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WOMAN ON WOMEN
Erotic Trade Only May 2009
Her Porn: Putting women on top
For those dipping their toes into a new interest, whatever it may be, a compilation
package containing a number of examples of what’s available is often a good place
to start. Now there’s one for those interested in porn created by women directors...
I
f you were asked to name three
female porn directors, could you?
You’d probably start with Anna
Span and Petra Joy but then...? Both
Anna and Petra enjoy high profiles in
the industry but there are many other
women all around the world
producing porn, and most are
struggling to find outlets for their
work.
Petra Joy has therefore chosen to
release a double disc R18 DVD called
Her Porn, which showcases the work
of seven female porn directors. There
are 14 short films from the seven,
plus a bonus scene, Forbidden Fruit
by gay male director Horst Braun,
because according to Petra many
women enjoy gay porn because it
features attractive men having sex
with each other.
The second disc of Her Porn
contains interviews with all the
directors, trailers of other work by
them, a selection of amusing ‘porn
parodies’ by Petra, and an in-depth
feature in which she explains the
concept behind Her Porn. Here
though, she tells us about the film
from a trade point of view...
ETO: What inspired you to put
together a compilation DVD of the
work of female filmmakers?
Petra Joy: A lot of customers are
interested in porn from a female
perspective but don’t know where to
begin and are worried about spending
money on a DVD claiming to be ‘porn
for women’ that they might end up
not liking. In my workshops on ‘porn
from a female perspective’ I always Petra Joy: “I always show clips from female-made porn that I perceive as ground-breaking and exciting.”
show clips from female-made porn
that I perceive as ground-breaking deliberately choose scenes that are viewing it in fast-forward mode, then interested in publishing and
and exciting. very different to each other? that is a good indicator that you have distributing your short films no matter
The workshop participants always PJ: What all films have in common found something special. how creative and sexy they are. So
ask me: ‘Where can we buy these is that each of the short films has ETO: You state that many of the these filmmakers need someone to
films?’ Many of these films are not been directed by a female director films in Her Porn have never been make their work visible.
available in Europe yet and I thought and that all these directors are available in Europe before. Have they ETO: You have said before that the
it would be a great idea to publish exceptionally talented in their craft been available anywhere? mainstream UK adult industry has
them and give them the attention and excel in showing female sexuality PJ: The films from Marianna Beck been reluctant to fully support DVDs
they deserve. Her Porn is a in a new light. However, variety is the only ever had distribution in the by women filmmakers. Do you think
delicatessen - filled with rare and spice of a sex life so the sexual States and some are now available on that is true for the rest of Europe too?
delicious delicacies - there is content and visual styles vary greatly. hotmoviesforher.com but they were PJ: I think that male buyers still
something for every taste. No two scenes are alike and you will never available to buy as DVDs in are prejudiced, thinking female-made
ETO: Once you had the idea, what be taken onto a journey into many Europe. I am now helping this porn is ‘soft and boring’. They also
criteria did you have for selecting the different sensual worlds - from Maria experienced and accomplished underestimate the intelligence and
filmmakers and their scenes? Beatty’s fetish porn noir to She Lea filmmaker to bring her films to varying tastes of their male
PJ: It was not enough that a film Cheng’s colourful Japanese sci-fi sex Europe. Shu Lea Cheang’s sci-fi film customers. Many men are now bored
claimed to be ‘for women’ or was by a - Her Porn is a colourful kaleidoscope IKU is available in Japan, America with mainstream porn and want
female director. To me it was of female desires. and Germany but was strangely never something different. It’s like flavours
important that each selected short ETO: Was there anything else you released in the UK. I think a lot of of ice cream. You get bored with
film shows sex in a fresh way and were looking for, when selecting the foreign producers shy away from the vanilla or strawberry all the time.
stands out artistically. I spend one scenes? BBFC, because it is a lengthy and Sometimes you want a coffee and
year visiting erotic film festivals and PJ: Every short film had to have costly process. I am also featuring cream flavour. I get a lot of fan mail
sex shops run by women to discover the ‘Wow’ factor - it is something you young European indie directors Maria from men who say how much they
these diamonds of erotic filmmaking. experience when viewing the scenes Llopis, from Spain, and Emile Jouvet, appreciate the opportunity to view sex
I also spent a lot of time meeting all and hard to put into words. If an from France, with their subversive from a female perspective and to
the featured filmmakers personally to erotic film is unpredictable rather and humorous short films. It is hard experience a more humane
interview them about their work. than done in the usual ‘porn by when you set out as a filmmaker and representation of sexuality in my
ETO: Is there an underlying numbers’ way and you want to watch don’t have the experience and budget films compared to mainstream porn. I
‘theme’ to Her Porn or did you it two or three times, rather than for a full-length feature and no-one is am glad to see that the UK industry
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