Hot Bits is a queer erotic film festival centering QTIBIPoC (queer, trans, intersex, Black, Indigenous, People of Color) self-determined desire, joy, and pleasure. We highlight underrepresented bodies, acts and stories often marginalized by mainstream society in celebration of anti-oppressive queer/trans erotic life and art.

In addition to the films, we are taking over the Parkway with a sex positive vendor fair, a curated selection of periodicals and more from the Mid Atlantic Annex of the Carter Johnson Library and Collection (2nd floor lounge), happy hours, and 3rd floor lounge as low sensory zone.

Must be 18 years or older to attend.

Schedule:

2:30 PM: Doors Open
3 PM: Matinee (Block 2)
4:30 PM: Vendor Fair + Happy Hour + Open Library Hours
7 PM: Films (Block 3)
10 PM: After Party @ Baltimore Eagle

Film lineups

Block 2 (Matinee)

Confesión Anónima (Anonymous Confession) / Dir. Juliette Puch / 7 min / Argentina    
A post-**** love confession. Mask as objet d'art and metaphor for the impossibility of revealing to a beloved friend sensations trapped in a past sexual-affective experience.

Breakfast Time / Dir. Peter Clough / 18 min        
A pup's tender and introspective exploration of the intersection of identity, desire, and vulnerability.

Les Corps Dansants (Dancing Bodies) / Dir. Elisa Monteil, La Fille Renne, Laure Giappiconi    6 min / Germany    
A joyful and sexual ode to sorority. *Screening in Baltimore only

Dismantle Me / Dir. Max Disgrace / 13 min / United Kingdom    
A comical proposition turns into an arousing powerplay when a smoldering-hot trans woman helps a heartbroken trans man tidy his messy bedroom. *Screening in Philly as part of Block 1 and in Baltimore as part of Block 2

Gentrificação dos Afetos (Gentrification of Affections) / Dir. Bruna Kury / 11 min / Brazil    
Walking though the streets of downtown São Paulo, this anti-humanist and anarcha-transfeminist film addresses the gentrification of territories and affections. 

Ikaros Reborn / Dir. Menelas Siafakas / 7 min / Greece    
In this poetic retelling of the myth of Ikaros, the old cautionary tale about the hubris of youth becomes a BDSM love story.

Mutations of Desire / Dir. Odette Engle / 6 min        
A disorienting queer tribute hallucination to Cronenberg's Deadringers.

Plug In, Fin Out / Dir. Finn Darrell / 2 min        
An exploration of romantic devotion.

El Tercer Mundo Después del Sol (The Third World After the Sun) / Dir. Tiagx Vélez, Analú Laferal / 20 min / Colombia    
A transvestite ritual opens a portal and generates an encounter with a fifteenth century European missionary, who has delved deep into the jungle in order to fight the belief of animals as divine.

Verarschung - a video lecture / Dir. Pêdra Costa / 4 min / Germany    
An anus lecture examining concepts of mestiza and cultural hybridity via Gloria Anzaldúa's work on intersectional difference. Includes texts of Audre Lorde, Manada de Lobxs, João W. Nery, Azealia Banks, and Tetine.

Block 3

Agave Dreams / Dir. Oran Julius / 8 min    
A relaxing bubble bath leads to a sexy and sweet T4T daydream.

Beat It / Dir. Rachel Britton / 3 min    
A certain green frog awaits punishment from his bodacious piggie bride.

Cumline / Dir. g the people / 5 min
An impromptu tryst with a stranger at a steamy sauna on a Sunday afternoon.

Ancient Lovers / Dir. Evie Snax / 4 min
Dendrophillic ***** get lost amidst ancient cypress ***** deep in th psychedelic swamp of Florida.

Mommy / Dir. Manon Praline, Evie Snax / 9 min    
Six years post bottom surgery, Manon Praline shares a moving testimony of the challenges and joys she has encountered on her journey in this experimental documentary (a sequel to the trio’s debut film Baby (2018)).

No Translation / Dir. Max Skaff / 5 min
Two lovers on a date explore each other’s bodies, and have sex the way they want to – free of the cis gaze.

Orgy #004: **** your Friends / Dir. Mahx Capacity / 16 min    
Four friends decide to stay in and make their own desires come true rather than go to a questionable play party.

Pain Is My Forte / Dir. Jamal Phoenix, Damian Dragon / 7 min
Two rugged Alpha leather freaks meet for the first time, during a NYC summer heat wave, and are bound together through power and pain.

The Architect / Dir. Odette Engle, Kiss Me Deadly Doll / 5 min
Witness the inverted architectural mapping on the suspended body. *Screening in Baltimore only

The Sumptuous Life of The Crazy Cat Lady and Her Salacious House Kittens / Dir. Charlie G Fennel / 5 min    
A Crazy Cat Lady (reclaiming crazy) comes home to her lovely kittens.

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