Nominees 2025

Krista Beinstein (A)

Krista Beinstein (A)
Photographer, performer, activist. A sex rebel since the 1980s, provocative, humorous, gender-transformative. With ‘Obscene Women’ or ‘Clitoral Extravagance’, she stages female lust in the most diverse ways and leaves us marvelling at all the pleasures. “Sex is magic and celebrating it means going on a journey. With yourself, with others and with art.”

Amadalia Liberté (Chile)
In the ecosexual film “EstrellarSe” she explores ways of telling stories that cross the boundaries of art, politics, and desire.

Mahx Capacity (USA)
In W/HOLE we experience a new approach to porn, evolving by embodiment trauma into orgasm, and grief into politically radical, transformative, body-based joy.  “Porn is a cultural instigator, media of merit, and art form of significance.”

Lo-Fi Cherry (S)
convinces with critical and unconventional  porn and performances.
“A Sexpositive undergróund is a space for us to cultivate the ungovernable; no name, no logo, no price.”

Royal Fetish Films (USA)
Jet Setting Jasmine & King Noire are producers, directors, and performers and work with an entirely Black crew. As educators and entertainers they focus on consent and showcases Black performers with beauty and respect – and a wide breadth of sexuality. “Black-Queer owned cinema challenges the standard gaze and redefines how erotic stories are told and remembered”