It's the annual 'programme picks' episode - a listener favourite! - and with less than one week to go, what better time to have another look over the line-up?

Featuring plenty of additional film titbits, predictions, promises, admiration for musicians, and general chatter from the team working away behind-the-scenes to present HippFest's glittering fifteenth edition. Featuring the follow staff members and titles:

HANNAH BRADLEY CROALL: Before the Face of the Sea (1926); With Reindeer and Sled in Inka Länta's Winterland (1926); Our Hospitality (1923); The Cave of the Spider Woman (1927).

ABBIE DOBSON: The Swallow and the Titmouse (1920); The Pleasure Garden (1925).

NATALIE ALLISON: Friday Night Gala - The Pride of the Clan (1917); Neil Brand: Key Notes.

NELL CARDOZO: The Shamrock Handicap (1926); What the Water Remembers - The Dark Mirror (2025) and Exhibition at Bo'ness Library; New Found Sound.

ALISON STRAUSS: Flora Kerrigan - Rediscover a Film Pioneer; The Near Shore: A Scottish and Irish Cine-Concert; Forgotten Faces (1928).Additional reading/ relevant links:

• Read a full English transcript of this episode.
• Learn more about the HippFest team
• Book tickets to everything upcoming at HippFest 2025
• An illustrated overview of the HippFest 2025 programme
• As mentioned: Alma Reville: in the shadow of Hitchcock?
• As mentioned: In the Frame of the Father: Films made by Irish Priests