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CINEKINK UPDATE/Annual Awards Edition - October 25, 2005
In this edition:
1) CineKink Choice
2) CineKink Best
3) CineKink Tribute
4) Brought to you by ...
Rounding out a run of record attendances, CineKink NYC filmmakers and fans gathered at the spankingly new and beautiful Bacchus Studio on Sunday night for the film festival's gala closing ceremony and announcements of awards in a range of categories.
************** AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS - "CineKink Choice"
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 2005 award winners are:
CINEKINK CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE:
'Going Under' (Eric Werthman, 2004, USA, 98 minutes; starring Roger Rees, Geno Lechner and Miho Nikaido)
A sensuous and emotionally complex tale of seemingly impossible love between a married psychotherapist and the professional dominatrix he's been seeing for several years.
CINEKINK CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
'Pornology New York' (Michele Capozzi, 2005, USA, 85 minutes)
A paean to underground New York, circa 1970-85, and four of its most colorful protagonists - Michele Capozzi, urban explorer and self-titled pornologist; Neville Chambers, founder of the infamous F*ck Factory; Lenny Waller, long-time front-man of the now-defunct Hellfire Club and renowned pornstar/mistress/shaman, Porsche Lynn.
(* = self-censored by CineKink in order to bypass various internet filters)
CINEKINK CHOICE AWARD - HONORABLE MENTION FEATURE:
'Original Pride: The Satyrs Motorcycle Club' (Scott Bloom, 2005, USA, 56 minutes) An anecdote-laden look at one of the first gay men's social organizations, founded in 1954, the leather-clad and Harley-driving Satyrs Motorcycle Club.
************** JURIED FESTIVAL AWARD FOR BEST SHORTS - "CineKink Best"
CineKink Best awards, which go to short works in competition during the festival, were determined this year by jury deliberation and ranking. The 2005 award winners are:
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
'Moustache' (Vicki Sugars, 2004, Australia, 13 minutes)
Mother Nature lends a hand to spice up one woman's boring married life.
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
'Pup' (Antonia Kao, 2005, USA, 22 minutes)
A tender documentary that follows two gay, Christian leathermen as they prepare to compete in the International Puppy Contest.
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT (tie):
'Harigata: The Alien Dildo That Turned Women Into Sex-Hungry Lesbos' (Szu Burgess, 2003, USA, 9 minutes)
Posits that the invasion of Harigata - the dildo in Japanese culture - may in fact be America's worst nightmare come true.
'Meat' (Joe Gallant, 2005, USA, 6 minutes)
A meditation on love in the crosshairs, the post-mod tectonic power-shift so visible in contemporary relationships.
HONORABLE BEST MENTIONS:
'Open' (Teale Failla, 2005, USA, 12 minutes)
An open relationship turns the lives of three women into a whirlwind of betrayal, bingo and sex toys.
'Powerplay' (Greg Lawson, 2004, Netherlands, 3 minutes)
A classic animated slapstick of business and passion.
'Sullivan's Last Call' (Francesca Rizzo, 1996, USA, 18 minutes)
A sexy little film about...celibacy.
This year's jurors, the festival's inaugural panel, included filmmaker Elizabeth Elson, winner of a CineKink Choice Award last year for her documentary 'Born in a Barn;' Thor Stockman, creator and presenter of the popular film clip program "S/M at the Movies: The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous;" and Bill Woods, a film festival programmer and curator of the New Filmmakers series at Anthology Film Archives.
************** EXTRAORDINARY DEPICTION OF KINK - "CineKink Tribute"
Recognizing extraordinary depiction of kink in mainstream film and television, the annual CineKink Tribute was presented to:
'Kinsey' (2004, USA, 96 minutes)
Director: Bill Condon
Screenwriter: Bill Condon
Cast: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Peter Sarsgaard, Chris O'Donnell
Producer: Gail Mutrux
Executive Producers: Frances Ford Coppola, Kirk D'Amico, Michael Kuhn and Bobby Rock
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Released in November 2004, 'Kinsey' was honored by CineKink for its intimate and moving portrayal of the pioneering sexologist Dr. Alfred Kinsey and the profound impact his research has had on the ways we think about sex.
CINEKINK TRIBUTE HONORABLE MENTIONS (aka The CineKink Nod)
'Desperate Housewives' (ABC)
'Dr. 90210' (E! Television)
'Wedding Crashers' (New Line Cinema)
************** BROUGHT TO YOU BY...
And still more sincere thanks to the sponsors of CineKink NYC for their help in keeping us vital! They are HX Magazine and Affinity Films, along with Arena Studios, Black and Blue Ball, DeMask, Devious Delights, Fetishwear.net, HotMovies.com, JT's Stockroom, Mercy Magazine, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Purple Passion, Redlight TV, SingleReel and Sissy Maid Academy.
Community sponsors include DomSubFriends, EditrixAbby, Gay Male S/M Activists, Lesbian Sex Mafia, Pariah's MC, Polyamorous NYC, Shooting People and The Eulenspiegel Society.
If you have the opportunity, please join us in thanking them for their support of CineKink NYC - and of kink-positive film and video overall!
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