One Life: A Personal Connection
Alison Strauss has written this blog post about watching One Life (PG) at the Hippodrome this weekend and about her very personal connection with the story. Alison is our Arts Development Officer (Film and Media) at Falkirk Council and is the programmer of the Hippodrome year-round and founding director of the annual Hippodrome Silent Film Festival.
Volunteers Profile Billy Bedborough
It's Volunteers Week and we talked to Billy Bedborough one of our longstanding volunteers at Hippfest about how he became involved and what he enjoys about volunteering.
Nick Mortimore Ali and Ava Blog
Nick Mortimore recently took a trip to the Hippodrome to see compelling contemporary love story Ali and Ava. Nick shares some thoughts on the film and his trip to the cinema.
FALKIRK COMMUNITY TRUST SHORTLISTED IN THE 2022 HEARTS FOR THE ARTS AWARDS
The shortlist has been announced for the National Campaign for the Arts' (NCA) Hearts for the Arts Awards 2022. The awards celebrate the unsung heroes of Local Authorities who are championing the arts against all odds.
Bo’ness Community Bus Blog
This month’s Hippodrome guest blog comes from Valerie Bruce – a Trustee of Bo’ness Community Bus.
Latest Blog by Fatima, a refugee from Syria currently living in Falkirk.
This month’s Hippodrome blog is a guest entry by Fatima, a refugee from Syria currently living in Falkirk. The local charity – Friends of Scottish Settlers – put me in touch with Fatima who attended one of our Hippodrome screenings of BAFTA-nominated Limbo (2020). Fatima’s mother tongue is Arabic but she has written this blog in English.
Hippodrome Blog June 2021
The first of a regular blog post for our website from Alison Strauss, Arts Development Officer (Film and Media), Falkirk Community Trust – programmer of the Hippodrome year-round since it re-opened in 2009 and founding Director of the annual Hippodrome Silent Film Festival (2011 – present).
The Hippodrome, Bo’ness shortlisted for Cinema of the Year
Scotland's oldest purpose-built picture house has been shortlisted for Cinema of the Year (for a company with 24 screens or under) in the 2019 Screen Awards.
