NEW YORK — CineKink will open its 21st film festival with a screening of “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed.”
“Created by and starring New York filmmaker Joanna Arnow, the deadpan comedy follows a 30-something woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job and quarrelsome Jewish family,” said a rep. “The selection represents a return to its roots for the festival, which grew out of the BDSM scene in New York two decades back.”
Arnow elaborated on her goal with the film.
“In my experience, people into BDSM have to be triply communicative and respectful, and I wanted the film to convey that,” she said. “In many films, BDSM just happens without conversation, which is unrealistic and unsafe. I think it can take an incredible amount of agency and power to be submissive, and I hope the film contributes to the onscreen representation of the submissive experience.”
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