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CineKink Announces Kinky Line-Up for Sixth Annual Festival
February 24-March 1, 2009
NEW YORK, NY; February 11, 2009 - CineKink NYC returns for its sixth annual appearance on Tuesday, February 24th, 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 gala kick-off and a concluding afterglow party.
Billing itself as "the really alternative film festival," the event will run February 24-March 1, 2009. Presented by CineKink, 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, mildly spicy to quite explicit - and everything in between.
"With the amount of film and video we had under consideration jumping another fifty percent this year, it was a real challenge to cull everything down to fit the limited screening time we have available to us," said Lisa Vandever, Co-Founder and Director of CineKink. "Sex-positive filmmaking has really been coming into its own in the years we've been doing the festival and we're now reaping the benefit, with a stellar line-up of smart, sexy works to offer our audiences."
The kink-filled festivities begin Tuesday, February 24th, at 8 PM, with a fundraising kick-off gala and opening night screening to be held at Kush Lounge (191 Chrystie Street, NYC), a pansexual celebration that, in addition to music and performances, features a trio of cinematic works centered on fantasy and desire - ARTCORE, THE BLUE ROSE and EROTIC MOMENTS.
The festival then moves to Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, NYC), Wednesday, February 25 through Saturday, February 28, with several different film and video programs scheduled for each day. An awards celebration and a party complete the festivities on Sunday, March 1.
Wednesday
Among the headliners, first up, on Wednesday, February 25 at 6:45 PM, is the festival's CineKink Season Opener screening of SEX POSITIVE, a compelling profile of Richard Berkowitz, a one-time S/M hustler turned AIDS activist, and his role in shaping our understanding of safe sex. Then, at 9:00 PM, in the psycho-sexual horror/thriller MINDFLESH, a London taxi driver must come to grips with increasingly realistic apparitions of a beautiful woman and intense fantasies that suddenly veer well beyond the realm of consent.
Thursday
On Thursday, February 26 at 6:45 PM, it's WHIPS & RESTRAINT, a kinky collection of shorts that dip into the toy-bag and play with the dynamics of sexual power and release, control and submission. Then, at 9 PM, the works in LIPSTICK & CRINOLINES make for a colorfully pansexual mash-up of gender frolics, blurred boundaries, several pairs of Lycra bicycle shorts--and some very high style!
Friday
On Friday, February 27 at 6:45 PM, THE WORKSHOP travels to a wooded glade near San Francisco, where a controversial 10-day seminar challenges the boundaries of normal convention and takes on societal constructs of sexuality and monogamy. At 9 PM the shorts program, WANTON FEMALE DESIRE, celebrates the pursuit of female pleasure and offers up some general guidance as to what it is that a woman might want. And at 11:10 PM, GRAPHIC SEXUAL HORROR takes a long peek behind the imposing facade of the notorious bondage website Insex.com, to explore the dark mind of its artistic creator and ask hard questions about personal responsibility and consent.
Saturday
Kicking off Saturday, February 28 at 12:30 PM, and playing with several other BDSM-related shorts, KINKY is a sexy, informative and humorous look at black sexuality, fetish and kink. At 2:30 PM, HAPPY ENDINGS? is an intriguing exploration of the Asian massage parlor industry in a city where a 25-year-old loophole has made the exchange of sex for money legal--as long as it happens indoors. At 4:30 PM, the comedic MARTA'S SEX TAPE, about a painter who decides to make "special films" to pay off a loan, plays with two other colorful shorts on some ins-and-outs of work in the adult sphere. At 6:45 PM it's TWISTED KNICKERS, a swirl of assorted kinky comedic bits, some of them funny "ha-ha," some of them just a little bit off-kilter. At 9 PM, THE AUTEUR, a mélange of romantic comedy and raunchy satire set in the world of adult film, tells the story of renowned porn director Arturo Domingo, the creative genius behind such classics as 'Five Easy Nieces' and 'Requiem for a Wet Dream.'
And, closing out the festival's regular screening schedule at 11:10 PM, a special event, 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.
CineKink NYC concludes the evening of Sunday, March 1 at 6 PM, with an Awards Celebration, including encore screenings of jury-selected best shorts from the week and presentation of the annual festival awards, to be followed at 8:3O PM 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 www.cinekink.com.
TICKETS AND PASSES
Advance tickets and passes may be purchased via the CineKink website (http://www.cinekink.com) or by calling (800) 838-3006.
Ticket prices for each regular screening are $10/$8 advance; $6 for seniors and students, door only. Admission to the Kick-Off Gala & Opening Night Screening is a suggested donation of $15/$10 advance; admission to the Afterglow Party is $30, advance purchase only. The Awards Celebration on Sunday evening is free of charge.
Discounted all-access festival passes, covering admission to all 13 regular screening programs, plus all parties, are available in advance for $85; $75 for members of any alternative sexuality organization; $60 students/seniors.
A film pass, covering admission to regular film screenings only, is $70 in advance; $60 for members of any alternative sexuality organization; $50 students/seniors.
The festival passes represent a nearly 50 percent discount over individual ticket purchase and availability will be limited.
SPONSORS
Sponsors of CineKink NYC/2009 include Arena Studios, B-Side Entertainment, HX Magazine and Njoy, along with DDevious Delights, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Purple Passion and Redlight TV.
Community sponsors include Cake NYC, DomSubFriends, Gay Male S/M Activists, Leather Invasion, Lesbian Sex Mafia, New York Boys of Leather, NY Shooters, Pariah's MC, Pleasure Salon, Polyamorous NYC and The Eulenspiegel Society.
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FOR INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS/SYNOPSES:
http://www.cinekink.com/presskit/synopses/
FOR EVENT LISTINGS:
http://www.cinekink.com/presskit/listings/
FOR A LINK TO THIS PRESS RELEASE W/SYNOPSES
http://www.cinekink.com/presskit/releases/090211.html
PLEASE NOTE: Photos and event credentials are available on request; for more information go to http://www.cinekink.com/press/ or email as below.
CONTACT: Lisa Vandever
PHONE: 917-609-5928 (press contacts only, please, not for publication)
EMAIL: press2009 at cinekink.com
WEBSITE: http://www.cinekink.com
BLOG: http://cinekink.com/blog
ABOUT CINEKINK NYC
Billing itself as "the really alternative film festival," CineKink NYC returns for its sixth annual appearance February 24-March 1, 2009, to be followed by a national showcase tour. Presented by CineKink, an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television, works featured at CineKink range from documentary to drama, camp comedy to hot porn, mildly spicy to quite explicit - and everything in between.
CineKink
1092 St. Georges Avenue, #190
Rahway, NJ 07065

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