The 8th Annual KEY WEST FILM FESTIVAL has announced its official 2019 lineup, including more than 115 films and V/R pieces shown throughout the 5-day festival, which runs November 20-24. Nearly half of the feature films at the festival will be Florida festival premieres.
Special events this year include previously announced appearances by Florida native Kimberly Peirce and legendary actor Tom Skerritt, who will be honored with the prestigious Golden Key Awards on the 20th Anniversary of Boys Don’t Cry and the 40th Anniversary of Alien, respectively. The fourth annual Golden Key for Costume Design will also take place, this time honoring Arianne Phillips (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood).
New to the program this year is the “Kibbitz with Critics” series, in which the curating critics share two of their favorite films from the last year over brunch. Film critics in attendance will participate in the 5th Annual Critics Panel, moderated by Eric Kohn, and collaborate to decide the winner of KWFF’s fourth annual Critics Prize.
CRITICS FOCUS – OPENING NIGHT
THE IRISHMAN, dir. Martin Scorsese
CRITICS FOCUS – CLOSING NIGHT
WAVES, dir. Trey Edward Shults
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
JUST MERCY, dir. Destin Daniel Cretton
MARRIAGE STORY, dir. Noah Baumbach
GOLDEN KEY AWARD WINNERS
Kimberly Peirce
Tom Skerritt
4th ANNUAL GOLDEN KEY FOR COSTUME DESIGN
Arianne Phillips
SPOTLIGHT
AFTER PARKLAND, dir. Emily Taguchi and Jake Lefferman
AMERICAN SPECTRUM
DRIVEWAYS, dir. Andrew Ahn
SAINT FRANCES, dir. Alex Thompson
TROOP ZERO, dir. Bert & Bertie
DOCUMENTARIES
A WOMAN’S WORK: THE NFL’S CHEERLEADER PROBLEM, dir. Yu Gu
BULLY. COWARD. VICTIM. THE STORY OF ROY COHN, dir. Ivy Meeropol
MIDNIGHT TRAVELER, dir. Hassan Fazili
PAHOKEE, dir. Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan
RAISE HELL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS, dir. Janice Engel
THE INFILTRATORS, dir. Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra
WELL GROOMED, dir. Rebecca Stern
LGBTQ FILMS
AND THEN WE DANCED, dir. Levan Akin
CIRCUS OF BOOKS, dir. Rachel Mason
CUNNINGHAM, dir. Alla Kovgan
END OF THE CENTURY, dir. Lucio Castro
MAPPLETHORPE (DIRECTOR’S CUT), dir. Ondi Timoner
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, dir. Céline Sciamma
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
ATLANTICS, dir. Mati Diop
BACURAU, dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
OUR TIME MACHINE, dir. Yang Sun and S. Leo Chiang
SYNONYMS, dir. Nadav Lapid
THE WHISTLERS, dir. Corneliu Porumboiu
KIBBITZ WITH CRITICS
AMERICAN FACTORY, dir. Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar
THE FAREWELL, dir. Lulu Wang
FLORIDA FOCUS
A NAME WITHOUT A PLACE, dir. Kenny Riches
ERROL FLYNN’S GHOST: HOLLYWOOD IN HAVANA, dir. Gaspar González
ICE PALACE, A LOVE LETTER, dir. Mark C. Burns
SHORTS PROGRAMS
World Comedy I
World Comedy II
World Student Docs/Drama
Animation + FL Student Docs/Drama
FL Docs
World Drama/Thriller
FL Psych/Thriller
Florida and World Student Comedy
FL Student Comedy
Environmental Docs & Animation
Havana Shorts
Virtual Reality
For more information, visit the official KWFF website.
