Lick ＆ Listen : A Fantasy between Realities

“Lick ＆ Listen,” our established format for open-minded audiences, returns with a new edition! Join us for a sensual, thought-provoking evening featuring ethically produced alternative erotic films that challenge conventional heteronormative narratives – enhanced by a live musical performance! This edition, titled “A Fantasy between Realities,” explores the freedom of queer sexual imagination and its manifestation in diverse forms of experience. The title is intentional: fantasy appears in the singular, while realities is plural, highlighting how a single vision can unfold into multiple lived experiences. Viewers are invited to see how each layer of reality becomes a living reflection of imagination. Centered on themes of queerness, feminism, gender, positive sexuality, politics, and consent, the program brings together four carefully selected films that challenge mainstream porn conventions, creating an immersive cinematic journey that celebrates the diversity of sexual fantasies. HEAVY LOAD by Juan Saez (Heavy Load Studios; 2023, 10 min) On a deserted highway, a hitchhiker climbs onto the back of a passing truck. What starts as a casual encounter slips into intimacy, bodies merging with metal, dust, and speed. Campy, sweaty, and surreal, Heavy Load turns a roadside hookup into an erotic escape from reality. NYLON by Nat Portnoy (2022, 13 min) In a hidden shelter beyond ordinary space, Nylon explores intimacy as a fluid exchange of bodies, textures, and unseen worlds. Identity dissolves, senses sharpen, and touch becomes meaning. A soft, immersive fantasy where desire resists definition. PLANET ANTHURIUM by Dario Campo, Loup Deflandre, and Zélie Dartus-Parraud (Slippery Slope, 2025, 15 min) On a humid summer night, three uncanny beings meet inside an abandoned greenhouse. Moist air, strange plants, and curious bodies create a space where desire mutates and pleasure becomes otherworldly. Planet Anthurium invites us into a lush, erotic ecosystem where no