Bringing filmmakers, film educators, and film lovers together in one place, The Key West Film Festival aims at showing appreciation for talented filmmakers with creative work and enrich the public with entertaining materials. The festival functions as a platform where filmmakers can build strong relationships with industry professionals, emerging talents can nurture their talents and screenings of great films take place. The festival includes various categories open for submission; US and International Narrative Shorts, Documentary Feature Films (Narrative or Documentary), and Student Documentary Shorts, as well as Florida Narrative Shorts, Documentary Shorts, Student Narrative Shorts, Student Documentary Shorts and Feature Film (Narrative or Documentary).