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CineKink Announces Festival Awards, Gives Tribute to 'Kinsey'
NEW YORK, NY; Oct. 26, 2005 - Rounding out a run of record attendances, CineKink NYC announced awards in a range of categories during the film festival's gala closing ceremony held on Sunday, October 23, 2005.
CineKink Choice awards, which go to headliner works in competition during the festival, were determined by audience ballot at the close of each eligible work's screening. The 2005 CineKink Choice winners are 'Going Under' for Best Narrative Feature (Eric Werthman; starring Roger Rees, Geno Lechner and Miho Nikaido) and 'Pornology New York' for Best Documentary Feature (Michele Capozzi, 2005). An Honorable Mention also went to the documentary 'Original Pride: The Satyrs Motorcycle Club' (Scott Bloom, 2005).
CineKink Best awards, which go to short works in competition during the festival, were determined this year by jury ranking. The 2005 award winners are 'Moustache' for Best Narrative Short (Vicki Sugars, 2004), 'Pup' for Best Documentary (Antonia Kao, 2005), and, tied for the Best Experimental Short award, 'Harigata: The Alien Dildo That Turned Women Into Sex-Hungry Lesbos' (Szu Burgess, 2003) and 'Meat' (Joe Gallant, 2005).
This year's jurors, the festival's inaugural panel, included filmmaker Elizabeth Elson, winner of a CineKink Choice Award last year for her documentary 'Born in a Barn;' Thor Stockman, creator and presenter of the popular film clip program "S/M at the Movies: The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous;" and Bill Woods, a film festival programmer and curator of the New Filmmakers series at Anthology Film Archives.
The final festival award, the annual CineKink Tribute, recognizing extraordinary depiction of kink in mainstream film and television, was presented to the film 'Kinsey,' for "its intimate and moving portrayal of the pioneering sexologist Dr. Alfred Kinsey and the profound impact his research has had on the ways we think about sex."
Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2004, 'Kinsey' was written and directed by Bill Condon and stars Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Peter Sarsgaard and Chris O'Donnell. Producer for the film was Gail Mutrux, along with executive producers Frances Ford Coppola, Kirk D'Amico, Michael Kuhn and Bobby Rock.
Honorable mentions for the CineKink Tribute went to the television series 'Desperate Housewives' (ABC) and 'Dr. 90210' (E!), and to the movie 'Wedding Crashers' (Fox Searchlight Pictures).
Making its third annual run October 18-23, 2005, CineKink NYC featured a specially selected program of films and videos that explore and celebrate a wide diversity of alternative sexuality. Billing itself as "the really alternative film festival," the event was presented by CineKink, an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of kink-positive depictions in film and television, and topics touched upon included S/M, leather and fetish, roleplay, swinging, non-monogamy, polyamory and gender bending. With offerings drawn from both Hollywood and beyond, works presented at CineKink NYC ranged from documentary to drama, camp comedy to porn - and everything in between.
Selections from CineKink NYC will be featured in a traveling version of the festival, slated to appear in various cities throughout the coming year. CineKink's first visit will be to San Francisco, running November 3-5 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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Full rundown of CineKink's 2005 award winners:
"CineKink Choice" - AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
CINEKINK CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE:
'Going Under' (Eric Werthman, 2004, USA, 98 minutes; starring Roger Rees, Geno Lechner and Miho Nikaido) A sensuous and emotionally complex tale of seemingly impossible love between a married psychotherapist and the professional dominatrix he's been seeing for several years.
CINEKINK CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
'Pornology New York' (Michele Capozzi, 2005, USA, 85 minutes) A gritty paean to underground New York, circa 1970-85, and four of its most colorful protagonists - Michele Capozzi, urban explorer and self-titled pornologist; Neville Chambers, founder of the infamous F*ck Factory; Lenny Waller, long-time front-man of the now-defunct Hellfire Club and renowned pornstar/mistress/shaman, Porsche Lynn.
(* = self-censored by CineKink in order to bypass various internet filters)
CINEKINK CHOICE AWARD - HONORABLE MENTION FEATURE:
'Original Pride: The Satyrs Motorcycle Club' (Scott Bloom, 2005, USA, 56 minutes) An anecdote-laden look at one of the first gay men's social organizations, founded in 1954, the leather-clad and Harley-driving Satyrs Motorcycle Club.


"CineKink Best" - JURY AWARD FOR BEST SHORTS
CINEKINK BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
'Moustache' (Vicki Sugars, 2004, AUSTRALIA, 13 minutes) Mother Nature lends a hand to spice up one woman's boring married life.
CINEKINK BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
'Pup' (Antonia Kao, 2005, USA, 22 minutes) A tender documentary that follows two gay, Christian leathermen as they prepare to compete in the International Puppy Contest.
CINEKINK BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT (tie):
'Harigata: The Alien Dildo That Turned Women Into Sex-Hungry Lesbos' (Szu Burgess, 2003, USA, 9 minutes) Posits that the invasion of Harigata - the dildo in Japanese culture - may in fact be America's worst nightmare come true.
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'Meat' (Joe Gallant, 2005, USA, 6 minutes) A meditation on love in the crosshairs, the post-mod tectonic power-shift so visible in contemporary relationships.
CINEKINK HONORABLE BEST MENTION:
'Open' (Teale Failla, 2005, USA, 12 minutes) An open relationship turns the lives of three women into a whirlwind of betrayal, bingo and sex toys.
'Powerplay' (Greg Lawson, 2004, Netherlands, 3 minutes) A classic slapstick animation of business and passion.
'Sullivan's Last Call' (Francesca Rizzo, 1996, USA, 18 minutes) A sexy little film about...celibacy.


"CineKink Tribute" - FESTIVAL AWARD FOR EXTRAORDINARY MAINSTREAM DEPICTION OF KINK
Recognizing extraordinary depiction of kink in mainstream film and television, the annual CineKink Tribute was presented to:
'Kinsey' (2004, USA, 96 minutes)
Director: Bill Condon
Screenwriter: Bill Condon
Cast: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Peter Sarsgaard, Chris O'Donnell
Producer: Gail Mutrux
Executive Producers: Frances Ford Coppola, Kirk D'Amico, Michael Kuhn and Bobby Rock
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Released in November 2004, 'Kinsey' was honored by CineKink for its intimate and moving portrayal of the pioneering sexologist Dr. Alfred Kinsey and the profound impact his research has had on the ways we think about sex.

CINEKINK TRIBUTE HONORABLE MENTIONS (aka The CineKink Nod)
'Desperate Housewives' (ABC)
'Dr. 90210' (E! Television)
'Wedding Crashers' (New Line Cinema)

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