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✦ General Horseplay№ 012026 Program Launch Party — October 27
The show before the show: a free pre-festival party at General Horseplay on October 27 at 6:30pm, with the first sneak peek of the 2026 film lineup. Seating is first-come, first-served.
✦ Old Town№ 02Mark the Calendar — November 18–22, 2026
The 15th annual Key West Film Festival returns to the southernmost screens in America for five days of new cinema, filmmaker conversations, and island nights.
✦ Key West№ 0314TH ANNUAL KEY WEST FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL LINEUP
Festival to open with Miles Teller and Elizabeth Olsen crowd-pleasing romantic comedy ETERNITY and close with Oscar Best Picture frontrunner HAMNET, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley.
✦ Key West№ 04KWFF 2025 ALL-ACCESS PASS
The 14th Annual Key West Film Festival is scheduled for November 12–16, 2025. Get your All-Access passes now for $399 each.
✦ Key West№ 05Smithsonian Magazine Shouts Out The Key West Film Fest
Smithsonian Magazine highlights the Key West Film Festival in this month’s edition.
✦ Key West№ 06THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL KWFF 2024!
To our board, patrons, donors, sponsors, jury, audiences, members, staff and volunteers, thank you for making this one of our best festivals yet! As always, we appreciate your generosity, enthusiasm and support.
✦ Key West№ 0713TH ANNUAL KEY WEST FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL LINEUP
October 16, 2024, Key West, FL – The 13th Annual Key West Film Festival announces its official 2024 lineup including major fall films from Pedro Almodovar, Barry Jenkins, Billy Corben, Michael Gracey, Gia Coppola and others. More than 75 films will be shown du
✦ Key West№ 082024 Key West Film Festival Launch Event: October 15 7PM General Horseplay
We’re back again for the official pre-festival KWFF 2024 Program Launch Party hosted by General Horseplay!
✦ Key West№ 092023 Awards
Saturday night we 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
✦ Key West№ 10Special Scheduling Note
The merry prankster spirits of Jimmy Buffett and Jim Harrison made themselves known after our screening of ALL THAT IS SACRED yesterday, knocking out the power throughout Key West just as Tom McGuane took the stage for a Q&A!
✦ Key West№ 11Key West Film Festival Announces Ongoing Partnership With The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation
Key West, FL — November 13, 2023 — The Key West Film Festival and The Charles and Lucille King Family Foundation are pleased to announce an extension of their partnership which began in 2021, and which will now last through the 2028 edition of the festival. Th
✦ Key West№ 12Tuesday night kick off – O Brother Where Art Thou?
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