"Great idea - well executed".........."Fantastic idea brought to life".........."Extremely interesting selection of films and extraordinary value for money".........."A stunning debut"..........

Sensoria "A stunning debut"

Sensoria got off to a cracking start in its first year - with excellent audiences and acclaim.

All of the comments here are by people who experienced the festival. We are proud that Sheffield's great and good from the music industry came out and showed their support - Jarvis introduced his artschool films, a slightly nervous Richard Hawley commenced the festival's proceedings at the opening night, Reverend and the Makers premiered their new video, seminal musician Richard H. Kirk gave an AV performance, The Long Blondes presented an exhibition of cover artwork and Graham Oliver from Saxon came to our Metal Talk. Even the ROXY sign put in an appearance at the Wall of Sound exhibition.

A huge thank you to all of those who came along and supprted the festival. Here's to 2009.

Julien Temple interview

We are delighted to welcome Julien as a special guest for this interview where, illustrated with clips from his movies, he will discuss his life and career with festival advisor Adrian Wootton, CEO of Film London.

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Sensoria - I Monster Filmmakers Competition

As a part of this year’s Sensoria festival, South Yorkshire Film Makers Network (SYFN) will be giving the opportunity for filmmakers to produce a music video for one of Sheffield's top music acts 'I Monster', and have a chance to win £500.

During this year's Sensoria festival five filmmaking teams will compete for the chance to make a music video for I Monster by creating a video for the band's brand new single 'Sucker for Your Sound' to be released later this year.

Filmmakers will have exactly one week to make the video: from 12th-18th April.

Selected filmmakers will be invited to the Showroom on the 12th April at 2pm, where they will be introduced to the band in an individual private session. Members of I Monster will present the new single, display some artwork for the album, and then hold a Question and Answer session with the filmmakers to help them better understand what the band are looking for.

All five music videos will then be screened at the Showroom 5 cinema at the end of the Sensoria festival, on 18th April at 5.30pm. The members of the band and one impartial judge will choose the winning team.

The winner will get cash, a chance to have their video screened on the top music video channels and the band’s website, and the possibility of further collaboration with the band on future projects.

Further information email Rob Speranza on rob@syfn.org or call on 0114 276 2400.

Video Exclusive

Sensoria is pleased to announce an exclusive preview of the new Reverend & The Makers video 'Dead Men's Shoes' with introduction by Jon McClure and video maker Helene Michaelides.

'Dead Men's Shoes' features John Cooper Clarke and was produced by Alan Smyth.

6.30pm 17 April Showroom 3

FREE

Sensoria Beer

Sensoria announces festival beer courtesy of Thornbridge brewery.

Sensoria is also pleased to announce another first – a Sensoria beer will be hitting Sheffield bars thanks to Thornbridge brewery.

Festival Director, Jo Wingate commented:
"I contacted Thornbridge Brewery with a view to getting involved with our festival, they had a great reputation for award-winning ales. Little did I realise that within minutes they would be offering us our own customised beer. That was an offer I could never refuse. Within hours we also had The Forum and Old House lined up as venues to stock the beer. It’s been a really heartening experience to see how much people have supported us - the first year of any festival is inevitably a tough one but many local companies have stepped in to help us out without a second thought."

Revolution Vodka Bar Big Screen

Sensoria have teamed up with Revolution Vodka Bar to screen pop videos on their big screen on Fitzwilliam Street, Sat 12, Sun 13 and Fri 18 April at around 8.30pm.

Sensoria Pro

Delegates attending:

Christopher Simmons (Music Consultant - Universal Music).....Jon McClure (Reverend & The Makers......Geoff Barradale (Manager - Arctic Monkeys/Reverend & The Makers)......Gary Levermore (Director - Tora Promotions)......Caroline Bottomley (Radar Festival / Radar Music Videos)......Helene Michaelides (Filmmaker)......Sarah Brooksbank (Wildlife Entertainment)......Craig Lewis (KRCS)......Jon Harrison (Lovebytes)......Rebecca Shatwell (Arts Council)......Klive Humberstone (ITN Corporation)......David Kay (Sero Consulting)......Mark Barrott (Future Loop Foundation)......Marc Robinson (Director Film & TV - Universal Music)......Ian Neil (Music Supervisor)......Simon Boswell (Composer)...... Brigidin Crowther (Creative Partnerships)......Eliot Kennedy (Producer & Songwriter)......Sue Crawshaw (Pick n Mix Music - music supervisor Son of Rambow)......Liam O'Shea (Musician)......Roo Piggott (Jenral Publishing)......Paul Bower (AWAL)......Mark Meharry (Music Glue)......Liz Kessler (Academy Films)......Libby Durdy (Warp Films)......Annie Watson (Video Editor)......Safta Jaffrey (SJP/Taste Music)......Yosef Sawiki (Internext Music)......Rebecca Mark-Lawson (Lifesize Pictures)......Duncan Schwier (Creative Manager - Universal Music)......Jamie Clark (Pulse Films)......Diane Rodgers-Wilson (BiBC)......Claire Hill (BiBC)......Katz Kiely (Just b Productions)......Stephen Singleton (ex ABC)......Graham Wrench (Electric Canyon Management - Richard Hawley)......Eve Woods (Sheffield Vision)......Nigel Goddard (UKTI)......Ciaran Humphries (filmmaker)......Julia Caithness (Short Film Executive - Lifesize Pictures)......Dan Frampton (engineer/producer - Internext Music)......Jude Goldrei (Lifesize Pictures)......Vanessa Wells (filmmaker)......Dave James (Atum Studios)......Liz Hanks (musician)........................... Sensoria Pro (17th April from 10.00am to 6.00pm Showroom) is our industry day with guest speakers, workshops and demonstrations. See the Sensoria Pro page for more information, or sign up here.

Future Loop Foundation

Fading Room: Memories and Remixes

Tuesday 15 April, 8.00pm

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The Passion of Joan of Arc

In the Nursery will play a live accompaniment to The Passion of Joan of Arc at Sheffield Cathedral, Wednesday 16 April at 8.30pm.

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Tickets now on sale

Tickets to all events are on sale form the Showroom box office. Call +44 (0)114 275 7727 or book online at ticketline...