HippFest forays out of the silent era with a special screening of this dialogue-free film made without synchronised sound by pioneering, Italian-born Lorenza Mazzetti, part of the British ‘Free Cinema’ movement, whose manifesto celebrated ‘freedom’ for filmmakers from orthodoxy and conservatism. The film is a refreshing and sometimes moving slice of everyday working-class life, set in London's East End. It follows two deaf-mute dockers in the midst of the wary, hearing community. Mazzetti cast the then unknown, 32-year-old Scottish artist Eduardo Paolozzi in the lead. He relished his role, modelling his performance on Marlon Brando!

We are thrilled to welcome Raymond MacDonald and Christian Ferlaino to perform their new live score, a dynamic alternative reinterpretation of Mazzetti’s ground-breaking work.

Introductions and post-screening Q&A enhanced by BSL interpretation plus electronic note-taking.