FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 9, 2023
MEDIA CONTACTS
Charles Coleman, charles@facets.org
Paul Gonter, paul@facets.org
FACETS ANNOUNCES FETISH FILM FORUM: CRONENBERG EDITION FILM SERIES JUNE 2-4, 2023
Press Release
CHICAGO—FACETS is excited to announce Fetish Film Forum: Cronenberg Edition, a film series happening June 2-4 to kick off Pride Month. This series is presented in partnership with the Leather Archives & Museum and is an extension of Fetish Film Forum. It explores queer, trans, and kink themes in five films across David Cronenberg’s filmography. Tickets can be purchased in advance through FACETS’ website starting Tuesday, May 9 at 3:00pm CST and cost $12/for single tickets, $10/FACETS Members with proof of active membership. Series passes are $40 and grant access to all five screenings.
Full synopsis, trailer, and ticketing can be found on FACETS’ website here.
FETISH FILM FORUM: CRONENBERG EDITION
Screenings June 2-4, 2023
For one weekend only, Fetish Film Forum pops up at FACETS for a special sci-fi/horror edition exploring queer, trans, and kink themes in the films of David Cronenberg to kick off Pride Month.
David Cronenberg is often credited as the creator of the body horror subgenre as we know it today. (That’s right: Cronenberg is daddy!) He doesn’t use the term “body horror” to describe his own work, preferring to think of it as “inner beauty,” an expression that reflects positivity in his explorations of sexual relationships and body transformations that present biological sex as complex and malleable.
Fetish Film Forum: Cronenberg Edition explores queer, trans, and kink themes in five films across the director’s filmography, screening in reverse chronological order, beginning with Crimes of the Future (2022) and its resurrection of beloved motifs that launched the famed director’s career; continuing with Crash (1996), Videodrome (1983), and Rabid (1977); and ending with his first widely released feature, the orgiastic and radically queer Shivers (1975).
The Cronenberg Edition of Fetish Film Forum is programmed by John McDevitt, FACETS Community Engagement Manager, and Naomi Vaughan, FACETS Customer Service Representative.
LIMITED EDITION BUTTONS
3 limited edition pinback buttons designed by Bill Van Ryn of Drive-In Asylum will be available for purchase at these screenings, or you can buy a Series Pass and receive all 3 buttons for free!
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP
This series is presented in partnership with Chicago’s Leather Archives & Museum and is an extension of Fetish Film Forum, a screening series exploring various points of view on the sexual practice and art of fetish and kink, bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism. Cinema is a fetish for the moving image, a form of roleplay for the actors, and an experience of voyeurism for the viewer, and Fetish Film Forum celebrates the power of film to realize humanity’s innermost desires.
10% of all net ticket proceeds will be donated to Leather Archives & Museum, whose mission is to make leather, kink, fetish, and BDSM accessible through research, preservation, education, and community engagement.
SERIES FILMS
Crimes of the Future – Friday, June 2 @ 7pm
Crash – Saturday, June 3 @ 7pm
Videodrome – Saturday, June 3 @ 9pm
Rabid – Sunday, June 4 @ 3pm
Shivers – Sunday, June 4 @ 5pm
About FACETS
Established in 1975, FACETS expands perspectives and affirms a shared humanity through inclusive engagement with film. FACETS‘ mission is to create cinematic experiences for youth and adults that foster vital conversations and community action through film exhibitions, media education, and film resources. Learn more at facets.org
FACETS presents the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF), the largest children’s film festival in the world and an Oscar®-qualifying children’s film festival. Learn more at facets.org/cicff
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