CineKink Announces Dates, Venues for 2013 Festival Tour

RAHWAY, NJ—Organizers for the 2013 CineKink Festival have announced the cities and dates for their annual cross-country Festival Tour. The “kinky film festival” is in the midst of celebrating its 10th anniversary, celebrating and encouraging sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television. CineKink launches the first part of its 2013 Festival Tour with public screenings in Portland (August 4), Oakland (August 8), Austin (September 20) and Chicago (September 21). “My favorite part of CineKink is connecting smart, sexy films and their makers with a like-minded audience,” said CineKink co-founder and director Lisa Vandever. “It’s a true thrill taking some of our best offerings out on the road, and introducing them to new crowds throughout the country.” The touring version of the festival is drawn from works screened at the annual CineKink NYC festival, which takes place each year in late February. The “Best of CineKink” short films program is comprised of productions awarded prizes by CineKink jurors at the New York festival, with works ranging from documentary to drama, comedy to experimental, mildly spicy to quite explicit. This year’s edition, the “Best of CineKink/2013,” includes 50 Seconds of 50 Shades (Bo Blaze), Naked Love: Ea’s Garden (Sara Kimmel), Impact (Mollena Williams), Rift (Keith Hodder), Ritual (Jörg Fockele), Zucht Und Ordnung (Jan Soldat), Amber (Aven Frey, Gala Vanting, and Frank Ly), Krutch (Clark Matthews), and Pinecone (Michael Markham). In addition, the award-winning dramatic feature, Remedy, will be shown in Portland and Chicago, with filmmaker Cheyenne Picardo attending for post-screening Q&As in both cities. Remedy received an Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature at the New York festival. For more information and advance tickets, visit cinekink.com. This year’s CineKink Festival Tour is sponsored nationally byCrystal Delights, KinkyMedical.net, the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, the Leather Archives and Museum,njoy and Takedown Piracy. For sponsorship inquiries, contact sponsor2013@cinekink.com. In addition, those interested in supporting CineKink still have a variety of ways, from volunteers at the festival, to festival donors and more. CineKink’s sex-positive expression can be supported here. CineKink is accepting solicitations from other cities and venues interested in hosting during the 2013 Tour season. For inquiries, email cinekink2013@cinekink.com. Press, including those in host cities, may contact CineKink in regards to interviews, press access, and more by emailing press2013@cinekink.com. Additional information about the various 2013 CineKink Festival tour venues will become available as dates get closer. For general information, and to stay up to date with CineKink news, visit here.