Scottsdale International Film Festival

The Scottsdale International Film Festival’s mission is to be the undisputed Arizona leader in the use of film to foster a meaningful understanding of the world’s cultures, lifestyles, religions, and ethnicities. This mission has grown more vital with each passing year. The Festival has offered to its audience of 55,000+ attendees more than 281 films from an impressive 62 nations around the globe and from countries as diverse as Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Slovenia, and Tanzania. Film selection exemplifies how serious the Festival is about exposing its audience to other ways of life and rarely seen images. The vast majority of the international works screened at the Festival champion stories of people who stand their ground to make a difference and who seek change for the better. In addition to exposing new audiences to foreign films from around the globe the Festival has sought out high value, artistically important releases in the art and Independent (Indie) film world. The Festival believes that its programming serves as a bridge uniting those who make films with those who enjoy film by providing access to works they may otherwise miss.