Key West Film Festival
Sponsors
Partners · Nov 18–22, 2026
Thank you to our partners.
We extend our gratitude to the fine collection of organizations that have donated their services, money, and time to help make the Key West Film Festival possible.
- Tiers
- 7
- Range
- $400–25K
- Edition
- 14th
- Type
- 501(c)(3)
When your situation calls for something that falls into the area of one of our sponsors, we sincerely hope you will consider supporting those that have chosen to support us.
View Full 2025 Sponsor Roster ↗36 sponsors shown · 36 total partners
Presenting
4Marquee
5Spotlight
4Supporting
11Community Partner
12Explore a level in detail
Namesake Patron
$25,000Put your name on an award that outlives the festival week.
Show Runner
$10,000Own a signature night, from the carpet to the after-party.
Mogul of the Month
$5,000Keep cinema on the island twelve months a year.
Sponsor of the Day
$2,500One full festival day, branded end to end.
Contributing Sponsor
$1,000Year-round visibility with a page in the printed program.
Community Partner
$500The island businesses that keep the festival at home.
Adopt-a-Film
$400Adopt one film and put it on an island screen.
Namesake Patron
$25,000The highest honor a partner can hold at KWFF — your name lives on a festival award, presented on stage at the Golden Key ceremony and carried in every announcement of that prize, in perpetuity.
Your name is attached to a juried award: it appears on the trophy, in the awards reel, in the press release announcing the winner, and on the awards page of the festival archive for every year that follows.
- Filmmaker travel & hospitality$7,500
- Venue, projection & crew$6,250
- Free community screenings$5,000
- Shorts & student programs$3,750
- Year-round pop-ups$2,500
- Naming rights on an award or marquee event
- On-stage recognition before screenings
- Logo across print, digital & on-screen credits
- VIP passes and priority seating
- Annual Key West Film Society membership
- Filmmaker swag bag + program ad
- Invitations to critic & filmmaker socials
- Year-round Pop-Up and website visibility
Every dollar lands on a screen.
Sponsorship at KWFF isn't a logo placement exercise. It flies a director to the end of US‑1, keeps community screenings free, and pays the projectionist. Scroll the ledger below to see how partnership has grown across fourteen editions.
Join the organizations that keep independent cinema alive on the island.
Sponsorship tiers range from Adopt-a-Film at $400 to Namesake Patron at $25,000 — every level puts your name in front of festival audiences and funds year-round programming, filmmaker travel, and free community screenings.
- Brand recognition across festival print, digital, and on-screen credits
- VIP passes and priority seating at screenings and parties
- Annual Key West Film Society membership
- Placement in the Filmmaker Swag Bag and festival program
- Invitations to exclusive social events with critics and festival staff
- Year-round visibility through Pop-Up screenings and the festival website
Sponsored nights, in the wild
Launch parties, awards receptions and Golden Key presentations — the events your support puts on the island.
To every sponsor, past and present — thank you for keeping the projector running at the edge of the world.
— The Key West Film Festival Team