The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival (HippFest) is Scotland's first and only festival of silent film with live music. This brand new podcast features insights from a variety of HippFest evndeavours: Q&As with performers, interviews with archivists, and plenty of other fascinating conversations about archive cinema. We hope you enjoy tuning in!
'This kind of magic telepathy': in conversation with Jane Gardner and Hazel Morrison
Hello HippCasters, we're back in the audiosphere this month with a double whammy of musical goodness!
In today's show we hear from Jane Gardner and Hazel Morrison, a familiar and much beloved HippFest duo, following their recent visit to Tromsø Silent Film Days (https://www.tiff.no/en/silentfilmdays) and ahead of their performance as part of our Taste of Silents season accompanying Murnau's Faust (1926). Conversation varies merrily from the days of silent film on British TV, to some of the stranger instruments (/body parts?) used in past scores, and of course a wee musical preview of what to expect in October. As always, a full English transcript, and more information about Jane and Hazel, can be found here (https://hippfest.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/hippcast-episode-38/). Happy listening!
Relevant links
See all the screenings in our 2026 Taste of Silents season (https://www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/hippfest/taste-of-silents/)
Faust (1926) with music accompaniment from Jane and Hazel (https://www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/taste-of-silents-faust-1926/)
Check out Jane Gardner's website here (https://www.jane-gardner.co.uk/)
Read the 2023 blog by Alison Strauss Silent Siblings: HippFest Goes to (https://hippfest.wordpress.com/2023/05/04/silent-siblings-hippfest-goes-to-tromso-silent-film-days/)Tromsø Silent Film Days (https://hippfest.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=686&action=edit)
Learn more about Tromsø Silent Film Days (https://www.tiff.no/en/silentfilmdays)
Learn more about some of the screenings mentioned (including The Goose Woman (https://www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/media/5244/prog-notes-the-goose-woman.pdf) - 1925, The Grub Stake (https://www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/media/5174/the-grub-stake-1923-programme-notes.pdf) - 1923) by reading our Programme Notes (https://www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/hippfest/programme-notes/)
31 Jul 2026
Feminist film historiographies: in conversation with Kate Saccone
Our podcast guest this month is none other than the wonderful Kate Saccone!
Kate is a film curator, scholar, and editor based in Amsterdam. She received her PhD from the University of Amsterdam in May 2026. She is the project manager and an editor of The Women Film Pioneers Project (https://links.uk.defend.egress.com/Warning?crId=6a66f40eab7842271d3e1358&Domain=falkirk.gov.uk&Threat=eNpzrShJLcpLzAEADmkDRA%3D%3D&Lang=en&@OriginalLink=wfpp.columbia.edu&Base64Url=eNrLKCkpKLbS1y9PKyjQS87PKc1NykzUS00p1QcAhC0Jng%3D%3D) and currently serves as board president of Women and Film History International (https://links.uk.defend.egress.com/Warning?crId=6a66f40eab7842271d3e1358&Domain=falkirk.gov.uk&Threat=eNpzrShJLcpLzAEADmkDRA%3D%3D&Lang=en&@OriginalLink=www.wfhi.org&Base64Url=eNrLKCkpKLbS1y8vL9crT8vI1MsvStcHAFbpB7I%3D).
In this month's episode Kate and Christina, our HippFest Digital Content Manager, chat about the breadth of Kate’s expertise, feminist historiographies, and the twin joys and challenges of uncovering and re-learning how we think about early cinema. As Kate states in the show, silent film culture is really thriving, and thus the conversation features a host of excellent recommendations for films, film-makers, organisations, research and other enticing silent era thought-threads. Make sure to check the links below for all the resources mentioned throughout, and as always, a full English transcript of the conversation is available here (https://hippfest.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/hippcast-episode-37/). Happy listening!
Relevant links (orgs, events):
Women Film Pioneers Project Overview Essays (https://wfpp.columbia.edu/overview-essays/)
Follow Women Film Pioneers Project on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/wfpproject.bsky.social)
Follow Women Film Pioneers Project on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/WFPProject)
Info on the upcoming 2027 conference Women and the Silent Screen XIII, (https://www.wfhi.org/2027-mexico-city)“Transitions,” June 8-11, 2027
Upcoming 2026 online event Entr'acte (https://www.wfhi.org/2026-entracte), November 6 - 7, 2026
Follow Women and Film History International on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/wfhinetwork.bsky.social https://www.instagram.com/wfhinetwork/ )
Follow Women and Film History International on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/wfhinetwork/)
Enter the inaugural Women and Film History International Student Project Award (https://wfpp.columbia.edu/2026/06/02/call-for-submissions-the-women-and-film-history-international-student-project-award/)(deadline September 15th)
Relevant links (films, people, texts)
Fatma Begum's Pioneer Profile (https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/fatma-begum/)
Nina Niovilla's Pioneer Profile (https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/nina-niovilla/), director of Youth Triumphs/Młodość Zwycięża (1923)
Mabel Normand's Pioneer Profile (https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-mabel-normand/)
Gene Gauntier's Pioneer Profile (https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-gene-gauntier/)
Alma Reville's Pioneer Profile (https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/alma-reville/)
Alma Reville: in the shadow of Hitchcock? (https://youtu.be/KHarz_4FqTw?si=DnVm83FM64X2prR4) presented by Dr Josephine Botting
More info on Adam and Eve/Adam a Eva (1922) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278899/)
Watch Adam and Eve/Adam a Eva (1922) at Bonn Stummfilmtage (https://www.internationale-stummfilmtage.de/filmsammlung/das-madel-mit-dem-mannertyp-en)
Pamela Hutchinson's The Curse of Queen Kelly (https://stickingplacebooks.com/books/the-curse-of-queen-kelly)
Karen Pearlman's Breaking Plates (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19072232/?ref_=fn_al_tt_0)
Kino Lorber's Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers (https://kinolorber.com/film/pioneers-first-women-filmmakers)
Kino Lorber's Cinema's First Nasty Women boxset (https://kinolorber.com/product/cinemas-first-nasty-women-blu-ray)
Watch on YouTube: Lois Weber's Suspense (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxuKhzTay3U) (1913)
Watch on YouTube: Florence Turner's Daisy Doodad's Dial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mneu7A3MVms)(1914)
26 Jun 2026
Filmhouse are turning one!
Filmhouse are turning one! Technically tomorrow (Saturday 27 June 2026), but who's counting? In today's show we hear from Program Manager Raymah Tariq, who reflects on the first year since re-opening in June 2025.
The discussion includes a peek behind-the-scenes at programming strategy, Filmhouse first birthday celebrations and the 'We Have A Cinema And We're Not Afraid To Use It' strand, and how silent film/ wider repertory cinema fits into contemporary scheduling.
Additional reading/ relevant links:
Access a full english transcript of this conversation here (https://hippfest.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/hippcast-episode-36/).
Filmhouse first birthday party (Saturday 27 June)! (https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/filmhouse-birthday-party/)
Filmhouse birthday programme: We've Got A Cinema And We're Not Afraid To Use It (https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/weve-got-a-cinema-and-were-not-afraid-to-use-it/)
Filmhouse birthday programme: Team Birthday Picks (https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/team-birthday-picks/)
Filmhouse birthday programme: Top Filmhouse Films (https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/top-filmhouse-films/)
More info about Filmhouse Birthday programme and ticketing (https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/filmhouse-birthday-party/)
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