The award winners for the 10th Annual Key West Film Festival were presented last night at a poignant and fun awards show. Short films from across the world were honored, with filmmakers from Miami to Brazil accepting awards in person.
The feature film winners were as follows:
Best Documentary: "BERNSTEIN'S WALL" directed by Douglas Tirola
Best International Film: "THE HAND OF GOD" directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Best LGBTQ Film: "FIREBIRD" directed by Peeter Rebane
Best Narrative Film: "PARALLEL MOTHERS" directed by Pedro Almodovar
KWFF Critics Award: "RED ROCKET" directed by Sean Baker, with a Special
Mention for "JOCKEY" directed by Clint Bentley
This marks for the first year that a non-English language film took home the best narrative feature award. All feature awards are audience based, except for the Critics Award, which is voted on by a jury of critics including Carlos Aguiler of the LA Times, Josh Rothkopf of Entertainment Weekly, David Fear of Rolling Stone, Tomris Laffly of Variety, Shirrel Rhodes of the Key West Citizen, Eric Kohn of Indiewire and Monica Castillo of Colorado NPR.
SUNDAY, 11/21 - What's On Tap at Key West Film Fest
BUT WE'RE NOT DONE YET!!! Today is our Florida Focus day! This brings us the acclaimed short films from the Key West High School, a conversation with Billy Corben along with a 15th anniversary screening of Cocaine Cowboys, and standout Miami film "LUDI" with a Q&A. Then we celebrate the beauty of the Keys in an outdoor seating of the lawn of the Perry Hotel to close out the fest with "ERIC CLAPTON: LADY IN THE BALCONY" as a free screening.
Tonight's films and venues are below, with links to purchase tickets and join us!
Join us for the 10th Annual Key West Film Festival, November 17-21, 2021! All Access and VIP Passes are available now at keywestff.com.
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