Desire is also a question of power. Here, sex work becomes a form of documentation, while physical discomfort serves as the starting point for an absurd mix of camp and social critique. Bondage brings pleasure and control together, while an unexpected encounter with two bishops provides a touch of humour. Six short films in which desire takes a darker turn, unfolding somewhere between control and absurdity.
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Intimacy Competition
No refunds is a visceral, tangled descent into the transactional dynamics of intimate encounters, told through the language of bodies, sheets, and reflections, where the purchase of queer sex work is laid bare. As the filmmaker simultaneously takes on the roles of client and audience, the boundaries between documentary and performance fade, unraveling the artifice at the heart of sex work and the act of filmmaking.
8' E/e
A masked man plunges into the shadows of a remote darkroom nightclub. Speakers throb as bodies collide to the pulse of industrial music. Amid the crowd, his eyes locks onto a boy with a defiant, hypnotic gaze. To possess him is an all-consuming need—yet this obsession weaves a cage where hunter and prey become prisoners of their own hunger.
Content Warning: Choking
13' SP/e
Draped in white, April Flores innocently awaits Calba's sadistic touch. Taking April into their rope, Calba playfully consumes April who giggles away. Restrained and hoisted, April delivers a juicy finale, filled with Calba's fist.
Content Note: Fisting
7' E
Two mirrored moments, two sexual encounters, filmed one year apart. Between these fragments, the film embraces non-linear transitions and the fluidity of identities and desires. Water flows with their bodies, revealing an intimacy that is not performed but felt across years.
11' F/No Dialogue
Are two bishops one too many? Or just right? A funny, hot, and (very) homosexually queer film about what can happen when you just open the door… and can't close it again.
14' E
FISTULE welcomes the audience into a realm where anal fissure serves as a dramatic springboard, exposing the absurdity of societal norms with a mix of tragedy, camp, and sexuality.
Content Note: Anal fisting, blood
17' E/e
