion) Screening material courtesy of Lobster Films 12 HIPPODROME SILENT FILM FESTIVAL 2018 | BOX OFFICE: 01324 506850 SUNDAY 25 MARCH

Triple Bill Workshop... Workshop... Classical Indian Cocktail Hour Dance SUNDAY 25 MARCH | 18:00 - 19:00 £8 | £6 conc SUNDAY 25 MARCH | 14:00 - 16:00 Venue: Bo’ness Town Hall, Stewart £8 | £6 conc Avenue, Bo’ness EH51 9NJ Venue: Bo’ness Town Hall, Stewart Avenue, Bo’ness EH51 9NJ Despite Prohibition, cocktails are part of the popular mythology of the silent- Prior to the screening of the beautifully era. Indeed, WC Fields quipped “I restored Shiraz, we invite you to exercise extreme self-control. I never experience Indian classical dance at drink anything stronger than Gin before this enjoyable workshop. You will gain breakfast.” and silent stars Charlie an insight into India’s ancient classical Chaplain and had cocktails dance tradition, discover the rhythms, named after them. gestures and expressions that bring stories from Indian mythology to life, and Come and discover more about the learn a dance to music. Dancing will be in history of gin and learn how to make bare feet and please wear comfortable some classic cocktails with Stirling Gin clothing to allow you to move freely. in this fun, early evening workshop. A gin and tonic will be served to everyone No previous experience necessary. on arrival at Hippfest’s very own silent This workshop will be delivered by saloon. Dance Ihayami, Scotland’s Indian dance Minimum age: 18 company. Maximum Capacity: 20 Minimum age: 16 Pre-booking required Maximum Capacity: 30 Pre-booking required

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Shiraz

SUNDAY 25 MARCH | 16:30 £9.75 | £7.75 conc A Romance of India is fittingly the British-Indian-German co-production, subtitle of this beautiful 17th century epic, shot entirely on location in India with based on the story of Shah Jahan, his an Indian cast. The story’s flamboyant queen and the building of the world’s romanticism is matched by ravishing most beautiful monument to love: settings and costumes, beautiful lighting the Taj Mahal. Himansu Rai (the film’s and expressive performances. producer) plays the humble Shiraz, who Dir. Franz Osten | India/UK | 1928 | is brought up as brother to Selima, a girl BBFC cert U | b&w, tinted & toned | of unknown but royal lineage, rescued 1h 44m + short from an ambush in childhood. Shiraz With: Himansu Rai, Enkashi Rama Rao falls in love with Selima and when she Charu Roy, Seeta Devi is kidnapped by slavers and sold to the Performing live: John Sweeney (piano) royal palace, Shiraz follows her, risking Screening material courtesy of BFI everything for his unrequited love. National Archive HippFest presents the immaculate new BFI digital restoration of this remarkable

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Closing Night Gala Underground

SUNDAY 25 MARCH | 20:00 £13.50 | £11 conc The lives and loves of four young working people in 1920s London. Kind-hearted Bill and brash Bert both meet and fall in love with the same woman, on the same day in the underground. The object of their affections is shop-girl Nell who reciprocates Bill’s attentions, much to the annoyance of Bert. Proving himself to be a thoroughly loathsome piece of work Bert takes advantage of his abandoned sweetheart, using her in his deplorable plans for revenge. This pacey film moves swiftly from jolly romance to dark drama, showcasing the director’s confident facility for conjuring up the bustling parks, pubs and shops of London, as well as the dramatic emotional states of his characters. This impressive late silent is seen here to its best advantage thanks to the BFI National Archive’s fine restoration. Celebrated, award- winning silent film accompanist and composer Stephen Horne is joined by supremely talented percussionist Frank Bockius for this thrilling conclusion to HippFest 2018. Dir. Anthony Asquith | UK | 1928 | BBFC cert PG | 1h 33m + short With: Brian Aherne, Elissa Landi, Cyril McLaglen, Norah Baring Performing live: Stephen Horne (piano, accordion, flute) & Frank Bockius (percussion) Screening material BFI National Archive

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Date Time Event Venue Page Doors open 30 minutes before each screening unless otherwise stated [Untitled] Presents: Thu 15 Mar 19:00 Behind the Wall 4 Film Poet - Margaret Tait at 100 19:30 Sat 17 Mar Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life Barony Theatre 3 doors open 18:45 09:30 and Primary School Workshop: Hippodrome 22 11:30 Technical Tricks of Victorian Cinema 14:00 Cuppa Event: Wed 21 Mar Hippodrome 4 doors open 13:15 In Search of the Modern Marriage 19:30 Opening Night: Hippodrome 6 doors open 18:45 The Last of the Mohicans 14:00 Cuppa Event: Hippodrome 5 doors open 13:15 Lost Girls and Goddesses Thu 22 Mar 16:15 Meet the Film Archives Event Bo’ness Bakery 19 19:30 Call of the North Hippodrome 6 14:00 Cuppa Event: Hippodrome 5 doors open 13:15 Billie Ritchie Fri 23 Mar 18:30 doors open Friday Night Gala: Hippodrome 7 19:30 screening The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg 10:00 Tours of Kinneil House Kinneil House 24 Jeely Jar double bill: 10:30 Hippodrome 8 Saving Sister Susie & The Kid Reporter 12:00 Workshop: Make a Scene in the Library! Bo’ness Library 19 13:30 Striving (Fen Dou) Hippodrome 8 Sat 24 Mar 16:30 The Treasure (Der Schatz) Hippodrome 9 18:30 Platform Reels: Bo’ness & 9 doors open/food The Great K&A Train Robbery Kinneil Railway 20:00 The Penalty Hippodrome 10 22:15 Seven Footprints to Satan Hippodrome 11 11:00 New Found Sound Hippodrome 12 Leaves from the 12:00 Bo’ness John Muir Way & Shoreline Walk 24 Hippodrome 13:30 Laurel and Hardy Triple Bill Hippodrome 12 Workshop: Bo’ness Town Sun 25 Mar 14:00 13 Classical Indian Dance Hall 16:30 Shiraz Hippodrome 14 Workshop: Bo’ness 18:00 13 Cocktail Hour Town Hall 20:00 Closing Night Gala: Underground Hippodrome 15

16 HIPPODROME SILENT FILM FESTIVAL 2018 | BOX OFFICE: 01324 506850 DIRECTIONS HOW TO GET HERE Fourways Taxi Offer – Book a ride with Fourways. Fourways Taxis will get you to/from Linlithgow station and the Hippodrome and back in their shared cars and minibuses for a small cost. Journeys listed on our website. Call our box office to book your seat. Train - Linlithgow station is the nearest to Bo’ness. Car - From the west, exit the M9 at J5 and then follow the brown tourist signs for Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway and the Hippodrome. From the east, exit at J3 and follow the brown signs. There is plenty of free parking in Bo’ness town centre. Carshare - connect with other drivers at www.gocarshare.com/festival/hippfest Buses - Regular services operate to Bo’ness from Edinburgh, Linlithgow and Falkirk. Call 0871 200 22 33 for timetables or visit www.travelinescotland.com Bo’ness Community Bus operates Mon to Sat from Edinburgh to Bo’ness during the day. Visit www.bonesscommunitybus.scot for a copy of their latest timetable. Bike - Follow National Cycle Network Route 76 from Edinburgh.

FILM CERTIFICATION Films not certified by the BBFC are marked N/C (Not Certified) and accompanied by a HippFest certificate equivalent as a guide for our audiences eg N/C ‘U’ (universally suitable).

17 BOOKING INFORMATION

Early Bird Discount! Access Book before Tuesday 20 February and save • 3 wheelchair spaces 10% on your Festival tickets (excludes The Last of the Mohicans, Platform Reels, Laurel • Accessible toilet & Hardy triple bill, Jeely Jar screening and • Infra red sound transmission schools’ workshops). How to Book • Induction loop Online at www.hippfest.co.uk (in cinema and at box office) booking fees apply. • Baby change on ground floor Telephone 01324 506850 • BSL users can contact us via Monday - Friday 9:00 – 19:30 and contactSCOTLAND-BSL Saturday 9:45 – 15:00 BSL interpretation and electronic note Tickets can be posted for £1 or collected taking provided at Call of the North (see from the Hippodrome Box Office on the day page 6). We also hope to provide BSL and of your event. note taking at the Cuppa Talks (pages 4–5). Subject to pending grant application. In Person at the Hippodrome Box Office, open Saturdays 10:15 to 14:30 and 45 mins Please discuss any access requirements with before screenings. Box Office staff when booking.

During HippFest the Box Office is open Please Note: Wed 21 March...... 13:30 – 19:45 Seating is unreserved. Due to the nature of Thu 22 March...... 13:30 – 19:45 the live Festival performances, some seats may have restricted view. Fri 23 March...... 13:30 – 19:45 Doors to the auditorium will open approx. 30 Sat 24 March...... 10:00 – 20:15 minutes before each event unless otherwise Sun 25 March...... 10:00 – 20:15 stated. Tickets also on sale at Falkirk Stadium, Guests and performers listed are correct 4 Stadium Way, Falkirk FK2 9EE at the time of going to print. Whilst every effort is taken to ensure accuracy of Concessions information, event details may be subject to Available to: under 18s, unemployed in change. receipt of benefits, full-time students, OAPs, Young Scot card holders and Falkirk Booking enquiries: Community Trust Go Card holders. Eligibility [email protected] must be shown before purchase.

Refunds Tickets will not be exchanged or refunded after purchase except in the event of cancellation of screening/activity by Falkirk Community Trust.

Hippodrome Heritage Seats We have 20 ‘heritage’ seats with limited leg- room available in the balcony wings for each performance. These seats will go on sale only once a performance is sold out and can only be collected 30 mins before the screening starts.

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Meet the Film Archives

THURSDAY 22 MARCH | 16:15 - 17:00 HIPPFEST AT BO’NESS LIBRARY Not ticketed FREE: All Welcome Venue: Bo’ness Bakery, Matty Steele Make a Scene in Building, 122-126 North Street the Library The UK’s film archives are a treasure trove of the nation’s fascinating screen heritage but how can venues, filmmakers and community groups make the most of this vast array SATURDAY 24 MARCH of material? This free and informal panel Drop in: 12.00 - 14.00 event brings together representatives Venue: Bo’ness Library, Scotland’s from Film Archives UK to introduce their Close, Bo’ness EH51 0AH unique collections and talk through their preservation, digitisation and use within Free, suitable for all ages though creative exhibition projects, addressing children should be accompanied by questions on any aspect of archival work. an adult. No need to book, this is a drop-in event. Film Archives UK (FAUK) brings together archives, archivists, associate organisations Dress up, and have your photo taken and individuals who are committed to the against a backdrop of your choice work and development of the UK’s public using our Green Screen technology. sector film archives. The member archives Photos will be emailed to you free of are both regional and national and they all charge. Come already dressed up or work to preserve, digitise and provide public choose from our range of costumes. access to this important heritage for now and in the future. FAUK provides a network for its members by facilitating dialogue, knowledge exchange and new opportunities.

19 PERFORMERS

David Allison Neil Brand Stephen Horne The Last of the Mohicans The Student Prince in Old Striving, Underground Heidelberg, Jeely Jar David has created several Stephen first started successful live soundtracks Neil is one of the UK’s accompanying silent films at BFI for silent films, including the most established silent film Southbank over 25 years ago. He 1922 horror classic accompanists, composers, has recorded music for several (HippFest 2011); The Island writers and broadcasters. His DVD releases and regularly plays Tapes and The St Kilda Tapes achievements are too extensive at major International Festivals. which toured internationally to list, but recent work includes Although principally a pianist, and sold out at festivals such as ‘Neil Brand presents Buster he often incorporates flute, Celtic Connections. David has Keaton’ currently on tour in the accordion and keyboards into also produced three solo studio UK and the BBC Four series his performances, sometimes albums: Reporting, Guitar Gi-tar ‘Sound of Musicals with Neil simultaneously. Stephen’s and Acoustic Movies. Brand’. accompaniment to The Informer www.theislandtapes.com/david.html www.neilbrand.com and Stella Dallas at HippFest have both won him awards in the Silent London poll. www.stephenhorne.co.uk

Frank Bockius Jane Gardner & Company Alois Kott Striving, Underground Seven Footprints to Satan, The Treasure Laurel & Hardy (triple bill) Frank is a versatile percussionist. Alois is an acclaimed German He is versed in medieval, jazz and Acclaimed composer/pianist composer and musician. He Latin music styles and performs Jane Gardner has delighted many has studied double bass, live a silent cinema audience with for dance, theatre and his own electronic composition and her original and sympathetic bands. Twenty years ago Günter accompaniments. She has guitar and composed chamber Buchwald asked Frank to join performed at HippFest since music for classic piano, trio and his silent movie music company 2012 with regular collaborator, string quartet to large ensembles. and since then they have worked percussionist Hazel Morrison and His commissions have included together in Kyoto, Pordenone others to The Grub Stake, Earth, works for the NDR Big Band, and San Francisco. Frank Jeely Jar comedy screenings and the Frankfurt Radio Bigband more. This year she also performs regularly collaborates with many and theatre music recorded for with violinist and multi-award of the world’s finest silent film winning string player Roddy Westdeutscher Rundfunk WDR. musicians. Long. www.alois-kott-unlimitedmusic.de www.frankbockius.de www.janegardner.co.uk 20 HIPPODROME SILENT FILM FESTIVAL 2018 | BOX OFFICE: 01324 506850 PERFORMERS

Atzi Muramatsu Forrester Pyke Gerda Stevenson & Rob Call of the North In Search of the Modern MacNeacail Marriage, Billie Ritchie, Shorts Call of the North Atzi is a Japanese composer and cellist. His works encompass Forrester has had a successful Gerda is an award-winning writer/ music for concerts, contemporary career as a teacher and musical actor/director/singer/songwriter, dance, poetry, painting, and director and is one of the most in theatre, TV, radio and film. She films. His music features in three highly respected silent film has written many dramas for BBC BAFTA winning films, one of accompanists in Scotland. For Radio plus the stage play Federer which won BAFTA Scotland Best over 24 years he has brought versus Murray and released her Composer New Talent Award in many of the great silents vividly songs on CD: Night Touches 2016. He is a member of Glasgow to life for a new generation of Day. Gerda’s directing includes Improvisers Orchestra and leads cinemagoers. for Oran Mor, Communicado and contemporary string quartet Paragon Ensemble. Her poetry Forrester is greatly respected Lipsync for a Lullaby. has been published as a collection for his musical composition and If This Were Real and her second www.atzi.co.uk improvisational technique. collection, Quines In The Frame www.forrestercliftonpyke.co.uk – poems in tribute to women of Scotland is published by Luath Press in March. www.gerdastevenson.co.uk

Mike Nolan Graeme Stephen & Pete John Sweeney Grass: A Nation’s Battle Harvey Platform Reels, Shiraz for Life, Lost Girls and The Penalty Goddesses, Shorts Since 1990 John has played for Graeme is a highly acclaimed silent film at festivals and venues Mike works across Scotland Scottish jazz guitarist and including the British Silent Cinema as a composer, conductor and composer. He has written and Festival, the Giornate del Cinema performer and is a regular at performed compositions for Muto in Pordenone, Italy and the HippFest. He has accompanied Nosferatu, Metropolis andSunrise Slapstick Festival in Bristol. He silent film screenings for over which was screened in Bo’ness has recorded DVDs for the BFI, 20 years including several in October 2017. Pete Harvey is a Cineteca Bologna and Edition commercial releases and live cellist and arranger working out Filmmuseum and is one of the performances for the NLS of Pumpkinfield, his studio near founders of the Kennington Moving Image Archive. Mike is Perth. Bioscope which screens neglected also a Nordoff-Robbins trained www.graemestephen.net silent films at the Cinema Museum music therapist. www.pumpkinfield.co.uk in London.

21 YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

The Festival’s Youth Engagement Programme is specifically aimed at people under 25, offering fun and educational experiences designed to foster an on-going relationship with cinema. This is made possible by continued support from Bo’ness business Caledonian Produce – Bakkavor, a leading international manufacturer of freshly prepared foods. New delivery partner for 2018 is Into Film, whilst we continue our close relationships with the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive, Falkirk Council’s Community Learning and Development Team and Screen Education Edinburgh.

Primary School Workshops Technical Tricks of Victorian Cinema

WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH 09:30 & 11:30 When film was first invented, during the Victorian era, film was a curiosity, often found at fairgrounds. Over 100 years later many of the tricks Victorian filmmakers used can still be applied today and can be created with modern cameras. We may be in the era of special effects and superheroes but the principles of how film ‘tricks’ the eye remain the same. This workshop will demonstrate many of the early trick techniques used by filmmakers. Participants will then create early animation devices which deploy Persistence of Vision to make images appear to ‘move’ in the same way as film. Delivered by Into Film and supported by NLS Moving Image Archive. Tickets FREE Pre-booking essential Venue: Hippodrome Age: P5– P7

22 HIPPODROME SILENT FILM FESTIVAL 2018 | BOX OFFICE: 01324 506850 YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

HippFest at Bo’ness Youth Clubs Community Tour

DEANBURN PRIMARY SCHOOL The Community Tour has been out MONDAY 19 MARCH | 18:30-20:00 on the road again with pianist Mike BO’NESS PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Nolan entertaining folk with ’s classic The High Sign and THURSDAY 22 MARCH | 18:30-20:00 a of the Bo’ness Fair Admission free from the NLS Moving Image Archive Professional filmmaker Kate Burton returns Grange School: Queen Anne Currie. to HippFest with her brilliant filmmaking Screenings took place at the Corbie workshops. Aimed at P1-P7 pupils Inn and Bridgeness Miners Welfare these regular groups are run by Falkirk Club. Keep an eye on our website and Community Learning and Development social media for dates and venues team in Bo’ness. In this fun workshop, Kate we’ll be visiting later in 2018. If you’d will introduce young people to filmmaking like us to come to a community group techniques in a safe, sociable setting. you’re involved with in the Falkirk area, let us know. hippfest.co.uk Young Falkirk Filmmakers

During February and March care experience young people from the Falkirk- area will create their own silent stories when they work with filmmakers from Screen Education Edinburgh. Funded by Cashback for Creativity, this filmmaking programme trains young people in the key aspects of film making from camera and sound to screenwriting, directing and editing. Using state of the art film equipment they will work towards the overall outcome of developing, filming and editing their very own short. The final short film created by the group will be presented by the young people at New Found Sound (see page 12) accompanied live by a pianist and followed by a short Q&A. For more information about the fund, and view previous films made by young people on this course. screen-ed.org/cashback-for-creativity/

23 EXPLORE THE AREA

From Roman remains to internationally acclaimed art, the Bo’ness and Falkirk area offers some of Scotland’s best visitor attractions to explore. Visit www.unlockboness.com www.visitfalkirk.com to find out more. Kinneil House and Museum The Kelpies in Helix Park www.kinneil.org.uk www.thehelix.co.uk SATURDAY 24 MARCH House open for Tours 10:00 – 12:00, The world’s largest equine sculptures form a Museum open Mon - Sat 12:30 – 16:00 dramatic centrepiece in The Helix Park. Visitor Admission free centre, gift shop, café, playpark and guided Kinneil Estate, Bo’ness EH51 0PR tours of the Kelpies are available. A rare opportunity to see this 15th century The Bo’ness Motor Museum house’s extraordinary Renaissance wall paintings, hear its fascinating story and Bridgeness Rd. 01506 827007 maybe even meet the resident ghost! A www.motor-museum.bo-ness.org.uk compilation of short Bo’ness Fair films will be Classic cars and memorabilia including famous screening throughout the morning. film cars: James Bond, Harry Potter, 51st State and more. Open Mon-Sun 10am to 4pm. Deal: 2 for 1 for Festival ticket holders. Bo’ness John Muir Way & Shoreline Walk

Blackness Castle SUNDAY 25 MARCH | 12:00 | DUR 1H APPROX www.historic-scotland.gov.uk With Step Forth | Free | Starts at the Hippodrome | Distance: 1km approx. | Level This 15th century castle offers stunning terrain views of the Firth of Forth and impressive www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/fitness/ architecture. Recently appeared in Outlander. step-forth The Falkirk Wheel Join Step Forth for a stroll in the fresh air and www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk enjoy beautiful views to the North and East of Bo’ness. The walk will take in the John The Falkirk Wheel is the world’s first and only Muir Way, the shoreline path and the nature rotating boatlift and a fantastic day out for all reserve, returning after one hour for the rest the family. Sail 35m through the sky between of the day’s screenings. the Forth & Clyde and Union Canal. Includes a Children’s Activity Zone, Mini Canal & Water Step Forth, developed in partnership with Paths Play Park, Water Activity Zone, Segway Tours, for All, provides local health walks across the Cycle Hire, Water Zorbing. Canoeing, boat trips Falkirk Council area as well as longer evening and woodland walks which take in parts of the walks at The Helix, Nordic walking, buggy walks Antonine Wall. and otago classes (fall prevention).

24 HIPPODROME SILENT FILM FESTIVAL 2018 | BOX OFFICE: 01324 506850 Callendar House Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org Bo’ness Station, Union Street, Bo’ness EH51 9AQ Tel: 01506 822298 www.bkrailway.co.uk Visit this magnificent 14th century house and gallery, set against the stunning backdrop of Festival opening times: Steam train departs Callendar Park, and a section of The Antonine Bo’ness Station at 10.45, 12.10 and 14.10 and Wall (a Unesco World Heritage Site). Plus Museum open 11.00-16.30 (last admission Georgian kitchen and refurbished tea room. 16.00) The Station Buffet will be open 10:00 Recently appeared on Outlander. Current to 16:00. exhibitions: FE Iron The Falkirk Story and Iron: Immerse yourself in the sights, sounds and Artefacts & Actions. smells of yesteryear as Scotland’s living railway history unfolds around you. Climb Admission Free. aboard a steam train for a journey in to the John Muir Way past and discover the hidden gem that is the Museum of Scottish Railways, three buildings www.johnmuirway.org full of wonders ready to be uncovered. This 134 mile walk stretches across Scotland’s heartland and through the Falkirk area.

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26 HIPPODROMEHIPPODROME SILENT SILENT FILM FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL 2018 2018 | BOX | BOX OFFICE: OFFICE: 01324 01324 506850 506850 LOVE BO’NESS FOR EATING AND DRINKING These pages have been generously sponsored by Town Centre Management.

Anchor Tavern Takeaway: Mon-Tue 11.30am- The Station Buffet Venue 6pm (closed 2.30pm-3.30pm); 54 North St. 01506 824717 Thu 11.30am-7pm (closed Bo’ness Station, Union St., 01506 822298 Lively traditional pub selling real 2.30pm-3.30pm) Fri 11.30am- ale. Open Sun-Thu: 11am-11pm; 7pm Sat 11.30am-6.30pm. Homemade, locally sourced Closed Wed & Sun. Cash only produce, freshly baked cakes Fri-Sat: 11am-midnight The Ivy Tea Room / Café and scones and delicious meals. The Bo’ness Bakery and Horn’s Open Sat/Sun: 10am-4pm 68 South St. 01506 823389 Café Stav’s Kebab Shop Home cooked meals, delicious Matty Steele Building, 122-126 99 North St. 01506 204888 North St. 01506 825336 scones, filled rolls and our popular macaroni cheese and Takeaway. Open Fri-Sat: 4pm- Sit-in or takeaway. Traditional chicken curry. Gluten free, 1am, Sun-Thu: 4pm-12am bakery and café serving cakes, vegetarian and vegan options. filled rolls and a range of coffees Sit-in or takeaway. Sweet Bakery and teas. Open early until 5pm. Open 8.30am -7.30pm Sun 13 North Street 07551533561 Brian’s Café & Takeaway 12pm-7.30pm Luxury cupcakes, cheesecakes 9 Hope St. 01506 823815 Kettle Drum and tasty treats. Open Mon- Fri: 8am – 2.30pm Sat 7.30 to Family favourites, snacks, 47A South St. 01506 823796 10.30pm takeaways and Brian’s award- winning soup. Open daily: Chinese takeaway. The Town Bistro 6am-4pm Open Mon-Sun: 4.15pm to 11pm 17 South St. 01506 829946 The Corbie Inn Leigh’s Sandwich Bar A relaxing atmosphere to enjoy 84 Corbiehall 01506 825307 21 South St. 01506 825335 a lunchtime snack or evening www.corbieinn.co.uk meal. Booking recommended. Freshly made sandwiches. Open Mon-Wed: 9am-3pm; Thu: Cask beers, real ales, and great 9am-9pm; Fri-Sat: 9am-11pm; pub grub. Open Mon-Sat: 12pm- Open Mon-Fri 7am-2pm Sun: 12.30pm-9pm 11pm; Sun: 12.30pm-10pm. Oliphant Bakers Food service: Mon-Wed: 12pm- 8pm; Thu-Sat: 12pm-8.30pm; 37 South St. 01506 827088 Sun: 12.30pm-8.30pm. Booking Freshly baked bread, cakes, pies advised and sandwiches. Open Mon-Fri: Corvi’s (Seaview Café) 8am-2pm; Sat: 8am-1pm; Closed Sun 5-7 Seaview Pl. 01506 822659 Rock ‘n’ Rolls Café Traditional fish & chips to eat-in or takeaway. 13 South St. 01506 828151 Eat-in: Mon-Tue 11.30am-2pm & Cosy café serving hot food 4pm-6pm; Thu 11.30am-2pm & and light bites. Open Mon-Sat: 4pm-7pm; Fri-Sat 11.30am-2pm. 8.30am-2.30pm

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These pages have been generously sponsored by Town Centre Management. Show your Festival Cinema ticket and get 10% off at all these participating local businesses this Festival. Offer valid from Wed 21 – Sun 25 March 2018 only unless otherwise stated.

Angeline’s 27-29 North St. 01506 827925 Communion dresses and accessories. Anna’s Market Happy Feet 43 South St. 07907760925 28 South St, 01506 825891 Polish goods and a wide range of basics at good www.happyfeetboness.com prices. Children’s shoe boutique. Stockist of Hush The Attic Puppies, Vans, Lelli Kelly, Poddlers, Converse, Michael Kors, Skechers and many more brands. 50 North St 07414 774545 Also stocks tights and socks. Sells an eclectic mix of antique and retro, Inkspot and Silverleaf Booksellers second hand products. The Baby Box 76-78 South St. 01506 204450 www.inkspotandsilverleaf.co.uk 95 North St. 01506 826031 Nationally renowned small independent bookshop facebook.com/thebabybox boasting a wonderful selection of hand-picked Stockists of children’s clothes from birth to 4/5 books for all ages. years, pram covers, soft toys, socks, hats and Lyon’s Hardware mitts. All Year Club and gift vouchers available. Hand-dressed Moses baskets made to order. 32 South St. 01506 828740 Thomas Burns & Sons Hardware and ironmongery store supplying: tools, decorating, electrical and plumbing equipment, 10 Market St. 01506 822764 cookware and light bulbs. Traditional family butcher and supplier of gold Paper Ribbons award steak pies. Locally sourced beef. 24 South St. 01506 822599 Cherie’s Chique Boutique www.facebook.com/paperribbons 29 South St. 01505 238520 A contemporary card, gift and jewellery boutique An independent ladies fashion boutique offering offering a one-stop shopping experience. all aspects of ladies clothing, established labels, The Perfect Party Place up-coming brands and accessories. 31 North St. 01506 828983 Party supplier and kids party venue hosting a variety of kids themed parties

28 HIPPODROME SILENT FILM FESTIVAL 2018 | BOX OFFICE: 01324 506850 Vapour X 27 North St. 01506 822771 www.facebook.com/vapour-x Electronic cigarette devices to suit light and heavy smokers. Call in and try our oils. The Wee Vintage Shop 42 North St, 07944 216307 www.weevintageshop.co.uk Bespoke vintage furniture and furnishings. Restorations and commissions welcome.

Other Local Businesses A & J Newsagents 27 South St. 01506 517002 Newpapers, magazines and lots on offer. Bo’ness Chiropractic & Sports Massage The Pet Store 1 Market Sq. 01506 828828 9 South St, 01506 825841 www.bonesschiropractic.co.uk Silence is golden. Keep your pet occupied with Don’t let aches and pains interfere with your daily toys and treats from us. activities. We can help get you feeling fit and back to your best! Pink Magpie Branches 43 North St, 01506 825804 74 North St. 01506 826260 www.pink-magpie.com @pnkmagpie facebook.com/vinetrust Fabulous, exclusive jewellery and accessory ranges. Located opposite the Hippodrome. Gift shop run by volunteers. Half of all profits go to the Vine Trust, half to local, national and RR Flowers and Balloons international projects. 30 South St, 01506 823967 Dimensions Hair Salon Flowers and balloons for every occasion. Local 105 North St. 01506 827496 deliveries. Stylish hair salon. Spoiled Rotten Fletcher Neil & Co Barbers 23 South St. 01506 828244 39 South St. 01506 826085 Childrenswear and gift boutique specialising in Stylish upmarket gents’ barbers. gorgeous European brands including; Timberland, Billie-blush, Levi’s, absorba and many more. From Maryanne’s Ladies Fashions 0-12 years. 26 South St. 01506 826835 Sweets ‘n’ Things Dressmaking and repairs. 6 Hope St 01506 826296 Pick ‘n’ mix, traditional sweets (inc sugar-free), knitting yarns and patterns, haberdashery, dancewear, gifts and fashion accessories.

29 Take a bit of HippFest home… Image courtesy of the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust

We have a fantastic selection of branded tea-towels, t-shirts, cups, mugs and cloth bags for sale at our Festival hub during HippFest or order through our box office [email protected]. Also HippFest Ale in bottles and on tap brewed locally by the Kinneil Brew Hoose will be on sale at the Hippodrome Bar. FESTIVAL FUNDERS AND SUPPORTERS

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THANK YOU

Thanks to everyone in Falkirk Community Trust who Thanks also to our colleagues help make the Festival happen, as well as the following in Falkirk Council, particularly in individuals and organisations: Development Services, Community Yasmin Al-Hadithi, Craig Allen [Untitled], Bo’ness Learning and Development, Community Council, Bo’ness Retailers’ Group, Bo’net Education Services and Falkirk and Buzzness, Serge Bromberg (Lobster Films), Bryony Champions Board, and to all the Dixon (BFI), Roberto Della Torre (Cineteca Italiana), venue staff and volunteers. Sophie Dijan (Photoplay), Dennis Doros (Milestone Festival Director (Falkirk Community Films), Friends of Kinneil, Kirsty Gallagher (Into Film), Natascha Gentz (Confucius Institute for Scotland), Trust): Alison Strauss Frank Gray (Film Archives UK), Xuelei Huang (University Festival Producer: Nicola Kettlewood of Edinburgh), Mike Mashon (Library of Congress), Marketing & Media Officer: Emma Sarah Neely (University of Stirling), Nikolai Petersen Henderson (Goethe Institut Glasgow), Gareth Jones and Pollock Hammond, Hannah Prouse (BFI), Sambrooke Scott Production Coordinator: Anna Plant (Film Hub Scotland), Claudia Schwendele (Beta Film), Festival Videography: David Barras (Photoplay Productions), Step Forth, Yanrong Tan (China Film Archive), Ruth Washbrook Festival Photography: Alex Hewitt (NLS Moving Image Archive), George Watson (BFI). 2015/16/17 credit: alexhewitt.co.uk

31 HippFest Hub

VENUE COMING SOON! OPEN 21-23 MARCH, 3-7.30PM 24 & 25 MARCH 11AM-8PM Visit the Festival Hub for information, merchandise and a warm welcome. The Hub is your space to relax between screenings and you are welcome to bring your packed lunch or chips! “Very useful, if you go to several events in one day” audience member 2017

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The Hippodrome, 10 Hope Street, Bo’ness EH51 0AA 01324 506850 General arts enquiries: [email protected] Booking enquiries: [email protected] hippfest.co.uk

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