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What started out as a local festival for amateur filmmakers has evolved into a celebration of erotic cinema by a broad array of skilled independent filmmakers from around the world. Good Vibrations film festival producer Camilla Lombard says, “Good Vibrations is the original sex-positive, female and couples-friendly adult retailer, and our Indie Erotic Film Festival is a continuation of our 34 year-old sex positive mission. With the help of independent filmmakers from around the world, we broaden the definition of “sexy” and challenge mainstream porn and media in a fun and meaningful way.”

Good Vibrations, the legendary Bay Area retailer that takes pride in providing accurate information on sexuality and toys for grown-ups, announces its Sixth Annual Independent Erotic Film Festival (IXFF) with five nights of diverse, sexy cinema that culminates in the international short film competition and party at the historic Castro Theatre on September 22nd.

The festivities kick off on Saturday, September 17th with diverse programming including such highlights as Susie Bright’s “How to Read a Dirty Movie,” queer filmmaker Shine Louise Houston’s Pink & White retrospective, a “Celebration of Sleaze” gay porn night, and a Sexy Euro Cinema clipshow at various venues in San Francisco. Straight, gay, queer, or kinky, you will find it all and then some at the festival finale at the short film competition at the Castro on September 22nd.

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“It’s arty, edgy, funny, sexy, and more!”
- Sister Dana Van Iquity, SF Bay Times

“Despite the sinking sensation that our beloved Gomorrah by the Bay seems to be slowly but surely replacing sexual openness with culinary whimsy as its dominant subcultural draw (though the two have been known to make occasional bedfellows), the squirrelly spirit of independent erotica remains as bushy-tailed as ever. Eschewing mainstream productions of quotidian eroticism in favor of a more populist prurience, the Good Vibrations Independent Erotic Film Festival puts the spotlight on sexy films made by the people in your neighborhood.”
- Evan James, SF Weekly

“September 17’s competition at the Castro Theatre brought out the best, brightest, and naked-est in a series of shorts that will hopefully help to redefine the future of the genre. For those of us tired of the overproduced crap that usually passes for pornography, the screening was a breath of kinky fresh air.”
- Louis Peitzman, SexSF Blog, SF Bay Guardian

“Being part of this festival is really an honor. It is without a doubt the most important independent erotic film festival in the world.”
- Éric Falardeau, IXFF filmmaker

“Erotica is too often reduced to a couple of familiar tropes pushing all-too familiar buttons. What makes GV-IXFF special is its inclusion of a diverse set of movies, voices, sexualities that all belong under that wide banner of erotica. There’s a real sense of inclusion and experimentation with the festival that I haven’t encountered elsewhere. Keep it rolling Good Vibes!”
-Travis Mathews, IXFF filmmaker

“The hottest platform for new ‘degenerate’ art in SF.”
-Nara Denning, IXFF filmmaker

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