The Final Frontier: where film and live music collide
DJ Yoda, one of the world’s finest manipulators of music and moving image, embarks on a cut, paste, scratch and mix odyssey into science fiction. Expect a highly-entertaining audiovisual beatbox collage of Robocop, Back to the Future, Flash Gordon, Battle of the Planets, Muppets in Space and many many more.
SUPPORT ACT: A Trip to the Moon with live score by Stems
Huddersfield band Stems create a lushly cinematic live music accompaniment to the silent movie classic A Trip to the Moon. George Melies’ amazing 1902 sci-fi film screens in its full 16-minute restored version with hand coloured cells. Hear Stems on Bandcamp
Final Frontier review: “The best Saturday evening’s entertainment I’ve had in a long time… the force is definitely strong with this one.” See full review
BOOK TICKETS
- Thursday 27 November: 7pm, Unity Works, Wakefield. £15 – get tickets
- Saturday 29 November: St George’s Square, Huddersfield. Free – no ticket required
- Sunday 30 November: 7pm, King’s Hall, Ilkley. £15 – get tickets
Events produced by Ilkley Film Festival and Film Hub North as part of BFI Sci- Fi: Days of Fear Wonder, presented together with O2. For more information on BFI Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder, visit bfi.org.uk/scifi. The Final Frontier is supported by Film Hub North, led by Showroom Workstation. Part of the BFI Film Audience Network. The music elements of The Final Frontier events are supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.