SOMEBODY HAS TO CATCH THEM.

In an attempt to save the threatened ecosystem, the Florida government hosts an annual competition to remove invasive pythons from the Everglades. For 10 nights, python-mania overtakes the 'glades as an eclectic group of amateur hunters contends with unforgiving terrain, aggressive nocturnal creatures, and their own desires and demons that push them into the swamp, searching for slithering glory.

Winner of the Special Jury Award at SXSW 2025, where the jury called it "gorgeously shot" and said it "constantly subverts expectations while revealing the soul of these colorful contestants." The documentary debut of Xander Robin, whose first narrative feature premiered at the Venice Film Festival, and produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck founded Artists Equity. A film that uses ten nights in the Florida Everglades to say something much larger about the people who show up for it.

Languages: English. English closed captions available.