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Kenya + Intro & Performance by Papaya Kuir

March 31 @ 21:00 – 23:00 CEST

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 pain of seeing herself reflected in that tragic ending.

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Introduction & Performance by Papaya Kuir 

Papaya 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.

Through 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!

CINETOL: Zaal

Tolstraat 182
Amsterdam, Netherlands + Google Map

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Opening Remarks + The Oleanders

Pink oleander flowers with green leaves sprout up from the bottom of two red high heels, feet coming up from the bottom of the movie poster, against a light blue background

March 31 @ 19:00 – 20:30 CEST

Opening words+ The Oleanders (documentary) + presented by TranScreen Amsterdam Transgender Film Festival

Location: Zaal | Times: 19:00-20:30 | Tickets: €7 @ Cinetol

Pink oleander flowers with green leaves sprout up from the bottom of two red high heels, feet coming up from the bottom of the movie poster, against a light blue background

The Oleanders

Paola Revenioti | Greece | 2020 | 67min | Greek with English subtitles

Paola, 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.

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Three women in back, two with long blond hair and one brunette, climb the marble stairway. In the foreground someone is capturing their photo as they ascend the stairs toward the street lights into the dark.
A black and white photo shows the bottom half of three people in the background, two in skirts, casting a shadow across the cement into the foreground where two legs stand in pants facing the other group.
Three women stand together, engaged in conversation in a black and white photo. Wearing all black, the brunette with a chin-length bob is gesturing with her hands. The women with long blond hair is holding a bottle of water with her fingers clasped in front of her body, listening. The third woman, smoking a cigarette, is responding.

CINETOL: Zaal

Tolstraat 182
Amsterdam, Netherlands + Google Map

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Sirens by Nat Portnoy

by Nat Portnoy

March 31 @ 18:00 – April 2 @ 20:30 CEST

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.

Photos 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. 

Saturday 1 April 15:00-21:00

Sunday 2 April 12:00-13:30 & 16:30-20:30

Free No reservation required

CINETOL: Tuinkamer

Tolstraat 182
Amsterdam, Netherlands + Google Map

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Artworks by Victoria Catalina

March 31 @ 18:00 – April 2 @ 20:30 CEST

Art works by Victoria Catalina

A selection of illustrations and prints that explore the weird, the queer and the sexual through a playful approach.

Friday 31 March 18:00-23:00

Saturday 1 April 12:00-22:00

Sunday 2 April 12:00-20:30

Free No reservation required

CINETOL: lobby/cafe

Tolstraat 182
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Reimagining Sex Work

March 31 @ 18:00 – April 2 @ 20:30 CEST

Reimagining Sex Work is a feminist, activist collaborative project between sex workers, journalists and photographers. The goal is to create acceptance of sexual freedom and diversity by presenting a nuanced picture of people working in the sex industry. We focus on different target groups and different aspects of portrayal. We often see the same photos in many news articles about sex work. Through conversations with image editors, we discovered that there is a basic reason for this. There is hardly any usable image material available in the image banks of journalism. Influencing the image is crucial to stop stigma, discrimination and violence against sex workers. Media makers are Important allies in raising awareness and recognition of sexual freedom. During this still mondial project we connect sex workers and press photographers and together they are developing a sex worker inclusive image bank. For more information about the project, the media guide and the photography exhibition: https://reimaginingsexwork.nl/

Friday 31 March 18:00-23:00

Saturday 1 April 12:00-22:00

Sunday 2 April 12:00-20:30

Free No reservation required

CINETOL: lobby/cafe

Tolstraat 182
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Unsolicited Brick Pick by Cece Monroe

March 31 @ 18:00 – April 2 @ 22:00 CEST

A response to male sexual violence in the digital age.

Friday 31 March 18:00-23:00

Saturday 1 April 12:00-22:00

Sunday 2 April 12:00-20:30

Free

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, to the tacit social acceptability of “dick pics”, it seems more acceptable to send a “dick pic” than to flash somebody.

Masculinity 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.


Through 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.


A 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 at
police 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”.

(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).

I hope viewers of my work walk away more aware of the subtle forms of sexual violence that are common place in our society.

CINETOL: lobby/cafe

Tolstraat 182
Amsterdam, Netherlands + Google Map

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Whorehouse Cinema: 2023 sex worker film and arts festival programme

whorehouse cinema: sex worker film & arts festival | 31 March – 2 April 2023 @ Cinetol

2023 festival programme

Peep Show Hoes

March 31 @ 18:00 – April 1 @ 22:00 CEST

The Peep Show Hoes is a celebratory mix of art, design, theater and activism on wheels: a protest against all the closures of legal and safe workplaces for sex workers in the Netherlands. Come in and take a look and with a performance you’ll get an opportunity to get informed about the labor rights we need to work and live safely. Shows can vary and are tailored to the wishes (and wallet) of the admirer. The Peep Show Hoes is a collaboration between SAVE, Striptopia and Wild Thing.

Friday 31 March 18:00-22:00

Saturday 1 April 18:00-22:00

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CINETOL: Courtyard

Tolstraat 182
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sex worker film & art festival 31 March – 2 April 2023

March 31 @ 17:30 – April 2 @ 22:00 CEST

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 operate under the name of queer.red presents! We organise events in The Netherlands on the topic of sex work and aim to destigmatise sex work trough more nuanced and diverse representation. Our focus is on art created by sex workers which are broader than the usual, narrow ideas and stereotypes – instead seeking to promote intersectional imagery made with, by and for with sex worker communities. 

For our first festival edition, we will bring everything to the table, or better: stage. A sharp selection of films (feature, short, documentary, fiction, animation) will transport you through a variety of worlds from sex workers’ perspectives. There will be workshops on making erotic content, an art exhibition adorning the walls of Cinetol, a VR XtraSexyReality experience (that’s right), a Peepshow Hoes performance ín the courtyard and big and juicy pop-up technology driven strip club Striptopia. 

During the festival, we want those who are most impacted by injustice, capitalism, racism, homo- and transphobia, to be able to participate in our festival. Therefore some programmes will be free or donation-based. Other than securing the venue, all funds go directly to the sex worker community and filmmakers including hiring vendors and other support who are current or former sex workers. Also – to be attentive to sex workers’s needs for safe spaces –  some of the workshops will be sex worker only. And finally – where not otherwise noted, all 18+ are welcome! As the title of our little festival suggests, there will be some adult content…

We hope you will enjoy all of these goodies. Our thanks goes out to the many contributors that have so kindly agreed to showcase their work. Thank you so much!

See you at the Whorehouse!

The queer.red presents! team

Alexis, Aline, Majk and Plette

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March 31 @ 17:30 CEST
End:
April 2 @ 22:00 CEST
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