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Comments received on voting slips after ‘Do The Right Thing’
: Old and tedious

Ratings for short films at the Short Films evening
:Rock, Paper, Scissors 80%
:The Shore 80%
:The Curse of Dracular 75%
:Quiet Carriage 73%
:Madam Black 73%
:Parting Gift 70%
:Joseph’s Reel 58%
:In the cold Place 53%
:Evolution of the World 45%
:Iblard Jikan 40%

Comments received on voting slips after our Short Films evening
: Iblard Jikan – a bit bonkers but strangely relaxing. All very enjoyable. Thank you
: White screen is too bright between films. A good selection of films.
:A good selection and quirky.
: Great combination!
: There was supposed to be break of 5 mins but the break was shorter. Good films but couldn’t understand the dialogue in ‘Parting Gift’.
: Iblard Jikan was very beautifully animated but though I loved the art work it needed a clearer narrative. ‘The shore’ needed subtitles at the beginning for sure. Overall a fantastic evening, great variety. Loved the Ray Harryhausen, a great find!
: What a collection of gems! So different and demonstrated storytelling and artistry compressed into a small space.
: Rock , Paper, Scissor – harrowing, Iblard Jikan – pretty but don’t understand, Madam Black – wickedly funny, In this cold place – clever, Josephs Reel – didn’t really understand, Parting Gift – strangely heartbreaking, Evolution of the World – fun it still exists, Quiet Carriage – lovely, The Shore – nice but not a huge amount to it.
:Loved variety
:A box of Quality Street – Well Done
:Good mixture of styles – Enjoyed the evening
:Loved quirky humour of Madam Black – Very interesting early animation – Dracular – Charming
:If possible could subtitles be used for all films
:Good mix, Ended on a high
:Ray Harryhausen – A childhood hero
:Good selection
:Really good selection of different films but between them felt a bit jarring not letting someone gather their thoughts
:Fantastic variety of genres
:A good selection, thank you
:I enjoyed all the Films. Good Choice
:Iblard Jikan-Didn’t understand lovely music. Josephs Reel – confused
:Sound too loud In this Cold Place
:Madam Black was brilliant, Iblard Jikan lovely music
:Thoroughly enjoyed the evening
:Excellent ! Thank you
:Excellent choice of films Thank you
:An excellent choice of films with great variety- much appreciated all the effort it must take to chose them
:Superb selection. Very enjoyable evening thanks
:As always excellent choices. Varied in style& emotion
:Good Selection
:Good mix of Film Thank you
:The shore-Would have preferred Paddy to have told Jim to get lost !!
:First Film too violent and tense to watch not something I would ever watch
:Rock, Paper, Scissors – I found this too disturbing to watch
:Sound quality was poor
:Good Mix
:Brilliant night. Madam Black was hilarious
:Interval was too short I barely had time to got to loo. Great films though

Comments received on voting slips after ‘Playground’
: Thanks. Fantastic choice. A stunning film and incredibly moving. I like the pre-amble by the way. It would be good to know why you chose the films personally.
: I like the introductions by why so brief?.
: Please keep the preamble introduction to the bare facts (eg date film was made). I don’t appreciate being told the themes or storyline or how it made the introducer feel. I gather I speak for others. Let the film speak for itself. Hope this is useful.
: Acting from the young actors was amazing; very impactful.
: Too loud. No lessons learned. No background.
: Very good, magnificent acting, powerful, realistic.
: Disturbing and depressing. Powerful. What acting!

Comments received on voting slips after ‘My Favourite Cake’
: Wonderful choice. So happy, sad and moving.
: Made me feel so happy for them both. So wanted a happy ending and in a way it was.
: Beautiful, happy, simple, moving, painful, powerful, excellent and so, so sad too.
: Really great choice of film. The comedy of most of the film helps complimentr and contrast really well with the end. Excited for the next film showing.

Comments received on voting slis after ‘All We Imagine As Light’
: Disappointing and painfully slow.
: Very slow. All of us confused by the husband out of the sea – unexplained ??