About this episode

The episode features young attendees discussing their thoughts on silent films.

After a brief podcast break to deliver HippFest 2026, we're back in the audiosphere with the third iteration of our Young voices on 'old cinema' mini-series, featuring thoughts and reflections from some of our young attendees. In this month's release we hear from Kitty Volino, a 19-year-old student who tuned in online from the Scottish Borders, plus 16-year-old Izzie Middleton, who joined us in-person in beautiful Bo'ness. Expect discussion on the whole gamut of silent film viewing - the combination of music and film, silent era happy endings, the feeling of 'watching together', intertitles, tinting, Baby Peggy - plus some stranger tangents (yes, Christina does mention Married At First Sight). Enjoy! Additional reading/ relevant links: A full transcript of this episode is available here More information about Young Scot Captain January (novel) Wikipedia page, as discussed Tweet: Clip of Buster Keaton stunts alongside 'how it's made' , as discussed Listen to our 2025 'Young voices' episode Listen to our 2024 'Young voices' episode P.S Yes we do have a new musical hook! Wee musical excerpts at the episode start and finish are from our HippFest at Home presentation of Saxophone Susy…

People in this episode

Guests: Kitty Volino, Izzie Middleton

Topics covered

• silent film
• young voices
• film discussion
• cinema reflections
• audience experience
• music in film

Keywords

• silent cinema
• film music
• intertitles
• tinting
• Baby Peggy
• HippFest
• young voices

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Married At First Sight, Captain January, Saxophone Susy

Places: Scottish Borders, Bo'ness

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