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>Best of NYC!

>A lovely gift greeted our return from Berlin this week...

>Taking it to the White House

>CineKink alumni director Scott Bloom (CineKink '06 & '08) reports that a copy of his amazing documentary, Call Me Troy, was handed off to Michelle Obama during yesterday's meet-up with LGBT community leaders. A profile of gay rights activist and founder of Metropolitan Community Churches,...

>’Sex Positive’ in NYC – this weekend!

>The CineKink award-winning documentary Sex Positive, a compelling history of safer sex and profile of activist Richard Berkowitz, who helped pioneer the concept, opens this weekend in NYC at The Quad. A special Q&A featuring Richard and the film's director, Daryl Wein, will be...

>And the winner is…

>Slightly delayed by the lingering effect of--and subsequent recovery from-- our ever-popular AfterGlow Party, here at long last are the CineKink awards for 2009!"CineKink Choice" - AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS CineKink Choice awards, which go to feature-length works in competition during the festival, were determined by...

>Hey, where’s our tribute?!

>Or where's your nomination, rather, which we're currently accepting for the CineKink Tribute, an annual award that honors outstanding depictions of kink and sex-positivity in mainstream film and television.Last year's CineKink Tribute was presented to the film Shortbus-- which was directed by our long-time nemesis,...

>Remembering Bettie

>"I want to be remembered," she said, "as I was when I was young and in my golden times. . . . I want to be remembered as the woman who changed people's perspectives concerning nudity in its natural form."We're sad to note that Bettie...

>Thinking of Bettie

>We're sending our best thoughts out to Bettie Page, who suffered a heart attack yesterday and is currently being hospitalized in intensive care.Along with sunnily gracing the imaginations of millions over the years, the iconic 1950s pin-up star was also subject of the film The...

>Yes, again, please – we will take another!

>Even though it was first released in 1997, Preaching to the Perverted was an obvious choice to open the first-ever CineKink NYC back in 2003, where it took home one of our first-ever Audience Choice Awards. From British director Stuart Urban, the...