The 13th Annual Key West Film Festival will take place November 13-17, 2024. "The Fire Inside" written by Academy Award winner and South Florida native Barry Jenkins will be the opening night film. Pedro Almodovar's "The Room Next Door" starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton will be the closing night film. The spotlight films include "Unstoppable" featuring Jennifer Lopez and Jharrell James and "The Last Showgirl" starring Pamela Anderson and Michael Gracey's "Better Man".
Florida – and Key West in particular - gets its moment in the sun with the special Florida Focus section. Films include NAKED AMBITION: BUNNY YEAGER, from Miami-based Emmy-nominated filmmaker Kareem Tabsch, who returns to the festival for the third time (Dolphin Lover, The Last Resort). Local heroes including artist Mario Sanchez and Tom Dustin, founder of the Key West Comedy Club, in loving portraits of themselves in MARIO SANCHEZ: OVER THE BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA KEYS from Roberto Otera Morfa and PORTRAIT OF A COMEDIAN, director/comedian Joe List’s touching portrait of funny man Tom Dustin.
And as its traditional final screening on Sunday night, outdoors at the Perry Hotel and Marina in Stock Island, the festival will screen the Florida premiere of REBEL COUNTRY, a film showcasing under-represented voices in country music such as Jelly Roll, Sam Williams, Breland and Blanco Brown.