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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