An animated John Wayne eats his own penis. A man is videotaped
from the neck up while he receives fellatio from an unknown
woman. Spiders are, indeed, in love. This collection of
modern avant-garde cinema will set your head aflame with
the limitless possibilities in which we can communicate
and demonstrate eroticism (and it’s not always pretty).
It includes new work from acclaimed artists Martha Colburn,
R. Kern, Bruce LaBruce, Eon McKai and Nick Zedd.
Clean
Hands, Dirty Photographs
2007 / U.S. / 1 min.
Director: Eon McKai
Extra
Action
2007 / U.S. / 58 mins.
Director: R. Kern
Give
Piece of Ass a Chance
2007 / Canada / 14 mins.
Director: Bruce LaBruce
Headshot
2006 / Netherlands / 9 mins.
Director: Jennifer Lyon Bell
Kill
John Wayne
2007 / U.S. / 6 ½ mins.
Director: Vivian Wong
Lift
Off
1998 / U.S. / 3 mins.
Director: Martha Colburn
Push-ups
2007 / U.S. / 2 mins.
Director: Vivian Wong
Spiders
in Love: An Arachnogasmic Musical
1999 / U.S. / 3 mins.
Director: Martha Colburn
The
Best of CineKink -
CineKink (CineKink.com) is, as you’d imagine, a film
festival devoted to all things near and dear to our hearts:
eroticism, sexuality, fetishism and cinema. Known for
their open minds, tasteful aesthetics and passionate integrity,
they have been hailed as “the really alternative
film festival.” LAEFF recently partnered up with
CineKink to work together in searching out the best new
erotica cinema (or is it “kink,” we suppose
it depends on who you ask) so that we can share. This
program of films includes all award winners from CineKink’s
most recent festival. It represents a dynamic range of
styles, genres, content and, most of all, possibilities.
Located in NYC, they are gearing up for their fifth festival
to take place Feb. 26-March 2, 2008. Check it out.
Do
You Take It?
2006 / Canada / 3 mins.
Director: Kirby Ferguson
*Honorable Best Mention
Filthy
Food
2006 / U.S. / 5 mins.
Director: T. Arthur Cottam
*Best Experimental Short
guy101
2006 / UK / 8 mins.
Director: Ian Gouldstone
*Best Narrative Short (tie)
Hitchcocked
2006 / U.S. / 8 mins.
Director: David Young
*Best Narrative Short (tie)
Honey
and Bunny
2006 / UK / 10 mins.
Director: Eva Midgley
*Honorable Best Mention
Hot
and Bothered: Feminist Pornography
2006 / U.S. / 37 mins.
Director: Becky Goldberg
*Honorable Best Mention
Dick Ho is an enigma. Did he exist? Did he have sex with
all of those women on film? Is he really an Asian man
with a 12-inch penis (flaccid)? You’ll get down to
the bottom of that mystery in the mockumentary spoof Dick
Ho: Asian Male Porn Star. Straight out of Knoxville, Tenn.,
comes a strange hybrid of anti-war/anti-Bush verité-style
documentary footage interwoven with highly aesthetic amateur
porn. Fuc Bush wears its agenda on its sleeve while addressing
head-on the literal meaning of social-sexual economics.
Liberty in Restraint is a mesmerizing documentary about
the Australian artist Noel Graydon, whose primary work
involved photographing fetishism, particularly in the
BDSM world. This fascinating and candid journey delivers
an honest portrayal of a subculture that is oftentimes
maligned or mocked when represented by the popular culture.
The film is made even more urgent by the fact that Graydon
died tragically in July of a sudden illness that came
as a shock to his family, friends and the filmmakers of
this documentary.
Dick
Ho: Asian Male Porn Star
2005 / U.S. / 30 mins.
Director: Jeffrey Lei
Fuc
Bush
2006 / U.S. / 25 mins.
Director: Marcus Washington
Liberty
in Restraint
2005 / U.S. / 33 mins.
Director: Michael Ney
Eroticomedy
-
Sex
and humor have always been strange bedfellows. Some
of these films will have you reaching for your crotch
while you’re busting a gut — a very strange
sensation. The humor runs the gamut from social satire
to spoof to just plain old fucked-up (as in Fucked-Up
Hot). Many of the more refined films in this program
come to us from our sisters-in-crime over at CineKink
(see the program listing for Best of CineKink for more
information about their festival), from a program they
cleverly titled “Twisted Knickers.” We, of
course, provided the rest of the fucked-up shorts.
Fucked-up
Hot
2007 / U.S. / 2 mins.
Director: Bobby Leigh
The
Honey Pot
1998 / U.S. / 5 mins.
Director: Todd Lincoln
Maid
of Honor
2006 / U.S. / 25 mins.
Director: Matt Morillo
Married
Life
2007 / UK / 2 mins.
Director: Tom Hickmore
No
Pussy for Polluters
2007 / U.S. / 1 ½ mins.
Director: Joe Gantz
Open
2006 / U.S. / 12 mins.
Director: Teale Failla
Pornographic
Apathetic
2006 / U.S. / 5 ½ mins.
Director: T. Arthur Cottam
Skelehellavision
2003 / U.S. / 10 mins.
Director: Martha Colburn
Sullivan’s
Last Call
2006 / U.S. / 18 mins.
Director: Francesca Rizzo
Eroticore
-
The porn industry has been flirting for decades with the
possibility of crossing over into the mainstream and obtaining
cinematic respectability (although “Girls Gone Wild”
and its extreme porno cousin “gonzo” haven’t
helped anybody with that notion, especially during our
current conservative administration). There have been
some strides made in the technical quality, production
value and storylines of several recent big-budget porn
films — films that could easily pass for an A-list
Hollywood feature. We offer a glimpse into this recent
slate of films featuring some of the biggest filmmakers
in the industry including Ethan Kane, Roy Karch, Max Royale
and John Stagliano.
Being
Paulina in Tokyo, Japan
2007 / U.S. / 30 mins.
Director: Dominic Acerra
Crush
2006 / U.S. / 2 ½ mins.
Director: Ethan Kane
Flash
2006 / U.S. / 2 ½ mins.
Director: Ethan Kane
Game
2006 / U.S. / 2 ½ mins.
Director: Ethan Kane
Hairless
gets Spunk’d
2007 / U.S. / 22 ½ mins.
Director: Justin Kane
Insertz
2007 / U.S. / 29 ½ mins.
Director: Roy Karch
Not
Another Porn Movie
2007 / U.S. / 20 mins.
Director: Joanna Angel
Meta-Erotica
-
Just as our Eroticore program focuses on the porn industry’s
bid for big-budget Hollywood acceptability, this program
is the independent film’s equivalent response to
those studio films. These films are mostly independently
financed and distributed, in the spirit of the punk rock
DIY movement, and embrace an entirely different artistic
value that runs contrary to the slick and polish of their
more mainstream brethren. They aren’t afraid of tackling
sensitive subject matter or exploring difficult themes
and issues. That being said, not all of the pieces presented
here are free from studio involvement but somehow they
still manage to turn that influence on its ear. Just like
Disney owns Miramax, sometimes the most revealing content
comes crashing through the very institution it holds in
defiance.
Bad
Girl Part II
2007 / U.S. / 5 mins.
Director: Nathan Strausse
Blue
1992 / Canada / 22 mins.
Director: Don McKellar
Loud
Silence
2006 / U.S. / 25 mins.
Director: Marcus Washington
Meat
Angel X
2005 / U.S. / 10 mins.
Director: Joe Gallant
Re-Penetrator
2005 / U.S. / 25 mins.
Director: Doug Sakmann
Sluts
and Ammo
2007 / U.S. / 3 mins.
Director: Bella Vendetta
Ultra
Violet
2007 / U.S. / 13 mins.
Director: Max Royale
Mini-Features
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Contrary to popular belief, the word “erotica”
isn’t a euphemism for porn. In fact, the word actually
refers to literature and storytelling long before photographs,
motion pictures or DVDs were invented. So it goes that,
although this festival has its share of porn, it also
features many other works of art that exist outside of
that world. This program in particular showcases an international
buffet of narrative-driven shorts that come to us by such
luminaries as Sundance, Tribeca, Los Angeles and Silver
Lake film festivals, and several of them have won multiple
awards from around the world.
The
Recycler
1994 / U.S. / 9 mins.
Director: Kent Smith
Reptile
Day
2006 / UK / 12 mins.
Director: Tom Hickmore
Salt
Kiss
2007 / Brazil / 18 mins.
Director: Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
The
Sugar on Top
2005 / U.S. / 35 mins.
Director: Bad Otis Link
Music
Videos -
Here are an eclectic group of music videos all with one
thing on their minds…
Blonde
Island: Funk Me
2007 / U.S. / 9 mins.
Director: Dr. Susan M. Block
The
End of Silence/Prequel to Immortality
2007 / U.S. / 4 mins.
Director: Dominic Acerra
Louis
XIV video
2007 / U.S. / 3 ½ mins.
Director: Eon McKai
She
Kills
2007 / U.S. / 3 mins.
Director: Dominic Acerra
Spanky!
Spanky!
2006 / U.S. / 4 mins.
Director: DJ Spot
STR8
ACTN
2007 / U.S. / 3 mins.
Director: Joe Gallant
Retro
-
One of the pieces in this program, Buried Treasure, an
animated wonder of sexual hi-jinx, includes the handiwork
of none other than Walt Lantz himself, Woody Woodpecker’s
creator. The film was covertly commissioned for Lantz
and a few other early Disney animators to work on as a
birthday present for Disney’s top animator, Winsor
McCay. Thanks to curator Keith Arnold, we get this and
other fun gemstones from the erotic vault including some
real old blue movie action. So get your nickels ready
as we revisit the past and smile.
Buried
Treasure
1928 / U.S. / 4 mins.
Directors: George Canata, Walter Lantz, George Stallings,
Rudy Zamora, Jr.
Cupid
Gets His Man
1936 / U.S. / 7 mins.
Director: Tom Palmer
I’d
Like to Know You/Dance of Shame
1940 / U.S. / 5 mins.
Director: Unknown
Xperimental
Eros -
LAEFF is proud to screen this collection of experimental
shorts from the San Francisco avant-garde DVD label Other
Cinema (which released the legendary experimental works
of Craig Baldwin, Mike Kuchar, Sam Green and Bill Morrison).
As the DVD package says, “Be it tales of sexual obsession,
rejected letters to Penthouse Forum, or the Mr. Nude Trucker
Contest of 1976, no subject is taboo … nor above
deconstruction.” Curator Noel Lawrence will be on
hand to provide a frame of reference and background details
for each piece in the program and why and how he came
about compiling them together. For fans and students of
experimental cinema this is definitely not to be missed.
Blue
Movie
1994 / U.S. / 5 mins.
Director: Mark Street
The
Color of Love
1994 / U.S. / 9 ½ mins.
Director: Peggy Ahwesh
Downs
are Feminine
1993 / U.S. / 10 mins.
Director: Lewis Klahr
The
Influence of Ocular Light Perception of Metabolism in
Man and Animal
2005 / U.S. / 5 mins.
Directors: Thomas Draschan and Stella Friedrichs
King
of Porn
1996 / U.S. / 7 mins.
Director: Jeff Krulik
Pacifier
1999 / U.S. / 11 ½ mins.
Director: Oscar Perez
Removed
1999 / U.S. / 6 ½ mins.
Director: Naomi Uman
Sexjunkie
2003 / U.S. / 9 mins.
Director: Julia Ostertag
Sneakin’
and Peekin’
1976 / U.S. / 15 mins.
Director: Tom Palazzolo
Severe
Society Films, a Los Angeles-based fetish filmmaking
cooperative, was founded in November 2005, shortly after
Mistress D., Sir Nik and Michael worked together on
The Headmaster’s Office for Passive Arts Studios.
The members pooled their resources on projects ranging
from live performances to DVDs and Internet clips, and
this work led them to apply the independent filmmaker
approach to adult content. The Ultimate Revenge, a co-production
with Passive Arts, was a 2006 AVN award nominee and
a success they hope to surpass with their 2007 releases
The Headmaster’s Office 2 (another co-production
with PAS) and Savage Mountain (which we shot for B&D
Pleasures).
Severe Society Films is:
Mistress D. - director, editor and performer
Mistress Hikari - producer, editor and performer
Kinky Kelly - producer and performer
Michael - producer, director, shooter and performer
Mistress Nicolette - producer and performer
Sir Nik - director and performer
Ronnie Rock - producer, director, cinematographer, performer
FILMS
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Charly B, The Pope of Rope
2007 / U.S. / 3 mins.
Cinematographer: Corey Eicher
Editor: Mistress D
Featuring: Charlie B and Tazma
Excerpts
from The Headmaster's Office 2
2007 / U.S. / 10 mins.
Director: Jimmy Broadway
Featuring: Master Ronnie Rock, Natalia Love, Ariel Hope
and Kira Hart
Hot Smoke.
... Smoldering Ashes
2007 / U.S. / 5 mins.
Director: Uncle Freddie
Featuring: Mistress Erzsebet
Isabella's
Toy
2007 / U.S. / 15 mins.
Directed by Isabella Sinclaire
Featuring: Isabella Sinclaire, Ashley Renee, Toy
Latex
Gardening
2007 / U.S. / 8 mins.
Director: Jimmy Broadway
Featuring: Kinky Kelly and Fetish Jade
Excerpts
from Savage Mountain
2007 / U.S. / 10 mins.
Director: Ronnie Rock
Featuring: Ronnie Rock, Evil Bill, Kinky Kelly, Olivia
O and Kira Hart
Excerpts
from Skateboard Kink Freak
2007 / U.S. / 15 mins.
Director: Maria Beatty
Featuring: Michelle Aston and Amber Rayne
True Detective
2007 / U.S. / 6 mins.
Director: Michael Manning Jr.
Featuring: Bettie Bondage
Trusting
2007 / U.S. / 9 mins.
Director: Mistress D
Featuring: Mistress D and Sub Miss Ann
LIVE PERFORMANCES:
Sik Nik (our host and Ringmaster) and his special guest
Whipping/Flogging
Mistress Nicolette and friend - Violet Wand
Charlie B. and Fetish Jade- Rope Suspension
PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Syrus
Durmel DeLeon
Mistress Feral
Laur
Tommy O
Lady Alchemy
Assaf Pocker
