Charming Filth

Saturday, December 20
Sunday, December 21
Friday, December 26
Admission: $5, $10 minimum
Showtimes: 7:30pm amd 10pm
reservations are recommended

(Other PORN WEEK events include: The Lickerish Quartet vs. Score; Honey Bunny V.2; Fruits of Passion)

Selection of sexy short European and American films that titillate, amuse, and push the boundaries of porn.

Curated by Jennifer Lyon Bell, an erotic filmmaker in Amsterdam: A quirky, appealing selection of sexy short European and American films that titillate, amuse, and push the boundaries of porn. Featuring animation, vintage films and vintage-inspired homages, orgasmic music videos, and puppets.

Selections include:

Queer French photographer/director Émilie Jouvet’s The Apple A vintage-look Garden of Eden with a delicious modern twist. Starring French writer and performance artist Wendy Delorme (of the international burlesque troupe Drag King Fem Show)
http://www.myspace.com/emyphotography

Headshot is a modern re-interpretation of Andy Warhol’s- classic 1963 film “Blow Job”: Jennifer Lyon Bell portrays an intimate sexual experience from a shy Dutch guy’s point of view. Starring the authentically sincere first-time performer Chris Brinkhof.
http://www.blueartichokefilms.com

Footsie is the Grand Prize winner of the 2006 Destricted short film contest judged by filmmaker/artist Larry Clark, and screened at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London. Eva Midgley takes a close look at a pleasurable encounter between female foot and male member.
http://www.quietstormfilms.com

Vicious: A bondage-themed music video starring sexy tattooed redhead Mz Sunday Luv, trying to sing with French director Émilie Jouvet’s fingers playing in her mouth.
http://www.myspace.com/emyphotography

Doppeltes Genuss/Double Pleasure: A pickup at the village cheese market yields afternoon delight for all. This is a true vintage short treasure, seen here for the first time, by Dutch porn director Willem van Batenburg. Prior to filming his Golden Age Of Porn classic features “Pruimenbloesem (Plum Blossom)” and “Een Schot In De Roos (Bull’s Eye)”, van Batenburg made more than a dozen shorts that have been in storage till today.
Pain and pleasure: The quirky animated film “Pollinate” is Eva Midgely’s fresh look at the power of a bee sting. A satisfying symbiosis between man and woman.
http://www.quietstormfilms.com

Radio Man is a underground “stag” black and white silent film from 1931 by an unknown director. Notable for clearly laying the foundation of today’s “TV repairman” porn trope, three cheerful performers act out a story combining a randy housewife, erection pills, a threesome, naked jitterbugging, and hardcore sex.

The Blindness of The Woods: From Amautalab a multi-disciplinary creative studio, Martin Jalfen & Javier Lourenço’s gorgeously bizarre tale combines the naive simplicity of fairy tales with Nordic erotic movies from the 70's. The sweet pornographic story of a blind artist, a curt lumberjack, and a jealous bear is told entirely through knitted puppets.
http://www.amautalab.com/

Two films from Cum2Cut, an independent Berlin DIY porn competition focusing on the activities of the international, independent and countercultural queer movement and presenting “a platform where artists, filmmakers, DJs, actors, hackers, excited minds and everyone interested can collaborate”. First prize-winner Happy Horse 5 (Duro Tomato) is a hardcore scene between a teddy bear and an uncooked chicken; Real Love (Ena Schnitzlbaumer) shows how far fan worship can go with a little imagination, a naked doll, and a strap-on.
http://www.cum2cut.net/

T. Arthur Cottam's Filthy Food encourages us to "Eat it. Lick it. Suck it. Swallow it. Relax, it's just food." Starts simple, then gets dirtier and more hilarious every second. To the tune of "Pussy Puff".
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1584626/

The Window: A voyeuristic view into three windows finds three bachelors showing the world what they1re made of. Is it a music video, a strip act, or just fabulous? This explicitly orgasmic festival hit breaks all boundaries and brims with sheer goodwill. Directed by Philippe Gosselin and Ronald Regina.
http://www.thewindowfilm.com/

Jennifer Lyon Bell is an American filmmaker, curator, and writer based in Amsterdam. As the owner of Blue Artichoke Films, she directs “erotic film for people who like film”: Artistic, unusual erotic films that portray sexuality in an emotionally realistic way. She co-curated the Stag Film exhibition at the Museum of Sex in New York and is the co-organizer and film programmer of the Rated X: Amsterdam Alternative Erotica Film Festival (January 15-18, 2009).
www.blueartichokefilms.com
www.ratedx.nl