The Showroom Cinema in Sheffield City Centre hosted twenty film fanatics gathered together to watch the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Showroom, known for showing a wide variety of films from all over the globe, was renovated into a cinema in 1993 and has hosted a plethora of different events over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After re-showing every best picture nomination over the week, the Showroom live streamed the event in their caf\u00e9 bar from 11pm to 2:30am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robert Venn, 50, a film studies teacher at Thomas Rotherham College described the Showroom as \u201ca home from home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said: \u201cIt\u2019s the place where I\u2019m most likely to see the films I want to see. I love the architecture and the general ambience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To keep the audience entertained while they waited for the big event to start, an Oscars themed quiz took place, quizzing cinephiles on their past Oscars knowledge in exchange for goodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ella Sadler, 20, and Kerry Sterky, 21, were first time attenders of the Showrooms Oscar event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ella said: \u201cWe\u2019ve never actually done anything like this before, but it\u2019s a different vibe around other people who enjoy the same thing rather than just watching it by ourselves at home.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Free popcorn was handed to each attendee of the event before the ceremony started, building the excitement for the night to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mel Kanarek, age 47, said \u201cI\u2019ve been coming here since the late 90s, it shows really great films and it\u2019s got such a great atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The night was full of cheers and boos from the audience as the winner of each category was announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event even had its own betting system where you could choose which nominee you believed was going to win which came along with prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s vital to support independent cinemas,\u201d added Robert Venn: \u201cFor those of us who actually care about cinema, art house film, foreign language films, cinemas like the Showroom are practically sacred spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event came as a great success, bringing film fans from all over Sheffield to enjoy a night of joy, tears and cheering, guaranteeing an event for the 97th Oscars next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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