Imagine a perfect porn film, designed with your own erotic tastes and quirks in mind. Guess what? – You can make it! In this beginner’s workshop, award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Lyon Bell of Blue Artichoke Films (Netherlands/USA) gives you the tools to plan and create your very own porn movie – whether you later decide to pick up a camera and do it, or whether you just like knowing that you could.

• Erotic exploration – What turns you on? Jennifer will give you exercises to tweak your erotic imagination and help you decide what you’d personally love to see on film, no matter how soft or hard.
• Translating to film – Jennifer will show you some porn genres and styles to help you choose how you want express your idea. Maybe you’ll even come up with something new. You’ll make your own storyboard to take home.
• Tips and tricks – Jennifer is a filmmaker herself, and has also heard the inside scoop from lots of other porn directors. She’ll share secret tips for Beginners on what to do and what to avoid when making your movie.

All genders are welcome. We strive to create a safe, non-judgmental place where you can explore your ideas. Jennifer will conduct the workshop in English, but translators will be on hand to help our German speakers understand everything, and small group discussions can be in German if preferred.

Zeit: 15 – 18 Uhr, Preis: 65,– € / zu zweit 95,– € (Teilnahmebegrenzung)
Kontakt: poryes@gmx.org

Director Biography

Forever wishing that all movies had longer and better sex scenes, Jennifer Lyon Bell decided to mix arthouse cinema with hot explicit sex in her own work. With Blue Artichoke Films (Amsterdam), she creates erotic fiction films and documentaries that illuminate the riveting, intimate, and sometimes delightfully awkward side of sex. Her award-winning films have been embraced by sexologists and educators interested in showing an enjoyably realistic view of sexuality, particularly female pleasure. Jennifer enjoys teaching DIY workshops to help others express their sexual fantasies creatively on film, and has taught classes all over the world from a squat at Ladyfest to the very traditional Dutch National Film Academy (NFTA). She was a co-director of the Rated X: Amsterdam Alternative Erotica Film Festival, and she curates porn/erotica exhibitions for places like the Museum of Sex/NYC, Cannes Lions, and the Red Bull Interesting Conference.