Sex Tag Archive

Live Action

Ross O’Donnellan’s Tender Directorial Debut ‘Bedcrumbs’ Sits Inside the Quiet Erosion of a Failing Relationship

Shot on 16mm in sweaty, dreamlike hues, Ross O'Donnellan's queer chamber piece watches non-monogamy fail as a bandage stretched over a broken bone.

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Live Action, Premiere

Hector Bell Unmasks the Performatively So Called Enlightened Modern Man in His Body-Horror Short ‘Skin Deep’

Hector Bell discusses crafting a character whose private vice literally erupts across his girlfriend's skin, every visit blooming as her fresh personal hell.

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Live Action, Premiere

Ruhi Radke Crushes the Sexy Virginity Myth in Her Cringeworthy but Empowering Short for All the Wallflowers ‘Squash’

Ruhi Radke on making the unsexiest sex story ever and a representation of the first time that's funny, shaming, and ultimately a love story with herself.

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Live Action

The Meet-Cute You Tell vs. The One That Actually Happened Collide in Leve Kühl’s Grindr Spot ‘Peas’

Leve Kühl unpacks the narrative power of embracing queer specificity while subverting the holiday ad format for his steamy Grindr Christmas spec advert.

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Live Action, Premiere

Nicholas Finegan Cracks the Brittle Shell of Masculine Stoicism in His Intimate Neo-Western ‘Some Kind of Paradise’

British filmmaker Nicholas Finegan explores masculine vulnerabilities in American cowboy and Grindr hook-up culture in his neo-Western drama short.

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Live Action, Premiere

One Room, Two People and Everything Left Unsaid in Iris Breward’s Fly in the Ointment Short ‘Afterplay’

Iris Breward digs into her method for crafting a comedy of avoidance where a couple in a bed, post-coital, deploy every weapon except honesty, and both lose.

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Article

“Your Maybe Is Also a No” Ita O’Brien on How Intimacy Coordination Changed the Film Industry for the Better

Ita O'Brien transformed how intimacy is created on screen and now brings her extensive knowledge of craft, clear consent and care to all with her new book.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Struggling Couple’s Sexual Revival Takes a Titillating Turn in Kyle Jon Shephard’s Shifting Comedy ‘Role Play’

Discover how Kyle Jon Shephard used subtle performance slips & purposeful camera language to track changing power dynamics, hiding intentions in plain sight.

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Live Action, Premiere

Mylissa Fitzsimmons Navigates the Messy Territory of Performing Adulthood in Two-Hander Motel Drama ‘I’m Not Sure’

Mylissa Fitzsimmons unpacks crafting a predatory game, blocking actor movement in a cramped motel to amplify the tension of every glance and approach.

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Live Action

Victor Nauwynck Pumps Primal Desire Into Marital Decay in His Transgressive & Visually Arresting Short ‘The Bull’

Victor Nauwynck discusses how pivoting from a planned, restrained visual style to reactive handheld cinematography unlocked his film's animalistic crescendo.

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Live Action

Lily Rutterford & Lucy Minderides Present a Puppet-Powered Musical Journey Into the Chaos of ‘Dating in Your 20s’

Lily Rutterford & Lucy Minderides recount how they built a bathroom world populated by towel puppets to explore a woman's chaotic mid-date inner monologue.

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Live Action, Premiere

An AI-Powered Sex Robot Exposes a Relationship in Crisis in the Nüesch Sisters’ Dark Comedy ‘Marriage Unplugged’

From a glossy sex shop to a sterile home, sister-directors Florine & Kim Nüesch describe using visual world-building to map a relationship’s decay.

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