Broward Premiere / USA / 2025 / English / 91 min / Documentary
Director: Xander Robin; Cinematography by DAVID BOLEN, MATT CLEGG.
Contact: lydia@oscilloscope.net
Every year, the Florida government calls upon the general public to compete in an invasive python removal contest in the Everglades in an attempt to save the threatened ecosystem. For ten grueling nights, an eclectic group of amateur hunters confront the dangerous terrain, nocturnal creatures, and their own desires. Meanwhile, one professional hunter leads the charge to undermine the competition, questioning what hides beneath the python mania gripping the ‘glades.
SPECIAL GUESTS: Director Xander Robin and Jimbo McCartney who is featured in the documentary
Awards won:
2025 SXSW Film Festival – Special Jury Award, Documentary Feature Competition
2025 Miami Film Festival – Made in MIA Award, Feature
2025 Nashville Film Festival – Audience Award, Documentary Feature
2025 Key West Film Festival – Best Florida Feature
2025 Subtropic Film Festival – Best Feature
Director Biography – Xander Robin is a filmmaker from South Florida. His debut feature, Are We Not Cats, premiered at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Critics’ Week. He later directed episodes of the HBO series Chillin Island for Elara Pictures. His documentary feature, The Python Hunt, produced by Artists Equity, won a Special Jury Award at SXSW 2025 and will be released in theaters by Oscilloscope Laboratories in 2026.
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