S&M Judge and My Sexuality: A Sensory Experience were the audience choice winners at this weekend's 7th annual CineKink NYC Film Festival, with recipients of awards in a range of kinky categories presented during the closing party on Sunday.
Erik Lamen's Dutch language film S&M Judge (first released in Europe in March 2009) won the Narrative Feature Award and will see a limited release in America next month. The film stars Gene Bervoets and Veerle Dobbelaere, and retells the true story of a Belgian judge who hesitantly fulfills his wife's masochistic desires and ends up making sensational headlines when his involvement in the city's underground S&M sex scene comes to light during a police sting in 1997.
Tagline:
With his job, his reputation and his family life in jeopardy, Koen stands defiant in his right to explore the limits of his wife's sexual fantasies and desires.
Felicia Giouzelis' 2009 documentary My Sexuality: A Sensory Experience won the Best Documentary Feature Award, following five ordinary women with different sexual preferences as they experiment with different activities – pleasure parties, strip-tease and pole dancing classes, corset fitting, makeovers, and photo shoots – to boost their self-esteem and connect with their sexuality.
A third film – Wes Hurley's 2009 "boylesque" documentary Waxie Moon – won an Honorable Mention in the Audience Choice Awards. Other winners included:
"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)
"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 CineKink "Bring It!" award is determined by audience ballot during a presentation of excerpts showcasing recent adult cinema.
Tristan Taormino's Rough Sex (Tristan Taormino, 2009, USA, excerpt)
"CINEKINK TRIBUTE" Festival Award for Extraordinary Mainstream Depiction of Kink and Sex-Positivity
Works eligible for consideration this year were those released or aired in the United States from January 1 through December 31, 2009.
American Swing (released by Magnolia Pictures; directed/produced by Mathew Kaufman and Jon Hart)
Honorable Mentions:
Dollhouse (Fox)
Gossip Girl (CW)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
The CineKink Film Festival will be touring in 2010: Stay tuned to CineKink.com for dates and locations as they become available.
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