CineKink Awards 'Shortbus' For Its Sex-Positive Penetration into Quasi-Mainstream Culture
The short bus might not have been a bastion of positive sexuality and kink back in grade school – hopefully it wasnt, anyway – but [Shortbus], the 2006 film written and directed by James Cameron Mitchell, won the top prize this year from CineKink for its extraordinary depiction of kink and sex-positivity mainstream.
[ CineKink], which celebrates television and movies that positively depict sexuality and kink, finished off its fifth annual film festival last Sunday. The week-long festival featured parties and screenings of titles such as Something About Nadia, Susan For Now and Call Me Troy.
Mitchells film puts several characters, a sex therapist who cant orgasm, a gay couple contemplating opening their relationship and a dominatrix, together in meetings dubbed shortbus – for their inclusion of the gifted and challenged.
The audience awards went to [Call Me Troy], for best documentary and [Viva](http://imdb.com/title/tt0393956/) for best narrative. [Whos the Top?](http://imdb.com/title/tt0454982/) won for best juried narrative short; [Coming out Spanko ](http://cinekink.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=48080976)for best documentary short; and Closer and Salt tied for best experimental short.
If you missed out on last weeks showings, dont worry. The screening tour is coming soon (and Shortbus is on DVD).