CineKink Announces Kinky Line-Up for Ninth Annual Festival
CineKink Announces Kinky Line-Up for Ninth Annual Festival
February 7-12, 2012
NEW YORK, NY; January 25, 2012 – CineKink NYC returns for its ninth annual appearance on Tuesday, February 7th, bringing with it a specially-curated program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality. In addition to screenings, plans for the festival also include a short film competition, presentations, audience choice awards, a fund-raising kick-off gala and a concluding afterglow party.
Billing itself as “the kinky film festival,” the event will run February 7-12, 2012. Presented by CineKink, an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television, works presented at CineKink NYC will range from documentary to drama, comedy to experimental, mildly spicy to quite explicit – and everything in between.
The kink-filled festivities begin Tuesday, February 7th, at 8 PM, with a fundraising kick-off extravaganza to be held at Katwalk (2 W. 35th Street), a pansexual celebration that, in addition to music and sexy performances, offers several cinematic gems up on the screen.
The festival then moves to Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, NYC), Wednesday, February 8 through Saturday, February 11, with several different film and video programs scheduled for each day. An awards celebration and an AfterGlow party complete the festivities on Sunday, February 12.
WEDNESDAY
Among the headliners, first up on Wednesday, February 8 at 7:00 PM, the festival’s CineKink Season Opener screening of CABARET DESIRE, inspired by New York’s real-life Poetry Brothel, weaves together several erotic vignettes. Then, at 9:00 PM, AFTER FALL, WINTER is a sexy, funny and darkly poignant story about two people who desperately crave intimacy, yet resist revealing their true selves.
THURSDAY
On Thursday, February 9 at 7:00 PM, it’s (A)SEXUAL, a documentary look at what it’s like to be without sexual desire in a society that is otherwise obsessed. Then, at 9:10 PM, KINK & KINSHIP is a program of short works that celebrate the special sense of community a shared kink tends to engender.
FRIDAY
On Friday, February 10 at 6:30 PM, the lives of several people are turned upside down when they meet Cecile, a character who symbolizes DESIRE. At 9:00 PM, COUPLINGS is a sexy collection of shorts about two-somes, three-some and more-somes. And in SEXUALLY FRANK, at 10:40 PM, a group of long-time friends finds that sex is no less befuddling now than it was during puberty.
SATURDAY
Kicking off Saturday, February 11 at 12:30 PM, many hijinks ensue in SWEET PRUDENCE & THE EROTIC ADVENTURE OF BIGFOOT, when the mythical beast is spotted at a remote nudist resort. At 2:45 PM, a special industry showcase, BRING IT!, features a dazzling array of talent from today’s adult cinema, all stepping up with a hot sampling of their recent creative endeavors. At 5:00 PM, STAGE BROTHER follows the quest of a young woman who dreams of making it in the world of adult entertainment. At 7:15 PM, in SIRWIÑAKUY, two Bolivian strangers participate in their own kinky version of a sirwiñakuy, an indigenous tradition where a man brings home a trial “wife.” And, closing out the festival’s regular screening schedule at 9:45 PM, the romantic drama “3” tells the story of Hanna and Simon who, on the brink of their 20th anniversary, separately become enamored with the same younger man.
SUNDAY
CineKink NYC concludes the evening of Sunday, February 12 at 6:00 PM, with an Awards Celebration, including encore screenings of jury-selected best shorts from the week and presentation of the annual festival awards, to be followed at 9:0O PM by the CineKink Afterglow Party, one last chance to mingle with like-minded festival-goers and enjoy a few additional screenings, this time in a relaxed play party setting. The locations for both events will be announced at a later date.
For more information and advance tickets, visit www.cinekink.com.
TICKETS AND PASSES
Advance tickets and passes may be purchased via http://cinekinknyc2012.eventbrite.com
Ticket prices for each regular screening are $10/$9 advance; $7 for seniors and students (use code “senior” or “student” for advance purchase discount). All prices are inclusive of online ticketing fees.
Admission to the Kick-Off Gala is a suggested donation of $15/$10 advance.
Admission to the Afterglow Party is $30/individual, $40/couple, $50/triad, advance purchase only. The Awards Celebration on Sunday evening is free of charge.
A limited number of CineKink All-Access Passes, covering admission to all 12 regular screening programs, plus all parties, are available in advance for $80; $70 for members of any sexuality-focused organization; $60 for students/seniors; $45 for CineKinksters & Friends w/Benefits (CineKink donors).
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ABOUT CINEKINK NYC
Billing itself as “the kinky film festival,” CineKink NYC returns for its ninth annual appearance February 7-12, 2012, to be followed by a national showcase tour. 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.
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CINEKINK NYC – Program Descriptions
February 7 through February 12, 2012
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 ******************
Tuesday, February 7 – 8:00 PM
KICK-OFF GALA & FUNDRAISER
Put on your shiny finery and come help us kick off the ninth annual CineKink NYC in proper style! A pansexual celebration of epic proportions, in addition to music and performance, our opening night gala will feature cinematic spectacles centered on fantasy and desire – and with all proceeds going to support the continuation of CineKink’s sex-positive and kink-friendly program mission, it’s mixing and mashing for a good cause!
Featured films:
LORD CLYSTER’S PLAN
HydroMadam, 2011, USA, 2 minutes.
Lord Clyster has a plan.
SLOW BURN
Christine Chew, 2011, Canada, 14 minutes.
Adhering to the code of the west, dueling tattoo artists vie for the right to give the first mark to a mysterious stranger with a sketchy past.
BURNING WIGS OF SEDITION
Anna Fitch & Simon Cheffins, 2010, USA, 10 minutes.
With cracking whips and pulsating drums, it’s a steamy, glittery dance-off on the high seas.
SPECIAL LOCATION:
Katwalk
2 W. 35th Street (@ Fifth Ave), NYC
SPECIAL ADMISSION
Suggested donation $15/$10 advance
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/tuesday-february-8-830-pm/
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 ******************
PLEASE NOTE – location for all regular films screenings
February 8-February 11, 2012:
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue (@ Second Street), NYC
Wednesday, February 8 – 7:00 PM
CineKink Season Opener!
CABERET DESIRE
Erika Lust, 2011, Spain, 74 minutes. US Premiere
Set against a sumptuous Barcelona backdrop and inspired by the real-life Poetry Brothel, based in New York, CABARET DESIRE weaves together several erotic vignettes, each introduced by a “poetry courtesan” at a bohemian gathering where readings, dance and music create a sensual vibe. A young woman grows tired of sexual labels and throws off having to choose. A poet recounts the unconventional escapades of his mysterious mother. At the brink of thirty, a woman looks at how her life has converged from the fantasies of her youth. The participants of a heated, short-lived tryst nervously anticipate their reunion an entire year later.
preceded by
World Premiere
LAST KISS
Charles Lum, 2011, USA, 1 minute.
Remembering the love that dare not speak its name.
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/wednesday-february-8-700-pm/
Wednesday, February 8 – 9:00 PM
AFTER FALL, WINTER
Eric Schaeffer, 2011, USA, 130 minutes. Stars Eric Schaeffer and Lizzie Brocheré. A sexy, poignant and at times darkly funny story about two people desperately seeking love. Michael, a once-successful writer now in the depths of financial ruin, decides to spend some time in Paris to find new inspiration and a break from his situation. To channel his frustrations, he often seeks out sexual domination, a proclivity he discloses to no one. Sophie, a young French hospice nurse, secretly moonlights as an upscale dominatrix, as much for a sense of control as for the extra money it affords. Both desperately want intimacy and ache for a connection that will change their lives… and when they meet, their chemistry is instantaneous. Fear and fiercely-guarded truths, however, will doom their passion as surely as any star-crossed love.
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/wednesday-february-8-900-pm
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 ******************
Thursday, February 9 – 7:00 PM
(A)SEXUAL
Angela Tucker, 2011, USA, 74 minutes.
In 2000, David Jay came out to his parents: he was asexual and was fine with it. And he was not alone. Studies show that 1% of the population experiences no sexual attraction. But in a society obsessed with sex, how do you deal with life as an outsider? Combining intimate interviews, vérité footage and animation, with fearless humor and pop culture imagery, David and several others grabble a universal question for an outcome that might surprise.
preceded by
World Premiere
WHAT MAKES US QUEER
Courtney Trouble & Tina Horn, 2011, USA, 7 minutes.
Attempting to define a queer identity, this explicit documentary juxtaposes queers having sex and audio clips from an interview that simply asks: “What makes us queer?”
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/thursday-february-9-7-pm
Thursday, February 9 – 9:10 PM
KINK & KINSHIP
A collection of works that celebrate and explore the special sense of community our kinks tend to engender.
LENNY WALLER MEMORIAL
Mark Scherman, 2011, USA, 8 minutes.
A tribute to one of underground New York City’s true originals–a pioneer in the Leather, Fetish and BDSM communities.
THE TRANSEXUAL DOMINATRIX
Shawna Virago, 2011, USA, 4 minutes.
Shawna Virago wails on her six-string, doling out lyrical pleasure-pain in a new leather anthem.
SO POMO
Kalil Cohen, 2011, USA, 4 minutes.
The pomosexual impulse celebrates queer desire and subverts the notion of fixed sexual and gender identities…to a snappy beat!
World Premiere
SISTERHOOD OF THE SASH: IMsL AT 25
Princess Kali, 2011, USA, 37 minutes.
An annual contest that upholds the sexiness and strength of Leatherwomen, their accomplishments and acts of service, International Ms Leather recently celebrated its 25th year. To commemorate, former IMsL titleholders gathered to cheer on the 2011 contestants and share their memories about the event’s history and reflect on the diversity, evolution and progress of its community.
World Premiere
SLINGS AND ARROWS
Jay Michaels, 2011, USA, 22 minutes.
Hamlet is now “The Dane,” a dark prince among his subjects in a leather family. While he has everything, his inner turmoil can only be quelled by strong means. Ophelia – or just O – hounded by the ghost of her father, follows her reluctant lover to his own private dungeon and meets his own private hell.
World Premiere
HIGH: A BLACK PARTY SYMPHONY
Bunny Z, 2011, USA, 25 minutes.
Filmed in March 2011 at RITES XXXII: The Black Party, captures the erotic spectacle and performances for which the annual New York bacchanal is known.
Total program running time is 100 minutes.
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/thursday-february-9-910-pm/
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 *********************
Friday, February 10 – 6:30 PM
US Premiere
DESIRE
Laurent Bouhnik, 2011, France, 103 minutes.
Against a backdrop of a countrywide economic crisis, the lives of several people are turned upside down when they meet Cecile, a character who symbolizes desire. Through her wanderings and minglings–-a handsome tough, a smitten scholar, an estranged couple, a curious ingénue–she explores the urge, especially in confused times, to get lost in someone’s skin, sweat and moods, to merge completely with another.
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/friday-february-10-630-pm/
Friday, February 10 – 8:45 PM
COUPLINGS (Shorts Program)
It’s a hot mess of two-somes, three-somes and more-somes!
New York Premiere
DOUBLE O SEXY
Wes Hurley, 2011, USA, 5 minutes.
He’ll take it shaken. AND stirred.
FUCKBUDDIES
Juanma Carlitto, 2011, Spain, 6 minutes.
Two strangers grab lunch in the back of a car.
FICKMASCHINEN
Matt Lambert, 2010, Germany, 2 minutes.
When the lights go out, we are merely…
BALDGUY (SKALLAMANN)
Maria Block, 2011, Norway, 12 minutes.
A lively musical about forbidden and boundless love.
World Premiere
TOOSHIE SMOOSHIE
Jessica King, 2011, USA, 10 minutes.
Remember the simple pleasures of childhood?
PEDAL TO PLEASURE
Poppy Cox & Anne Fidler, 2011, USA, 8 minutes.
In the sleepy town of Katerini, a young woman discovers all the satisfaction she needs is right between her legs.
World Premiere
I.M. IN LOVE
Louise Lush, 2011, Australia, 5 minutes.
A couple of Dungeons-and-Dragons-loving nerds share a fondness for their computers… and other things.
World Premiere
RUSTY TROMBONE
Jay Wade Edwards, 2011, USA, 4 minutes.
A sweet country love song about a very brassy gift.
CRAIGSLIST DATING
POYKPAC, 2011, USA, 2 minutes.
For those nights when that one point of compatibility is the only one that matters.
REVERSE COWGIRL
April Hirschman, 2011, USA, 6 minutes.
If you ask your girlfriend for an unusual birthday present, she might end up liking it more than you do…much more.
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY
Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja, 2011, Sweden, 14 minutes.
A perfect day for a three-way in the Swedish countryside, but someone is always on the outs.
THE TWIST PARTY
Animan, 2011, Japan, 10 minutes.
It’s 1964 and you’re invited to a Beverly Hills mansion for cock…tails!
(Total program running time is 84 minutes.)
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/friday-february-10-845-pm/
Friday, February 10 – 10:45 PM
World Premiere
SEXUALLY FRANK
Frankie Frain, 2011, USA, 92 minutes.
Sex was an all-consuming focus to twelve-year-old Frank…and a decade later it still is a defining context to him and his group of friends. Frank now spends all of his spare time making “inappropriate” YouTube videos. His long-time girlfriend is being pressured to feel she should want to get married and have children. A gay friend gets dumped, ostensibly for throwing his cat off the bed, but that’s not really the issue. And their best friend, a balding, 24-year-old virgin, is quickly becoming a ‘creepy old man.’ Maybe it was a lot simpler during puberty…
preceded by
World Premiere
LASER BLASTERS
T. Arthur Cottam, 2012, USA, 2 minutes.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/friday-february-10-1040-pm
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 ***************
Saturday, February 11 – 12:30 PM
World Premiere
SWEET PRUDENCE AND THE EROTIC ADVENTURES OF BIGFOOT
William Burke, 2011, Canada, 90 minutes.
When Bigfoot is sighted near a remote nudist resort, sweet young Prudence sets off with her best friend, Veruca and her college buddy, Mike, to take the perfect photo of the mythical beast: one which will allow Prudence to finally get her long-awaited degree in cryptozoology. But how up close will they actually get?
preceded by
EL OSO
Sam Sero & Jarryd Meyer, 2011, USA, 7 minutes.
A visit inside the infamous all-male brothel, the Beef House, with the greatest male escort of our time… Jared “El Oso” Wachowski.
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/saturday-february-11-1230-pm/
Saturday, February 11 – 2:45 PM
BRING IT! (Industry Showcase/Clip Program)
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. This year’s program includes:
BOUNTY HUNTERS
Domme Jaguar, 2011, Mexico, 16 minutes; excerpt also features cachorro (Jg). Deep in a tropical jungle, Domme Jaguar and her trusty assistant, Farinna Califia, ply their captured bounty for information. Or maybe it’s just for fun!
LIVE SEX SHOW
Courtney Trouble, 2011, USA, 16 minutes, excerpt features Nina Hartley and Jiz Lee. Shot in front of a live audience at San Francisco’s annual Masturbate-a-Thon, Nina Hartley and Jiz Lee get to know each other quite a bit better.
LOVE IS A DANGEROUS GAME
Eddie Powell, 2011, USA, 17 minutes, excerpt features Alyssa Branch and Xander Corvus. When children’s writer Paulina Connelly decides to embark on a new career writing horror, she seeks out the infamous novelist Wes Mueller for guidance.
SEXING THE TRANSMAN XXX
Buck Angel, 2011, USA, 14 minutes, excerpt features Buck Angel and Fallen.
In a series of explicit interviews, Buck Angel, master of redefining gender brings you never revealed secrets of transmen sexuality. And here he demonstrates what we’ve learned with another hot FTM, Fallen.
STRAP-ON JO TAKES IT LIKE SHE GIVES IT
Jo Whole, 2011, USA, 7 minutes. Strap-On Jo and Ned Mayham.
Strap-on Jo is known for her skills as a top with her strap-on, but she can take it as well as she gives it. For her, the act is not about reversing gender roles or dominance and submission…it’s just fun sex. And, as she shows off here, turn-about is fair play!
Returning two-time BRING-IT! Champion!
TRISTAN TAORMINO’S ROUGH SEX #3
Tristan Taormino, 2011, USA, 17 minutes, excerpt features Adrianna Nicole and Jiz Lee. Challenging the conventional wisdom about the fantasy lives of women, participants give – and demonstrate – their definitions of rough sex, why they love it, how they establish trust with their partners, and what they need to feel safe to play on the edge.
Total program running time is 87 minutes.
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/saturday-february-11-245-pm/
Saturday, February 11 – 5:00 PM
World Premiere
STAGE BROTHER
Richard Buonagurio, 2011, USA, 86 minutes.
Jennifer Buonagurio has a dream…she wants to make it in the world of adult entertainment. With her brother, Richard, acting as manager, the New Jersey siblings pack into a mini-van and head
cross-country to the mecca of porn: Los Angeles. There they enlist the help of AVN Hall of
Fame Pornstar Miss Brittany Andrews to navigate this new terrain, and deal with the inevitable hurdles of such an endeavor: a jealous boyfriend, concerned parents, a Catholic upbringing and, of course, potentially exploitative adult industry “professionals.”
preceded by
SMUT CAPITAL OF AMERICA
Michael Stabile, 2011, USA, 16 minutes.
In the late 1960s, as the Sexual Revolution was first gaining steam, San Francisco was pushing the boundaries of what could be filmed and quickly became, according to the NY Times, “The Smut Capital of the United States.’”
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/saturday-february-11-500-pm/
Saturday, February 11 – 7:15 PM
World Premiere
SIRWIÑAKUY (LIVING TOGETHER)
Amy Hesketh, 2010, Bolivia, 111 minutes.
In a Bolivian coffee-shop, middle-aged Luis spots Anouk, a pretty young French woman with exquisitely bad table manners. He approaches her and, without introduction, asks her to go home with him. Anouk surprises the both of them by acquiescing and, after packing up the few belongings in her small rented room, goes to live with him in a crumbling, colonial house. There he subjects her to often sadistic attempts to frame her into the woman that lies beneath her childish exterior, and the two participate in their own version of a sirwiñakuy… an indigenous tradition where a man brings home a trial “wife.”
preceded by
US Premiere
MIRIAM
RP Kahl, 2011, Germany, 6 minutes.
Night. Outside. Streets. A women. She is naked.
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/saturday-february-11-715-pm/
Saturday, February 11 – 9:45 PM
3
Tom Tykwer, 2011, USA, 119 minutes
A romantic drama with a nod to classic Hollywood screwball comedies, this is also an engaging study of a modern couple looking for redefinition in a world of absolutes. With their 20th anniversary looming, Hanna and Simon have become restless, despite being truly and deeply in love. Unbeknownst to one another, both become enamored with Adam, a younger man, and, in the course of their respective affairs, each falls in love. As the trio’s clandestine rendezvous continue amidst their hectic schedules, discovery becomes inevitable–along with a profound moment of choice, grace and clarity.
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/saturday-february-11-945-pm/
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 ******************
6:00 PM – CINEKINK AWARDS CELEBRATION
Come out and drink a toast to this year’s fantastic crop of CineKink filmmakers! Featuring encore screenings of select best shorts from the festival, along with presentations of the annual CineKink Awards.
LOCATION: TBA, please check website for information
ADMISSION: Free!! 21+ only.
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/sunday-february-12-600-pm/
9:00 PM – CINEKINK AFTERGLOW PARTY
Your last chance to meet, mix and mingle with your fellow CineKinksters, this time in a relaxed play party setting. Snuggle into the sofas, find yourself a private nook or recline across a spanking bench and settle in for one final evening of CineKinky goodness unfolding all around you.
Featured works for the evening include:
THE FEMALE VOYEUR
Petra Joy, 2011, United Kingdom, 80 minutes.
THE TRUTH ABOUT 0
Ernest Greene, 2011, USA, 180 minutes.
PLUS the winning selection from Saturday’s BRING IT! Showdown!
LOCATION: Mid-town loft; address given to ticket/pass-holders.
ADMISSION: Priority entrance given to festival all-access pass-holders; a limited number of advance purchase admissions will be available for $30/individual, $40/couple, $50/triad, no door sales. 21+ only.
PROGRAM LINK: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/nyc/cinekink-nyc-2012/sunday-february-12-900-pm/