Thanks to all of you who provided feedback: it’s great to have your suggestions and comments as they are taken into account in an attempt to keep improving and give you what you want. Here is a selection of your views:

General:

• Very welcoming helpers and atmosphere and we enjoyed the introductions from the Director before the films. Great films.
• More of the same mix please
• Excellent varied choice of films
• An excellent event for Sherborne, lots of unusual films
• There’s nothing to improve, excellent throughout
• Great organisation. Nice to have some good food
• We always look forward to the festival and this year has not disappointed. Well done and thank you.
• Most enjoyable. I look forward to the festival every year.
• Thank you for enabling me to see three films I would not otherwise have seen.
• Introductions good; seats not quite so good; screen and sound good
• The variety and quality of the films were excellent. All so enjoyable – thank you.
• Excellent choice of films and venue
• We are thrilled by the festival – excellent, interesting choice of unusual films and a very enjoyable experience. Terrific for Sherborne.
• Having tried it, I found that watching three films in one day is quite fine, one gets into a rhythm of its own!

• Suggestions:
• Missed Far Eastern films this year.
• Excellent organisation – ran like clock-work. Difficult to fit in meals – a slightly longer gap would be nice. Buffet at The Arch an excellent idea – opportunity to pre-order drinks while at the theatre might help those on the quick turnaround
• Show children’s film on Saturday morning.
• How about a Western on Saturday morning?

 Catering:

• I liked the between film snacks better last year
• With limited time between films, better option of snacks and drinks in venue (last year’s better)
• School food service needs better coordination with showing times – suggest 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after the interval service

Animal Kingdom:

• Stunning, so unlovely, so brutally honest
• The speech in Animal Kingdom at times seemed unclear. I also found the overall sound volume was rather loud for my ears.

 Heartbreaker:

• Light, amusing, visual, intelligent
• Good to laugh and hear others enjoying the humorous moments too
• I found the sound too loud.

French Cancan:

• Wonderful visually, above expectations on painting effects
• Desert island movie
• Absolutely fantastic. Great fun. Thoroughly enjoyable.

 Biutiful:

• Uxbal was beautiful
• Brave film. Need to see things like this
• Director brilliant, photography and acting brilliant but very harrowing and “in your face” subject. Much food for thought.

Little White Lies:

• Enjoyable enough. Surprised this was shown at official opening, something more stimulating would have been preferable

 The Maid:

• Unusual and thought-provoking film

 My Name is Khan:

• What a wonderful tear-jerker

Many thanks to all of the people who came along to the 3rd Sherborne Film Festival! It is wonderful to get such support and we are delighted to tell you that ticket sales went up by 8% over last year. Thank you! As it happens, the film costs also went up this year so in the end, the surplus is slightly lower than last year and although the final figures have not been calculated it looks as though we shall have approximately £1400 to distribute to our nominated charities.

Now the feedback on the most popular films…it will be interesting to see if this coincides with your own favourites.

In terms of attendance, the film ranking is as follows:

1. Senna
2. Nine Queens
3. Little White Lies
4. French Cancan
5. Animal Kingdom
6. The Maid
7. Incendies
8. Biutiful
9. Heartbreaker
10. My Name is Khan