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For the last 10 years, Cinekink has curated and screened the best and most innovative of BDSM and kink filmmaking from around the world. CineKink, as an organization, is dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of kink-positive depictions in film and television. Topics touched upon by the festival include S/M, leather and fetish, bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, roleplay, swinging, polyamory and gender bending.

Featuring a carefully-curated program of films and videos that celebrate and explore the wide diversity of sexuality, with offerings drawn from both Hollywood and beyond, works presented by CineKink range from documentary to drama, camp comedy to artsy experimental, mildly spicy to quite explicit — and everything in between. Works are accepted in the categories of feature length (longer than 40 minutes), shorts (40 minutes and shorter), and excerpts (10 to 25 minutes).

In addition to screenings, the annual Cinekink NYC festival also includes a short film competition, audience choice awards, presentations, parties and a gala kick-off fundraiser, all followed by a national screening tour. Tour locations have been added every year and now include currently include Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, and even Brisbane, Australia.

History
Started in 2003 by the team of Lisa Vandever and

Selected Press Coverage

 * Film Threat Staff, Kinky Alternative, http://www.filmthreat.com/festivals/1191/, Film Threat, Aug. 11, 2003.
 * Rachel Kramer Bussel, Lisa Vandever, CineKink organizer, http://gothamist.com/2004/10/22/lisa_vandever_cinekink_organizer.php, Gothamist, 22 Oct. 2004.
 * Gary Morris, Where Kink Is King, http://brightlightsfilm.com/46/cinek.php#.U4DltF64lFI, Bright Lights Film Journal, Issue 46, Nov. 2004.
 * Matt Baum, CineKink: S/M at the Movies and The Best of CineKink, http://sfist.com/2005/11/07/cinekink_sm_at_the_movies_and_the_best_of_cinekink.php, SFist.com, Nov 7, 2005.
 * Violet Blue, Have Highbrow Porn, Will Travel / Violet Blue investigates CineKink, the X-rated Sundance http://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Have-Highbrow-Porn-Will-Travel-Violet-Blue-2464489.php, SF Gate, 10 July, 2008.
 * Steve Dollar, Cinekink: New York's Naughtiest Festival, http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704615504576172712677430734,Wall Street Journal, 1 March 2011.
 * Staff, Interview: Lisa Vandever (Founder - Cinekink Film Festival) http://indienyc.com/interview-lisa-vandever-founder-cinekink-film-festival/, Indiewood_Hollywoodn't, 26 February 2013.
 * Zoe Margolis, Cinekink festival celebrates a very un-American view of sex on film, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/02/cinekink-festival-american-sex-film, The Guardian, 2 March, 2013.

cinekink choice

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 * Audience choice award given to feature length works, determined by audience ballot