A Flor de Piel is an experimental post-porn short film, which I shot using an analog 35mm rangefinder camera.
The film's title is a Spanish idiom that literally means “like the flower of skin“. The expression refers to the outward display of one's emotions and is similar to the English phrase “wearing one's heart on one's sleeve“.
Directed and produced by Andor Polgar (he/him)@andortheinfluence; Cast: Sick Ducks (she/her)@sick.ducks, Ju GomA (they/them)@who.ropes___ju; Music and mixing: Andrew Visser (he/him)@onevennn
🌿 Official Selection - Pornfilmfestival Berlin 2023 🌿 Official Selection - San Francisco Porn Film Festival 2023 🌿 Official Selection - Brussels Porn Film Festival 2023 🌿 Official Selection - Porn Film Festival Vienna 2023 🌿 Official Selection - Post Porn Film Festival Warsaw 2023 🏅 Best of SECS fest - SECS Fest Seattle 2023 🏅 Nominee - Lustreifen Film Festival Basel 2023 🏆 Best Erotic Short Film - Erotic&Bizarre Art Film Festival Alicante 2022
Screenings:
OCHO Y MEDIODate16th of December 2022Time20:00AddressPlaza Sta. Teresa, 15, Alicante, SpainEBAFF Erotic&Bizarre Art Film Festival
Trenta FormicheDate7th of April 2023Time23:00AddressVia del Mandrione, 3, Roma, Italy
Schikaneder KinoDate15th of April 2023Time16:00AddressMargaretenstraße 22-24, Wien, Austria
Trenta FormicheDate28th of April 2023Time21:00AddressVia del Mandrione, 3, Roma, ItalyHacker Porn Film Festival
Cinéma AventureDate5th of May 2023Time19:00Hall
Salle 2AddressRue des Fripiers 15, Bruxelles, Belgium
Pinklabel TVDateMay 8 - 22AddressOnline streaming
Delphi Arthaus KinoDate26th of May 2023Time16:00AddressTübinger Straße 6, Stuttgart, GermanyNatural Instincts Film Festival
Fiesta Murcia sin tabúsDate27th of May 2023AddressPlaza de los Patos, Vistabella, Murcia, Spain
Pinklabel TVDateJune 1 - 14AddressOnline streaming
RomantsoDate3rd of June 2023Time18:00AddressAnaxagora 3, Athens 105 52, GreeceAthens Porn Film Festival
Kino MuranówDate14th of June 2023Time19:30Hall
sala PolaAddressGen. W. Andersa 5, Warsaw, PolandPost Porn Film Festival Warsaw
Kino MuranówDate17th of June 2023Time12:00Hall
sala GerardAddressGen. W. Andersa 5, Warsaw, PolandPost Porn Film Festival Warsaw
Brava TheaterDate19th of August 2023Time19:00 (PST)Address2781 24th Street, San Francisco, California
Schikaneder KinoDate11th of September 2023Time20:15AddressMargaretenstraße 22-24, Wien, Austria
AStA StadkampusDate24th of September 2023Time16:45AddressKönigspl. 1, Paderborn, GermanyPaderPorn Filmfestival
Cine kDate6th of October 2023Time20:00AddressBahnhofstraße 11, Oldenburg, GermanyDas 14. Queer Film Festival Oldenburg
Inusual ProjectDate7th of October 2023Time19:00AddressCarrer de la Paloma, 5, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, SpainPorn Film Festival Barcelona
Neues KinoDate6th of October 2023Time22:00AddressKlybeckstr. 247, Basel, SwitzerlandLuststreifen Film Festival
Neues KinoDate8th of October 2023Time18:00AddressKlybeckstr. 247, Basel, SwitzerlandLuststreifen Film Festival
MovimentoDate26th of October 2023Time22:00AddressKottbusser Damm 22, Berlin, Germany
Babylon KreuzbergDate27th of October 2023Time22:00AddressDresdener Str. 126, Berlin, Germany
MovimentoDate28th of October 2023Time12:15AddressKottbusser Damm 22, Berlin, Germany
Zebra KinoDate28th of October 2023Time23:00AddressJoseph-Belli-Weg 5, Konstanz, Germany
Cineforo (University of Guadalajara)DateNovember 3-4AddressAv Juárez 976 piso menos uno, Guadalajara, MexicoPeephole Filmfest
Grand Illusion CinemaDateNovember 10-12Address1403 Northeast 50th Street, Seattle, WashingtonSECS Fest
Cinéma NovaDate10th of November 2023Time23:30AddressRue d'Arenberg 3, Bruxelles, BelgiumPink Screens Queer Film Festival
Rifraff KinoDate3rd of DecemberTime16:40Hall
4AddressNeugasse 57-63, Zürich, SwitzerlandPorny Days Kunst Film Festival
De UitkijkDate11th of February 2024Time17:00AddressPrinsengracht 452, Amsterdam, NetherlandsPorn Film Festival Amsterdam
HGWDate25th of February 2024Time19:00AddressMavromichali 138, Athens, GreeceAphrodisiac Nights vol.2
LeokinoDate1st of March 2024AddressAnichstraße 36, Innsbruck, AustriaDIAMETRALE Filmfestival
The Back DoorDate14th of March 2024Time20:00Address207 S College Ave, Bloomington, IndianaCicada Cinema+SECS Fest Midwest
Grand Illusion CinemaDate31st of May 2024Time21:30Address1403 Northeast 50th Street, Seattle, WashingtonBest of SECS Fest
Pickford Film CenterDate22nd of June 2024Address1318 Bay St Bellingham, WashingtonBest of SECS Fest
Date2024AddressWarsaw, PolandPost Pxrn Festival Warsaw
Grand Illusion CinemaDate12th of November 2024Time17:00Address1403 Northeast 50th Street, Seattle, WashingtonSECS Fest
Cinémathèque in der naToDate19th of December 2024Time21:30AddressKarl-Liebknecht-Straße 48, Leipzig, GermanyDer Kurzfilmtag: Fueled by Fantasy: Filme aus PaderPorn
Onkel Emma – das queere ZentrumDate21st of December 2024Time20:00AddressEchternstraße 9, Braunschweig, GermanyDer Kurzfilmtag: Fueled by Fantasy: Filme aus PaderPorn
Thalia KinoDate21st of December 2024Time20:00AddressGörlitzer Str. 6, Dresden, GermanyDer Kurzfilmtag: Fueled by Fantasy: Filme aus PaderPorn
Some technical details: I shot the entire film on 30 rolls of Ilford HP5 Plus film, I developed them by hand in ID-11. Most of the rolls were push processed by 1 or 2 exposure values.
Lenses used: Zeiss ZM 50mm F/2.0 Planar T*and Zeiss ZM 35mm F/2.0 Biogon T*, Camera: Leica M6 TTL (1984).
I digitized the frames by re-photographing them from the negatives using a Nikon D780 DSLR camera with a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM macro lens.
I edited the individual frames in Lightroom, and then stitched together with FFmpeg. The dust and dirt was transferred onto the film during the digitization process.
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