Half a century ago, San Francisco became the first city in the United States to host a public screening of hardcore sex, when the International Erotic Film Festival premiered at the Presidio Theatre. We marked the event’s 50th anniversary with the launch our own San Francisco adult film festival in 2020 and strive to unite other film festivals around the world. Here are a few festivals within our network:
PornFilmFestival Vienna
Location: Vienna, Austria
Date: April 12-16, 2023
PornFilmFestivalVienna.at
Brussels PornFilmFestival
Location: Belgium
Date: May 4-7, 2023
brusselspornfilmfestival.com
PopPorn Film Festival
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date: TBA
Excentrico Festival
Location: Valparaíso + Santiago, Chile
Date: January 23-28 2023 (in-person) and online January 30 – February 5th (hosted by PinkLabel.TV)
excentricofest.com
Natural Instincts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: May 25-27 2023
https://www.natural-instincts.eu/
PornFilmFestival Berlin
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: October 24-29, 2023 (in-person) and October 30 – November 14 (online)
PornFilmFestivalBerlin.de
PorYes Feminist Porn Award
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: October 21-23 2023 (bi-annual)
PorYes.de
Porn is So Boring (part of Toronto Queer Film Festival)
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: March 21 – April 21, 2024
torontoqueerfilmfest.com
Satyrs and Maenads: the Athens Porn Film Festival
Location: Athens
Date: June 1-4 2023
AthensPFF.com
CE I HO PORNO
Location: Bologna, Italy
Date: 2023 TBA
FilmFreeway.com/CeLhoCortoFilmFestival
Fish & Chips Film Festival
Location: Turin, Italy
Date: October 25 – 29, 2023
fishandchipsfilmfestival.it
Hacker Porn Film Festival
Location: Rome, Italy
Date: 2024 TBA
HackerPornFest.com
UNCENSORED Festival
Location: London, UK
Date: 2024 TBA
uncensoredfest.com
Post Pxrn Film Festival Warsaw
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Date: June 13-18, 2023
ppffw.pl
Barcelona PornFilmFestival
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Date: October 5-8, 2023
ppffw.pl
La Fête du Slip
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Date: 2024 TBA
LaFeteDuSlip.ch
Porny Days – Film Kunst Festival
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Date: November 22 – 25, 2023
PornyDays.love
Hot Bits Festival
Location: Baltimore and Philadelphia
Date: 2024 TBA
hotbitsfilmfest.com
CineKink
Location: New York, USA
Date: August 2-6, 2023 (In-person and online screenings. Online presented by PinkLabel.TV)
CineKink.com
Failed Films Festival
Location: Los Angeles
Date: November 11th, 2023
FailedFilms.info
Hump Film Festival
Location: Seattle and tours to other cities, USA
Date: Year-round (In-person and online screenings.)
HumpFilmFest.com
San Francisco PornFilmFestival
Location: San Francisco, USA
Date: August 16th – September 3rd, 2023 (In-person at Brava Theater and online presented by PinkLabel.TV)
SFPFF.pinklabel.tv
San Francisco Trans Film Festival (includes one porn shorts screening)
Location: San Francisco, USA
Date: November 10th, 2023 (In-person at Roxie Theater and online)
sftff.org
SECS Fest
Location: Seattle, USA
Date: November 10-11, 2023
SECSFest.org
Sex Worker Film & Arts Festival
Location: San Francisco, USA
Date: May 19th – 28th 2023
SexWorkerFest.com
Thank you to Ms. Naughty’s Sexy Short Films to the PornFilmFestival Berlin, and to the PinkLabel.TV Adult Film Events Calendar for collecting this info. Some festivals on this list may not be specifically erotic in theme, but have had adult-focused programming. For more festival submission announcements and other opportunities, join PinkLabel.TV’s Filmmaker Newsletter.