Kinky Film Festival Returns to Portland for a Hot, One-Night Stand
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Kinky Film Festival Returns to Portland for a Hot, One-Night Stand
New York, NY; July 10, 2012 – A special evening of films that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality will screen on Sunday, August 5, 2012 as CineKink, “the kinky film festival,” returns to Portland for a hot, one-night stand.
At 7 PM, the shorts program “Kink & Kinship” takes a look at the special sense of community that shared sexual interests tend to engender, with works including LENNY WALLER MEMORIAL, THE TRANSEXUAL DOMINATRIX, SO POMO, SISTERHOOD OF THE SASH: IMsL AT 25 and HIGH: A BLACK PARTY SYMPHONY.
And at 9 PM, “Best of CineKink/2012” is a collection of sexy shorts deemed the best during CineKink’s annual festival run. This year’s assortment, probing a wide range of sexual proclivities and perversities, includes THE TRANSEXUAL DOMINATRIX, SKALLAMANN (Baldguy), PEDAL TO PLEASURE (by Portland filmmaker, Poppy Cox), WHAT MAKES US QUEER, SMUT CAPITAL OF AMERICA, CRAIGSLIST DATING, TOOSHIE SMOOSHIE and A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.
LOCATION
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR
http://clintonsttheater.com
ADMISSION
Admission is $8 door/$6 advance per screening, $12 door/$10 advance for both; 18 and over only.
INFO
For more information, advance purchase tickets and the full program line-up, visit http://cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour/pdx
SPONSORS:
National tour sponsors for CineKink/2012 are Crystal Delights, KinkyMedical.net, Leather Archives & Museum, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and njoy. Local sponsors include Darklady Productions, Portland Leather Association, PQ Monthly and She Bop.
CineKink: PDX is presented in conjunction with Oregon Leather Pride (http://oregonleatherpride.org), which runs August 3-12, 2012.
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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!
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CINEKINK: PDX
individual program synopses
Sunday, August 5 – 7:00 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!
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.
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.
Program link: http://cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour/tour-2012/kink-kinship/
Sunday, August 5 – 9 pm
“Best of CineKink/2012”
A sexy selection of award-winning shorts deemed the year’s best during the festival’s latest annual run at CineKink NYC.
Best Music Video
THE TRANSEXUAL DOMINATRIX
Shawna Virago, 2011, USA, 4 minutes.
Shawna Virago doles out lyrical pleasure-pain in a new leather anthem.
Honorable Best Mention
SKALLAMANN (BALDGUY)
Maria Block, 2011, Norway, 12 minutes.
A lively musical about forbidden and boundless love.
Honorable Best Mention
PEDAL TO PLEASURE
Poppy Cox & Anne Fidler, 2011, USA, 8 minutes.
A young woman discovers that all the satisfaction she needs is right between her legs.
Best Experimental Short
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?”
Best Documentary Short
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 legally be put on film.
Best Comedy Short (tie)
CRAIGSLIST DATING
Ryan Hunter, 2011, USA, 2 minutes.
For those nights when that one point of compatibility is the only one that matters.
Best Comedy Short (tie)
TOOSHIE SMOOSHIE
Jessica King, 2011, USA, 10 minutes.
Remember the simple pleasures of childhood?
Best Dramatic Short
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY
Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja, 2011, Sweden, 14 minutes.
It’s a perfect day for a three-way in the Swedish countryside, but someone is always on the outs.
Program link: http://cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour/tour-2012/best-of-cinekink2012/
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