Hamnet, ‘Sentimental Value’, ‘Ask E. Jean’ Win 14th Key West Film Festival Awards

Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet wins again, this time, snagging the award for Best Narrative Feature Film at the 14th Key West Film Festival.

Other awards including Critics Award went to The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonca Filho, Sentimental Value by Joachim Trier won Best Foreign Language Film, I Was Born This Way by Daniel Junge and Sam Pollard won Best LGBTQIA+ Feature Film, Ask E. Jean by Ivy Meeropol won Best Documentary Feature Film; and The Python Hunt by Xander Robin won Best Florida Feature Film.

See the list of Key West Film Festival 2025 Golden Key and Golden Conch Award Winners below.

Golden Key Awards

Excellence in Costume Design – DEBORAH L. SCOTT

Artistic Excellence – SIR BILLY CONNOLLY

Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking – ONDI TIMONER

Timoner was also presented with replacements of two previous award that she won in the festival, which were lost after her house burned down in the Altadena fires.

Golden Conch Awards

Best Narrative Feature Film – HAMNET – Chloe Zhao

Critics Award – THE SECRET AGENT – Kleber Mendonca Filho

Best Foreign Language Film – SENTIMENTAL VALUE – Joachim Trier

Best LGBTQIA+ Feature Film – I WAS BORN THIS WAY – Daniel Junge & Sam Pollard

Best Documentary Feature Film – ASK E. JEAN – Ivy Meeropol

Best Florida Feature Film – THE PYTHON HUNT – Xander Robin

Best World Comedy Short Film – BDAY PRIVATE DICK – Dante Ariola

Best World Documentary Short Film – ALL THE WALLS CAME DOWN – Ondi Timoner

Best World Dramatic Short Film – (tie) LITTLE REBEL CINEMA CLUB – Khozy Rizal / THE SINGERS – Sam Davis

Best Florida Filmmaker Short Film – GOLDEN YEARS – Tim Ritter

The Kimberly Peirce Scholarship for Student Filmmakers

Presented by The King Family Foundation

Best World Student Filmmaker Short Film – WRESTLE- OFF – Sabatino Ciatti

Best Florida Student Short Film – PRÉLUDE – Paolo Cesti