Shine Louise Houston to Host Screening at Queer Film Fest

VANCOUVER—Pink & White Productions director/founder Shine Louise Houston hosts an evening of erotic cinema Saturday, August 16 at Vancouver's Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas as part of the 26th Annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival.In her program, dubbed "Crashing the Porn Party," Houston will present a show-and-tell of erotic shorts including N Maxwell Lander's Emile, Sadie Lune's Egg, Christian Slaughter's Biodildo, Cheryl Dunye's Mommy Is Coming, James Darling's FTM Fucker: Dieselboi and Tina Horn's Point of Contact, as well as highlights from Houston's own work, including Heavenly Spire with Jack Hammer and Jessie Sparkles, Bed Party starring Eden Alexander and Sebastian Keys, The Wild Search, and episodes from CrashPadSeries.com with performers Siren Wolf, Zelda DuJour, Joey Minx, Lyric Seal, Nikki Darling, Chocolate Chip, Kimberly Kills and Sparky St. Claire. Performer Jiz Lee will also be in attendance, joining Houston on stage in a post-screening Q&A about the presented works, queer sexuality and adult cinema. VQFF is the largest queer arts festival in Western Canada, featuring over 80 productions from 11 countries, including Russia, Brazil and the Philippines, with themes of gender identity and forbidden love.“We really pushed the envelope this year, working hard to present the multifaceted lives of queer people through film,” festival programmer Shana Myara said. Tickets for Vancouver Queer Film Festival's "Crashing the Porn Party" are available here and at Little Sister’s bookstore (1238 Davie Street, Vancouver). Find out more about the festival at queerfilmfestival.ca, as well as on Facebook and Twitter.