queer red presents!
Welcome to queer.red presents: Whorehouse Cinema! A brand new sex worker film & arts festival, serving you our first festival edition between 31 March and April 2nd 2023 at Cinetol in Amsterdam. We are a collective consisting of (former) sex workers, feminists, queer and trans people from all different walks of life and backgrounds and […]
If 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, […]
Opening words+ The Oleanders (documentary) + presented by TranScreen Amsterdam Transgender Film Festival Location: Zaal | Times: 19:00-20:30 | Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol
Location: Zaal | Times: 21:00-23:00 | Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol KENYA (documentary) Gisela Delgadillo / Mexico / 2022 / 88' / Spanish with English subtitles After 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 […]
TRANS UNITED | STRIPTOPIA | QUEER IS NOT A MANIFESTO PROUDLY PRESENT Whores Out Loud: Panel Discussion | Queer Stripclub | Big Party All profits go to sex workers and strippers involved in this event - SOLD OUT!! Panel Discussion Time: 20:00-21:30 Location: zaal Donation €1+ (reserve online with Eventbrite) SOLD OUT!! The panel discussion […]
Striptopia Time: 22:00-00:00 Big Party Time: 00:00-03:00 Entrance - Combiticket Striptopia and Party €20 euro (Cinetol) SOLD OUT!! If 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, […]
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). During this brunch we will come together for a workshop with sex worker advocates from […]
Nat 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 […]
The Fabulous Ones (documentary/feature) + presented by TranScreen Amsterdam Transgender Film Festival Location: Zaal | Times: 14:30-16:30| Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol The Fabulous Ones Roberta Torre | Italy | 75 min | 2022 | Italian with English subtitles It often happens that after death trans women are deprived of their identity. That's what happened to […]
Shorts 1 (film programme) + Q&A - co-hosted by Kaboom Animation Festival Location: Zaal | Times: 17:00-19:00| Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol SOLD OUT! Q&A with Dexter Boldewijn from Cupid into Transmutation content warnings for all films Sex(ual) Healing Maximus Skaff | USA | 2021 | 22 min | English An exploration into the healing powers of sex work […]
Location: Tuinkamer Times: 14:00-16:00 SOLD OUT!Suggested donation €10 | Sex Workers only Reservation required via Eventbrite (10 persons max.) sIn 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 […]
Shorts 2 (film programme) + Q&A Location: Zaal | Times: 16:00-18:00| Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol content warnings for all films Family Matters Maximus Skaff | USA | 2022 | 23 min | English A realistic look into the lives and relationships between sex workers and their family members. The documentary profiles four families who share about the struggles […]
Rua dos Anjos (documentary) Location: Zaal | Times: 18:30-20:30| Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol Renata Ferraz & Maria Roxo | Portugal/Brazil | 2022 | 84 min | Portuguese with English subtitles Rua 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 […]
