Directed by Erika Lust, whose short works have won numerous awards at CineKink over the years, CABARET DESIRE weaves together several erotic vignettes, each introduced by a “poetry courtesan” at a bohemian gathering where readings, dance and music create a sensual vibe.

Set against a sumptuous Barcelona backdrop, CABARET DESIRE was inspired by the real-life Poetry Brothel, based in New York, and features some of its performers in setting each story into motion, tracing a journey through four tales of intimacy, love, passion and sex. A young woman grows tired of sexual labels and throws off having to choose. A poet recounts the unconventional escapades of his mysterious mother. At the brink of thirty, a woman looks at how her life has converged from the fantasies of her youth. The participants of a heated, short-lived tryst nervously anticipate their reunion an entire year later.

Cabaret Desire – Trailer from Erika Lust on Vimeo.

“It’s a genuine delight to have CABARET DESIRE open up this year’s festival and season,” said Lisa Vandever, co-founder and director of CineKink. “Erika Lust is an amazing director, whose explicitly erotic work demonstrates a real cinematic sensibility. Gorgeous filmmaking, engaging performances and a great sense of story — her films really exemplify everything that CineKink exists to encourage.”

CABARET DESIRE will screen on Wednesday, February 8, 7:00 pm at Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, NYC), where the majority of the festival screenings are also unfolding.

CineKink NYC kicks off the previous evening, Tuesday, February 7, with a gala fundraising kick-off party, and runs through Sunday, February 12, concluding with an awards ceremony and an AfterGlow closing party.

For more information and tickets, visit http://www.cinekink.com

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Studio Servitu is located at 800 McGarry Street, Los Angeles – below is a map indicating entrance and parking.

Studio Servitu is a big pink building off the corner of Alameda and Olympic.

The parking lot is off Alameda. If you pull up to the building from McGarry, you will find the parking lot on the opposite side of the building. It is a gated secure lot, with security, and one of our staff will be there to greet you.

If you’d like to bring additional guests, please be sure to buy extra advance tickets or RSVP to studioservitu@gmail.com.

See you there!

Location and parking for Studio Servitu - click to enlarge

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This post, CineKink LA : Saturday @ Studio Servitu, originally appeared on Cinekink on October 14, 2011. Tweet This Post!
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Delighted to see that lovely Isabella Rossellini is back with more zoological, er, probings in Seduce Me: The Spawn of Green Porno. Herein, the frisky and somewhat scandalous adventures of Bambi’s kin.

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This post, We’re waiting, Champ!, originally appeared on Cinekink on October 8, 2011. Tweet This Post!
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This year we were in a great, new cinema, Theatre7, located in the city’s up-and-coming arts district. And once again, we were thrilled at the enthusiastic Vegas audience that came out to check on our CineKinky offerings … and at the gratifying attention afforded us for the kick-off of our 2011 national tour!

Chatting up CineKink founder Lisa Vandever

Film and Kink Collide at CineKink

CineKink festival’s sexy films stirred crowds and conversation

And an exhilarating discussion we had about sex, cinema and Las Vegas on the local National Public Radio affiliate: KNPR: CineKink and Sex in Film

Much gratitude to filmmakers Vivian Darkbloom (Indietro) and Mike Skiff (Kink Crusaders), for making the trip to Vegas to support their films, and to Las Vegas Weekly film reviewer Josh Bell and Lynn Comella for joining us on our lively Sex/Cinema panel discussion.

And many thanks to Chad Freeman and Derek Stonebarger for the gracious Theatre7 hospitality… and to everyone who came out for the festivities!

It was a wonderful time and we’re already looking forward to seeing you next year for CineKink: Las Vegas 2012. But shhh….

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Herewith … the CineKink 2011 festival trailers!

CineKink 2011: Totally Hot

CineKink 2011: Sexplorations

CineKink 2011: Pron Preverts

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This post, Coming soon!, originally appeared on Cinekink on March 9, 2011. Tweet This Post!
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52 Takes of the Same Thing, Then Boobs
AlphaFemmes
Baby Cake
Behind the “Scene”
Billy Castro Does the Mission
Black Rose Tango
Bucking the System
Butterfly Caught
Cactus
Caged
Chained!
Chloe’s Column: Fuck Fame
Choices
The Cowboy
The Cultural War is a Diversion
The Erotic Couch
Fucking is the Only Prayer
For My Darling
Freak
GayKeith
Hooka Face and the Virgin Boy
Horsey
Indietro
Julia
Kink Crusaders
Life, Love, Lust
Little Deaths
Love Hotel
Love, Hugs and Kisses, Sissy Stephanie
Man With a Bolex Movie Camera
Ms. Thing
My Erotic Video Art
My Own Master
An Open Invitation: A Real Swingers Party in San Francisco
Passion, Fruit
Piss
Porno Person
Return of the Post-Apocalyptic Cowgirls
Run Run It’s Him
Sex Workers: Your Voices Count
Sexual Radar
Shake It
Skin’s First Suspension
Sunday
Teat Beat of Sex
Trannywood Gone Wild
Tristan Taormino’s Rough Sex II
Turning Japanese
When Harry Met Chesty
Wiggle Room

Wanna watch? If so, be sure to block out your calendar so you don’t miss a single second of the CineKinky wonders!

Tuesday, March 1
8 pm/Kick-Off Gala

Screenings @ Anthology Film Archives
3/2 – 6:45 pm/+
3/3 – 6:45 pm/+
3/4 – 6:45 pm/+
3/5 – 1:00 pm/+

Sunday, March 6
6 pm/Awards Celebration
9 pm/AfterGlow Party

See you there…!!

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This post, A sneak peek!, originally appeared on Cinekink on February 7, 2011. Tweet This Post!
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Here’s to a new year full of precisely what you want … Happy 2011!

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This post, Alright, 2011 – let’s see what you got!, originally appeared on Cinekink on January 1, 2011. Tweet This Post!
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So glad that somebody finally put those lyrics to obvious and very good use!

Just in time for Christmas, CineKink alumnus Bryan Jackson give us Little Taiko Boy リトル太鼓ボーイ, mixing cultures and holiday traditions to present a shiny and colorful take on wrapping gifts for a, um, loved one.

Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum?

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If you’re submitting via Withoutabox, you’ll still need to get your info into their system before midnight on Friday (11/26). But whichever way you submit, you can hold off shipping until Monday.

Granted, that’s not a huge chunk of time, but it should allow you to maintain an appropriate level of holiday slack before snapping to attention, double-checking those final edits, getting your screening DVDs burned and dropping your package into the mail after the festivities have subsided.

You’re welcome… now go enjoy your turkey!

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This post, A holiday reprieve!, originally appeared on Cinekink on November 25, 2010. Tweet This Post!
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Directed by Flemish filmmaker Erik Lamens and based on a celebrated Belgian incident, the film tells of a respected judge who, desperate to save his marriage, reluctantly gives in to fulfilling the masochistic desires his wife has been hiding from him for decades. Initially shocked at her revelation, his love helps him overcome his inhibitions, and they begin to enjoy a secret life in the city’s underground S/M scene. But when the two are caught up in a police sting, his arrest and trial cause a national scandal. While their activities have been purely consensual, the court views his participation as criminal, putting his job, reputation and family life in jeopardy.

S&M Judge will screen on Friday, November 19th, 8:00 pm, and will be followed by an opening reception made possible by the support of Shibaricon.

CineKink: Chicago will continue the next day, with matinee screenings beginning at 2 pm, and will conclude with ‘The Best of CineKink/2010,’ a program of the year’s award-winning shorts, scheduled for 8:30 pm on Saturday.

More info on the Chicago screenings is available here – or you can purchase advance tickets directly via EventBrite.

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