Whet your appetite with this special selection of over twenty films spanning shorts, features, erotica and documentaries from the Bay Area and beyond.
Get to know the creators behind the films with our annual filmmaker meet and greet. This event is online only, welcoming filmmakers from around the world. Hosted by Festival Director Shine Louise Houston. (If you miss the chat, a recording will be available in ‘Re/Play’ August 19-31.)
Beautiful, powerful, quirky, and fascinating, these short documentary films provide new perspectives on sexuality. From intimate exposé on sexual conditions and longing, to historical perspectives on female sexuality and religious reclaimations, to rare looks behind the scenes in adult filmmaking and experimental documentaries about bondage. Followed by a pre-recorded Q&A with the filmmakers.
Better than Sex: The Movie Magic of Editing Porn
Instructor: Shine Louise Houston
Saturday August 17th 4:00 – 4:50pm
Brava Theater, San Francisco
Tickets: TBD
Description:
Award-winning filmmaker Shine Louise Houston presents a special “crash course” designed especially for new movie makers, though all are welcome to attend. She’ll address key principles and editing concepts, software options, show work examples, and reveal how editing can make or break the hottest porn film.
What to bring and expect:
While the conversation and film examples might be explicit, no in-person sex will be involved. Audience members are not expected to bring any editing equipment. The festival invites participants to be open-minded and respectful, creating a safe environment for education and creativity.
Please contact us if you have access needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
“Ceci N’est Pas Une Porn…”
How do YOU define porn? Will you know it when you see it? This short film curation explores the erotic image through animation, intimate gesture, and poetic storytelling.
Broadcasting LIVE from the Brava Theater with host Q Wilson! Followed by a post-screening filmmaker Q&A. Doors open at 5:30PM, 30 minutes before the show.
“A smorgasbord in sexual storytelling!”
Experimental, explicit, funny, and just plain fun to watch, these short films span humor and creativity. Broadcasting LIVE from the Brava Theater with host Q Wilson! Followed by a post-screening filmmaker Q&A. Doors open at 8:00 PM, 30 minutes before the show.
Whether you’re orchestrating a large production set with a dedicated intimacy coordinator, or collaborating without a crew, just one-on-one with a performer, creating a sex scene, or bringing in BDSM elements, there are many aspects to consider for the safety of your performer, yourself, and everyone involved. Workshop instructor Fivestar, director of FilthyFemdom.com and owner of Filthy Studios is here to break it all down!
A content creator and bondage rigger with almost two decades of experience in the adult entertainment industry spanning straight, LGBTQ, and fetish genres, Fivestar is a well-respected BDSM professional and eager to spread the knowledge to make your sets both safe and sexy.
What to bring and expect:
This is a theater, not a porn set. While the conversation might be explicit, no sex will be involved. Audience members are not expected to bring any photography equipment. The festival invites participants to be open-minded and respectful, creating a safe environment for education and creativity.
Please contact us if you have access needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
“Everything is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power.”
Bondage and fisting and safewords… Oh My! Tonight’s consensually kinky cinema explores taboos and tests our limits. Content notes include the aforementioned, plus blood, spit, and… puppets?
Broadcasting LIVE from the Brava Theater with host Q Wilson! Followed by a post-screening filmmaker Q&A. Doors open at 5:30 PM, 30 minutes before the show.
“If you think you know porn, think again!”
From fantastical sex and spicy music videos to representation that matters, short films reflect the wide range of what sex looks like on camera. Broadcasting LIVE from the Brava Theater with host Q Wilson! Includes a post-screening filmmaker Q&A. Stick around for our festival’s closing night AFTER/PARTY following the screening. Doors open at 8:00 PM, 30 minutes before the show.
Did you miss a program? Want to watch a film again? Get access to stream all the films unlimited August 19th through August 31st.
How to watch: Log in and click WATCH NOW and browse film stream to your heart’s desire. (Don’t have a ticket yet? Purchase a Virtual Ticket and follow the email instructions to activate.)
