Festival Independiente de Cine para Adultos

Berlin Porn Film Festival 2009

www.pornfilmfestivalberlin.de

Groundbreaking, sexy, feminist and 100% Berlin:
The 4th Porn Film Festival,
22nd to 25th of October 2009

In its fourth year this unique festival once again promises a series of groundbreaking, never before shown films that deal with the subject of sex, erotica and gender images. More than 100 features, shorts and documentaries from all over the world will be presented in four days on Moviemento Cinema’s three screens in Kreuzberg, Berlin. There will be a wide range of films available to satisfy the spectrum from heterosexual to homosexual to transsexual desire. On offer is explicit sex, at times conventional and at other times experimental; reflections on the porno industry; and just plain funny looks at the subject of sexual intercourse.

Focus Women
Where other festivals are weak, the Porn Film Festival shows its biggest strength: films by women. Half of this year’s program consists of work by women. The feminine vision of sexuality and lust, especially in relation to the current debate on role models and gender images, is more fascinating than ever. Some of the women filmmakers who will be attending this year’s festival as guests are: Anna Brownfield (Melbourne), Shine Louise Houston (San Francisco), Maria Beatty (Paris), Petra Joy (Brighton), Anna Peak (Berlin). Emilie Jouvet (Paris), Julie Simone (Los Angeles), Candida Royalle (New York) and many more.

Awards
British filmmaker Petra Joy will present the “Joy Award” at this year’s festival. It is the first inter-national award for the new generation of erotic women directors who courageously question prevalent porno clichés and who depict sex in a new and creative manner.
In the tradition of previous years, an international jury will present an award for the festival’s Best Pornographic Short Film.

Special PornUtopia
The Splatter Porn Special at the Porn Film Festival 2008 was a huge success. This year it will be followed by “PornUtopia,“ a series of films that looks at the correlation and overlap of pornography and genre films. A retrospective of pornography in science fiction over the course of several decades is also included for presentation and discussion.

Fun with fetishes
Whether latex, leather, S&M or masks; the trend to show fetishized facets of sexuality is more intense than ever. Therefore, the 4th Porn Film Festival has increased its offer of films in which people’s love of bondage, role playing, or certain material is documented and celebrated. These films range from a pony sex documentary to intimate gas mask play.

More than film
Just like every year, the festival will be presenting lectures, discussions and workshops on subjects such as Filmmaking for Women or Bondage. Moreover, many of the filmmakers whose films will be shown will be present in Berlin and available to discuss their work with audiences.
Considering that this year’s focus is on the feminine vision of pornography, an expanded panel discussion with visiting women filmmakers has been organized on the subject.