The Pornfilmfestival Berlin is an alternative, independent film festival that focuses on sexuality, politics, feminism and gender issues.

In the last years we wanted to  focus on some issues that are important to us and that we felt don’t have enough representation in sex/erotic film. Or we simply didn’t have enough films submitted that have these themes in focus.

With this call we want to encourage filmmakers to make and to submit films that deal with these issues and initiate 3 new competition sections.

The issues in question are:

Lesbian sex – unlike in the beginning of the festival in the last couple of years the representation of lesbian and dyke desire and sex has decreased in the films that are being submitted to the festival. Lesbian visibility and representation in combination with sex and desire is still important to us and we want to show more of it.

Black, indigenous and people of color as subjects – not objects – of sex and as sexually acting individuals are still very rare even in alternative porn. The festival has always addressed issues like bad clichés and the lack of representation of persons that are BiPoc. But we want more films that show a broader, better and more diverse representation of ethnicity and cultural diversity.

Old, young, all ages, all combinations – age is an issue that is long on the festival agenda but hasn’t really seen a wide representation in the festival films. Therefore we want more films that show sex and desire beyond the age of 50 or 60, films that show age gaps between sex partners that can be more than just a few years, we want to see bodies of all (adult) ages and generational interaction, discussion and appreciation.

We’re excited to announce three new awards that will be presented in the 2021 festival edition, and we call specifically for entries in these categories:

LESBIAN FILM AWARD

BIPOC FILM AWARD

SEX & AGE FILM AWARD

The awards will be endowed with 500 Euro price money.

The films can be max. 20 minutes long and have to be submitted to the festival for the first time! Max. 3 films per film maker.

The film submission is now open until April 30^th, 2021 through our website:

https://pornfilmfestivalberlin.de/en/about-the-festival/submission/

Please welcome SSULTRY –  fun and intersectional online talk show on sex in digital space on January 24, 2021, 18:00-19:00 CET.

With PFFB’s support, SSULTRY presents its new online panel discussion with the special guests Charlotte Sartre & Lance Hart.

Our invited speakers are going to speak about pandemic changes to the industry in the past 6 months, safety in digital space, work/life balance in the year 2021 and, simply, share about their daily life as a happily married couple.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ssultry-pffb-charlotte-goth-lance-hart-tickets-136325580481

Charlotte Sartre,

also known as Goth Charlotte, Charlotte has been in the adult industry for 6 years successfully claiming her role as one of the top porn actresses nowadays. She lives in Las-Vegas with her husband, Lance Hart, and together they are taking care of their 4 adorable cats as well as tarantulas. Not only has she captured the attention for her professionalism, great work and unmistakable style, but also she is quite active on social media where she shares her love for cosy family activities, sports and animals.

IG: @gothcharlotte
TW: @gothcharlotte

Lance Hart,

is a porn actor and director that among all runs his own porn company called Pervout. He is involved in variety of categories from gay to bi to trans. He wants to help other people to make their own porn and so he has launched his own platform for amateur pornstars to create and distribute their content. Currently he’s based in Las Vegas with his wife, Charlotte Sartre and is a proud dad of 4 cats.

IG: @lancehartofficial
TW: @lancehartfetish

The festival accepts entries now and is open for workshops and panels.

Please note that the entry deadline for this year is end of April and not end of May as last year!

Submission of films here

Submission of a workshop/panel here

As all cinemas in Germany are closed from today until the end of the month, all our upcoming screenings in Kino Moviemento had to be postponed to a later date. Therefore and due to popular demand we have decided to extend our streaming offer.

If you didn’t manage to get a ticket for our online streaming in the week after the festival, you have another chance now to stream a selection of festival films from November 9th 2020 until November 16th 2020 from your home. This will also support the filmmakers, the festival, the cinemas and our streaming provider PinkLabel.TV. Please note that you need to buy your festival pass in advance, and sales are open from November 2^nd, 2020 until midnight on November 8^th, 2020.

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And a bit later the Pornfilmfestival Berlin will also continue on screen! Live screenings at Kino Moviemento will pick up again on December 1^st, 2020 with “Rettet das Feuer” and on December 15^th, 2020 with the short film program “Political Porn Shorts”. The other titles from our retrospective “A Virus Knows No Morals – The AIDS Era in Cinema” will be re-scheduled, the dates are yet to be announced. And from January until September 2021, on the second Tuesday of each month, we will present new short film programs, often with filmmaker present as guests.

We hope that the online extension of the festival will help you pass the time in this complicated year, until we all can meet again in the cinema. We hope you stay with us in the upcoming months and you stay well and safe.

Your PFFB team

If you didn’t manage to get a ticket for our festival screenings this year, you can still catch our online streaming. This is a chance to support the filmmakers, the festival, the cinemas and our streaming provider PinkLabel.TV. A selection of festival films will be available to stream from October 26^th, 2020 until November 1^st, 2020. You can buy your online festival pass here. Please note that you need to buy your festival pass in advance, before midnight on October 25^th, 2020.

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The Pornfilmfestival also continues on screen! Live screenings at Kino Moviemento will continue every Tuesday in November with more titles from our retrospective “A Virus Knows No Morals – The AIDS Era in Cinema”. And from December until September 2021, on the second Tuesday of each month, we will present new short film programs, often with filmmaker present as guests.

We were happy to be able to welcome viewers and filmmakers this year in these uncertain and complicated times. We hope you stay with us in the upcoming months and you stay well and safe.

Your PFFB team

There will be an additional screening of the BDSM Porn Shorts: 2021-01-12, 17:00

Pictures: Robert Wilde

Pictures: Robert Wilde

Best Short Film

PROGRESSIVE TOUCH
by Michael Portnoy

Audience Award

LITTLE MARY
by Jo Pollux

Eventhough the festival takes place on a much smaller scale this year, we have a few pictures for you.

Pictures: Robert Wilde