Other goings-on...

Don't forget about our CineKink @ KGB screening on Sunday, but a few other (lots, actually!) kink-culture possibilities ahead...

American Swing (NYC)
The new documentary about the rise and fall of Plato's Retreat, the infamous NYC swing club, opens this weekend at the Quad Cinema, with directors Mathew Kaufman and Jon Hart on hand for a Q&A following the Friday, 3/27 @ 8pm screening.

Darklady's Debbie Does Dallas Classic Dinner & Porn Date Night
The title kind of says it all, another evening of dinner, movies and other amusements, this time featuring Debbie Does Dallas and Debbie Does Dallas...Again ... Saturday, March 28.

Buck Angel Uncensored (Toronto)
CineKink alumnus Buck Angel will discuss the ups and downs of ushering a new genre of porn into the adult entertainment industry--how he started and then the pitfalls, obstacles, and joys along the way - Sunday, March 29.

Get Naked with disTHIS (NYC)
Disabilities Network screens the acclaimed documentary Naked on the Inside, along with the short works G.I.M.P. Boot Camp and CineKink award-winning Loree Erickson's Sexxxy ... Monday, March 30.

Pleasure Salon Second Anniversary (NYC)
Has it really been two years already? Created to build networks in the sex-positive community and a place for the open exchange of ideas and sensual expression, this month's Pleasure Salon also celebrates an anniversary... Wednesday, April 1.

Special sneak preview...American Swing

The Museum of Sex and Magnolia Pictures invite CineKinksters to a special advance screening of American Swing, the new documentary about the rise and fall of the infamous NYC swing club, Plato's Retreat...

Monday, March 23rd @ 7:30PM

Museum of Sex
233 Fifth Avenue, NYC

RSVP required to:
sylvia@ddanielspr.net

Please note ‘CineKink” in your RSVP – we have a limited number of seats available, so act quickly!

The year was 1977 and New York City burned. As the metropolis hurtled into bankruptcy, the city's nightlife hit unprecedented heights. In midtown, the ultra-exclusive Studio 54 was a cocaine-fueled celebrity playhouse. Downtown, at the spartan CBGB's, punk rockers set out to destroy everything Pop. Meanwhile, in the basement of the prestigious Ansonia building on the conservative Upper West Side, Plato's Retreat opened its doors to ordinary couples who came to dance, to swim, and...to swap.

Includes a post-screening Q&A with co-directors Mathew Kaufman and Jon Hart.

American Swing will open in New York on March 27th at the Quad Cinema and in Los Angeles on April 3 at the Sunset 5.

Pictures!

We loved Stacie Joy's coverage of last year's CineKink gala festivities so much, we brought her back to take photos of the whole of it. And here are the colorful results!





Along with some images from intrepid blogger/CineKink juror extraordinaire, Viviane, doing a bit of doubletriple duty with the camera:

You be the judge!

You put all that time in the seats, be sure to let us know what you think!

Our CineKink community on B-Side gives you the ability to rate your favorites (and, though hard to fathom, not-so-favorites) and leave reviews on the films you saw throughout the festival.

These reviews are keenly anticipated by our filmmakers, fellow audience members, other festival programmers and all of us at CineKink, as we use them to help determine and promote bookings for our upcoming tour appearances.

All you need to take part is an email address, just register here and pass along your thoughts.

And the winner is...

Slightly delayed by the lingering effect of--and subsequent recovery from-- our ever-popular AfterGlow Party, here at long last are the CineKink awards for 2009!

"CineKink Choice" - AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
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 2009 award winners are:

CineKink Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature:
"The Auteur" (James Westby)

CineKink Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature:
“Graphic Sexual Horror” (Barbara Bell & Anna Lorentzon)
-tie-
“Kinky” (A. Benjamin)

CineKink Choice Award - Honorable Mentions:
“Happy Endings?” (Tara Hurley)
Sex Positive” (Daryl Wein)


"CineKink Best" - JURY AWARD FOR BEST SHORTS
CineKink Best awards, which go to short works in competition during the festival, were determined by jury deliberation and ranking. The 2009 award winners are:

CineKink Best Narrative Short
“Kink, Inc.” (Casey Clark)
-tie-
“Matinee” (Jennifer Lyon Bell)

CineKink Best Documentary Short:
“Serving Madame Gina” (Gabriele Hoff, PsyD)

CineKink Best Experimental Short:
“Erotic Moments” (Eva Midgley)
-tie-
“Un Piede di Roman Polanski” (Lauren Wissot & Rosanne Kapitoa)

CineKink Best Animated Short:
"Teat Beat of Sex: 8-11" (Signe Baumane)

CineKink Best Musical Short:
“At the Porno Shop” (Michael Mehfield)

CineKink Honorable Best Mentions:
“BDSM: It’s Not What You Think” (Erin Palmquist)
“Belle de Nature” (Maria Beatty)
“Rubberheart” (Brian Crano)

This year's jury included Steven Speliotis, a photographer and CineKink alumni director, Viviane, ring-leader of the sex blog, "Viviane's Sex Carnival, and Bill Woods, a film festival programmer and curator of the New Filmmakers series at Anthology Film Archives.


"CineKink Tribute" - FESTIVAL AWARD FOR EXTRAORDINARY DEPICTION OF KINK & SEX IN MAINSTREAM FILM & TELEVISION
Recognizing extraordinary depiction of kink and sex in mainstream film and television, the annual CineKink Tribute was presented to two works this year:

"Swingtown" (CBS)
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS)

Honorable Mentions (aka the CineKink Nod)
"Burn After Reading" (Focus Features)
"How I Met Your Mother" (CBS)

Many thanks and congratulations to this year's CineKink award winners - and to all of our ultra-talented filmmakers!

For more details on all of the award winning works...