NEW YORK—Scheduled for February 25-March 2, 2014, the eleventh annual CineKink NYC will feature a specially-curated program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality. In addition to screenings, plans for the festival also include a short film competition, audience choice awards, a special adult entertainment showcase, and a gala kick-off party. A tour set to follow this event will showcase audience favorites from the NYC festival selections.
Billing itself as "the kinky film festival," the event is presented by CineKink, an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television. With offerings drawn from both the independent cinema world and the adult, works presented at CineKink NYC will range from documentary to drama, comedy to experimental, slightly spicy to quite explicit--and everything in between.
"The quality of the works coming in has been tremendous and we're looking forward to an excellent season," said Lisa Vandever, co-founder and director of CineKink. "As we head into the second decade of the festival, it's great to know we'll be setting off on such a strong note."
The 2013 festival saw Audience Choice Award honors given to Remedy (Cheyenne Picardo) for Best Narrative Feature with Betty Page Reveals All (Mark Mori) winning for Best Documentary Feature. In the shorts competition, juried festival awards went to Pinecone (Michael Markham) for Best Comedy Short, Krutch (Matthew Clark) for Best Dramatic Short, Impact (Mollena Williams) for Best Experimental Short, and to Zucht und Ordnung (Jan Soldat) and Ritual (Jörg Fockele), tied for Best Documentary Short. Honorable Best Mention awards were presented to 50 Seconds of 50 Shades (Bo Blaze), Amber (Aven Frey, Gala Vanting and Frank Ly) and Rift (Keith Hodder). The annual CineKink "Bring It!" award, determined by audience vote during a showcase of recent adult cinema, went to Joy Club (Petra Joy).
CineKink is currently completing its 2013 tour with a series of screenings in Australia, a first for the organization, concluding a season that also saw the festival visiting Austin, Chicago, Oakland, Portland and Berlin.
Primary sponsors for CineKink/2013 were Crystal Delights, KinkyMedical.net, the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, the Leather Archives and Museum, njoy and Takedown Piracy.
A call for entries to submit works for CineKink/2014 runs until December 12, 2013, and the festival line-up and schedule for CineKink NYC will be announced at the end of January.
For more information visit cinekink.com.
