Porn Film Festival Amsterdam dives deep into the realms of pleasure, exploring the joyful and political facets of sex. Going beyond conventional perspectives, the festival shakes things up by featuring underground DIY creators alongside established figures from the porn industry. It's a platform where the unconventional, the marginalised, and the mysterious shine. The festival aims to carve out spaces for engaging encounters, giving room for both intimacy and rebellion. Join us in reclaiming and celebrating our unique and sometimes unconventional expressions of sexuality.

DECOLONIZING OUR BODIES OUR WORLDS
Colonialism takes place in our bodies and the lands which we and our ancestors inhabit. This block of films and a talk propose ways in which the bodies and sexuality become tools for freedom, tools for tearing down patriarchal and heteronormative constraints that colonialism imposes on the world. Through historical analysis and present-day perspectives, these films and talks expose the ongoing impact of oppressive forces and offer strategies for resistance. In this block, cities, monuments, churches and ruins are eroticised and re-appropriated through bodies and sex.

Talk: Cruising the Ruins of a Colonial City: Public Sex in Twentieth Century Lima by Diego Galdo-González
Lima, the capital of Peru, hosted a vibrant queer or maricón scene throughout the twentieth century. From sixteenth-century Spanish plazas and rooftops to republican avenues and promenades, its sexual scene unfolded across major sites in the city. These spaces were not explicitly marked as maricón sites, nor were the men whom the maricones lusted for labelled as maricones for their same-sex sexual pursuits. Diego Galdo-González’ presentation addresses questions of public sex, space, and history from the ruins of colonial Lima—a city where any space and any man harboured the potential for queer pleasure.

Diego’s talk will be illustrated with videos of the performances from Javier Temple (1991).

Enter the War
Anti Gonna | 2017 | Ukraine | 4’

Fuck the Fascism: The Crossroad of Two Worlds
Maria Basura | 2019 | Chile | Spain | 10’

Sarx
Viola V | 2023 | Macedonia | 2’

El día que la galaxia vulvosa casi pierde sus orgasmos
Al Borde producciones | 2023 | Mexico | Colombia | 10’

Indómito Deseo
Diego Argote | 2022 | Chile | 4’

Lost in Freedom
Anti Gonna | 2022 | Ukraine | 8’

Total duration: 85’