For film-goers who want to avoid films with darker elements, the festival program contains content-descriptors for each film; the descriptors for “A Touch of Sin” were “mature content, violence, sexual content.” Balancing “A Touch of Sin,” many films in the festival were heart-warming and uplifting. Additionally, a number of films provided gripping looks at Colorado from the perspectives of ranchers and miners.

It is the range of films that makes the festival vibrant. I hope the festival continues to offer a broad range of films, providing necessary descriptors to guide viewers; and I hope film-goers continue to enjoy and be expanded by the films, leading to positive discussion, as that initiated by Lovelien.

Victoria Schmitt

Durango