The CinErotic FilmFest is a 3-day film festival

Film festival

A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...

 debuting in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

 over Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496...

 weekend, February 12-14, 2010. CEFF thematically embraces "sex-positive, diverse and empowering erotic cinema and performance by independent artists, amateurs and the avant-garde" The festival features short films about sexuality, including heterosexual, bisexual, gay, lesbian, queer, kinky, poly and others, and prioritizes those that include a diverse cast of actors.

CEFF is produced by Andy Ditzler of the award-winning Film Love series, and PinkEye indie queer film salon.

The 2010 festival schedule includes 3 nights of shows: a Friday night screening of queer films, a Saturday night screening of "romantic" films, and a Sunday evening screening of BDSM

BDSM

BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...

-related films.