Key West Film Festival Awards announced
Saturday night Key West Film Festival celebrated our filmmakers and special guests in a joyful Awards Ceremony at The Studios of Key West. Thanks to Tony Armer of the Dallas Film Commission for hosting the evening, and congratulations to the KWFF 2023 Golden Key and Golden Conch Award Winners!
Golden Key Awards
Artistic Excellence - Tom McGuane
Excellence in Costume Design - Jacqueline Durran
Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking - Sheila Nevins
Emerging Talent - Thomasin McKenzie
Golden Conch Awards
Best Foreign Language Feature
THE TASTE OF THINGS - Trần Anh Hùng
Best Florida Feature
CLOCKED - Noah Salzman
Best LGBTQ Feature
ALL OF US STRANGERS - Andrew Haigh
Best Documentary Feature
THE LIONHEART - Laura Brownson
KWFF Critics Award
FALLEN LEAVES - Aki Kaurismäki
EILEEN - William Oldroyd (special distinction)
Audience Award
ALL THAT IS SACRED - Scott Ballew
Best Live Action Short Film
TROY - Mike Donahue
Best Documentary Short Film
THE BEST CHEF IN THE WORLD - Ben Proudfoot
Best Florida Filmmaker Short Film (tie)
NASH - Tim Warren
THE BEARD ALSO RISES - Cassidy Rast and Odin Wadleigh
Best World Student Filmmaker Short Film
WORK LIFE - Kevin Ung
Best Florida Student Filmmaker Short Film
CONSTELLATIONS - by Maria Paula Arboleda
ABOUT THE KEY WEST FILM FESTIVAL
Honoring creativity, diversity, sustainability and beauty, the Key West Film Festival is an annual celebration of film and filmmakers set to take place November 15-19, 2023.
A diverse, entertaining, and artistically rigorous selection of films will be represented through a broad array of categories that offer opportunities for filmmakers, both aspiring and established, to commune and exchange ideas while showing their work to audiences in an historic and artistically vibrant tropical paradise.
Films that have been showcased in the last five years of the festival have amassed over EIGHTY Academy Award nominations - six of which were for Best Picture - and sixteen Oscar wins, including two for Best Picture (Spotlight and Shape of Water).
For more information, visit our website: https://keywestff.com
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