CineKink Kicks Off Kinky Film Festival Tour in Oakland / Thursday, August 3

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York, NY; July 10, 2017 – Films that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality will screen on Thursday, August 3, at 9:00 PM, as CineKink, “the kinky film festival,” returns to Oakland for a hot, one-night stand.

Screening at The New Parkway (474 24th Street, Oakland), “Best of CineKink/2017” is a collection of sexy shorts deemed the best during CineKink’s most recent festival run. This year’s assortment, with works ranging from mildly spicy to quite explicit, includes a musical extravaganza celebrating San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair, a swinger hook-up gone slightly awry, and an erotic, kink-filled journey set in New York’s infamous Chelsea Hotel. Among the line-up are ‘Folsom Street’ (Aron Kantor), ’Tabook’ (Dario van Vree), ‘Like Totally Hot Couple Seeking Same’ (Marcel Simoneau & Kirsten Russell), ‘Trinity’ (Ms. Naughty), ‘The Hutong Vibe’ (Fan Popo) and ‘The Erotic Dreams of the Chelsea Hotel’ (Tony Notarberardino & Cassandra Rosebeetle).

Admission is $12, $10 for students/seniors, with advance purchase strongly recommended; 18 and over only.

For more information and advance tickets, visit http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour/tour-2017/oakland

The 2017 CineKink festival tour is sponsored by Bowery Bliss, Leather Archives and Museum, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and njoy.

Other tour dates ahead include Portland (August 8) and Chicago (November 10-11), with additional cities to be announced shortly. For general information, and to stay up to date with CineKink news, visit http://dev.cinekink.com.

About CineKink:
Now in its 14th season, CineKink is an annual film festival and national screening tour that celebrates and explores the wide diversity of sexuality. Presented by CineKink, an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television, works showcased by the festival range from documentary to drama, spicy to explicit – and everything in between! For more information, visit http://dev.cinekink.com.

Keywords: CineKink, Lisa Vandever, kink film festival, fetish film festival, erotic film festival, Oakland, New Parkway

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CINEKINK: OAKLAND – 2017
individual film descriptions

** Thursday, August 3 – 9:00 PM

BEST OF CINEKINK/2017
A collection of sexy shorts deemed the best during CineKink’s most recent festival run. This year’s assortment, with works ranging from documentary to drama, comedy to experimental, mildly spicy to quite explicit, includes:

Best Musical Short
FOLSOM STREET
A kink and fetish-fueled dance explosion in celebration of the Folsom Street Fair.
(Directed by Aron Kantor, 2015, USA, 6 minutes.)

Best Animated Short:
TABOOK
While browsing the bookstore, Gwen is unexpectedly drawn to a volume of kinky erotica. (Directed by Dario van Vree, 2016, The Netherlands, 3 minutes.)

Best Comedy Short:
LIKE TOTALLY HOT COUPLE SEEKING SAME
Isabelle and Jean Luc are a normal, uptight, Parisian couple in search of a way to spice up their marriage. So they travel to the one place in the world known for its debauchery… Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (Directed by Marcel Simoneau & Kirsten Russell, 2015, USA, 17 minutes.)

Honorable Best Mention
TRINITY
“Sometimes in a relationship you need to shake things up a bit.” (Directed by Ms. Naughty, 2017, USA, 6 minutes.)

Honorable Best Mention
THE HUTONG VIBE
Two women meet in a B&B along a hutong, or alley, in Beijing. One of them acts unfriendly and bashful, the other is bold and flirty. What will happen when they get closer and closer? Part performance, part documentary, and purportedly the first feminist porn out of China. (Directed by Fan Popo, 2016, China, 19 minutes.)

Best Dramatic Short:
THE EROTIC DREAMS OF THE CHELSEA HOTEL
A sumptuous and erotic journey in the legendary Chelsea Hotel, as a mysterious woman is led by a voyeuristic man through a series of sexual experiences involving several eccentric characters. (Directed by Tony Notarberardino & Cassandra Rosebeetle, 2016, USA, 30 minutes.)

Total program running time is 81 minutes.