2016 Awards – Key West Film Fest

2016 Award Winners

Congratulations to all Key West Film Festival award winners! We look forward to seeing you in 2017 at the sixth annual Key West Film Festival Awards Ceremony.

All categories were judged based on overall excellence as well as adherence to the 4 core values of the Key West Film Festival: Creativity, Diversity, Sustainability, and Beauty.

2016 GOLDEN KEY CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Burt Reynolds: Actor, Director, Producer

2016 GOLDEN KEY - EXCELLENCE IN COSTUME DESIGN

Mary Zophres: American Costume Designer

1st ANNUAL CRITICS' FOCUS AWARD

Contemporary Color: Director: David Byrne
http://www.contemporarycolor.com/

Best Foreign Film

Lamb, A film by Yared Zeleke
https://www.facebook.com/lamb.film.yared.zeleke/

bEST dOCUMENTARY

Sour Grapes:, Directed by Reuben Atlas & Jerry Rothwell
http://www.sourgrapesfilm.com/

Best Narrative

La La Land, Director Damien Chazelle
http://www.lalaland.movie/

Best LGBT Film

Strike A Pose, Directed by Ester Gould & Reijer Zwaan
http://cinephil.com/strike-a-pose/

Best Florida Short

Retro Couture, Directed by Christopher Rapalo
http://thirddream.com/retro-couture/

Golden Conch for Best Key West Film

Buzz Cut, Directed by Michael Marrero
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6315044/

The Brett Ratner Florida Student Filmmaker Scholarship Winners

Best Documentary: Ballet Bus by Isaac Mead-Long from University of Miami
Best Narrative :The Interlude by Ruth Reitan from University of Miami