Palm Beach International Film Festival

Hoards of quirky, middle-aged men, donning full white beards, sportsmen garb, and Spanish red berets, descend upon Key West for the Ernest “Papa” Hemingway Look-Alike Contest. For the first time since it's history, the final stage of voting resulted in a tie between two long-time contenders Matt Gineo and Denis Golden. Rather than welcoming two new Papas, the judges deliberated and voted on a tiebreaker, awarding Gineo the Papa title and membership into club. Since Golden lost the previous year in the closest vote to date, the other contestants (Wannabes) consider him to be the odds-on favorite to win the following year, seeing him as a symbol of inspiration and determination; while others are jealous of the attention he receives and consider him a threat.

DIRECTOR: Shane Eason
PRODUCER: Shane Christian Eason
WRITERS: Shane Christian Eason, Matt Perez
CAST: Matt Gineo, Denis Golden, Bob Orlin, Jim Green, Greg Fawcett
RUNTIME: 1:30:00
COUNTRY: USA
LANGUAGE: English

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