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Sensoria festival of music & film

Sensoria is the UK’s annual festival of music and film, featuring film screenings, live performance, exhibitions and talks. It celebrates the musical talent in the region and has welcomed many Sheffield musicians and guests from Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley, through to hot new band The Hosts. The festival is known for its innovative use of unusual venues and locations across the city; from screening films and hosting conference days and events at the Showroom, to screening films at Sheffield Cathedral, Butcher Works, City Centre urban screenings (A Wall Is A Screen) and an underwater sound system at Ponds Forge olympic diving pool.

Following a highly successful second year, Sensoriais back in April 2010 for its third edition. Having welcomed guests from Nitin Sawhney to Mark Kermode, and enjoyed many sell out shows, 2010 is set to present an even headier mix of screenings, live performance, live art, exhibitions, events and much more.

The next Sensoria Festival is taking place 23 – 29 April 2010.

Tickets are on sale now - to see what's on, simply navigate through the Diary from 23-29 April clicking titles for tickets. Alternatively, call the Box Office on 0114 2757727.

To find out more visit http://www.sensoria.org.uk

SensoriaPro Industry Day, Thu 29 April 2010

The SensoriaPro industry day is a confluence of composers, filmmakers, music supervisors, producers, labels, publishers and games developers.

Upcoming Films & Events

Template - Exhibition: Fri 23 April 09.00 to Wed 19 May 17.30; The Template exhibition presents current tendencies in visual media by interdisciplinary artists working in the fields of digital music, generative art and graphic design.

Sensoria Presents - Strummerville(CTBA): On 23rd April 2010

Sensoria Presents - Johnny Yes No(CTBA): A series of short films and extracts including an extract from Johnny YesNo Redux. Peter Care’s controversial short film, 'Johnny Yesno’, was made in 1979.

Sensoria Presents - Prelude to Sleep + The Delian Mode (PG): Prelude Au Sommeil; Following Jean-Jacques Perrey; a delightful, eccentric pioneer of electronic music.

Sensoria Presents - We Call it Skweee (15): An entertaining account of the Scandinavian electro skweee music scene. This engaging film follows the skweee players from the Stockholm suburbs to a soundclash at Sonar festival.

Music for real airports sensoria live art event

Sensoria Presents - Music for Real Airports: Sat 24 April 20.30; Music For Real Airports is a unique audio and visual collaboration between The Black Dog and Human which is part of Sensoria Festival and takes place at the Millennium Galleries

Sensoria Presents - Keep on Running: 50 Years of Island Records(PG): The story of one of the most important record labels of the 20th Century. Keep on Running features a myriad of artists all ready and willing to pay tribute to the work of one man, Chris Blackwell.

Sensoria presents - 12 Angry Men at Sheffield Law Courts(U): The defence and the prosecution have rested and the jury files into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty of murder.

Sensoria Presents - Dub Echoes + Four Aces Story(12A): The documentary "Dub Echoes" shows how the Jamaican invention called dub ended up influencing much of the music we hear today.

Sensoria Presents - Search & Destroy: Iggy Pop & The Stooges' Raw Power(CTBA): With “Raw Power", Iggy & The Stooges reinvented themselves and set out to conquer the world, but the world had other plans.

Sensoria Presents - Isomorphism & Totality(CTBA): A programme of computer-generated, screen-based artworks exploring the relationships between sound, image and extreme temporality.

Pulp Fiction - Most Popular Movie Soundtrack!(18): Voted by Exposed readers as their most popular movie soundtrack, Pulp Fiction is the quick-witted 1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Sensoria Presents - Arena Interview + The Agony & Ecstasy of Phil Spector: Phil Spector is the American music producer who created the Wall of Sound and had an immense impact on popular music today. His life has been no less extraordinary.

Sensoria Presents - Deconstructing Dad: Raymond Scott +(PG): One of the most prolific, pioneering figures in 20th century music, Raymond Scott’s career started with a 1930s swing jazz quintet and continued through to the avant garde electronic music of the 1970s.

Sensoria Presents - 2Weeks 2Make It: Wed 28 April 18.00; Established in 2005, '2Weeks 2Make It' is the North of England's premier music video challenge.

Sensoria Presents - Mogwai - 'Burning': A stunning, raw performance film stylishly shot in monochrome that captures Scottish band Mogwai performing an incandescent show in front of a mesmerised audience. Expect a wall of Mogwai sound with immersive visuals.

Sensoria Presents - British Sea Power accompany Man of Aran: British Sea Power perform a live soundtrack to Man of Aran for Sensoria festival's closing night celebrations. Man of Aran is a powerful and provocative dramatised documentary from the late American filmmaker Robert J Flaherty in 1934.

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Nitin Sawhney@SensoriaPro Day

Image: Nitin Sawhney, SensoriaPro Industry Day, 2009