CineKink 2022: The Kinky Film Festival is Back
CineKink 2022: The Kinky Film Festival is Back
Streams virtually May 4-8, 2022 + on-demand encores May 9-15
NEW YORK, NY;- CineKink has announced that the 18th edition of its film festival will take place virtually, May 4-8, with a week of encores to follow.
Returning after a year’s hiatus, the event features a specially-curated program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality, with offerings ranging from documentary to drama, comedy to experimental, mildly spicy to quite explicit – and everything in between.
“The kinky film festival is back,” said Lisa Vandever, Co-Founder and Director of CineKink. “We’re thrilled to be sticking our toes back out into the festival world–virtually–with a new edition of CineKink, and an impressive array of sexy, thoughtful, colorful works from around the world.”
CineKink’s festivities begin Wednesday, May 4 with a showcase of recent award-winners, TASTE OF CINEKINK, that will stream all day on-demand. And at 8 PM a fundraising celebration, KINKY KICK-OFF BINGO, offers up hijinks, sexy prizes, and the chance for festival goers to revel in a sense of renewed community.
The festival then continues with several days of scheduled screenings at the CineKink portal on PinkLabel.TV, the festival’s streaming partner, running from Thursday, May 5 through Sunday, May 8, with programs including a community chat function and filmmaker Q&As.
An artist spotlight, an awards celebration and a DIY AfterGlow party round out the festival’s scheduled events on Sunday, May 6. A week of encores follows from Monday, May 9 through Sunday, May 15, with all festival programs available on demand.
Please note, all times are Eastern Daylight/EDT
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
A showcase of short films, TASTE OF CINEKINK, including recent CineKink award-winners, streams all day on demand. Then at 8:00 PM EDT, KINKY KICK-OFF BINGO offers up kinky camaraderie, prizes… and bingo!
THURSDAY, 5/5
First up, on Thursday, May 5 at 7:00 PM, LUST LIFE LOVE, set in New York City, a bisexual, polyamorous sex blogger falls madly in love with a monogamous man, and faces a frightening truth about herself. Then, at 10:00 PM, RAW! UNCUT! VIDEO! chronicles the rise and fall of homegrown gay porn studio, Palm Drive Video, and explores how a devoted couple helped battle a devastating health crisis by promoting kinky sex.
FRIDAY, 5/6
At 7:00 PM, WELL MET, is a lusty collection of libidinous comings together, including a prolonged pandemic flirtation, a healing touch and a sweaty man with a cow. Then at 10:00 PM EDT KINDRED, a kinky set of shorts, explores some of the common ties that intimately bind “us” and make us feel as one.
SATURDAY, 5/7
Kicking off Saturday, May 7 at 1:00 PM, ZEITGEIST EUROPA, travels to overseas creative hotbeds for a steamy collection of pandemic-inspired sci-fi and seductions.
At 4:00 PM, CineKink’s annual adult cinema showcase, BRING IT!, features a dazzling array of talent, each representing a wide range of genres and visual styles, all stepping up with a hot sampling of their recent endeavors.
At 7:00 PM, as the world starts to emerge from a global pandemic, SUBMISSION POSSIBLE: SAN FRANCISCO follows infamous kinkster, Madison Young, as she reunites with a vibrant chosen family and community of sexual luminaries, artists and activists, including sex-positive icons Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Stephens, Midori and Cleo DuBois.
And at 10:00 PM, in the lushly explicit VIVANTE, a new and passionate relationship is put to the test by a disabling accident, and it falls to one of the women, along with a sexual surrogate, to show her partner that the body can mean more than just pain, but also deliver pleasure.
SUNDAY, 5/8
The final day of scheduled festival events features, SPOTLIGHT: CHARLES LUM & TODD VEROW, an on-demand showcase of this year’s CineKink Spotlight Artists, as well as the CINEKINK AWARDS CELEBRATION, a live presentation of the festival’s annual awards, taking place at 6:00 PM.
In addition, a separate, on-demand program, DIY AFTERGLOW, offers up a steamy selection of works to help recreate the shenanigans of the festival’s infamous wrap party safely at home.
MONDAY, 5/9 – SUNDAY 5/15
During the week following the scheduled CineKink 2022 events, Monday, May 9 through Sunday, May 15, all festival film programs will be available for streaming on an on-demand basis.
For more information on the festival line-up, visit the CineKink website at http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/
Access to all film programs will be via the CineKink streaming portal https://cinekink.pinklabel.tv
ADMISSION:
Passes for CineKink 2022 may be purchased via https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
Access to film programs is solely via a festival or film pass.
Festival passes, including access to all CineKink 2022 virtual screenings and events, are available for $45. Film passes, including admission to all CineKink 2022 virtual screenings and the awards celebration are $35.
A la carte tickets are available for Kinky Kick-Off Bingo at $25; access to the CineKink Awards Celebration is free.
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DIRECT LINK TO EVENT ON CINEKINK WEBSITE:
http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/
CINEKINK STREAMING PORTAL ON PINKLABEL.TV:
https://cinekink.pinklabel.tv
PHOTOS + GRAPHICS
http://cinekink.com/news-and-press/press-materials
CONTACT: Lisa Vandever
PHONE: 917-609-5928
EMAIL: press2022 * at * cinekink.com
WEBSITE: http://www.cinekink.com
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/cinekink
ABOUT CINEKINK
Billing itself as “the kinky film festival,” CineKink returns for a virtual presentation May 4-8, 2022, with a week of on-demand encores to follow. Presented by CineKink, an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television, works featured at CineKink range from documentary to drama, comedy to experimental, mildly spicy to quite explicit – and everything in between.
ABOUT PINKLABEL.TV
Created and curated by Pink & White Productions’ Director Shine Louise Houston, PinkLabel.TV provides a streaming platform for independent adult filmmakers, with additional resources aimed to further their craft and help films find a global audience.
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CINEKINK 2022 – Program Descriptions
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
Wednesday, May 4 – 8:00 PM Eastern
KINKY KICK-OFF BINGO
Put on your shiny finery – or your favorite lounge-wear – and kick off CineKink 2022 in virtual fashion! Our favorite Mistress of Ceremonies, Witti Repartee, will cry out the numbers as we vie for victory. Grab a libation and settle in for a pansexual celebration of, well, pandemic proportions. Kinky camaraderie, prizes… and bingo!
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/kinky-kick-off-bingo-2022/
SPECIAL ADMISSION:
Admission is Included in a festival pass; a la carte tickets are $25. Zoom link and bingo cards will be emailed out the morning of the event.
PURCHASE: https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
Wednesday, May 4 – streams all day on-demand
+ encore streaming on-demand 5/9-5/15
TASTE OF CINEKINK
As we all rev up for a new edition of CineKink, here’s the chance to get in the spirit with some recent festival faves!
Butt Fantasia
With the help of a magic hat, an old man contemplates the good and bad times that his butt has experienced. (Directed by Mohit Jaswalm, 2018, USA, 6 minutes. Stars Bruce Patzke.)
CineKink 2020 Best Musical Short
The Fathers’ Project
A sci-fi short docu-series that imagines the world if AIDS never happened and a generation had lived to change the world. In this episode, a look at the Leather and BDSM communities, and how they might have evolved. (Directed by Leo Herrara, 2019, USA, 11 minutes.)
CineKink 2020 Best Documentary Short + Best Digital Series
The MILF Next Door
When the Girl Next Door visits her pregnant neighbor the MILF she expects a chat and a smoke, but this afternoon she initiates an unexpected seduction. (Directed by and stars Sadie Lune, with Dion DeRossi, 2019, Germany, 28 minutes.)
CineKink 2020 Best Dramatic Short (tie)
The MultiVerse in a MouthF*ck
A metaphysical trip of self-awareness, from the seven principles of Hermeticism to the seven keys to master our lives. (Directed by Jorge The Obscene, 2019, Chile, 21 minutes. Stars Jorge The Obscene, Rafael Medina, Sultan of Filth, Schoko Channel, Tristan Rehbold, Jo Pollux, Medad Rangay, Kate Hole, Nicky Miller, Candy Flip, Mad Kate, and Gio Black Peter.)
CineKink 2020 Honorable Best Mention
Polyamory: The Musical
Polyamory explained in a catchy tune.
Directed by Inka Winter, 2019, USA, 5 minutes.
CineKink 2020 Honorable Best Mention
Put Your Feet Up
A man discusses his unique fetish with a woman he met on Craigslist. Directed by Peter Horgan, 2019, USA, 21 minutes. Stars Joshua Koopman and Cara Gerardi. CineKink 2020 Honorable Best Mention
The Rep
Richie Deadwood, the biggest agent in the adult film industry, scrambles to get his biggest client to sign the biggest contract the industry has ever seen. But she’s hanging it up over one little thing…. (Directed by Douglas Knox, 2019, USA, 25 minutes. Stars Sean Robinson, Rachel Alig, Bri Ana Wagner, Sarah Moliski, Michael Caprarella, Kevin Scott Allen, Nina Hartley and Evan Stone.)
CineKink 2020 Best Comedy Short
Restless
It’s late and Rogue is still awake. She tosses and turns. She goes to the bathroom. She re-fluffs her pillow. The clock just ticks on. Finally, though, her fingers stray over her form, her eyes close and she begins to surrender to fantasy… finding herself on a table of white surrounded by utter darkness. (Directed by three-time previous BRING IT! Champion, Urvashi, 2019, USA, 11 minutes. Stars Rogue and many, many hands.)
CineKink 2020 Bring It! Winner)
Side Order
A young woman’s planned tryst with a friendly couple explores the blurred boundaries of intimacy, friendship and status. (Directed by Ashley Mosher, 2019, USA, 12 minutes. Stars Sonya Davis, Beth Thompson and Christopher Hirsh.)
CineKink 2020 Best Dramatic Short (tie)
Spellbound
Colorfully visualizes the emotional journey of a Shibari session.
(Directed by Ulrike Kaffei, 2019, Germany, 9 minutes. Stars Marika Leila Roux (aka Gorgone) and Gestalta.)
CineKink 2020 Best Experimental Short
Thee Debauchery Ball
An engaging, documentary look at Chicago’s Afro-Futuristic, BDSM and fetish-themed house music party, Thee Debauchery Ball, explores how the event has reshaped the city’s Black social scene and challenged narratives of Black sexuality. The documentary tells the personal story of the founder, Khari B. William, along with the DJs and the participants who look upon this event as a bastion of freedom and an escape from preconceived notions. (Directed by David Weathersby, 2019, USA, 71 minutes. Features Khari B, William “Big Will” Dunn, Abena Kawana, Dhe-Di Willoughby, Chanel Beebe, Craig Alexander, Josh Ishmon, Summer Coleman, Danielle Sanders, Michael Tekhen Strode, Ray Bee, Cee Bee, Pia Easley and L. Talibah McDonald.)
CineKink 2020 Best Documentary Feature
Volunteers Wanted
Shot at the Pornfilmfestival Berlin, this mix of documentary and drama, where all participants play themselves, follows Kali, a performer and sex worker, as she arrives in the city to attend the event. There she takes part in shoots with performers such as Jiz Lee, and develops a crush on Finn Peaks, a non-binary sex worker self-described as a “glitter fag.” Getting lost in Berlin’s nightlife, the couple shares stories about their work and the place it sets them within society, and the difficulties of their personal relationships in a time when romantic love needs to be redefined. (Directed by Ron Rex, 2019, Spain, 71 minutes. Stars Kali Sudhra, Jiz Lee and Finn Peaks.)
CineKink 2020 Best Narrative Feature
Walking A Fine Line
Follows the film’s creator and protagonist as she enlists a sex worker with the wish to be guided towards new thrills, challenges and boundaries. (Directed by Meti Oker, 2019, Switzerland, 4 minutes. Features abcde Flash and Matís d´Arc.)
CineKink 2020 Honorable Best Mention
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/taste-of-cinekink/
ADMISSION: Included in festival and film passes; available at https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
THURSDAY, MAY 5 ******************
CineKink Season Opener!
Thursday, May 5 – 7:00 PM Eastern / 4:00 Pacific
+ streaming on-demand 5/9-5/15
Lust Life Love
When a bisexual, polyamorous sex blogger falls madly in love with a monogamous man, she comes face to face with the frightening truth about herself. (Directed by Stephanie Sellars and Benjamin Feuer, 2019, USA, 100 minutes. Stars Stephanie Sellars, Jake Choi, Makeda Declet and Bill Irwin.)
preceded by
Melting Point
Shot with a digital thermal camera, using temperature instead of light, vividly captures the heat between two lovers…revealing new ways of seeing pleasure, play, and desire. (Directed by Mindy Stricke, 2022, Canada, 5 minutes.)
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/lust-life-love/
ADMISSION: Included in festival and film passes; available at https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
Thursday, May 5 – 10:00 PM Eastern / 7:00 Pacific
+ streaming on-demand Monday, 5/9
Raw! Uncut! Video!
A love story about fetish porn, this documentary chronicles the rise and fall of homegrown gay porn studio, Palm Drive Video, and explores how a devoted couple helped battle a devastating health crisis by promoting kinky sex.
(Directed by Ryan White and Alex Clausen, 2020, USA, 79 minutes. Features Jack Fritscher, Mark Hemry, Susie Bright, Donnie Russo, Mickey Squires, Durk Dehner, mr. Pam and Rick Castro.)
preceded by
Death Race
On February 17, 2020, Charles Lum woke up seeing double. A week later his doctor called with news that a “mass” in his brain was HIV related lymphoma.
(Directed by Charles Lum and Todd Verow, 2021, USA, 6 minutes. (
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/raw-uncut-video/
ADMISSION: Included in festival and film passes; available at
https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
FRIDAY, MAY 6
Friday, May 6 – 7:00 PM Eastern / 4:00 Pacific
+ streaming on-demand 5/9-5/15
WELL MET (Shorts Program)
This collection of lusty shorts explores libidinous comings together, including a prolonged pandemic flirtation, a healing touch and a sweaty man with a cow.
Jerkwater
Stranded at the train station with six disparate individuals during a Thanksgiving blizzard, Bailey desperately wants to leave and escape the small-mindedness of his town but is terrified of change. (Directed by Miles Benson, 2021, Canada, 18 minutes. Stars Gordie Pankhurst, France Maurice, Shane Symons, Darian Roussy, Junnicia Lagoutin, Elinet Louicius and Colin Bremner.
Sweat of His Cow
From the depths of someone’s lost VHS tapes comes this story of an impossibly gorgeous doctor lawyer who runs out of gas next to a barn where an impossibly sweaty man is milking a cow. (Directed by John Stuart Wildman and Alan Smithee, 2021, USA, 6 minutes. Stars John Stuart Wildman, Celina Rae and Chris Gardner.
The Special Horse
A cowgirl’s search for her special horse reaches its climax.
(Directed by Megan Spatz, 2021, USA, 8 minutes. Stars Katy Wicker, Bryan Shilowich, Luka Warm and Alice Austin.
Sexual Distancing
Two guys, one deadly virus, a city in quarantine and a lot of sexual desperation.
(Directed by Dimitris Asproloupos, 2021, Greece, 17 minutes. Stars Jeo Pakitsas and Thodoris Vrachas.
My Almost First Time
Based on filmmaker Charles Lum’s own experience of going to a gay beach as a young man and almost having sex for the first time.
(Directed by Todd Verow and Charles Lum, 2021, USA, 4 minutes.
Stephen & James: Best Girlfriends
A love-letter to a New York City in the not-too-distant past where the only apps were served before dinner and the thrill of gay sex was always just around the corner (or on a pier or in a back room or even Hoboken, New Jersey.)
(Directed by Dave Quantic, 2021, USA, 5 minutes.
Blind Spots
The shooting of a sex scene triggers a conflict between an intimacy coordinator and the director on a film set.
(Directed by Luis Schubert, 2021, Germany, 9 minutes. Stars Julia Effertz, Leon Ullrich, Sarina Radomski, Lia von Blarer and Etienne Bissuel.
Sovereign Sex
This docu-porn follows the experience of Raz, age 30, as they explore their sexuality for the first time. A decade ago, Raz’s virginity was taken by rape; now they are choosing to have their first sovereign sexual experience by pegging their close friend Daemon, on camera.
(Directed/produced by and stars Dom Razberry and Daemon Derriere, 2021, USA, 14 minutes.
Wash Me
Based on the director’s own story, an intimate and hopeful portrait of a woman re-discovering her body and desire after breast cancer.
(Directed by Rebecca Stewart, 2021, 20 minutes. Stars Victoria Rose and Jonte.
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/well-met/
ADMISSION: Included in festival and film passes; available at https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
Kinky shorts!
Friday, May 6 – 10:00 PM Eastern / 7:00 Pacific
+ streaming on-demand 5/9-5/15
KINDRED (Shorts Program)
A kinky set of shorts explores some of the common ties that intimately bind “us” and make us feel as one. And some of the proclivities that might set us apart.
Waiting
A mysterious woman is waiting for her destiny.
(Directed by Morgana Mayer, 2021, USA, 1 minutes.
Leatherboy
A young man in the rural midwest tries to deny a budding interest in leather.
(Directed by Jack McGreal, 2021, USA, 8 minutes. Stars Dan Szafoni, Delmar Fears and Louis Weisberg.
Butch Please
An exploration of gay masculinity at the 2019 International Mr. Leather convention. (Directed by Peter Fitzgerald, 2021, USA, 23 minutes. Features interviews with Jack Thompson, Master Thay z and Q. Darkqwolf.)
Red
A first date gets steamy as desire, consent and power dynamics are discussed in the most unlikely of places.(Directed by Katia Koziara, 2020, USA, 8 minutes. Stars Phoebe Dunn, Ben Brown and Kerry Warren.)
Finding Love: The First Test
A devoted man sacrifices everything to explore the limits of love and surrender with his creatively sadistic wife and her girlfriend.
(Directed by Viola Strepsata Voltairine, 2021, USA, 7 minutes. Stars Amanda Graeff.)
Virtual Love
As a camgirl couple’s channel rises to the top, their relationship falls to rock bottom. (Directed by Aria Li, 2021, USA, 7 minutes.)
Some Kind of Humanity
He’s in his thirties, and often feels lonely and left out. Luckily, he has Michael, his best friend, who sends him strange videos he finds on the internet.
(Directed by Rock Brenner, 2020, France, 9 minutes.)
Taking the Piss, I Shit You Not
A candid snapshot of two people who play together with humor, intimacy and care while emotional and physical boundaries are being challenged.
(Directed by and featuring abcdeFlash with Daddy, 2021, Switzerland, 6 minutes.)
Hold
A film about the dynamics of intimacy in BDSM. About being together in our longings, our pain and the total stillness. (Directed by Marit Östberg, 2021, Germany, 14 minutes. Stars Caritia, Ambrita, Sunshine and Sadie Lune.)
Play
Syd, a non-binary sex worker, is contracted to be a live-in dom for their newest client, Natalie. Over the course of their week together, the two engage in increasingly elaborate role playing, gradually blurring the boundaries between work and play. (Directed by Alexander Hacker, 2021, USA, 23 minutes. Stars Kedian Keohan and Eve Lindley.)
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/kindred/
ADMISSION: Included in festival and film passes; available at https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
SATURDAY, MAY 7
Saturday, May 7 – 1 PM Eastern / 10:00 AM Pacific
+ streaming on-demand 5/9-5/15
ZEITGEIST EUROPA (Shorts Program)
The ongoing strain of the Covid pandemic has elicited strong reactions from us all…as evidenced here by a few sexy samplings from our friends overseas.
Fudliaks! Tear the Sexes Apart!
Set in an undefined present where the Institute for Gender Normalization is studying the scientific underpinnings of conventional heteronormative bodies and biologically binary genders. But a new research series turns all that on its head!
(Directed by Jasmin Hagendorfer, 2021, Austria, 13 minutes. Stars Andrea Nitsche, Benjamin Kornfeld, Benjamin Brommer, Blanka Daneluk, Joshua Malek, Alice Moe, Nadine Cobbina, Jasmin Hagendorfer, Kudra Owens, Johannes Grenzfurthner, Thomas Kranabetter and Lisa Klemann.
Endzeit Berlin
Lonely queers cruise through Kreuzberg and Neukölln, rattle at the doors of closed-down bars and clubs, and even have to flee from the police for violating SARS-CoV-2 infection protection regulations! (Directed by Toni Karat, 2021, Germany, 10 minutes. Stars Walter Crasshole, Dennis Deep and Franko.)
The Receiver
With Covid times pushing us to redefine relationships and desires, Salty Cheri and Manon Praline decided to play consciously with the power dynamics between filmmaker and performer. Salty set up three blind dates for Manon who, being uninformed about her partners or what would happen, had to let go of all expectations. (Directed by Salty Cheri, 2021, Germany, 23 minutes. Stars Manon Praline, Ron Hades, Bishop Black, Jamal Phoenix and Lola Tormento.)
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A journey in the year 20xx takes us to the privileged life of Kira, who can afford the newest lifelike sex robots. Are robots the answer to our deepest sexual desires…or a mere sign of humanity’s downfall? (Directed by Katy Bit and Iris Glitzer, 2021, Germany, 14 minutes. Stars Mo Haze and Office Flowers.)
Hologang
Born out of lead performer Lucy Huxley’s personal gangbang wish list, a sci-fi vision of the future, where men have died out and their semen is the latest commodity. It’s a teasing role-reversal in which rough sex and facials, traditionally viewed as objectifying to women, instead turn men into little more than fantasy fodder for a privileged princess. Whether that’s utopian or dystopian is left for you to decide! (Directed by Paulita Pappel and Rod Wyler, 2021, Germany, 33 minutes. Stars Lucy Huxley, Bishop Black, Noir So, Romeo and Rod Hardick.)
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/zeitgeist-europa/
ADMISSION: Included in festival and film passes; available at https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
Saturday, May 7 – 4:00 PM Eastern / 1:00 Pacific
+ streaming on-demand 5/9-5/15
BRING IT! (Adult Showcase/Showdown)
A dazzling array of talent from today’s adult cinema, working in a wide range of genres and visual styles, steps up with a hot sampling of their recent creative endeavors. And the audience picks the hottest.
Four-time BRING IT! champion, filmmaker Urvashi, will be defending her title this year with AIR! Hosted once again by the inimitable Porno Jim, this year’s program, presented in alphabetical order, includes:
Air
Two trapeze performers meet and find an attraction together that flies high. Really high! (Directed by Urvashi, 2020, USA, 14 minutes. Stars Chris and Melina.)
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Daddy Ashley Paige is blood thirsty and wastes no time tenderizing their pain-loving pin cushion, Roxanne Drip. (Directed by and stars Ashley Paige and Roxanne Drip, 2021, USA, 15 minutes.)
Cumstruction
Two construction workers discover sex, desire and love on the job.
(Directed by Mexicum, 2021, Mexico, 17 minutes. Stars Andy Ruiz and El Brayan.)
Mathilde
Drinking wine and reading erotica, Mathilde lets her imagination take over. Dream meshes with reality as we follow her passionate act of self-love, then watch as her lover arrives home and gradually takes control of the scenario. Inspired by an Anais Nin story.
(Directed by Marcus Quill, 2020, United Kingdom, 12 minutes. Stars Nat Portnoy and Kali Sudhra.)
Murder Mystery
It’s the 1940s and Betty is attending a glamorous Hollywood dinner party. While waiting for their host to arrive they discover that he has been murdered. Now everyone is a suspect!
(Directed by Inka Winter, 2020, USA, 25 minutes. Stars Jenna Foxx, Sabina Rouge, Aria Carson, Nathan Bronson, Eric John and Rod Jackson.
My Garage, My Rules
In a play on classic French porn of yesteryear, Lola Tormento goes to get her car fixed… but is it really her car engine that is leaking?
(Directed by and stars Manon Praline, with Lola Tormento, 2020, Germany, 11 minutes.)
Orlandos
A woman breaks free from her restricted life to meet her forbidden lover, a trans man, who shows her the world of seduction, freedom and lust. Inspired by the 1928 pioneering queer novel by Virginia Woolf.
(Directed by Julia Ritschel, 2021, Spain, 12 minutes. Stars Sulema Vasquez and KAy Garnellen.
Rico, Rico
The party’s just getting started down in Puerto Rico and it’s more than your average queer party. Diverse, hedonistic, unassailable — it’s a haven for the LGBTQ+ community and it’s sexy as hell.
(Directed by Maximus Skall, 2021, Puerto Rico, 15 minutes. Stars Teresa Karolina and Lembra.)
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/bring-it/
ADMISSION: Included in festival and film passes; available at https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/109643879/cinekink-2020?ref=pr
Saturday, May 7 – 7:00 PM Eastern / 4:00 PM Pacific
+ streaming on-demand 5/9-5/15
Submission Possible: San Francisco
As the world starts to emerge from the isolation and trauma of a global pandemic, Madison Young journeys back to San Francisco, reuniting with a vibrant chosen family and community of sexual luminaries, misfits, artists, kinksters, sex workers, gender f*ckers, eco-sexuals, activists and icons such as Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Stephens, Midori and Cleo DuBois… all pioneers of queer sexuality who acted as a beacon, in Young’s youth.
(Directed by Madison Young, 2021, USA, 83 minutes. Features Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Stephens, Midori, Dahlia Snow, Nyxie Likely, Cleo Dubois, and Madison Young.)
preceded by
Freya Mills Pavlovian Submissive
Filmmaker Thomas Florek teams with Australian erotic poet Freya Mills to animate the joys of being a Pavlovian Submissive.
(Directed by Thomas Florek, 2022, USA, 3 minutes.
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/submission-possible-san-francisco/
ADMISSION: Included in festival and film passes; available at https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
Saturday, May 7 – 10:00 PM Eastern / 7:00 PM Pacific
Vivante
Following a break-up, Lou rents out a room in her apartment to Charlotte, a photographer in search of a new place to live. Initially Lou is perturbed by Charlotte’s casual sexuality, as much as she is drawn in by her beauty and charisma. Just as the two women come together in a relationship, and Lou begins exploring new sensations and experiences, tragedy strikes. Struck by a car on her bicycle, Lou is left immobilized. It falls to Charlotte, along with the help of a sexual surrogate, Emma, to show Lou that her body is not all suffering but also pleasure. The love of Charlotte and the sessions with Emma bolster Lou through the hard work of recovery, as she begins to regain her hope and self-esteem. (Directed by Anoushka, 2020, France, 91 minutes. Stars Romy Furie, Bertoulle Beaurebec, Yumie Volupte and Bishop Black.)
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/vivante/
ADMISSION: Included in festival and film passes; available at https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
SUNDAY, MAY 8
Sunday, May 8 – 6:00 PM Eastern / 3:00 Pacific
CINEKINK AWARDS CELEBRATION
Pop in and raise a toast to this year’s fantastic crop of CineKink filmmakers… and all who helped make this year’s festival come together!
SPECIAL ADMISSION: Free with advance RSVP/registration; also included in all festival and film passes. Zoom link will be emailed out the morning of the event.
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/cinekink-awards/
RSVP: https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
Sunday, May 8 – streams all day on-demand
+ streaming on-demand 5/9-5/15
SPOTLIGHT: CHARLES LUM & TODD VEROW
Over the years, Charles Lum and Todd Verow, each a prolific artist and activist in his own right, have collaborated on an extensive body of work, much of which has screened at CineKink during past festivals.
On November 30, 2021, one day before World AIDS Day, Charles (aka Charly), died from complications of the HIV he’d contracted many years before.
This showcase, a tribute to their decades-long friendship and artistic partnership, contains two works that were completed by Todd in the months following Charles’ death, along with a compilation of their award-winning short documentary and narrative films about gay sex and cruising.
“It’s with great sadness that we realize we’ll never again experience the life-embracing exuberance of Charly bounding up the stairs at the Anthology Film Archives for a screening. And we celebrate that in these works, and in Todd’s continued dedication, his voice and presence will live on in the world.” – Lisa Vandever, CineKink co-founder/director
Death Race
On February 17, 2020, Charles Lum woke up seeing double. A week later his doctor called with news that a “mass” in his brain was HIV related lymphoma.
(Directed by Charles Lum and Todd Verow, 2021, USA, 6 minutes.)
My Almost First Time
Based on Charles Lum’s own experience of going to a gay beach as a young man and almost having sex for the first time. (Directed by Todd Verow and Charles Lum, 2022, USA, 4 minutes. Voiceover by James Kleinmann.)
Show Hard
A collection of award-winning short documentary and narrative films about gay sex and cruising, including: Tom’s Gift, Been Too Long at the Fair, Secret Santa Sex Party, Blow Job 2017, Davy & Goliath, I have Mike Pence’s dick in a pickle jar. Want to see it? and A Night at the Hoist. (Directed by Todd Verow and Charles Lum, USA, compilation running time 69 minutes.)
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/spotlight-charles-lum-todd-verow/
ADMISSION: Included in festival and film passes; available at https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
Sunday, May 8 – streams all day on-demand
DIY AFTERGLOW
In the before time, this would be one last chance for CineKinksters to mix it up and mingle, up close and personal. This time, you’ll be creating the naughty fun all on your own, with our sexy inspirations as the backdrop.
Hole Theory
“The hole is not the entry nor the exit–it is the infinite interior, the space which cannot be Seen, only Felt.”
(Directed by Mahx Capacity, 2021, 12 minutes. Stars Corey More and Ashley Paige.)
Les Retrouvailles (The Reunion)
Ten years on, former lovers Enol and James reunite. When the attraction is well and truly alive, the main issue still hangs: James always cums first.
(Directed by Ivan Sobris, 2021, France, 14 minutes. Stars Enol Domènech and James Ko.)
Girl Gang
Enter Girl Gang, a rock girl band who love performing, expressing themselves and their sexual empowerment on stage.
(Directed by Charlie Benedetti, 2020, Spain, 21 minutes. Stars Bunnie Bennett, Maria Riot, Catalina d’Arago and Charlie Benedetti.)
Mutual Masturbation
Some of us love to be watched and some of us love to watch… and a lot of us are exhibitionists and voyeurs in equal amounts. What if the performers you love in porn wanted to watch you too? (Directed by altSHIFT, 2019, United Kingdom, 8 minutes. Stars Kali Sudhra, Bishop Black, and Ella Venus.)
Wild Card
Inspired by an intriguing game, playing cards are hidden around the room, each revealing a surprising, nonsexual body part. Together, Kail and Bishop devise experiments around the cards, creatively exploring sensation with shared warmth and good humor. (Directed by Jennifer Lyon Bell, 2020, The Netherlands, 30 minutes. Stars Bishop Black and Kali Sudhra.)
Canis Lupus
Wolves and dogs share a common thirst. In heat, Nikolaj and Jamal fist each other with great passion, drowning themselves in sweat, lube and more.
(Directed by Julian Curico, 2021, Germany, 20 minutes. Stars Jamal Phoenix and Nikolaj Tange Lange.)
EVENT LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/diy-afterglow/
ADMISSION: Included in festival and film passes; available at https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr
Monday, May 9 – Sunday, May 15 – streams all week on-demand
ENCORE!!
Did you miss a screening? Here’s your chance to catch up! All festival film programs will be available on-demand throughout the week, including:
Bring It!
DIY Afterglow
Kindred
Lust Life Love
Raw! Uncut! Video! (streaming Monday only)
Spotlight: Charles Lum & Todd Verow
Submission Possible: San Francisco
Taste of CineKink
Vivante
Well Met
Zeitgeist Europa
LINK: http://www.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-2022/encore/
ADMISSION: Included in festival and film passes; available at https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/120016455/cine-kink-2022-virtual-edition?ref=pr