Kinky Film Festival Hits Chicago for a Hot, One-Night Stand / September 21, 2013

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New York, NY; August 21, 2013 – A special evening of films that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality will screen on Saturday, September 21, as CineKink, “the kinky film festival,” hits Chicago for a hot, one-night stand.

At 7 PM, “Best of CineKink/2013” is a collection of sexy shorts deemed the best during CineKink’s annual festival run. This year’s assortment, probing a wide range of sexual proclivities and perversities, includes 50 SECONDS OF 50 SHADES, NAKED LOVE, IMPACT, RIFT, RITUAL, ZUCHT UND ORDNUNG, AMBER, KRUTCH and PINECONE, along with the Chicago-produced ONE NIGHTSTAND.

And at 9 PM, it’s the Chicago premiere of REMEDY, winner of the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature at CineKink/2013. A psychological drama based on personal experience, REMEDY follows a young woman into the dungeons of New York City and the world of professional domination and submission.

LOCATION
Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N. Greenview Ave.
Chicago, IL, 60626
http://www.leatherarchives.org/

ADMISSION
Admission is $10 door/$8 advance per screening, $15/advance for both; 18 and over only.

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

SPONSORS:
National tour sponsors for CineKink/2013 are Crystal Delights, KinkyMedical.net, Leather Archives & Museum, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, njoy and Takedown Privacy.

CineKink: Chicago is sponsored locally by Early To Bed and Pleasure Chest.

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CINEKINK: CHICAGO
individual program descriptions

Saturday, September 21 – – 7:00 PM

“Best of CineKink/2013”
A sexy selection of award-winning shorts deemed the year’s best during the festival’s latest annual run at CineKink NYC.

Honorable Best Mention
50 SECONDS OF 50 SHADES
Directed by Bo Blaze, 2012, USA, 2 minutes.
An extremely abridged rendering of the literary classic.

NAKED LOVE: EA’S GARDEN
Directed by Sara Koppel, 2012, Denmark, 7 minutes.
A hand-drawn, erotic trip through one woman’s sexuality.

Best Experimental Short
IMPACT
Directed by Mollena Williams, 2012, USA, 7 minutes.
The viewer becomes voyeur as this short explores the impact of witnessing a series of consensual and kinky interactions.

Honorable Best Mention
RIFT
Directed by Keith Hodder, 2012, USA, 5 minutes.
A family man has his devotion challenged by the unexpected arrival of his secret lover.

Best Documentary Short (tie)
RITUAL
Directed by Jörg Fockele, 2011, USA, 5 minutes.
One man journeys to cope with his HIV infection through a transformative ritual.

Best Documentary Short (tie)
ZUCHT UND ORDNUNG
Directed by Jan Soldat, 2012, Germany, 9 minutes.
Two naked, elderly men talk about their relationship, their predilections and the good old days.

Honorable Best Mention
AMBER
Directed by Aven Frey, Gala Vanting and Frank Ly, 2012, Australia, 15 minutes.
A film about the push-pull of erotic edgeplay and the curious brutality of love.

Best Dramatic Short
KRUTCH
Directed by Clark Matthews, 2012, USA, 5 minutes.
The perspective of one young woman lies bare any preconceptions of sexability.

Best Comedy Short
PINECONE
Directed by Michael Markham, 2012, USA, 18 minutes.
At the end of a first date, a young man and woman are desperate to surprise the other.

Chicago Filmmaker!
ONE NIGHTSTAND
Directed by Giancarlo Iannotta, 2012, USA, 14 minutes.
Two people wake up in the same bed with no idea how they got there.

Program link: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour/tour-2013/best-of-cinekink-2013/

Saturday, September 21 – 9:00 PM

Chicago Premiere
REMEDY
Winner: CineKink Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature/2013
A psychological drama based on writer/director Cheyenne Picardo’s personal experiences, REMEDY follows a woman into the dungeons of New York City and the world of professional domination and submission. There, entering the business almost on a lark, she takes on the fantasies of her clients, all the while exploring her own desires, and discovering some very real physical and emotional limits along the way. (Directed by Cheyenne Picardo, 2013, USA, 120 minutes. Stars Kira Davies.)

Program link: http://dev.cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour/tour-2013/remedy/

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/47896828

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