SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 23, 2024-    

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BDS|THEM Film Festival seeks to showcase BDSM short films that center the work of queer, trans, non-binary performers and filmmakers of color. It was founded by filmmaker and performer Ramses Rodstein with the vision and hope to inspire fellow queer, trans, non-binary kinky filmmakers of color to create more BDSM films that center our communities and desires. The festival's Presenting Partner PinkLabel.TV will give accepted films the opportunity to distribute their work through PinkLabel.TV streaming platform. 

 

The inaugural festival debuts with new films from San Francisco and beyond, and pays special tribute to the late trans filmmaker Christopher Lee. An excerpt from his 1990's gothic trans porn Sex Flesh in Blood is made possible thanks to the digital remastering and archiving by PinkLabel.TV, UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Christopher Lee Legacy Project.

 

This film festival is an hour and forty five minute long program of 11 BDSM short films by QTBIPOC filmmakers and performers followed by a Q&A. 

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2024 BDS|THEM Film Festival Official Selections

Chaac and Yum – Rob Fatal, Snowflake Calvert, XAV S-F

Decadent Drips – Ryan Suits

Procesos – Calba Rio

La Limpia – Ramses Rodstein, Ava LaPrima

Good Boy Doll – Jamal Phoenix, Sir Malice

No Translation - Maximus Skaff

Eternal Flame – Beyondeep Productions

The Hanky – Ramses Rodstein, Ava LaPrima

Into the Den – Lovelight

Scene 2 from Sex Flesh in Blood – Christopher Lee

The BeCumming – Ramses Rodstein, Ava LaPrima

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Follow the festival on Instagram (@bdsthemfilmfestival)

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Join us at the Brava Cabaret, 2773 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Sunday, November 3rd, 2024.

Doors will open at 6:30pm, Screening starts at 7pm. 

 

SOLD OUT!​​​​​​​​​