SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Pink and White Productions has announced the schedule of screenings and events for the third annual San Francisco PornFilmFestival, set to be held in-person at the Brava Theater and virtually on PinkLabel.tv August 24-27.
A collection of over 70 selected titles spans experimental to documentary genres, to be presented from the Bay Area and internationally in a festival that strives to expand the cinematic landscape of sexuality.
The festivities begin online on Wednesday, August 24, when FORE/PLAY kicks off with a 24-hour offering of specially selected movies on-demand. The sexual history of the Bay Area will be showcased through selections including Submission Possible: San Francisco, in which erotic artist Madison Young reunites a community of sexual luminaries, misfits, artists, kinksters and activists such as Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Stephens, Midori and Cleo DuBois. Raw! Uncut! Video! chronicles the rise and fall of homegrown gay porn studio Palm Drive Video and explores how a devoted couple helped battle a devastating health crisis by promoting kinky sex. Local favorites East Bay Brats 4 by TroubleFilms and Filthy FemDom’s Club Cuck showcase the Bay Area’s contemporary BDSM porn producers.
Thursday, August 25, artists will come together at 11 a.m. PT, streaming online from across the seas in a filmmaker chat with meet and greet. Later that evening at 7 p.m., Fred Halsted's 1974 L.A. Plays Itself will kick off the Online Opening Film Showcase. The film will be preceded by early 2000s lesbian erotic classic Hey Sailor, Hey Sister with producers sharing a live Q&A with festival director and queer moviemaker Shine Louise Houston.
On Friday, August 26, the festival goes hybrid with two shorts programs broadcasting live from the Brava Theater. REEL/SEX screens shorts with a documentary flavor at 4:30 p.m. MostlyPics House director and star Vanniall will be in attendance. Then at 7:30 p.m., SEX/SCENE presents local highlights Chaac and Yum by director Roberto Fatal and performers Xav S-F and Snowflake Calvert (aka Daniel Arizmendi), L'Ingrediente Principale by Isis Tatiana Hockenos and Haley Myer, Transform by Domina Mara and Eternal Flame by duo BeyonDeep. A live on-stage director Q&A will follow.
Festival programing comes to a close on Saturday, August 27 with FUCKING/FUN at 4:30 p.m., presenting comedic and clever shorts. Gene Graham's contemporary documentary on Black America through the underground world of exotic dancing in This One's for the Ladies screens as the festival's Closing Night Film at 7 p.m.
Neighborhood night scene favorite Pop’s Bar will serve as the festival’s in-person mixer both evenings, with a closing night afterparty on Saturday after the final show.
All programs will be available on-demand through September 10.
The 2022 San Francisco PornFilmFestival is presented by PinkLabel.TV and made possible thanks to the financial support of Premier Sponsors Adult Time, Zaawaadi, and over 70 crowdunding backers. The festival fundraiser continues with a stretch goal of $15,000.
Pre-sale festival passes are available through the campaign perks. Find the crowdfunding campaign here.
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