The Scottsdale International Film Festival started on Friday, September 30th and ran through Tuesday, October 4th. I had a busy weekend going to the Fountain Hills Oktoberfest Friday night, then spent Saturday downtown at the Herberger's Festival of the Arts, then a concert on Sunday at the el Pedregal Wine and Jazz Fest, so I never made it to the film festival until Monday and Tuesday. But I am glad I did. On Monday I saw a film from Sweden called Among Us. This is my type of film...mystical and mysterious, and with a happy ending.
On Tuesday I went to see a film from France called The Women on the 6th Floor. It turns out this film won the audience award for Best Film at the festival. I enjoyed this one very much too. It was very funny and entertaining even though it didn't have the happy "Mary Poppins" ending to it that I was expecting.
There were a few more films that looked interesting that I would have loved to see, but I didn't want to cram too much into each day. Sometimes less is more. I look forward to next years festival.
