BOSTON—Alla Prima, a short film from director and Sssh.com founder Angie Rowntree, has been named a finalist in the Best Erotic/Adult Short Film category of the International Shorts Film Festival.
The selection means Alla Prima will be screened along with the rest of the ISFF winners and finalists at the festival, which runs Dec. 6-12 in Melbourne, Australia.
“I am honored to have my work named as a finalist and very excited about Alla Prima being screened at the upcoming International Shorts Film Festival,” Rowntree said. “I’m so proud of this film and the incredible performances of Ava Mir-Ausziehen and Malcolm Lovejoy. The connection and intimacy between them are so intense you can truly feel the passion build as the film unfolds.”
The Alla Prima trailer is available to view at https://sssh.com/allaprima_trailer/.
While Rowntree is known for her story-driven features, Alla Prima takes a different approach, offering a film driven almost entirely by its visual elements. Together, Mir-Ausziehen and Lovejoy craft an erotic scene which goes beyond mere sexual intertwining. The performers serve as a collective canvas, creating a living painting which changes with each touch, kiss and caress. Cool blues and rich golds cascade down their bodies as the intense, mutual pleasure builds. While the sex in Rowntree’s films is always artful, in Alla Prima, the unification of sex and art becomes literal.
“I’m always looking for different ways to explore new territory in erotic film,” Rowntree said of Alla Prima’s departure from her more plot-driven work. “Each different film is its own world, whether it’s a feature or a short. In Alla Prima’s world, the focus is on the message Ava and Malcolm send with their bodies, which is all about the beauty people both create and embody when they’re making love.”
For more information on the International Shorts Film Fest, visit InternationalShorts.org and follow the ISFF on Twitter @shorts_ff. You can also follow Rowntree on Twitter at @AngieRowntree. For more information about Sssh.com (@ssshforwomen) or Rowntree’s other films, contact [email protected] or Jenn Shires at [email protected].
