CineKink: Las Vegas / 2012 – Event Listings

CINEKINK: Las Vegas – Event Listings
June 7-9, 2012

Overall Festival Listing

** Thursday, June 7 through Saturday, June 9, 2012

CINEKINK: LAS VEGAS
CineKink—”the kinky film festival”—kicks of its annual tour with hot, three-night stand. Celebrating and exploring a wide diversity of sexuality, the films and videos in this sex-positive and kink-friendly showcase range from documentary to drama, comedy to experimental, mildy spicy to quite explicit – and everything in between. For more information, visit http://www.cinekink.com
LOCATION: Theatre7, 1406 South 3rd Avenue, Las Vegas
ADMISSION: $10/door, $8/advance per screening; discounted festival pass available. 18+ only.
WEBSITE: http://www.cinekink.com

EVENT LINK:

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Thursday, June 7 – 7:00 PM
CABARET 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. Plays with LAST KISS (Charles Lum, 2011, USA, 1 minute.)

LOCATION: Theatre7, 1406 South 3rd Avenue, Las Vegas
ADMISSION: $10/door, $8/advance; discounted festival pass available. 18+ only.
PHONE: 702.568.9663
WEBSITE: http://www.cinekink.com
LINK: http://cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour/tour-2012/cabaret-desire/

Friday, June 8 – 7:00 PM

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.”

LOCATION: Theatre7, 1406 South 3rd Avenue, Las Vegas
ADMISSION: $10/door, $8/advance; discounted festival pass available. 18+ only.
PHONE: 702.568.9663
WEBSITE: http://www.cinekink.com
LINK: http://cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour/tour-2012/stage-brother/

Friday, June 8 – 9:00 PM

SWEET PRUDENCE AND THE EROTIC ADVENTURE 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?
LOCATION: Theatre7, 1406 South 3rd Avenue, Las Vegas
ADMISSION: $10/door, $8/advance; discounted festival pass available. 18+ only.
PHONE: 702.568.9663
WEBSITE: http://www.cinekink.com
LINK: http://cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour/tour-2012/sweet-prudence-the-erotic-adventure-of-bigfoot/

Friday, June 8 – 11:00 PM

SIRWIÑAKUY (LIVING TOGETHER)
Amy Hesketh, 2010, Bolivia, 111 minutes.
In a Bolivian coffee-shop, middle-aged Luis spots Anouk, a young, pretty French woman with exquisitely bad table manners. He approaches her and, without introduction, asks her to go 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 and discipline her into the woman that lies beneath her childish exterior, and the two participate in their own kinky version of a sirwiñakuy… an indigenous tradition where a man brings home a trial “wife.”
LOCATION: Theatre7, 1406 South 3rd Avenue, Las Vegas
ADMISSION: $10/door, $8/advance; discounted festival pass available. 18+ only.
PHONE: 702.568.9663
WEBSITE: http://www.cinekink.com
LINK: http://cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour/tour-2012/sirwinakuy/

SATURDAY, JUNE 9 ******************

Saturday, June 9 – 3:00 PM

KINK & KINSHIP (Shorts Program)

A collection of works that celebrate and explore the special sense of community our kinks tend to engender. Program includes: LENNY WALLER MEMORIAL
(Mark Scherman, 2011, USA, 8 minutes), THE TRANSEXUAL DOMINATRIX (Shawna Virago, 2011, USA, 4 minutes), SO POMO (Kalil Cohen, 2011, USA, 4 minutes), SISTERHOOD OF THE SASH: IMsL AT 25 (Princess Kali, 2011, USA, 37 minutes), and HIGH: A BLACK PARTY SYMPHONY (Bunny Z, 2011, USA, 25 minutes). Total program running time is 100 minutes.
LOCATION: Theatre7, 1406 South 3rd Avenue, Las Vegas
ADMISSION: $10/door, $8/advance; discounted festival pass available. 18+ only.
PHONE: 702.568.9663
WEBSITE: http://www.cinekink.com

LINK: http://cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour/tour-2012/kink-kinship/

Saturday, June 9 – 5:00 PM

“Sex & Las Vegas” – Panel Discussion
What’s the difference between art and porn? The old joke is that “porn is in focus,” but it’s also an aesthetic distinction that is increasingly irrelevant. Just as more “mainstream” indie filmmakers are utilizing explicit themes and imagery in their works, a new school of directors working on the adult side of the industry are creating works that defy the porn clichés. Join us for a lively discussion of the blurring lines and sex on the silver screen! (Free event, RSVP suggested.)
LOCATION: Theatre7, 1406 South 3rd Avenue, Las Vegas
ADMISSION: $10/door, $8/advance; discounted festival pass available. 18+ only.
PHONE: 702.568.9663
WEBSITE: http://www.cinekink.com

Saturday, June 11 – 7:00 PM

BEST OF CINEKINK/2012
A selection of award-winning shorts deemed the year’s best during the festival’s latest annual run at CineKink NYC. Program includes THE TRANSEXUAL DOMINATRIX
Shawna Virago, 2011, USA, 4 minutes; Best Music Video), SKALLAMANN (Maria Block, 2011, Norway, 12 minutes; Honorable Best Mention), PEDAL TO PLEASURE (Poppy Cox & Anne Fidler, 2011, USA, 8 minutes; Honorable Best Mention), WHAT MAKES US QUEER (Courtney Trouble & Tina Horn, 2011, USA, 7 minutes; Best Experimental Short), SMUT CAPITAL OF AMERICA (Michael Stabile, 2011, USA, 16 minutes; Best Documentary Short), CRAIGSLIST DATING (Ryan Hunter, 2011, USA, 2 minutes; Best Comedy Short – tie), TOOSHIE SMOOSHIE (Jessica King, 2011, USA, 10 minutes; ; Best Comedy Short – tie) and A DAY IN THE COUNTRY (Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja, 2011, Sweden, 14 minutes; Best Dramatic Short).
LOCATION: Theatre7, 1406 South 3rd Avenue, Las Vegas
ADMISSION: $10/door, $8/advance; discounted festival pass available. 18+ only.
PHONE: 702.568.9663
WEBSITE: http://www.cinekink.com
LINK: http://cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour-2012/best-of-cinekink2012

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CONTACT: Lisa Vandever
PHONE: 917-609-5928 (press contacts only, please, not for publication)
EMAIL: press2012 * at * cinekink.com
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ABOUT CINEKINK
Now in its ninth season, CineKink is an annual film festival and national screening tour that celebrates and explores the wide diversity of sexuality. Presented by CineKink, an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television, works showcased by the festival range from documentary to drama, mildly spicy to quite explicit – and everything in between!