About this episode

The episode discusses the most-anticipated silent films for HippFest 2026 with insights from key festival figures.

Can you BELIEVE it's only a matter of weeks before our sixteenth edition kicks off? Well believe it or not, it's true - and in preparation for last-minute booking quandaries we've prepared another Programme Picks episode to tempt you. This year Digital Content Manager Christina Webber chats to The Skinny 's Jamie Dunn and captain of the Hipp-ship, Festival Director Alison Strauss, to drill down into some of the silent titles most-anticipated coming up in 2026. Which Sherlock Holmes is Jamie's favourite? Where is our Norwegian-ceilidh-club night? Which films have our students selected to work with for New Found Sound? And how many films HAD Baby Peggy starred in when shooting Captain January (1924)? All these questions and plenty more throughout the show. If curious, the films selected by Jamie Dunn include: The Crowd (1928), The Bat (1926), The White Heather (1919), and Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases . HippFest's own Alison Strauss chooses to speak about Fante-Anne (1920), New Found Sound , April Fool (1926), Captain January (1924), and Apart From You (1933). Additional reading/ relevant links: Full English transcript of this episode available here . Jamie Dunn's HippFest…

People in this episode

Host: Christina Webber

Guests: Jamie Dunn, Alison Strauss

Topics covered

• silent film
• HippFest
• film selection
• interviews
• film history

Keywords

• HippFest 2026
• silent films
• film festival
• Christina Webber
• Jamie Dunn
• Alison Strauss

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Skinny

Books & works: The Crowd, The Bat, The White Heather, Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases, Fante-Anne, New Found Sound, April Fool, Captain January, Apart From You

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