NEW YORK—CineKink NYC returns for its tenth anniversary appearance on Tuesday, February 26th, bringing with it 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, presentations, audience choice awards, a fund-raising kick-off gala and a concluding Afterglow party.
Billing itself as "the kinky film festival," the event will run Feb. 26-March 3. Presented byCineKink, an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television, works presented at CineKink NYC will range from documentary to drama, comedy to experimental, mildly spicy to quite explicit—and everything in between.
The kink-filled festivities begin at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, with a fundraising kick-off extravaganza to be held at Taj (48 W. 21st Street, NYC), a pansexual celebration that, in addition to music and sexy performances, offers several cinematic gems up on the screen.
The festival then moves to Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Ave., NYC), Wednesday, Feb. 27, through Saturday, March 2, with several different film and video programs scheduled for each day.
An awards celebration and an AfterGlow play party complete the festivities on Sunday, March 3.
WEDNESDAY
Among the headliners, first up at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, the festival’s CineKink Season Opener screening of Remedy, based on writer/director Cheyenne Picardo’s personal experiences, follows a young woman into the dungeons of New York City and the world of professional domination and submission. Then, at 9:30 p.m., Mother Is Coming is a raunchy, romantic sex comedy set in the edgy and gender-bending underground of Berlin.
THURSDAY
At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, a special sneak preview of Bettie Page Reveals All provides an intimate look at the rise, fall, and rise again of one of the world’s most recognized and controversial sex symbols. Then, at 9:30 p.m., a collection of short works, Strange Live Acts, explores the relationship between pain and pleasure, performance and transcendence.
FRIDAY
At 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 1, Sexing the Transman explores the sexuality of transmen and the changes they experience as a result of their gender transitions from female to male. At 8:30 p.m., in Hooking Up, a hot mix of hot shorts looks at the magic of getting together and (maybe) getting it on. And at 10:30 p.m., Daredolls and Rubbersluts is a shiny collection of shiny works, all sharing a certain textile fixation.
SATURDAY
Kicking off at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 2, feminist pornographer Tristan Taormino takes the stage in The Feminist Porn Show, introducing the concept of feminist porn and playing a selection of short clips she has curated from filmmakers around the world. At 2:30 p.m. the discussion continues, as The Feminist Porn Panel explores what feminist porn is, how it relates to the mainstream adult industry, and some personal experiences creating, performing, or studying it. At 4:30 p.m., a special industry showcase, Bring It!, features a dazzling array of talent from today's adult cinema, each representing a wide range of genres and visual styles, all stepping up with a hot sampling of their recent creative endeavors. At 7:15 p.m., Release is a taut and sexy collection of shorts that play with the dynamics found between build-up and relief. And at 9:30 p.m., in the festival’s Closing Night Tribute, it’s a meticulously restored version of Radley Metzger’s The Opening Of Misty Beethoven, widely considered to be the greatest adult film of all time and the apex of porno chic.
SUNDAY
CineKink NYC concludes the evening of Sunday, March 3 at 6 p.m., with an Awards Celebration, including presentation of the annual festival awards, to be followed at 9 p.m. by the CineKink Afterglow Party, one last chance to mingle with like-minded festival-goers and enjoy a few additional screenings, this time in a relaxed play party setting. The locations for both events will be announced at a later date.
For more information and advance tickets, visit Cinekink.com.
