Nominees 2023

ÉRI SARMET (BRA)

Queer writer, director and researcher based in São Paulo. Their films translate radical theories into images and connect generations. Foto (c) Clarissa Ribeiro
” Porn is a form of sexwork and a way of life. that enables the expression of specific artistic, physical, emotional and social skills; a form of culture that predates all of us who are alive.”

 

POPO FAN (CHN/D)

Berlin-based Chinese filmmaker and curator. His films include queer activism documentaries and scripted, sex-positive shorts. “I’ve been searching for two things in my life: resistance and fun. Luckily I’ve found both of them in pornography.” Photo (c) Nadja Wehling

 

JAMAL PHOENIX (FR)

Sex-worker, performer, educator “The center of my work is to amplify (Black)-Transmasculine Gay visibility while also contributing to the creation of archives.” Photo (c) Frocktheworld

 

DEBORAH SUNDAHL (USA)

Cofounder of the first lesbian pornproduction “Fatale Media” and the lesbian sex magazine “On Our Backs”; Female Sexuality Educator & Pioneer of female* ejaculation. “Feminist porn is a way of sex education!”

 

ABA NAIA

International Berlin collective that uses images of vocal pleasure to point to the creation of films in the mind and the construction of sexuality. “From silent film to choral ecstasy. Feminist porn is loud and will remain so!”
Info: www.abanaia.com Photo: (c) Mari Voss