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The Python Hunt

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File this one under “Only in Florida”. Seems the Everglades are overrun with unwanted visitors. Not tourists, but invasive Burmese pythons which are decimating the local critters. The state’s solution is an annual contest open to all: $10 000 to whomever bags the most snakes. Cue midnight mayhem as local misfits and out-of-towners converge on the glades, armed, dangerous, and ready to party.

Produced by Lance Oppenheim (Some Kind of Heaven; Ren Faire), this slippery, larger-than-life doc is almost certainly a lot more fun than actually being there, waiting for a snake to slither across the road.

Has a neon, hallucinatory quality with a synthesizer score (composed by Nick León) that feels ripped straight from an ’80s movie. Sometimes, reality beats anything you could imagine.

Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times

A wild and generally empathetic journey into the swamp of the American soul.

Daniel Fienberg, Hollywood Reporter

The Python Hunt just might be the next Tiger King.

Christian Zelko, Indiewire

Director

Xander Robin

Featuring

Jimbo McCartney, Shannon McCartney, Toby Benoit, Anne Stratton Hilts, Richard Perenyi, Madison Oliveira

Credits
Country of Origin

USA

Year

2025

Language

English

19+
91 min

Book Tickets

Wednesday June 10

6:30 pm
Hearing Assistance
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Credits

Executive Producer

Dani Bernfeld, Gillian Brown

Producer

Lance Oppenheim, Lauren Cioffi, Melissa Oppenheim, Xander Robin

Cinematography

David Bolen, Matt Clegg

Editor

Max Allman

Original Music

Nick León

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