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SUMMARY:Télétravail du sexe (Remote Sex Work) + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Télétravail du sexe (Remote Sex Work) + Q&A with the Filmmakers \n\n\n\nLocation: Zaal | Times: 17:15-19:00 | Tickets €11\,25 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarmina & Prune | France | 2024 | 73 min | French with English subs \n\n\n\nA compelling documentary led by online sex workers\, giving us an intimate peek into their daily lives and guiding us behind the scenes. It demonstrates that adult platforms are not only a workplace but also a space of creativity and self-expression\, in which many individuals thrive and develop new skills. This challenges the audience’s preconceived ideas and gives them a better understanding of this industry. \n\n\n\nWith the emergence of new subscription-based adult platforms like OnlyFans or MYM\, it has become easier to create and sell adult content from a simple computer or smartphone. This content can range from the most ‘soft’ erotic nude photos to the most explicit pornographic videos. “Télétravail du sexe” (“Remote Sex Work”) is a documentary that gives a voice to online sex workers by following them in their daily lives\, thus showing the behind-the-scenes reality. It reveals that adult platforms can be a space for creativity and body expression\, where many people thrive daily and develop new professional skills that go far beyond what the general public imagines. \n\n\n\nWhether one has chosen this profession out of passion or convenience\, sex telework\, like many other solitary and independent jobs\, comes with its own joys and successes\, and empowerment… But also with burnout\, isolation\, and alienation due to the judgment of others\, performance and financial pressure — which is further reinforced by the stigma and censorship experienced on the Internet.
URL:https://queer.red/event/teletravail-du-sexe-remote-sex-work-qa/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (feature),q&A,whorehouse cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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SUMMARY:Cada Vez que Muero (Every Time I Die) + Intro by Papaya Kuir
DESCRIPTION:Location: Grote Zaal | Times: 15:00-16:45 | Tickets: €11\,25 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\nThis film will be introduced by Papaya Kuir:  a lesbo-trans – feminist collective created by and for Latin American migrants and refugees residing in the Netherlands and the allies in their struggle. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRaúl Vidales Bohórquez | Colombia\, 2022\, 92 minutes | Spanish with English subs \n\n\n\nA hybrid feature film that blends documentary with fiction and approaches cinema as a ritual of symbolic transformation in the death experience of seven transwomen. The film’s testimonies\, along with surreal and fantastic scenes\, come together to narrate death viewed from different angles: as related to transfeminicides and as social death that seeks to nullify through exclusion and silence those seen as uncomfortable by others. The film also deals with the multiple deaths that we experience in life; death that speaks of resignations\, of forgetfulness\, of separations\, of changes. “Every Time I Die” is an invitation to shake off mourning through delirious weeping or through sagacious bursts of laughter\, with the aim of seeing death through the eyes of those who radiate life\, celebrate life\, and struggle for life.
URL:https://queer.red/event/cada-vez-que-muero-every-time-i-die-intro-by-papaya-kuir/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (feature),whorehouse cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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SUMMARY:Archivo Puta
DESCRIPTION:Artist talk: Archivo Puta by María Riot \n\n\n\nLocation: Etage | Times: 12:00-15:00 (including break) | Tickets: Donation (suggested sliding scale €0-20) – online registration required \n\n\n\nThis infinite project in constant construction aims to unite activism and the political recognition of rights for the collective as well as appeal to the sensitivity that only art can give. She will present her work and talk about the project in more depth. \n\n\n\n\nAfter more than ten years working in the sex industry\, María Riot decides to delve deeply into artistic projects related to sexual work since art and creation is their primary motivation always. One of them is “Archivo Puta”\, a project that currently has more than 600 photographs in analog and instant formats.  \n\n\n\n\nThe project is self-taught and independent\, carried out with money earned through sex work that is invested for the films\, scans\, prints\, etc. She believes it is important to give visibility and support to projects like these as a response to classism and elitism in art and to give opportunities to subjects who are not usually part of museums\, galleries or first-person narratives in art. Archivo Puta seeks to be exhibited in exhibitions and in the future to become a book of photographs and being part of a short documentary. \n\n\n\n“Archivo Puta” is a multidisciplinary project that seeks to create archives of the present as well as recover memory\, make visible the beauty and resistance of the collective. Through the photographic project\, it aims to create an archive of the present since\, due to stigma\, many people who engage in sex work decide to hide. Although there are artistic projects about sex work\, there are very few made by the sex workers themselves or without a voyeuristic gaze\, with ethics and political context. Thus\, it seeks to challenge the existing perspective from society towards those who engage in sex work but also the perspective from photography and art in general.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy bringing to the forefront the agency of those portrayed and making visible that the photographers themselves also share the same work activity and stigma\, something that does not usually happen in the world of photography\, where art\, due to its lack of accessibility and resources\, is not usually made massively by sex workers and our visual stories and narratives are told by others. The project arises from the need for the world to know the silenced stories of people who are stigmatized\, criminalized\, and persecuted solely for using sexuality as their work tool. Through the photos\, captured in multiple analog formats\, the sex workers are portrayed as they wish to be seen. In addition to the photo sessions with sex workers\, the project includes photographs of their own world related to sex work and sexuality in their life in general: photographs on porn sets\, activism\, clients\, hotel hallways\, herself\, kink\, desires\, fetishes\, friendship and lust. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nMaría Riot (September 12\, 1991) Born in the Province of Buenos Aires\, Argentina and currently based in Buenos Aires\, Argentina and Barcelona\, Spain. She is a sex worker\, sex workers’ rights activist\, intimacy coordinator and artist. She is a member of AMMAR\, the Sex Workers Union of Argentina. She writes in the media and books and gives talks on sex work\, such as the lecture “Bad women: control mechanisms” at the Museum TEA Tenerife in January 2024 in the framework of Fotonoviembre at the International Biennial of Photography. She is a curator of the selection and screening of films about sex work “Whores on Screen: Portraits of sex work in first person” and is currently working as an actress and scriptwriter in a documentary film about sex work with the Argentinean film director Agustina Comedi. She is the author of the photography project “Archivo Puta”\, exhibited for the first time at MACBA\, Barcelona last December 2023 in the frame of the “108 days” exhibition\, by Lydia Ourahmane.
URL:https://queer.red/event/archivo-puta/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Etage\, Tolstraat 182 Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, 1074 VM\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:art exhibition,whorehouse cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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SUMMARY:C€NSWH0RE$HIP
DESCRIPTION:Location: Grote Zaal | Times: 13:00-14:30 | Entrance: €11\,25 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\nRonja Berg | Sweden | 2024 | 80 min | Swedish with English subs \n\n\n\nA whore goddess in Heaven\, a christian police and two sex workers in Sweden are affected in different ways by the whore stigma\, when suddenly a mysterious asteroid connects their minds.
URL:https://queer.red/event/censwh0rehip/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (feature),whorehouse cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250329T220000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250330T010000
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SUMMARY:Whorehouse Cabaret!
DESCRIPTION:Location: Grote Zaal | Times: 22:00-01:00 | Tickets: €7\,5 – €20 (tiered) \n\n\n\nPlease arrive on time\, we will have a waitlist and will fill to capacity. Ticket holders that arrive after 22:30 may be turned away if we are at capacity. \n\n\n\n"We roll out the red carpet for ourselves... whores on the move crack the old established world... a love letter to the sex worker community"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSex workers from the Netherlands\, Belgium\, and France perform feats of splendour for our delight! \n\n\n\nDress code: we invite you to dress loudly to create an audience that is celebratory of the sex worker community(whatever that means to you). Cabaret\, fetish\, whore-ish finery is all welcome! \n\n\n\nSex Workers Who Changed History Fashion Show \n\n\n\nBy SAVE and Trans Sisters \n\n\n\nWe roll out the red carpet for ourselves\, start the music and our historical fashion show begins! In the media\, sex workers are usually depicted as victims\, we tell the stories of heroes and heroines. Sex workers who rebelled\, who fought for women and queer rights\, who fought against slavery. Sex workers who made history!  \n\n\n\nBased on work by Dutch sex worker\, historian and philosopher\, Sietske Altink. Read more.  \n\n\n\nThe Sex Workers History Fashion Show is an ongoing collaboration between SAVE and Trans Sisters. See their other scheduled performances here.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sewers of Heterosexuality \n\n\n\nby Marianne Chargois \n\n\n\nIn the underground of the triumphant heterosexual world\, dissidents develop autonomous economic systems\, where toxic masculinities are expressed through alternative sexual practices. The sewers of heterosexuality are overflowing as armies of whores on the move crack the old established world. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n[Organisers’ note: the performance takes place in front of a screen depicting images of Marianne’s work in medical BDSM) \n\n\n\nMarianne Chargois is a sex worker since 20 years\, an activist for sex workers rights through the collective STRASS in France until 2019 and since then through UTSOPI\, Belgium. She is the creator of SNAP!\, a sex worker festival\, and co-organiser of the Brussels Porn Film Festival. She creates performances with materials from BDSM sessions with her clients\, in a language that mixes political purpose\, humor and obscene images. \n\n\n\nLe Bal des Putes (The Hookers Ball) \n\n\n\nby Kata Loba with Djombo Goddess\, Olivia Verner\, Malena and La Baphomette \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis show is a 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘅 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. Through 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲\, 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴\, 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴\, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱𝘆\, we explore the 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆\, the 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 in human relationships and honor the fights for our rights. Le bal des putes is queer and feminist. It is a living art form halfway between play\, documentary and cabaret. \n\n\n\nLe bal des putes is first and foremost a series of personal accounts. These stories open the door to our worlds\, our experiences and our intimacy. Through these stories\, we can reappropriate a reality that concerns us all\, and in so doing make up for opinions that are all too often stigmatising and uninformed. They are windows into our daily lives\, where authenticity is our mainstay. Because we know how difficult it is to talk about sex work without being tempted to either glorify or condemn it. \n\n\n\nWe put ourselves on stage through a series of stories and real acts. We share our visions\, our obsessions\, our questions: What does a salary depend on? Why do we want to justify ourselves when we talk about it?  What do we do with our bodies? How do we look at it and accept each other? What will happen when everyone knows that we are whores? \n\n\n\nOur testimonies evoke the dynamics of power within sex work. How it is exercised over the body and sexuality\, and how it can be the mouthpiece of our feminism. They also evoke the solidarity that exists in this milieu\, the way we communicate\, train and protect each other. They also evoke the moments that are dear to us\, our victories and our joys\, our passion and our dedication to this work\, our suffering and our personal struggles. \n\n\n\nWe whores take care of people and we deserve to be treated with the same care and respect as everyone else. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nAllies – please consider your position relative to the sex worker community when selecting your ticket amount. We have set a sliding scale to include sex workers\, migrants\, trans and gender expansive people\, and BIPOC community members. If you are a sex worker among these communities and cannot afford €7\,5 please contact info@queer.red. A limited number of tickets will be reserved.
URL:https://queer.red/event/whorehouse-cabaret/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:performance,whorehouse cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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SUMMARY:Porn Shorts + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Porn shorts: intro by María Riot + Q&A with filmmakers \n\n\n\nLocation: Grote Zaal | Times: 16:45-18:00 | Tickets: €11\,25 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\nThis film programme  will be introduced by María Riot: an Argentinian sex worker\, sex workers’ rights activist\, intimacy coordinator and artist. \n\n\n\nFilmmakers will be present for a Q&A following the screenings. \n\n\n\nA Quick Fix \n\n\n\nColorblock Films\, April Flores Films\, Praline Studio | Germany | 2024 | 7 min | English  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nHousewife April Flores’ washing machine breaks down. When dykey plumber Manon Praline arrives\, April turns on her bimbo charm\, and reveals her real intentions. Soon Manon is sliding into April’s velvet robe\, and she wants that wrench where?!  \n\n\n\nCane \n\n\n\nBendix Mignon | Germany | 2024 | 5 min \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nA short queer porn film which celebrates crip sex. It is part of an ongoing (and very practical) research into crip porn\, into what it means to fuck with disability and normalcy. It queers the actor and finds agency in our aids. Who assists whom\, who grants access? “cane” is an intimate red-hot crip-sexy hip-grinding rhythmic conversation of a person and their cane. \n\n\n\nBang Click Bang \n\n\n\nHardwerk | Germany | 2021 | 17 min | English \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nInspired by the sexploitation films of Russ Meyers and Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up (1966)\, HardWerk’s latest gang bang is a slow burning subversion of cinematic tropes that finds the carnal in the camp and the sumptuous in the sleaze. For her first ever gang bang and first facial on film\, lead performer Maria Riot and the filmmakers reimagined the figure of the bossy (and generally male) photographer with a much-needed shift on the gender axis\, allowing Maria to take the lead in quite literally staging her own fantasy. Here\, the line between object\, subject and artist can become blurred; men in all their exaggerated machismo can become eager playthings\, and the directive cannot go unheeded: look at me. \n\n\n\nNo Man Like Me \n\n\n\nJaq Quicksilver | USA | 2023 | 4 min | English \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n“So you’re bicurious…. Big deal. Get online\, you can be sucking dick or getting fucked within an hour – if that’s what you really want to do. It’s one of the easiest things on earth to do. …But instead you’re here with me. Let’s explore why that is. \n\n\n\nReclamation \n\n\n\nOran Julius | USA | 2022 | 6 min | English \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThree friends gather on the solstice to practice a healing ritual involving messaging\, fists\, and hot wax. Who says wax play can’t be therapeutic? Reclamation is all about leaning into kink as healing\, self care\, and community love. Three friends gather on the solstice to practice a healing ritual designed to help them embrace and celebrate their bodies. Together they pamper each other before forming a bond with a very special seal. In Reclamation we celebrate Black bodies\, Brown bodies\, fat bodies\, disabled bodies\, hypermobile bodies\, chronically ill bodies\, and trans bodies.  \n\n\n\nVice Versa  \n\n\n\nJulian Curico | France/Germany | 2022 | 20 min  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nDancing towards his prey\, Jamal is ready for his long awaited opening…
URL:https://queer.red/event/porn-shorts-qa/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (shorts),q&A,whorehouse cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250329T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250329T193000
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SUMMARY:A Guided Qleasure Practice
DESCRIPTION:Workshop: A Guided Qleasure Practice Sex Worker Only \n\n\n\nBy Gia G \n\n\n\nLocation: Etage | Times: 16:30-19:30 | Tickets: Donation (suggested sliding scale €0-20) – online registration required \n\n\n\n\nIn a guided qleasure practice we will research\, uncover and practice the relationship we have to qleausure. \n\n\n\nQleasure or queer pleasure breaks boundaries\, borders and binaries. There is no norm\, no right way\, no wrong way\, only your way. Qleasure states we are all experts when it comes to our own pleasure\, we just need some time and space to figure it out sometimes. \n\n\n\n\nDuring this practice\, we will focus on the individual relationship(s) we have to pleasure. What feels good? What does my body want? How does my head want to be touched\, right here\, right now? We start this session by grounding in the space\, checking in with the others\, making some collective agreements\, before we go into a guided practice followed by some free play. This workshop is focused on the relationship with your own body\, not those of others. The latter is to be explored in the full 4nights series called Pleasure Nights! \n\n\n\nThis workshop will be in English\, is SW-only and offers space for max 20 participants. \n\n\n\nGiA G is a queer heaux\, spicy performer and model\, pleasure activist\, facilitator and writer. They dedicate their practice and personal life to seeking\, researching and practicing pleasure by helping people connect with their own expertise. GiA G is an infinite learner who continuously builds their knowledge through sex work\, books\, listening\, questioning\, workshops\, and practicing.
URL:https://queer.red/event/a-guided-qleasure-practice/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Etage\, Tolstraat 182 Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, 1074 VM\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:whorehouse cinema,workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250329T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250329T161500
DTSTAMP:20250307T192854Z
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SUMMARY:Four Chambers Special
DESCRIPTION:Four Chambers Special: Various films by Vex Ashley \n\n\n\nLocation: Etage | Times: 15:30-16:15 | Tickets: €11\,25 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\nFour Chambers is a name that keeps popping up at every SW and porn festival we visit. So we looked into who is behind this project and it turned out to be the very talented porn performer\, director and filmmaker Vex Ashley. With a art school and photography background\, as well as digital sex work online\, Four Chambers became a project\, an idea and an ongoing collaboration with the intention to explore the aesthetic and conceptual potential of pornography as a creative medium for ideas. We handpicked several of their works as examples of some exquisite DIY works with high-end aesthetic production value from a community perspective. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nTwo of Swords | UK | 2022 | 13 min  \n\n\n\nAn ancient symbol of the divine masculine\, the sword = cock symbolism isn’t exactly subtle here. Recreated with some of my favourite sexually charged tarot imagery from the suit of swords under glowing neon red light. An occult homoerotic Bacchanalia ritual or a sweaty 3am club fuck. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nArchetype | UK |  2019 | 13 min \n\n\n\nPorn aesthetics and archetypes are fascinating\, sex on film has always been innovative\, at the forefront of pushing technology and creativity. Being pushed to the margins means you’re forced to make new rules and create your own visions\, processes and traditions. Porn world developed its own visual language\, signs and semiotics. \n\n\n\nThis is the first in a new series we’re hoping to continue exploring where we look at traditional Porn stereotypes\, archetypes\, aesthetics and cliches and how we can explore\, subvert or expand them. Exploring some classic archetypes – play fighting\, wrestling\, leather bars\, vests\, sweat and skin we were lucky enough to be able to license the perfect brooding Berlin goth gay club soundtrack from Boy Harsher and we were good to go. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nA Cyborg Manifesto | UK | 2020 | 5 min \n\n\n\nOriginally commissioned by The Museum of Sex for the CAM LIFE exhibition\, ‘A Cyborg Manifesto’ is a visual essay and a personal exploration of a life spent online. \n\n\n\nWe broadcast our image in cells and pixels across continents\, viewed by lenses\, pushed through codecs and compression algorithms\, adapting new ways to circumvent the physical. Thousands of people every day fuck and fuck themselves broadcast live via webcam. I spent 4 years from 2012-2016 live online\, executing a carefully choreographed performance of authenticity – shapeshifting\, adapting\, morphing. My sex and self monetised for consumption\, working for tips. Records of this will outlive me\, videos of cam shows ripped\, recorded and uploaded on illegal sites\, digital time capsules or ticking time bombs.  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nProximity IV | UK | 2015 | 11 min \n\n\n\nThe Proximity series was really where the project started. It aims to replicate the intensity of a sexual connection by bringing the camera in. \n\n\n\nHighlight the intricacies and minutia of sex\, things often lost in sex on screen. The closeness of the camera allows for greater focus on breath\, sweat\, touches that might otherwise be lost. It replicates the experience of a partner. Body parts merge and skin blends. It becomes less about clarity and more about atmosphere and experience.  \n\n\n\nabout the filmmaker \n\n\n\nVex Ashley is a porn performer\, director and filmmaker. After rejecting being demoted to “muse” spending 3 years at art school and getting naked online as a cam girl\, Vex started making work as Four Chambers to expand the idea of what sex on film could say\, do and be. Vex performs in\, directs\, edits and produces the Four Chambers project in collaboration with a partner and the performers. She speaks\, writes and spends a lot of time online talking about making porn creatively and independently\, sex as performance\, authenticity\, art and pornography\, technology and sex\, camming\, censorship and the music of Joanna Newsom.  \n\n\n\nVex is self taught in film making with an emphasis on collaborative DIY practices; Four Chambers now exists alongside a new wave of creators making contemporary pornographic work from a new perspective. The project remains deliberately ambiguous\, rejecting labels for both their films and performers\, existing in-between genres of both art and pornography and dismissing the need for a definition of either. Exploring themes of technology\, symbolism\, mythology and alchemy and their intrinsic intersection with sex and part of the growing decentralisation from traditional adult industry business\, Four Chambers is independent\, DIY\, conceptual\, pornography cinema.
URL:https://queer.red/event/four-chambers-special/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Etage\, Tolstraat 182 Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, 1074 VM\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (shorts),whorehouse cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250329T144500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250329T161500
DTSTAMP:20250219T202830Z
CREATED:20250216T145317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T202830Z
UID:1369-1743259500-1743264900@queer.red
SUMMARY:Double Feature + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Double Feature: Longue Vie Aux Putes & Four Seasons Brothel + Q&A \n\n\n\nLocation: Grote Zaal | Times: 14:45-16:15 | Tickets: €11\,25 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\nLongue Vie Aux Putes (Hurrah the Whores!) \n\n\n\nAlya Kara | France | 2023 | 45 min | French with English subs \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nA closed encounter with a stigmatised community\, constantly pushed to the margins: independent sex workers.  \n\n\n\nThis invisibilised community\, forced to live hidden because they are not wanted in this society. For them\, getting together is more than necessary\, it is a matter of survival. \n\n\n\nThis film has mention of sexual violence and suicide. \n\n\n\n4 SEASONS BROTHEL  \n\n\n\nKiddo Leone | Belgium | 2024 | 30 min | French with English subs \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nAs a sex worker\, fighting against invisibility is a daily struggle. A longing for witness has impulsed this movie to turn into a kaleidoscopic documentary-vlog. Here’s four sex workers journey from their prep rituals to their after work rituals\, passing through their way to work and a work session.  \n\n\n\nThey testify about their different experiences of coming in\, coming out\, outing and professional retraining as sex workers. Their multiple experiences are also intertwined with queer and so called non-conform identity. Made with beloved colleagues and a client\, four seasons Vivaldi music\, to weave a micro archive and constellation of our bright existences. 
URL:https://queer.red/event/double-feature-qa/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (feature),q&A,whorehouse cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250329T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250329T141500
DTSTAMP:20250307T184616Z
CREATED:20250216T144912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T184616Z
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SUMMARY:Solo + Intro by PFFA + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Location: Grote Zaal | Times: 13:00-14:15 | Entrance: €11\,25 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\nThis film will be introduced by Porn Film Festival Amsterdam which aims to create a safe and accessible space where marginalised voices can be heard\, and where the community can come together to explore\, reclaim and celebrate their autonomy and art. \n\n\n\nSolo \n\n\n\nAndrés Valenzuela Arellano | Chile | 2025 | 63 min | Spanish with English subs \n\n\n\n\nSOLO invites us into the world of Ed\, an erotic performer from Chile. Under an explosion of neon lights and desire\, Andrés Valenzuela Arellano weaves fluidity and explicit intimacy into an expanded experience. More than cinema\, it’s an invitation to break taboos and push boundaries. \n\n\n\n\nSOLO delves into the life and work of Edandress\, a Chilean performer and erotic content creator\, as they embark on a journey through pivotal milestones. From their childhood and adolescence in Melipilla to their beginnings in the erotic industry\, the film\, directed by Andrés Valenzuela and produced by Cinéculo\, embodies the metaphor of dilation as the protagonist opens their personal space to the camera. It tackles themes like consent while revealing the essence of pleasure in everyday life: breaking free from a repressive\, guilt-driven society and experiencing absolute freedom by embracing exploration.
URL:https://queer.red/event/solo-intro-by-pffa/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (feature),whorehouse cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250329T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250329T150000
DTSTAMP:20250217T172109Z
CREATED:20250216T143838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250217T172109Z
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SUMMARY:Online Sex Work 101
DESCRIPTION:Workshop: Online Sex Work 101 Sex Worker ONLY \n\n\n\nBy Jaq Quicksilver \n\n\n\nLocation: Etage | Times: 12:00-15:00 (including break) | Tickets: Donation (suggested sliding scale €0-20) – online registration required \n\n\n\n\nOnline sex work has exploded in popularity (and profits) since 2020. Kick-start your digital business by learning the basics of fan sites and clip creation\, establishing and growing your brand\, safety\, and staying compliant with the law. \n\n\n\nThis workshop will be in English\, is SW-only and offers space for max 12 participants. \n\n\n\n\nJaq Quicksilver (they/he/she) is a nonbinary and gender fluid content creator formerly from the SF Bay Area\, California. Their body of commercial pornographic work chronicles their experimentation with gender and their ongoing physical transition. When not toiling in the smut mines\, they enjoy bodybuilding\, reading\, needlecrafts\, and chilling with their two cats. They moved to Amsterdam in February 2024 primarily to escape an increasingly anti-trans and anti-porn political and social landscape.
URL:https://queer.red/event/online-sex-work-101/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Etage\, Tolstraat 182 Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, 1074 VM\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:whorehouse cinema,workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250328T220000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250328T235500
DTSTAMP:20250219T203010Z
CREATED:20250216T143007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T203010Z
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SUMMARY:Labor
DESCRIPTION:Labor (documentary) \n\n\n\nLocation: Zaal | Times: 22:00-00:00| Tickets: €11\,25 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\n\nTove Pils | Sweden | 2023 | 95 min | English \n\n\n\nHanna leaves her family and her girlfriend behind to go to San Francisco. She dreams of exploring her sexuality way beyond what is possible in her small Swedish hometown. At a party in San Francisco she gets to know two experienced sex workers: Chloe\, a professional domina with dreams of a better life and Cyd\, a playful and shameless escort\, selling sex to gay men. \n\n\n\n\nTogether with them Hanna embarks on a journey. For the first time in her life she starts to feel like she could belong somewhere. But staying in San Francisco is expensive. To be able to remain in the city Hannah wants to try sex work herself and starts working with Chloe.Chloe and Cyd are at a different part of their journey\, wanting to create more stable lives for themselves in a city that is rapidly gentrifying. There are both ups and downs to sex work for all of them and while Hanna is beginning to live the life she’s been dreaming of\, there is something looming at the horizon.Hanna’s new way of life doesn’t align with the values of her loved ones back in Sweden. But maybe her girlfriend will understand Hanna’s choices better after she comes to visit? And maybe if Hanna dares to be open to her parents they would actually become closer?
URL:https://queer.red/event/labor/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (feature),whorehouse cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250328T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250328T213000
DTSTAMP:20250313T174201Z
CREATED:20250216T142302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T174201Z
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SUMMARY:Shorts + intro by SNAP! + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Short film programme: Intro by SNAP! Festival + Q&A with filmmakers \n\n\n\nLocation: Zaal | Times 20:00-21:30 | Tickets €11\,25 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\nMany of the films in this shorts programme have screened before at SNAP! Festival\, who will be present to introduce the screening.  \n\n\n\nMore about presenter Marianne Chargois & SNAP!\nThis Brussels-based Sex workers Narratives Arts & Politics festival is SW-led and entirely dedicated to the discourses\, representations and issues related to sex work. SNAP! has been a huge inspiration to us over the years- visiting their gorgeous festival truly helped envision Whorehouse Cinema and look for sw- created art! We opened their festival last year and now it’s our turn to welcome them in return. And we can continue snapping our fingers throughout the festival\, as the SNAP! creator Marianne Chargois will also perform during the ‘Whorehouse Cabaret’ performance night on Saturday! \n\n\n\n\n42 Days \n\n\n\nNat Portnoy | The Netherlands | 2020 | 11 min | Polish with English subs \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n42 Days focuses on the moment of confrontation with a terminal disease and an attempt to process a personal tragedy.  \n\n\n\nThe film\, in a form of visual diary\, takes the viewers onto a journey of realisations regarding the author’s difficult family relations\, gender and sexual identity and the lack of control. It reflects on shame\, guilt and the experience of queerness in a conservative\, Catholic setting as well as on the concepts of migration and re-rooting. The author speculates whether it’s possible to fully accept one’s fate. \n\n\n\nThis film deals with topics like terminal disease\, disability and suicide. \n\n\n\nNot in Love (Pas Amoureux)  \n\n\n\nEugénie Bouquet | Switzerland | 2022 | 4 min | French with English subs \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nTwo people are sitting on a bench in the Parc des Bastions in Geneva. One\, Judith\, is a sex worker who talks about her experience with disabled clients. The other one\, me\, is interviewing and recording her. An animated documentary about sex between people who are not in love. \n\n\n\nThis film engages with themes of illness and death. \n\n\n\nPrima Vista \n\n\n\nSquareheart & Cornpop Bright | Greece | 2024 | 3 min | No spoken  language \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nEvery gaze carries within it the potential for profound understanding. Through the lens of a woman’s eyes\, we watch a private performance where sight transcends mere observation\, becoming a vessel for connection and empathy. \n\n\n\nREADY \n\n\n\nVincent Weschelberger | Germany | 2024 | 10 min | English  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nREADY is an honest portrait of contemporary queer sex work emerging out of [the director’s] own relationship to it. This series offers a window into our reality – the elation and self-actualization\, as well as the struggles and stigma we experience. \n\n\n\nReisende  \n\n\n\nCosmopolitrans\, ESWA\, BV Trans | Germany | 2023 | 14 min | Spanish with English subs \n\n\n\nThis short documentary addresses in a sensitive and detailed way the lives of migrant trans women working in the sex sector in Germany.  \n\n\n\nThrough personal testimonies and intimate narratives\, the multiple difficulties that these women face are exposed\, such as discrimination\, economic precariousness\, and legal and social obstacles. However\, the documentary also highlights their achievements and the resilience they demonstrate in facing these challenges. It shows how they find support in supportive communities and support networks\, and how they fight for their rights and dignity in an often hostile environment. \n\n\n\nSugarAlyssa Brayboy | USA | 2023 | 6 min | English  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nWe follow Banner on his search for a sex worker. He stumbles across Alora\, who is usually up for anything\, but she quickly learns Banner isn’t a typical client. \n\n\n\nToomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves \n\n\n\nChintis Lundgren | Estonia\, Croatia\, France | 2019 | 18 min | English \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nAfter losing a well paid engineering job\, Toomas\, a young hot wolf\, gets cornered into working as a gigolo to support his family. He is keeping it a secret from his pregnant wife Viivi. Viivi also has a secret: she is attending a female empowerment seminar involving male slaves. When Toomas gets a role in a sexploitation movie\, it becomes harder to keep his new profession a secret. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nart exhibition\, whorehouse cinema
URL:https://queer.red/event/shorts-intro-by-snap-qa/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (shorts),q&A,whorehouse cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250328T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250331T203000
DTSTAMP:20250305T101824Z
CREATED:20250305T092139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250305T101824Z
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SUMMARY:sex worker art exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Sex Worker Art Exhibition \n\n\n\nLocation: cafe \n\n\n\nTimes: 28 March\, 18:00-23:00 | 29 March\, 12:00-22:00 | 30 March\, 13:00-20:30 | Entrance: free \n\n\n\n\nIllustrations by Comics Slut (2023-2025\, the Netherlands) \n\n\n\nA selection of illustrations and prints that explore the weird\, the queer and the sexual through a playful and loving approach. \n\n\n\nComics Slut is a lover of pop culture\, camp and anything femme. She’s a retired stripper and aspiring indie smut maker. Her work takes inspiration from her lived experiences\, but it is essentially romantic fantasies. \n\n\n\n\n\nArchivo Puta by Maria Riot (2024) \n\n\n\nA multidisciplinary project that seeks to create archives of the present and search for archives of the past of sex workers\, as well as recover memory\, make visible the beauty and resistance of the collective.  \n\n\n\nPresentation by the artist on Sunday 30 March 13:00-15:00 | Location: Etage | Entrance: donation-based \n\n\n\n\nMaría Riot (1991) Sex worker for over a decade\, sex worker right’s activist\, member of AMMAR\, the Sex Worker Union of Argentina\, Intimacy Coordinator for Adult Films and Artist. Born in the Province of Buenos Aires\, Argentina. Based in Barcelona\, Spain. Author of the photography project Archivo Puta. Curator at Porn Film Festivals and co Organiser of “Putas en Pantalla” (Whores on Films)\, a selection of short and long films about sex work\, screened at Excentrico Fest (Chile)\, Zumzeig Cinema (Spain) and Post P_rn Arts Fest Warsaw (Poland). Currently working as a scriptwriter and main actress in a documentary about sex work by the acclaimed director Agustina Comedi. Has given talks\, interviews and written about sex work politics all over the world. \n\n\n\n\nStep by Step Anal Guide by Miammy (2025\, Greece) \n\n\n\nAn eight page book for straight men who are ready to broaden their horizons of pleasure by trying anal. \n\n\n\nPatriarchy is an oppressive system not only for women but for men too. After realizing that\, how do you escape? Let’s embrace vulnerability and discover new dimensions of pleasure through your body. The notion that traditional masculinity\, with its prohibitions against emotional openness and bodily exploration\, limits the pleasure in your everyday life. I believe that men urgently need to embrace vulnerability and this must extend to sex and pleasure. Why miss this type of pleasure? Break free from the cage of gender norms\, by allowing yourself to experience pleasure. In this way\, you can challenge societal taboos and reclaim your body. This change is not only physical but also societal. You can see it as a heroic action for the world and dismantle this regressive and hurtful legacy with a simple pegging. \n\n\n\n\nMiammy grew up in Greece\, studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts and Gerrit Rietveld Academie during an Erasmus exchange in Amsterdam. She loves interdisciplinary collaboration\, having participated in the transcultural program at Zürich University of the Arts and as a member of the Sinodi Papu Collective. Passionate about exploring people and cultures by traveling the world and Digital space.
URL:https://queer.red/event/1498/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Lobby/Cafe\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:art exhibition,whorehouse cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250328T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250330T203000
DTSTAMP:20250216T135825Z
CREATED:20250216T135722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250216T135825Z
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SUMMARY:sex worker film & art festival | 28-30 march
DESCRIPTION:Welcome back to the second edition of queer.red presents! Whorehouse Cinema & Cabaret! \n\n\n\nqueer.red presents! proudly returns for a second and amplified edition of our film and arts festival that celebrates the art of sex workers! This year\, our programme focuses on queer and trans sex workers (as always)  and now with a much needed cabaret!  \n\n\n\nIn 2020 queer.red emerged with a manifesto to destigmatize how sex work is discussed and encourage expanding the rights and autonomy of sex workers. Since then\, we have organised 25+ events and collaborated internationally with festivals in Korea\, Austria\, Ireland\, and Belgium as well as in the Netherlands. Throughout our journey\, we’ve upheld our mission to direct resources to sex workers and support their creation of art\, to center the voice of sex workers\, and seek out their stories.  \n\n\n\nThis second edition of the festival offers an archive of photography\, an art exhibition\, workshops by and for sex workers\, a sharp selection of films and shorts\, as well as a cabaret that includes performers from throughout the Netherlands and France. Filmmakers will be traveling across the globe to present their work and for many it is the first time they are being compensated with a participation fee.  \n\n\n\nWe are also taking this opportunity to reaffirm our collaboration with sex worker-led organisations like Papaya Kuir and SAVE as well as other community-led festivals like SNAP! and Porn Film Festival Amsterdam.  \n\n\n\nDuring the festival\, we want those who are mostly impacted by injustice\, capitalism\, racism\, homo- and transphobia\, to be able to participate in our festival. Therefore some programmes will be sex worker-only\, donation-based\, or on a sliding scale. Our aim for this year is to make sure that 85% or more of the total budget goes directly to sex worker artists and volunteers.  \n\n\n\nThis event is by the community\, for the community. You are invited to join in on it’s diversity\, creativity and audacity.  \n\n\n\nSee you at the Whorehouse!   \n\n\n\nThe queer.red team & board \n\n\n\nAlexis\, Aline\, Angel\, Domi\, Majk and Plette
URL:https://queer.red/event/sex-worker-film-art-festival-28-30-march/
CATEGORIES:whorehouse cinema
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250328T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250328T193000
DTSTAMP:20250305T102207Z
CREATED:20250216T134923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250305T102207Z
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SUMMARY:opening night!
DESCRIPTION:Opening Remarks + Short Film + Shibari Performance \n\n\n\nLocation: Zaal | Times: 18:00-19:30 | Tickets €11\,25 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\nJoin us for this celebration of our second festival! Quirine Lengkeek will share some remarks about the status of sex workers\, some of the artist that are a part of the sex worker art exhibition will talk about their work\, we’ll screen a short film\, and there will be a shibari performance. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the sex worker art exhibition \n\n\n\n\nQuirine Lengkeek is a queer feminist activist and chairwoman of SekswerkExpertise\, a Dutch knowledge platform aiming to advance the position of sex workers\, and active member of SWAD. \n\n\n\nShe’s fond of glitter\, policy documents and advocating for the labour rights of sex workers\, be it at the municipality\, parliament\, or the UN! \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThriving: A Dissociated Reverie  \n\n\n\nNicole Bazuin | Canada | 2023 | 10 min | English \n\n\n\nA surrealist exploration of dissociative identity disorder (DID) based on the lived experience of a Black\, nonbinary\, disabled artist and former sex worker. \n\n\n\nMore about the film & director\nThriving: A Dissociated Reverie is a surrealist exploration of dissociative identity disorder (DID) based on the lived experience of Black\, non-binary\, disabled emerging multidisciplinary performance artist and former sex worker Kitoko Mai. Grappling with their DID diagnosis while attempting to survive capitalism\, we meet a range of “alters” (alternate personalities) representing the various emotional states of Mai\, the “system host.” Featuring a tour-de-force performance by Mai\, Thriving is directed by Nicole Bazuin (Modern Whore\, SXSW 2020)\, and co-written/co-produced by Mai and Bazuin\, alongside sex worker advocate and author Andrea Werhun. This visually striking film lensed by Ashley Iris Gill is complete with lush animations by Society of Illustrators triple-gold-medallist Dylan Glynn. Thriving was created with the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Toronto Arts Council.Nicole Bazuin (director) is a Toronto film director and interdisciplinary artist. In collaboration with writer and former escort Andrea Werhun\, Nicole co-created and photographed the acclaimed book Modern Whore: A Memoir (Strange Light\, Penguin Random House Canada). Nicole directed an award-winning short film adaptation of the book\, titled Modern Whore (Official Selection\, SXSW 2020). She created and directed the comedy art show This Art Works! (CBC)\, and the climate change documentary series Climate Talks With Kids (Bell TV). Nicole’s media artworks have been exhibited by the Art Gallery of Ontario\, and commissioned by festivals such as Nuit Blanche and Luminato. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nA new R’hope (shibari/kinbaku performance) \n\n\n\nby Cyanhur and Messy Anni  (France | 2024 | 30-35 min) \n\n\n\nWhen everything has turned to chaos\, resistance is whispering in the night\, a rope lies on the ground\, silent witness of a fractured world. In the middle of the rubble\, two beings find each other and unite again. Together\, they choose to share a moment of affection\, to suspend time and defy the surrounding chaos. Let yourself be carried away by this suspended moment\, where hope seems possible again. \n\n\n\nThis show contains bondage and BDSM scenes\, as well as siren audios. \n\n\n\nMore about the performers\nCyanhur @cyanhur (they/them) is an artist and SW passionate about shibari. For them ropes go far beyond a simple practice: they weave physical and emotional connections\, nourishing a unique artistic universe. By merging their love of ropes with creativity\, they explore and share this art through photos and videos. \n\n\n\nMessy Anni @messy_anni (she/her) is a shibari switch and occasional SW. She started shibari in Greece and has practiced this art with different partners in various countries since then. She enjoys how ropes can facilitate communication and trust building between people\, as well as the power exchange it creates. She sees ropes as a tool that can be used for different purposes and intentions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nart exhibition\, whorehouse cinema
URL:https://queer.red/event/opening-night/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (shorts),performance,whorehouse cinema
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230402T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230402T203000
DTSTAMP:20230331T073354Z
CREATED:20230228T165213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T073354Z
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SUMMARY:Rua dos Anjos
DESCRIPTION:Rua dos Anjos (documentary) \n\n\n\nLocation: Zaal | Times: 18:30-20:30| Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\nRenata Ferraz & Maria Roxo | Portugal/Brazil | 2022 | 84 min | Portuguese with English subtitles \n\n\n\nRua dos Anjos (Rising Sun Blues) is a film built upon the encounter and shared film creation of two women.They narrate and witness personal stories while exchanging certain techniques of their respective crafts: sex work and filmmaking. In this scenario\, they simultaneously become filmmakers and characters. \n\n\n\ncontent warnings for all films
URL:https://queer.red/event/rua-dos-anjos/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (feature),whorehouse cinema
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230402T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230402T180000
DTSTAMP:20230331T073413Z
CREATED:20230228T163222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T073413Z
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SUMMARY:Shorts 2 + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Shorts 2 (film programme) + Q&A  \n\n\n\nLocation: Zaal | Times: 16:00-18:00| Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\ncontent warnings for all films \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFamily Matters \n\n\n\nMaximus Skaff | USA | 2022 | 23 min | English \n\n\n\nA realistic look into the lives and relationships between sex workers and their family members. The documentary profiles four families who share about the struggles that got them where they are today and the unconditional love that allowed them to heal together. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrip \n\n\n\nKateřina Turečková | Czech Republic | 2015 | 10 min | Czech with English subtitles \n\n\n\nAn intimate look into the relationship of two girls. One is a stripper and the other has a problem with it. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSexarbeit und Beziehung (Sex Work and Relationship)  \n\n\n\nAaron und Pauli | Germany&Austria |2020 & 2021 | 27 min | German with English subtitles \n\n\n\nUs sex workers have relationships and lovers just as other human beings. But often we find ourselves in situations where we have to educate our partners or are confronted with stereotypes regarding our work. This video is contributing to the reduction of prejudices and aims to support sex workers and their loved ones in being more open about the topic. We are autonomous people who made the choice to do sex work out of our own free will. Sexwork is work! Respect! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOubliette \n\n\n\nCharly Flyte | UK | 2023 | 9 min | English \n\n\n\nIn a glittering womb-like London dungeon\, a dominatrix shares countless moments of seductive and sadistic kink with a regular client. But her head is somewhere else. As her routine repeats\, session by session\, she is triggered with memories and haunting flashbacks. With studded heels\, whips and chains\, she wonders whether her power is quite where it seems. \n\n\n\nContent warning: BDSM\, implied themes of coercion and abusive relationships \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvery Day Burns \n\n\n\nAidan Jung & Tyler Murgo | USA | 2020 | 5 min | English  \n\n\n\nAward winning pole dancer\, Sada Velasquez\, addresses the familial and social stigma she must overcome in order to pursue her passion for dance. Everyday Burns is a short documentary exploring one artist’s journey towards self expression and community empowerment. Every day Sada overcomes physical limitations\, personal doubts and moral perceptions of others in order to create a safe space for folks to explore their sensual freedom. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIndélébile/Graffiti Politique  \n\n\n\nDeep and Cheap Media & Equipe Ephemere | France | 2021 |  7 min | French with English subs \n\n\n\nParis\, 2020\, in the midst of the pandemic\, a social movement is raging. A feminist graffiti activist group prepares an action for the respect of whores. \n\n\n\nContent warning: These films contain sexual contact and strong language.
URL:https://queer.red/event/shorts-2-qa/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (shorts),whorehouse cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230402T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230402T160000
DTSTAMP:20250216T143320Z
CREATED:20230228T124448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250216T143320Z
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SUMMARY:Add Some Cinema to Your Sexy Content by Yvette Luhrs
DESCRIPTION:Location: Tuinkamer \n\n\n\nTimes: 14:00-16:00 \n\n\n\nSOLD OUT!Suggested donation €10 | Sex Workers only \n\n\n\nReservation required via Eventbrite (10 persons max.) \n\n\n\nIn this SEX WORKER ONLY Masterclass we look at how you can use basic cinematic techniques to help you create sexy content that makes you look your best! Content creators\, in the form of videos\, photo sets and/ or live cam shows\, are invited to take a deep dive into their own work and their aesthetic interests. With easy tips and tricks on lighting\, set dressing\, camera technique and montage we will discuss how you can make your content more you. Participants are encouraged to bring a sample of their own work and (mainstream) examples of what inspires them.In this SEX WORKER ONLY Masterclass we look at how you can use basic cinematic techniques to help you create sexy content that makes you look your best! Content creators\, in the form of videos\, photo sets and/ or live cam shows\, are invited to take a deep dive into their own work and their aesthetic interests. With easy tips and tricks on lighting\, set dressing\, camera technique and montage we will discuss how you can make your content more you. Participants are encouraged to bring a sample of their own work and (mainstream) examples of what inspires them. \n\n\n\nYvette Luhrs is a pornographer\, film scholar and sex worker.
URL:https://queer.red/event/add-some-cinema-to-your-sexy-content-by-yvette-luhrs/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Tuinkamer\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:whorehouse cinema,workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230401T220000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230402T030000
DTSTAMP:20230331T133914Z
CREATED:20230228T104955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T133914Z
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SUMMARY:Whores Out Loud: Queer Stripclub & Big Party
DESCRIPTION:Photo by @wodan6070\n\n\n\nStriptopia Time: 22:00-00:00  \n\n\n\nBig Party Time: 00:00-03:00 \n\n\n\nEntrance – Combiticket Striptopia and Party €20 euro (Cinetol) \n\n\n\nSOLD OUT!! \n\n\n\n\nIf you identify as a sex worker\, a stripper\, refugee and/ or BIPOC Queer – this is your space. If this applies to you or if for some other reason you are struggling to pay the entrance fee\, please CONTACT Queer is not a Manifesto through this form. \n\n\n\nGUEST LIST CLOSED – SOLD OUT \n\n\n\n\nStriptopia provides an alternative option to traditional strip clubs. It is a pop-up strip club that uses mobile architecture and a mobile application as tools to create a transparent financial system\, boundaries for consent and bodily autonomy. Through the use of technology we aim to facilitate healthier client interactions\, financial autonomy and transparency for strippers in their workplace. Striptopia allows a collective group of strippers to have full political and financial control over the context in which their labor is performed as well as help address gender and race-based discrimination\, destigmatize\, educate and include diverse communities by appearing in different contexts. \n\n\n\nBig Party \n\n\n\nSex work is work! Support the sex workers and strippers community by dancing your ass off! Multiple DJ’s will make you want to show your sexy moves.  \n\n\n\n\n\nPrior to Queer Stripclub (Striptopia) & Big Party\, there will be a Panel Discussion. \n\n\n\nThis Cinetol ticket DOES NOT reserve a place for the Panel Discussion. It is only for entry to Queer Stripclub (Striptopia) & Big Party. \n\n\n\nSee the event details for information about the Panel Discussion. \n\n\n\nAbout the hosts: \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrans United \n\n\n\nTrans United Europe/ Trans European BPOC network has been founded to unite the networks of European operating Trans BPOC NGOs and individual BPOC trans activists living and working in Europe. We started in 2013 in the Netherlands with Trans United Nederland from which we formatted in Brussels the umbrella BPOC network Trans United Europe. Trans United Nederland is the Dutch department operating from the Red Light District in the heart of Amsterdam. We amplify European and global BPOC media content via social media\, inform BPOC trans communities on trans sex work\, gender-specific healthcare including HIV prevention programs for transmen and non-binary people. Trans United is a BPOC sex worker and BPOC trans people living with HIV led organisation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nStriptopia \n\n\n\nStriptopia provides an alternative option to traditional strip clubs. It is a pop-up strip club that uses mobile architecture and a mobile application as tools to create a transparent financial system\, boundaries for consent and bodily autonomy. Through the use of technology we aim to facilitate healthier client interactions\, financial autonomy and transparency for strippers in their workplace. Striptopia allows a collective group of strippers to have full political and financial control over the context in which their labor is performed as well as help address gender and race-based discrimination\, destigmatize\, educate and include diverse communities by appearing in different contexts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nQueer is not a Manifesto \n\n\n\nQueer is not a Manifesto is an organization that centers queer and fluïd Identities through activist practices. We do artistic direction\, (event) production\, coördination\, communication and PR in order to push the queer agenda on queer terms. We use tools like a radical access plan and safe(r) spaces policies to actively counter
URL:https://queer.red/event/whores-out-loud-queer-stripclub-big-party/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:performance,whorehouse cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red foundation":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230401T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230402T030000
DTSTAMP:20230401T183032Z
CREATED:20230228T103027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230401T183032Z
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SUMMARY:Whores Out Loud: Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:TRANS UNITED | STRIPTOPIA | QUEER IS NOT A MANIFESTO PROUDLY PRESENT \n\n\n\nWhores Out Loud: Panel Discussion | Queer Stripclub | Big Party  \n\n\n\nAll profits go to sex workers and strippers involved in this event – SOLD OUT!! \n\n\n\nPanel Discussion \n\n\n\nTime: 20:00-21:30 \n\n\n\nLocation: zaal \n\n\n\nDonation €1+ (reserve online with Eventbrite) \n\n\n\nSOLD OUT!! \n\n\n\nThe panel discussion will focus on (the lack of) autonomy of sex workers and strippers. How can strippers get more direct financial control in their work environment? How does current national and local policy making enforce or discourage autonomy and agency for sex workers? How can sex workers and strippers rights be enhanced and what is needed from the queer community to show solidarity and support? \n\n\n\n\n\nPanel members include Leslie\, Clementine Willow and Sabrina Sanchez \n\n\n\n\nSabrina Sanchez (she/her) is the Executive Director of the European Sex Workers’ Rights Alliance (ESWA) from September 2021. Born in Mexico City in 1981\, she graduated in Communication at UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico). Sex worker since her arrival in Europe until today. She developed her activist activity as part of APROSEX in Barcelona and is co-founder of OTRAS\, the sex workers’ union in Spain. \n\n\n\n\n\nLeslie is a Cuban girl (she/her) living in Amsterdam – member of Papaya Kuir and Trans United. She does (voluntary) work for Leger des Heils\, Wereldhuis and HVO Querido.\n\n\n\n\n\nClementine Willow (she/ tree) is a lesbian disabled European based activist/ poët and dominatrix for men. \n\n\n\nClementine focuses on making the (queer) nightlife and art community a more accessible and inclusive space for everyone to explore and find each other and themselves. \n\n\n\n\nFollowing the Panel Discussion\, there will be a Queer Stripclub (performance by Striptopia) & Big Party.  \n\n\n\nThis Eventbrite ticket DOES NOT include entrance to Queer Stripclub (Striptopia) & Big Party. It only reserves your space at the Panel Discussion. \n\n\n\nSee the event details for information about Queer Stripclub (Striptopia) & Big Party to purchase tickets.
URL:https://queer.red/event/whores-out-loud-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:panel discussion,whorehouse cinema
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230401T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230401T190000
DTSTAMP:20230401T114543Z
CREATED:20230228T160800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230401T114543Z
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SUMMARY:Shorts 1 + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Shorts 1 (film programme) + Q&A – co-hosted by Kaboom Animation Festival  \n\n\n\nLocation: Zaal | Times: 17:00-19:00| Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\nSOLD OUT! \n\n\n\nQ&A with Dexter Boldewijn from Cupid into Transmutation \n\n\n\ncontent warnings for all films \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSex(ual) Healing \n\n\n\nMaximus Skaff | USA | 2021 | 22 min | English \n\n\n\nAn exploration into the healing powers of sex work from both client and sex worker perspectives. Through the first episode of this reality-focused and nuanced docuseries we will help millions of individuals better understand the complexity and diversity of sex work\, recognize the harmful impact of existing laws\, and change the way we talk about criminality\, sex and consent. We aim to educate\, raise awareness\, and build an audience we can mobilize to defend the rights of sex workers across the country. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntimity  \n\n\n\nElodie Dermange | CH | 2017 | 5 min | English \n\n\n\nAs she is showering\, dressing\, putting on her make-up\, a woman bares her porn-loving soul. She speaks of her fears\, her complexes\, and the process of accepting – even loving – herself. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStripped \n\n\n\nJevon Boreland | Canada | 2018 | 10 min | English \n\n\n\nForget everything you heard and enter the world that many know of but know very little about. STRIPPED is the personal\, untold story of Phylicia Carty\, also known as Mz Lady Ice\, whose life took her in the direction of becoming one of the most revolutionary urban exotic dancers in the Toronto adult entertainment industry. The enticing documentary showcases the struggles and triumphs that come with being a female stripper in a contemporary world that is now gaining mainstream acceptance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCupid Into Transmutation  \n\n\n\nDexter Boldewijn | NL  | 2022 | 13 min | English \n\n\n\nThe edgy and personal student film Cupid into Transmutation follows a transgender boy named Caesar living in a big city. On the run from his traumatic past\, he tries to make a living as a camboy. Until he is suddenly sent into hysteria as his body starts to violently morph and transform beyond all recognition. Follow him in his search for acceptance and identity in this cruel world\, focused on normality and outer beauty. \n\n\n\nLizzy and Seyyah \n\n\n\nKristian Petersen | Germany | 2018 | 10 min | German with English subtitles  \n\n\n\nLizzy and Seyyah fuck!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPositions \n\n\n\nJustin Ducharme | Canada | 2018 | 12 min | English  \n\n\n\nA simple and naturalistic approach to a day in the life of a two-spirit\, male sex worker as he visits his clients. Positions is an unapologetic and realist exploration of sexual desire\, the quest for financial stability\, and the pursuit of agency over one’s own body. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHappy Ending  \n\n\n\nAra Choi | UK | 2018 | 5 min | English with subtitles \n\n\n\nHappy Ending is a poetic animated documentary based on an anonymous online testimony of a Korean sex worker. She is forced to have her body used by others for their own pleasure. She suffers. However\, she explores her body and desire to abolish social prejudices against sex workers. \n\n\n\nContent warning: These films contain sexual contact and strong language.
URL:https://queer.red/event/shorts-1-qa/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (shorts),whorehouse cinema
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230401T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230401T210000
DTSTAMP:20230228T181025Z
CREATED:20230228T154532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T181025Z
UID:677-1680361200-1680382800@queer.red
SUMMARY:XtraSexyReality (VR experience)
DESCRIPTION:XtraSexyReality is a choose-your-own-adventure porn experience that works with Virtual Reality headsets. Users can make choices between various sexual acts\, and for some scenes select different viewing angles. XtraSexyReality challenges current VR porn by providing agency and interactivity. www.xtrasexyreality.com \n\n\n\nLocation: Tuinkamer \n\n\n\nTimes: 15:00-21:00 \n\n\n\nEntry: Free 
URL:https://queer.red/event/xtrasexyreality-vr-experience/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Tuinkamer\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:art exhibition,whorehouse cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230401T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230401T163000
DTSTAMP:20230331T073458Z
CREATED:20230228T153834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T073458Z
UID:669-1680359400-1680366600@queer.red
SUMMARY:The Fabulous Ones
DESCRIPTION:The Fabulous Ones (documentary/feature) + presented by TranScreen Amsterdam Transgender Film Festival \n\n\n\nLocation: Zaal | Times: 14:30-16:30| Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\n\nThe Fabulous Ones \n\n\n\nRoberta Torre | Italy | 75 min | 2022 | Italian with English subtitles \n\n\n\nIt often happens that after death trans women are deprived of their identity. That’s what happened to Antonia\, too. Her friends gather to invoke her\, in an attempt to give Antonia her denied femininity. \n\n\n\ncontent warnings for all films
URL:https://queer.red/event/the-fabulous-ones/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (feature),whorehouse cinema
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230401T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230401T140000
DTSTAMP:20230328T185543Z
CREATED:20230228T122404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T185543Z
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SUMMARY:Erotic Self Portrait with Nat Portnoy
DESCRIPTION:Location: Tuinkamer \n\n\n\nTimes: 12:00-14:00 \n\n\n\nReserve a place (13 participants max) – suggested donation €5  \n\n\n\nsold out! \n\n\n\nIn this all-inclusive\, body and sex positive workshop\, we focus on unlocking Intimacy and self-discovery through erotic selfies\, exploring the possibilities of smartphone cameras and accessible items in the process of creating an intimate space. Learning how to take erotic selfies can make you feel empowered\, giving the sense of control over how you express your intimate desire and sexual identity\, creating deeper connections with yourself and the world around you. Nat Portnoy is a multidisciplinary\, queer artist\, filmmaker\, and writer from Poland\, based in the Netherlands. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nNat Portnoy is a multidisciplinary\, queer artist\, filmmaker\, and writer from Poland\, based in the Netherlands. Her projects are based on theories of sociocultural construction\, examining the cognitive processes of pleasure and its connotations with self-representation\, identity\, ritual\, and the complexity of language used to express desire. In her artistic practice\, she refers to existing ideologies and beliefs\, examining them through the knowledge of a collective and personal experience. \n\n\n\nInstagram @nataliaportnoy \n\n\n\nhttps://linktr.ee/natportnoy
URL:https://queer.red/event/erotic-self-portrait-with-nat-portnoy/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Tuinkamer\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:whorehouse cinema,workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230401T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230401T140000
DTSTAMP:20230308T201731Z
CREATED:20230228T115814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T201731Z
UID:625-1680350400-1680357600@queer.red
SUMMARY:Responding to WRS:  A Community-led Campaign (sex worker only workshop & brunch)
DESCRIPTION:A cross-organisational group of sex worker activists from SWAD (Sex Work Alliance Destigmatisation) joined an action group to develop a national campaign to respond to the imminent threat of a new set of regulations and legislation in the Netherlands (WRS).  \n\n\n\nDuring this brunch we will come together for a workshop with sex worker advocates from the Netherlands\, to acquire a better understanding of the upcoming law and regulation and to develop together the campaign slogans and key messages. \n\n\n\n\nLocation: Zaal \n\n\n\nTimes: 12:00-14:00  \n\n\n\nEntry: Free – reserve a space online \n\n\n\n(Max 30 Participants Sex Workers Only) \n\n\n\n\n\nqueer.red presents! is proud member of SWAD (Sex Work Alliance Destigmatisation). \n\n\n\nSWAD is an alliance of 22 organizations and initiatives working together to reduce the stigma on sex work. A cross-organisational group of sex worker activists from SWAD (Sex Work Alliance Destigmatisation) joined an action Group to develop a national campaign to respond to the imminent threat of a new set of regulations and legislation in the Netherlands (WRS). These changes will negatively impact sex workers’ human rights in the Netherlands and might expand stigma and discrimination towards the community. \n\n\n\nThe campaign imagined by the action group includes interventions such as media training of community members championing decriminalisation in the Netherlands\, engagement with Dutch media\, an online awareness raising campaign and face to face dialogues with the broader public.
URL:https://queer.red/event/responding-to-wrs-a-community-led-campaign-sex-worker-only-workshop-brunch/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:whorehouse cinema,workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red presents":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230331T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230331T230000
DTSTAMP:20230331T073514Z
CREATED:20230227T150214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T073514Z
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SUMMARY:Kenya + Intro & Performance by Papaya Kuir
DESCRIPTION:Location: Zaal | Times: 21:00-23:00 | Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKENYA (documentary)  \n\n\n\nGisela Delgadillo / Mexico / 2022 / 88′ / Spanish with English subtitles \n\n\n\nAfter witnessing the murder of her friend\, Kenya\, a trans woman sex worker\, embarks on a path of struggle and search for justice that leads her to face the fear and pain of seeing herself reflected in that tragic ending. \n\n\n\ncontent warnings for all films \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction & Performance by Papaya Kuir  \n\n\n\nPapaya Kuir is an intersectional feminist collective for and by trans and queer Latinx asylum seekers\, refugees and migrants in the Netherlands. Musicians\, performers\, writers and artists. They chose a name that re-introduces the use of the word papaya (slang for female genital tract in several Latin American countries) and Kuir which is a corruption of the word queer\, a nickname with a twist. \n\n\n\nThrough their fundraising campaigns they want to be that bridge that connects human beings in need with those who can provide help. Through their art projects they want to show the world that they are more than just migrants and refugees\, they are also talented people. And through their visibility they want The Netherlands to know that Latinx queers exist and that this country need to look at them too\, that they matter\, that their voices count and must be heard!
URL:https://queer.red/event/kenya-intro-performance-by-papaya-kuir/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (feature),performance,whorehouse cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red foundation":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230331T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230331T203000
DTSTAMP:20230331T145914Z
CREATED:20230227T143053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T145914Z
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SUMMARY:Opening Remarks + The Oleanders
DESCRIPTION:Opening words+ The Oleanders (documentary) + presented by TranScreen Amsterdam Transgender Film Festival \n\n\n\nLocation: Zaal | Times: 19:00-20:30 | Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol \n\n\n\n\nThe Oleanders \n\n\n\nPaola Revenioti | Greece | 2020 | 67min | Greek with English subtitles \n\n\n\nPaola\, Betty and Eva are three trans* women in their 60s who have known each other for more than forty years. All three of them started making their living early in their youth as sex workers in Athens\, Greece. In “The Oleanders” Betty Vakalidou\, Eva Koumarianou and Paola Revenioti revisit all the different places in the city where they used to work\, socialize\, get harassed or arrested by the cops\, fight for their rights\, have fun and find love. The unapologetic\, humorous\, and empowering discussion of Eva\, Betty and Paola is a history of Athens as well as a history of desire\, gender and sexualities of the Mediterranean region and beyond. \n\n\n\ncontent warnings for all films
URL:https://queer.red/event/opening-remarks-the-oleanders/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Zaal\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:film programme (feature),whorehouse cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red foundation":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230331T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230402T220000
DTSTAMP:20230228T181135Z
CREATED:20230227T124200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T181135Z
UID:528-1680285600-1680472800@queer.red
SUMMARY:Unsolicited Brick Pick by Cece Monroe
DESCRIPTION:A response to male sexual violence in the digital age. \n\n\n\nFriday 31 March 18:00-23:00 \n\n\n\nSaturday 1 April 12:00-22:00 \n\n\n\nSunday 2 April 12:00-20:30 \n\n\n\nFree  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf flashing your penis is an act of sexual violence\, why are unsolicited “dick pics” so ubiquitous in our society? The disconnect between the body and the image of the body leads to a disconnect between the action of sending a dick pic and the responsibility for this action. This is due\, in large part\, to the tacit social acceptability of “dick pics”\, it seems more acceptable to send a “dick pic” than to flash somebody.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMasculinity has long been associated with penises. In this way\, sending a “dick pic” can be viewed as a display of masculinity. This displaying of masculinity is frequently done without context\, this causes the receiver of the “dick pic” to be immediately aware of their own objectification by others. Conversations opened with a “dick pic” are an immediate display of violence and objectification; analogous to having a brick thrown through your window. \n\n\n\n\n\nThrough unsolicited Brick Pic\, I explore this disconnect between the physical world and the online world. By printing the “dick pic” onto a physical object\, I bridged the divide between the two worlds: reconnecting the violence of flashing with the sending of a “dick pic” online. \n\n\n\n\n\nA brick is not just a symbol of permanence and strength but also a symbol of oppression and resistance\, especially to the queer community. “According to legend\, it was a piece of brick hurled atpolice officers outside of the Stonewall Inn that sparked the historic uprising.” Using a brick recognises the prevalence of unsolicited (1) dick pics in the queer community. Highlighting this further\, I chose to work with queer models\, all of whom spoke to me about their experiences of receiving unsolicited “dick pics”. \n(1) Smith\, R. (2020) Who threw the first brick at stonewall? A final and definitive answer to the internet’s favourite question\, PinkNews. Available at: (Accessed: November 19\, 2022).\n\n\n\n\nI hope viewers of my work walk away more aware of the subtle forms of sexual violence that are common place in our society.
URL:https://queer.red/event/unsolicited-brick-pick/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Lobby/Cafe\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:art exhibition,whorehouse cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red foundation":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230331T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230402T203000
DTSTAMP:20230228T181211Z
CREATED:20230227T140816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T181211Z
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SUMMARY:Sirens by Nat Portnoy
DESCRIPTION:Photographs from an ongoing series focusing on capturing the genuine intimacy between the queer artists and performers\, coming from different places\, carrying different stories\, craving real closeness. The closeness that seems almost foreign in the post-pandemic reality. \n\n\n\nPhotos from the ongoing project “Sirens” are primarily focused on navigating complex power dynamics on adult film sets and capturing the true intimacy in the community of queer sex workers\, their friends\, and loved ones that have not been staged.  \n\n\n\nSaturday 1 April 15:00-21:00 \n\n\n\nSunday 2 April 12:00-13:30 & 16:30-20:30 \n\n\n\nFree No reservation required
URL:https://queer.red/event/sirens/
LOCATION:CINETOL: Tuinkamer\, Tolstraat 182\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:art exhibition,whorehouse cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="queer.red foundation":MAILTO:info@queer.red
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