This selection of films showcases the breadth and nuance of the relationships formed by those who perform erotic labor. In this selection we see how sex workers navigate relationships with clients, romantic partners, friends, and other sex workers beyond commonly held stereotypes. Films include:
Red Onion (2024) Director: Iris Almaraz
As you peel back the layers of RED ONION, a day in the life of a phone sex operator becomes an exploration of intimacy, death, and human connection.
Runtime: 10:00
Closeness (Nähe) (2024) Director: Sebastian Bergfeld, Birte Rüster, Diana Staub and Aline Blum
“Closeness” is short film about two people with disabilities who seek sexual assistance. The short film shows the encounters with the sex workers. We hear thoughts of the two protagonists on the topics of sexuality and self-determination.
Runtime: 12:00
Fuck-A-Fan
Chloe Cam, the hottest porn star on social media, launches a “Fuck-a-Fan” contest. Thomas, the winner, arrives raw from a recent heartbreak. Neither is prepared for what happens next.
Runtime: 24:12
Boy (2023) Director: Nacho Sesma and Nicolas Goldschmidt
Set in the cosmopolitan Buenos Aires City and inspired by true stories of male sex workers, Boy follows Franco, an escort with an extraordinary life, for one night.
Runtime: 15:11
The Lovers (Selected Episode) (2025) Director: Daviel Shy
Dafnah, a “Professional Lover,” has organized her life for minimal technological interaction and maximal sexual interaction. She fucks for sport, for love, for work, for meaning. Having grown up in a strict religious home, the daughter of a Rabbi, she is no stranger to living with rules. Her own life has two: no internet in her home and no cis men in her bed– even for work. At 36, working for Veronica, a former Madame, and picking up gigs as an extra for Pool Boi Productions, a radical erotic cinema company, she has finally built a life that fully reflects her values. Then, the pandemic hits. Suddenly, touch can be lethal and sociality demands technology. This inter-related network of sexual and spiritual workers find their ways through rapidly changing unknowns.
Runtime: 23:00
Pro () Director: Charlie
Runtime: 7:10
Let Them Eat Cake | Stupid Hawt Cooking Show (2025) Director: Riv Grl
Reagan finds out her boyfriend is cheating on her. Riv comes over to consoles her. They end up going shopping and getting revenge but nothing makes Reagan feel better…. cooking does! Stupid Hawt is a shamelessly sexy and outrageously unconventional cooking show that will leave you asking, “What did I just watch? Was that corn… without the corn?” It’s not just about hawt biiiiitches in the kitchen; it’s a chaotic blend of improv, satire, hilariously bad cooking, and a generous dash of feminine rage, all served up in a slop bowl for you to consume like the indulgent piggy you are.
Runtime: 23:27
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F*ckToys (2025) Director: Annapurna Sriram
This 16mm fever dream reimagines the Major Arcana of the Tarot through the story of AP: a struggling pollyanna seeking salvation from a curse. AP is promised by not one but multiple psychics that for a cool $1000 -and the sacrifice of a baby lamb- it can be lifted. So she makes money the only way she knows how: scootering her way deeper into the night, and into the uncouth underbelly of Trashtown.
Runtime: 1:42 min
Tickets: $15 eventbrite
ATA’s free community film/video show welcomes short format work or (15 min or less) from all genres. An open forum for independent filmmakers to show their work, we hold screenings the first Thursday of the month at 8:00 pm.