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Taste of Silents
HippFest has launched its latest Taste of Silents season at Scotland’s oldest cinema – the Hippodrome in Bo’ness - where HippFest (Hippodrome Silent Film Festival) takes place each year. This exciting short season of three feature films, will run every two weeks from Saturday September 23 – to Friday October 20th
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.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves role-player review and ramblings
We invited local writer and Dungeons and Dragons fan, Gary Oberg to write all about the new D&D film, playing at the Hippodrome from 7th - 19th April. Gary has won several writing competitions including the Falkirk Writing Rammy, and his short stories have been featured in publications such as Alight Here: An Anthology of Writing (edited by Alan Bissett) and Edinburgh Dungeon horror stories anthologies.
Behind the scenes of Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Shawn Mendes voices the adorable house guest in this week's major new family release to hit The Hippodrome, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.
What's On
Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote: Sing a Song of Murder(15)
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- Wednesday, 05 Aug 26 at 19:30 p.m.
Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote is a screening of an episode of Murder, She Wrote with games and laughs. Approximately 120 minutes including interval.
Chocolate Taste-Along: Amelie - 2001 (15)
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- Saturday, 12 Sep 26 at 19:30 p.m.
Celebrate International Chocolate Day with us at the Hippodrome with our latest chocolate taste-along screening: the entrancing Amélie. Join us for this unique melt-in-the-mouth movie experience. The showing of Amélie will be paired with a bespoke tasting-box selection – each chocolate lovingly crafted to match the film’s most sensuous moments. Amélie (adorably played by Audrey Tautou) is a shy waitress beset with social anxieties who enjoys life's small pleasures from a safe distance… until a chance discovery sets her on a path to begin her life as a mender of broken hearts. A tremendously seductive modern fairytale, set against the beautiful landmarks and cafés of Paris – that most romantic and magical of cities. “A deeply lovely movie about the importance, and the rewards, of kindness.” The Times
