Testimonials

Here is a selection of the many comments we have received about the Festival:

"Thanks for organising this great, incredible event. This memory will stay with me until the day I die!!!"

"Just wanted to say a huge 'Thank You' for such a wonderful weekend. The Jim Clark Film Festival was one of the very best events I have ever been to. Thanks to you and everyone involved in making it so memorable."

"Congratulations on the Film Festival, it was an emotional, but very enjoyable day."

"Thanks for a wonderful day on Saturday. The whole day was well-judged, setting just the right tone. The film footage was captivating and the guest speakers were extremely entertaining. The profile of the event was confirmed and reinforced by the quality and appropriateness of the guests – it’s difficult to think of many (any?) other living candidates who could have brought more to the day. I suspect most attendees could have listened to a whole afternoon of enlightening and amusing anecdotes from the panel. It’s only February, but it’s slightly worrying to consider that I may already have attended the most enjoyable motor sport event in my 2008 calendar! Lord knows how you follow this…."

"Huge thanks for providing such a great event. I really did enjoy the day.   The content of the films together with the selection of 'VIP' guests was excellent. I attended on the Saturday and particularly enjoyed listening to the guest speakers at the end of the afternoon."

"Many thanks for organising such an enjoyable and nostalgic day. The film sessions were excellent - I had seen very little of anything shown, and I could have listened to the guest speakers for as long as they had stories to tell!"

"Thank you very much for a most enjoyable day and evening. The films were excellent and it was just wonderful to meet and hear the distinguished guests. The whole event was a credit to all your hard work and vision. It did the great man proud and brought together a most eclectic and enjoyable mix of people."

"The films brought back some wonderful memories of a golden age of motor racing, when the competition was fun and fair, the personalities and cars were accessible and the rules were simple enough for anyone to understand. The guest speakers were superb - I had the impression that Ian Scott-Watson could have carried on all day if time had permitted and none of us would have been bored listening.  It was indeed a privilege to hear from someone who was so instrumental in starting Jim's career."

"You made a lot of people very happy. Very well done and my thanks go to you and your team, guest speakers and the hotel staff, for making this event so memorable."

"I really enjoyed the Festival…I genuinely feel, forty years on, that for someone who never actually met Jim, I got as close as anyone can to knowing him.  The combination of personal and ‘celluloid’ testament drew a three-dimensional portrait of a decent human being with an uncanny talent who, incredibly, had yet to reach the height of his powers."