Candice

Film program, US 2019, 90 min., engl. OV

By: Sheona McDonald

With: Candida Royalle

Candice Vadala aka Candida Royalle, who died in 2015, was featured at the Pornfilmfestival as Filmmaker in Focus 10 years ago and she is regarded as one of the founders of feminist porn film. She was a porn star in the 70s and 80s before finally making her own films, focusing on the sexual pleasure of women. She produced groundbreaking porn movies that were radically different from the mainstream and invited women to proudly explore and celebrate their sexuality. Candia Royalle was a pioneer, feminist, visual artist, writer, director, producer, editor and businesswoman. She was an advocate of women‘s rights and female lust. Candida was featured in many films and documentaries, but one of her last wishes after being diagnosed with cancer was to tell her own story in her own words. For this touching, intimate documentary, director Sheona McDonald lets the woman behind the icon have her say – a tribute to a strong, sex-positive woman who always uncompromisingly went her own way in a male-dominated industry.