And the winner is...

Rounding out multiple days of screenings and parties in our seventh(!!) annual appearance, here are the CineKink awards for 2010...

"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 2010 award winners are:

CineKink Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature:
"S&M Judge" (Erik Lamens, 2009, Belgium, 84 minutes)

CineKink Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature:
"My Sexuality: A Sensory Experience" (Felicia Giouzelis, 2009, USA, 64 minutes)

CineKink Choice Award - Honorable Mention:
"Waxie Moon" (Wes Hurley, 2009, USA, 70 minutes)

"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 2010 award winners are:

CineKink Best Narrative Short:
"Walking the Dog" (Luigi Campi, 2009, USA, 11 minutes)

CineKink Best Documentary Short:
"Balloons" (Charles Nuckolls, 2009, USA, 15 minutes)

CineKink Best Experimental Short:
"Handcuffs" (Erika Lust, 2009, Spain, 7 minutes)

CineKink Best Music Video:
"The Pinky Song" (Rick Ferguson, 2009, USA, 3 minutes)

CineKink Honorable Best Mentions:
"Coverage" (Jef Taylor, 2008, USA, 30 minutes)
"Hungry for Love" (Ruckus Skye, 2009, USA, 17 minutes)
"The Sheep and the Ranch Hand" (Loretta Hintz, 2009, USA, 12 minutes)

This year's jurors were Viviane, ring-leader of the sex blog "Viviane's Sex Carnival," Mike White, editor and publisher of the independent film-focused "Cashiers du Cinemart," Lolita Wolf, a BDSM educator and activist who also blogs as "Leather Yenta," and Bill Woods, a film festival programmer and curator of the New Filmmakers series at Anthology Film Archives.

"CINEKINK SELECT" - Special Festival Awards
The CineKink Select awards, occasionally presented to recognize artistic innovation, are determined by festival staff. The 2010 award winners are:

Special Festival Award for Creative Vision:
"Modern Love is Automatic" (Zach Clark, 2009, USA, 93 minutes)
"Anti-Samaritan Hotline" (A. Tad Chamberlain, 2009, USA, 23 minutes)

Special Festival Award for Outstanding Viral Achievement:
"Libidoland" (Julie Keck and Jessica King, 2009, USA, 15 minutes)

"BRING IT!" - Adult Industry Showcase Award
The first-ever CineKink "Bring It!" award was determined by audience ballot during a presentation of excerpts showcasing recent adult cinema.

"Tristan Taormino's Rough Sex" (Tristan Taormino, 2009)

"CINEKINK TRIBUTE" - Festival Award for Extraordinary Mainstream Depiction of Kink and Sex-Positivity

"American Swing"
(released by Magnolia Pictures, 2009;
directed/produced by Mathew Kaufman and Jon Hart)

Honorable Mentions:
"Dollhouse" (Fox)
"Gossip Girl" (CW)
"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...

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Prepare to be titillated!

Billing itself as the "kinky film festival," CineKink NYC returns for its seventh annual appearance February 16-21, 2010, bringing with it a specially-curated program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality.

The kink-filled festivities begin Tuesday, February 16th, at 8 PM, with a fundraising Kick-Off Gala to be held at Kush Lounge (191 Chrystie Street, NYC), a pansexual celebration that, in addition to music and sexy performances, features a pair of cinematic spectacles--THE 400 BLOW JOBS and THE SHEEP AND THE RANCH HAND.

The festival then moves to Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, NYC), Wednesday, February 17 through Saturday, February 20, with several different film and video programs scheduled for each day. An awards celebration and an "AfterGlow" party complete the festivities on Sunday, February 21.

WEDNESDAY

Among the headliners, first up on Wednesday, February 17 at 6:45 PM, is the festival's CineKink Season Opener screening of S&M JUDGE, a compelling drama in which a respected judge finds his job, reputation and family life in jeopardy after he and his wife begin to explore sadomasochism. Then, at 9:10 PM, the documentary BODY MODIFICATION FREAKS, takes a first-hand look at several Japanese underground scenes--tattoo, piercing and body modification--with photographer and journalist Ryoichi "Keroppy" Maeda, himself a long-time member of the body modification community.

THURSDAY

On Thursday, February 18 at 6:45 PM it's KINDA KINKY?, a collection of kinky shorts that will whet your appetite for a slap of the hand and a taste of the deviant. Then, at 9:10 PM, "boylesque" sensation WAXIE MOON takes the world of neo-burlesque by storm in a hilarious and thought-provoking portrait of one artist's unlikely journey.

FRIDAY

On Friday, February 19 at 6:45 PM, MODERN LOVE IS AUTOMATIC is the darkly comic tale of an apathetic nurse who moonlights as a dominatrix, her aspiring model roommate, and the sad, strange world in which they live. At 9:10 PM, SWINGERS has first-timers Diana and Julian inviting a couple they;ve met online to join them for an adventurous weekend in the country. And at 11:00 PM, DES JOURS PLUS BELLES QUE LA NUIT, a collaboration partly from CineKink award-winner Jennifer Lyon Bell, is an homage to real, explicit love shot in real-time, opening the door to a world where arousal creeps up slowly and sweetly until it ignites.

SATURDAY

Kicking off Saturday, February 20 at 1:00 PM, MY SEXUALITY: A SENSORY EXPERIENCE shines light on five ordinary women from different backgrounds, sexual preferences and past experiences as they experiment with five deliciously different activities intended to boost both sense of self and sexuality. At 3:00 PM a special industry showcase, BRING IT!, features a dazzling array of talent from today's adult cinema, each representing a wide range of genres and visual styles, all stepping up with a hot sampling of their recent creative endeavors. At 5:50 PM, FIXATION is a diverse collection of sexy shorts, with each focused obsessively on that one, particular... something. At 8:00 PM it's YES, MISTRESS, the film shorts program that asks (and sometimes answers!) the question: "How may I be of service?" And, closing out the festival's regular screening schedule at 10:10 PM, STORIES OF SEX(ES) is a sexy French romp--with sex included!--where two cheerful circles of friends, men and women divided, spend a night of intimate chatting about their erotic adventures, conquests, disappointments and fantasies.

SUNDAY

CineKink NYC concludes the evening of Sunday, February 21 at 6 PM, with an Awards Celebration, including encore screenings of jury-selected best shorts from the week and presentation of the annual festival awards, to be followed at 8:3O PM by the CineKink AfterGlow Party, one last chance to mingle with like-minded festival-goers and enjoy a few additional screenings, this time in a relaxed play party setting. The locations for both events will be announced at a later date.

TICKETS AND PASSES

Advance tickets and passes may be purchased via the CineKink website or by calling 877-849-5327 (TIX-LEAP)

Ticket prices for each regular screening are $10/$8 advance; $6 for seniors and students, door only. Admission to the Kick-Off Gala & Opening Night Screening is a suggested donation of $15/$10 advance; admission to the Afterglow Party is $30, advance purchase only. The Awards Celebration on Sunday evening is free of charge.

Discounted all-access festival passes, covering admission to all 12 regular screening programs, plus all parties, are available in advance for $85; $75 for members of any sexuality organization; $60 students/seniors; $50 for CineKinksters.

The festival passes represent a nearly 50 percent discount over individual ticket purchase and availability will be limited.

SPONSORS

Sponsors of CineKink NYC/2010 include B-Side Entertainment, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Njoy and Soho Journal, along with Tied Up Events, For The Girls, Hot Movies For Her, OMG!, Pink/White Productions, Scarleteen, Shelly's Toy Box and Wet International.