CineKink Update - March 3, 2010/CineKink NYC Wrap-Up Edition

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CINEKINK UPDATE - March 3, 2010/CineKink NYC Wrap-Up Edition
In this edition:
1) You be the judge…rate and review!
2) And the winner is...
3) Cinekink pics now online
4) The closing credits
5) And a final brought to you by...
6) But wait, there's more!
1) YOU BE THE JUDGE...RATE AND REVIEW!
You put all that time in the seats, be sure to let us know what you think!
Our CineKink NYC community gives you the ability to rate your favorites (and, though hard to fathom, not-so-favorites) and leave reviews on the films you saw throughout the festival.
These reviews are keenly anticipated by our filmmakers, fellow audience members, other festival programmers and all of us at CineKink, as we use them to help determine and promote bookings for our upcoming tour appearances.
Jump in and let us know: http://cinekink.bside.com/2010/buzz
2) AND THE WINNER IS…
**"CINEKINK CHOICE" - AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
CineKink Choice awards, which go to feature-length works in competition during the festival, were determined by audience balloting at the close of each eligible work's screening. The 2010 award winners are:
CineKink Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature:
"S&M Judge" (Erik Lamens, 2009, Belgium, 84 minutes)
CineKink Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature:
"My Sexuality: A Sensory Experience" (Felicia Giouzelis, 2009, USA, 64 minutes)
CineKink Choice Award - Honorable Mention:
"Waxie Moon" (Wes Hurley, 2009, USA, 70 minutes)
**"CINEKINK BEST" - JURY AWARD FOR BEST SHORTS
CineKink Best awards, which go to short works in competition during the festival, were determined by jury deliberation and ranking. The 2010 award winners are:
CineKink Best Narrative Short:
"Walking the Dog" (Luigi Campi, 2009, USA, 11 minutes)
CineKink Best Documentary Short:
"Balloons" (Charles Nuckolls, 2009, USA, 15 minutes)
CineKink Best Experimental Short:
"Handcuffs" (Erika Lust, 2009, Spain, 7 minutes)
CineKink Best Music Video:
"The Pinky Song" (Rick Ferguson, 2009, USA, 3 minutes)
CineKink Honorable Best Mentions:
"Coverage" (Jef Taylor, 2008, USA, 30 minutes)
"Hungry for Love" (Ruckus Skye, 2009, USA, 17 minutes)
"The Sheep and the Ranch Hand" (Loretta Hintz, 2009, USA, 12 minutes)
**"CINEKINK SELECT" - Special Festival Awards
The CineKink Select awards, occasionally presented to recognize artistic innovation, are determined by festival staff. The 2010 award winners are:
Special Festival Award for Creative Vision:
"Modern Love is Automatic" (Zach Clark, 2009, USA, 93 minutes)
"Anti-Samaritan Hotline" (A. Tad Chamberlain, 2009, USA, 23 minutes)
Special Festival Award for Outstanding Viral Achievement:
"Libidoland" (Julie Keck and Jessica King, 2009, USA, 15 minutes)
**"BRING IT!" - Adult Industry Showcase Award
The CineKink "Bring It!" award, the first ever, was determined by audience ballot during a presentation of excerpts showcasing recent adult cinema.
"Tristan Taormino's Rough Sex" (Tristan Taormino, 2009, USA, excerpt)
**"CINEKINK TRIBUTE" - Festival Award for Extraordinary Mainstream Depiction of Kink and Sex-Positivity
Works eligible for consideration this year were those released or aired in the United States from January 1 through December 31, 2009.
"American Swing"
(released by Magnolia Pictures; directed/produced by Mathew Kaufman and Jon Hart)
Honorable Mentions:
"Dollhouse" (Fox)
"Gossip Girl" (CW)
"How I Met Your Mother" (CBS)

3) CINEKINK PICS NOW ONLINE
Whether you're longing to relive the glory of CineKink NYC - or see all that you missed - we had some super-talented Stacie Joy back on hand recording the scene.
Go here for the round-up:
http://cinekink.com/blog/2010/03/pictures.html

4) CLOSING CREDITS
With recognition also to the always too numerous to mention producers, writers, crews and casts of each great piece, we were very honored to have in our 2010 CineKink NYC line-up the works of the following directors:
Marie Angel, Liselle Bailey, Carlos Batts, Jennifer Lyon Bell, Tinto Brass, Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Luigi Campi, Randy Caspersen, A. Tad Chamberlain, Zach Clark, Rick Ferguson, Dominic Ford, Mitutika Fuku, Felicia Giouzelis, Gabriela Granados, Ernest Greene, Lindsay Greer, Izabel Grondin, Loretta Hintz, Wes Hurley, Julie Keck, Jessica King, Erik Lamens, F.P. Lenze, Charles Lum, Ben Lumpkin, Louise Lush, Erika Lust, Yoni Marten, Stewart McCullough, Charles Nuckolls, Ovidie, Murielle Scherre, Stephanie Sellars, Julie Simone, Ruckus Skye, Steven Speliotis, Nathan Strausse, Tristan Taormino, Jef Taylor, Courtney Trouble, Jack Tyler, JX Williams, Chip Willis, Madison Young
And, of course, the festival would not have been possible without the work of a fine cadre of volunteers. Their efforts ran a wide and critical range - planning, advising, arranging and publicizing, schlepping and posting, ticket tearing and ushering, informing, schmoozing and hosting.
Festival Operations and Hospitality:
Bill Carpenter, Dan, Esther, Derek Graves, Eva Harris, Joshua Hightower, Patricia Johnson, Alan Levy, Mark Michaels, Monica, Richard Nealy, Francesca Rizzo, Ari Rosenbaum, Robert, Mark S., Selina Fire, Elizabeth Sheehan, Sissy Stephanie and Amie Ziner.
For keeping our website ticking throughout the year, an endless, tequila-infused river of gratitude for Heow Goodman.
For helping us tap a fresh infusion of donations and sponsorships, a breathless round of thanks for Laura/AAG.
For putting us better in touch with our audience and your wants and desires…the keenly analytical survey skills of Joshua Hightower.
For documenting our various hijinks and making sure we appear in the best light possible..Stacie Joy with her amazing still photography and the industrious Bill C., ramping up our brand-new video unit.
Many thanks also to John Mhiripiri and all of the staff at Anthology Film Archives…ten years and counting! And, most definitely, to our partners at the (just closed) B-Side, for putting up with us through all of our pre-production mania and being a valued part of our virtual office. We'll miss your current incarnation and look forward to whatever you get up to next!
Festival Jurors:
Viviane Tang, Mike White, Lolita Wolf and Bill Woods
Attending Filmmakers and Cohorts:
Giacomo Belletti, Luigi Campi, A. Tad Chamberlain, Zach Clark, Toby Fell-Holden, Dominic Ford, Connor Fox, Felicia Giouzelis, Kasia Kowalczyk, Erik Lamens, Laura Lea, Charles Lum, Jincey Lumpkin, Esq., Yoni Marten, Gerald McCullouch, Charles Nuckolls, Ovidie, Daryl Pittman, Patrick Richwood, Maggie Ross, Stephanie Sellars, Julie Simone, Melodie Sisk, Lane Skye, Ruckus Skye, Jef Taylor and Erin Wilhelmi
Kick-Off Gala
In addition to our festival volunteers and all who braved the elements to attend, thanks go to the wonderful crew at Kush, our luscious party venue. Thanks also to our evening's community sponsor, Pleasure Salon, along with our raffle donors, including Greg Delong of njoy (and njoy again!) and Princess Kali of Kink Academy. And, of course, our fabulous kick-off performers - N, Dizzy Swank and (in spirit) Sophie Minkman, along with Ari Rosenbaum, who kept the show running!
AfterGlow:
And for the AfterGlow, extra thanks to Jerry and his staff at Carousel Club….and to those adventurous sorts who dared to venture forth and partake :)
5) AND A FINAL BROUGHT TO YOU BY...
Again, our very sincere thanks to the sponsors of CineKink NYC/2010 for their help in keeping us vital! They include B-Side Entertainment, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Njoy and Soho Journal, along with Tied-Up Events, For The Girls, Hot Movies For Her, OMG!, Pink/White Productions, Scarleteen, Shelly’s Toy Box and Wet International.
And this go, we'd also like to thank our CineKinksters--Alpha Femme, AlwaysArousedGirl, Ask Garnet, Carrie, The Darker Side of Lust, E.F. Stewart, Freddy and Eddy, Joanna Cake, Lolita Wolf, Louis Friend, Lush Sex Stories, M. Makael Newby, Minivan Libertine, Mollena Williams, NippleCharms, Scot, Sex Gender Body and Viviane's Sex Carnival.
If you have the opportunity, please join us in thanking them for their support of CineKink NYC - and of sex-positive and kink-friendly film and video overall! (And, if you like, it's never too late to join them! http://cinekink.com/donate )
6) BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
Stayed tuned to this space for news on upcoming CineKink NYC encore screenings and other cinematic enticements!
Also look for advance notice as we take CineKink out on the road. We're still nailing down our schedule, so if you're interested in having CineKink come to you, drop us a line (cinekink2010 at cinekink dot com) and we'll see what we can work out.
And be sure to watch for updates on our CineKink filmmaker alumni, along with information on what sex-positive and kink-friendly programming is available on video/DVD/online and where you can get it!
In closing - finally! - many, many thanks again to our filmmakers, our sponsors, our advertisers, our volunteers - and mostly especially, to you, our audience, for being a part of the CineKink community. It was a definite pleasure to have met with so many great and wonderful people over the course of the festival and we truly appreciate the enthusiasm you've given to CineKink.
Thank you!
Lisa Vandever
Co-Founder & Director, CineKink

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