Introducing our exciting new co-commission: WHAT THE WATER REMEMBERS, including the first film to be announced for our fifteenth edition, THE DARK MIRROR (2025)!

Hear all about a brand new venture for HippFest, an exciting new joint commission with Flatpack Festival in Birmingham called What the Water Remembers. This project features a new film titled The Dark Mirror, made by artist Moira Salt, with a new score created by Tommy Perman and Andrew Wasylyk, which will premiere at HippFest 2025 on Saturday 22 March, 2025, before reprising at Flatpack Festival in May.

Based on research into the Falkirk archives and using footage from the BFI National Archive, Media Archive Central England, Collection Eye Film Museum Netherlands, and the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive, this creative non-fiction film brings some of the many stories of these waterways to life. It was brilliant to be able to chat to the team in the midst of this work, whilst they continue to develop the film and soundscape you will hear in March.

The film and music are currently in production and promise to weave an engrossing, mythological tale fashioned from the rich history and cultural significance of canals... Tune in to hear all about it!

Relevant links:

More info on artist Moira Salt.
More info on musicians Tommy Perman and Andrew Wasylyk.
Mark your diaries! The What the Water Remembers exhibition opens at Bo'ness Library on Friday 14th February.
Book your ⁠HippFest Festival Pass⁠ to get the very best value at HippFest 2025.
As always a full English transcript of this episode can be found here:
https://hippfest.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/hippcast-episode-22/