May 1st 2016  | Unit 5 Regent Trading Estate, Salford

“SFTOC is the truest representation of what Manchester music is today.’” NME

Sounds From the Other City festival (SFTOC) is a celebration of new music and performance, uniting the cream of the national and international scene with some of the city’s finest independent promoters, collectives and club nights. Happening regularly on the May Day Bank Holiday each year along the Chapel St corridor of the historic city of Salford, 2016 is the 12th installment of the festival and Video Jam's third year running.

This year's event gained a 5 star review in The Independent.

Video Jam Stage running order

Pas de Deux (13 mins) by Norman McLaren scored by Family Ranks
Oh Willy... (17 mins) by Emma de Swaef and Marc James Roels scored by Irma Vep and DBH
Dragonflies with Birds and Snakes (15 min extract) by Wolfgang Lehmann scored by SGNL
Concrete Sleep (11 mins 28) by George Haydock, Matthew Rowlands and Alex Mannion-Jones scored by Cul de Sac
Baraka (17 min extract) scored by My Panda Shall Fly