CinErotic Film Fest brings sexy back to Valentines!
With almost 10 short films per show, the brand new CinErotic Film Fest is packing plenty of hotness and diversity into each screening.
Erotic filmmakers from as far away as Singapore, Barcelona and Brazil entered films for the Fest, alongside homegrown filmmakers from Atlanta and Athens. All will be represented in CinErotic's three nights of screenings at Eyedrum Gallery next weekend, February 12-14.
"CEFF celebrates sex-positive, diverse and empowering erotic cinema and performance by amateurs, independent artists and the avant-garde," says Andi Rockz, one of the organizers. "I call it porn you don't have to shut your brain off for."
Queer as F*ck - Friday, Feb 12, 8:30pm - $8
The "Queer" show Friday night treats viewers to erotic short films that appeal to boys, girls, trans individuals and gender queers. The main attraction is "Tour de Pants," a new film by Luke Woodward of San Francisco featuring hot queer men, transfolk and lesbians — all in bicycle-related erotic scenes
Other shorts include "The Ginger," in which a sexy redhead seductively eats a turkey drumstick; "The Erotic Couch" by Athens artist Andrew Shearer shows what happens when a reluctant lesbian gets a magical velvet couch-cover; things aren't what they seem for a gay male couple in "Hitchcocked;" "Want" proves that differently abled queers can get what they desire; a handsome butch ranchhand takes home the cute femme lamb, in "The Sheep and The Ranchhand," and Narcissister dares you to put him/her in a gender box in "Man/Woman."
If (when) the films leave you hot, bothered, and panting for more, head over to Mary's in East Atlanta CEFF-sponsored make-out party for everyone. Cross your fingers that there will be an improptu spin the bottle or round of truth or dare!
Passion & Pleasures - Saturday, Feb 13, 8pm - $10 General Admission / $20 VIP
Make it a passionate Valentines to remember on Saturday night with a luxurious date special: for $20 (surely one of the most recession-friendly Valentines' events!), you and your sweetie(s) get reserved seating up front on for-this-night-only romantic couches, with sweet treats to enjoy during the screening, and complimentary champagne (21+). Because VIP tickets are sold "per-person," rather than "per couple," this makes a great Valentines' date night for singles AND polyamorous partners as well as couples! But even regular ticket holders will swoon to the romantic short films in the line-up.
"Vocolotion" by Atlanta's beloved artist R. Land ("Loss Cat") is his unique take on sex ed videos from years past. Some of his more famous images make cameos in this film and wind up in, literally, sticky situations. "The Flesh is Willing" is pure dark noir-infused erotica. "The Good Girl," by award-winning feminist filmmaker Erika Lust of Barcelona, revisits the classic "pizza guy" porn cliche from the female point of view, as a smart businesswoman is challenged by her more adventurous pal to take erotic risks. Lusts newest short, "Handcuffs" is a brief glimpse into sleek nightclub and sideways glances revealing a sexy secret. "Headshot" and "Cocksucker," by two separate female directors, show the same act from opposite sides, in a breathless yet politically challenging take on, yes, the blowjob. Meanwhile, "Allen Ginsberg Gives Great Head" dissects Singaporean identity through the vaselined lens of an Adonis-like, self-pleasuring young hipster, and the Narcissister engages a "Hot Dog" in unseemly acts.
The 1963 short film "Christmas on Earth" is directed by famed filmmaker Barbara Rubin (best known as the 60s mover and shaker who introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground). Selected by local curator Andy Ditzler (Film Love), the film is set in a New York apartment where a group of men and women engage in an orgy. It is considered one of the first sexually explicit works produced by the American postwar avant-garde, and one of the very few made by a woman up to that point. We will screen Christmas on Earth the way Rubin herself did in the 60s: with two 16mm film reels running simultaneously (one image inside the other), a specially chosen soundtrack of 60s pop songs, and colored gels for the projectionist and audience to place over the projector lens.
Kink-O-Matic - Sunday, Feb 14, 6pm - $8
The fest wraps up with an evening of "sexy, smart, artful erotic short films with a twist — or a kink, if you will," says founder Kiki Carr. "These are films about sexuality that colors outside the lines, and celebrates all that is kinky, bdsm, leather or otherwise polymorphously perverse!"
There's no other film quite like Curt McDowell's "Pornografollies," which begins our Kink-O-Matic program. This rare 16mm film from 1970 San Francisco features a succession of performers doing sexual/genital vaudeville acts. Described by the New York Times as "slapdash surrealism...a musical of sorts, a bisexual scatological revue full of bad jokes, good humor, and and a general content that I could not begin to describe here," Pornografollies transmutes sexual variety into celebratory comedy.
Other pervy shorts include director Julie Simmon's very strange "Dolls Fit," Erika Lusts' view into the slick S&M that keeps sex fresh in "Married with Children," and director Anthony Viti's extremely raunchy "Asspig" and his Gus Van Sant-esque motion pictures from behind the scenes at bdsm web pornhouse Kink.com in "Mission & 14th." Narcissister gets a spanky workout in "Self-Gratifier," and "Strap-on Owl Beak" chronicles an actor's descent into an underground of perversity. And select videos by virtuoso filmmaker Tom Chomont depict the world of leather, BDSM, and erotic shaving with an intensity akin to spirituality.
Valentines' Play Party hosted by WhipperSnappers at Spring4th Center
Following the films, kinksters are invited to a special Valentine's play party at the Spring4th Center. The party starts at 8:30pm, and entry is only $5 -- and FREE! for CEFF ticket holders (from any screening). The play party is hosted by festival sponsor WhipperSnappers, an under-40 bdsm group, but the party is open to anyone over 18. Spring4th Center is located at 728 Spring St. NW
All-Fest Passes!
Film buffs can purchase festival passes good for all three shows for a mere $25, or $35 for a VIP Fest Pass, which includes the VIP luxury experience on Saturday night — and organizers are expecting sell outs, making this the best deal for one of the sexiest weekend in Atlanta. All films will be shown at Eyedrum Gallery, 290 MLK Jr. Dr. SE, 30312
CEFF is produced in part by Andy Ditzler's award-winning Film Love series, and PinkEye indie queer film salon. The Fest is generously funded by the Lloyd E. Russell Foundation, and supported by sponsors Dr. Bombay's, Spring4th Center, WhipperSnappers, Frolicon, and SouthEast Leather Fest. SPARK Reproductive Justice Now is the designated community partner.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.cineroticfest.com.
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