CHICAGO — CineKink's touring "kinky film festival" is set to hit the Windy City this Friday and Saturday at the Leather Archives and Museum.
The festivities will kick off with a screening of CineKink 2019 Audience Choice Award winner, the documentary film, "The Artist & The Pervert," directed by Beatrice and René Gebhardt at 7:30 p.m. (CST) Friday evening.
Presenting an intimate look at the lives of Georg Friedrich Haas and Mollena Williams-Haas, who live openly in a Master/slave relationship, in those respective roles, the film explores the dynamic between the couple layered with the understanding that Georg, a noted Austrian composer, is the child of Nazi parents while Mollena, a renowned American kink educator, is the descendant of African slaves.
The screening will be accompanied by the CineKink award-winning short film, "Impact," directed by and starring Williams-Haas.
CineKink returns on Saturday with a screening of its "Sweet Spot" program of kinky shorts at 6:30 p.m., featuring "Ostara" (d. Allen Dusk); "Sweet, Sweet Kink: A Collection of BDSM Stories" (d. Maggie M. Bailey); "Spanko" (d. Melanie Zoey Weinstein); "Little" (d. Kris Williams); "Unbridled" (d. Marcus Quillan and Simon Christopher); "Two People, One Ring" (d. Evan Richards); "The Wheel of Fortune" (d. Bambi K); and "Frostbite" (d. Luna Kuu, Laura Rämö and Martin Jäger).
A 9 p.m. screening of the "Best of CineKink/2019" collection of shorts will follow. This year's picks include a comedic look at one woman’s struggle to enjoy some alone time; a colorful portrait of an infamous latex aficionado; and a documentary about the latest work from CineKink 2019 Spotlight Artist, Jennifer Lyon Bell.
The full lineup features "Me Time" (d. Iyabo Boyd); "Lesson #1 and Lesson #8" (d. Alberto Ferreras); "I Am Lucie Bee" (d. Ms. Naughty); "The Baroness" (d. Isabel Faintych); "Remember Me" (d. Luis Camacho); "Birthday" (d. Shine Louise Houston); "What’s Your Policy on Orgasms?" (d. Zoe D’Amaro); "Adorn" (d. Jennifer Lyon Bell); and "The Alley" (d. Inka Winter).
CineKink co-founder and director Lisa Vandever, a former Chicago resident, will be on hand to introduce the Saturday screenings.
Admission is $12 door and $9 in advance per screening; $7 for LAM or CineKink members at the door. A limited number of weekend passes, good for all three screenings, are available for $25 in advance. All screenings are 18-and-over.
National tour sponsors for CineKink/2019 are Bowery Bliss and njoy, along with Film Festival Secrets, FoodPorn Hub and Lustery.
For more information, click here; advance tickets and passes are available here.
