Lee Demarbre and the Mayfair Theatre are trying to make February just a little bit warmer with another edition of Painted Lips and Lolly Licks: The Sexy Film Festival. This collection of big-screen naughtiness returns to the Mayfair Friday, Feb. 11, 2011—and locally made shorts films will be featured along with international selections.

In a recent call to local filmmakers, Demarbre encouraged submissions of “any film that explores themes of sex, romance or the erotic—provided it's 10 minutes or shorter and submitted by February 4, before 6:00 PM.”

“Everybody has their own idea of what's erotic,” says festival director Demarbre. “We want to show as many of those ideas as possible. Some are funny, some serious. Some are live-action, and some animated. Some feature nudity; others don't. But they're all guaranteed to turn the audience on.”

Previous years' festivals have included erotic short films and cartoons from around the world, the adult-film parody Not Another Porn Film by Doug Sackman (The XXXorcist, Re-Penetrator) and a (non-porn) film directed by adult film star Sasha Grey, who judged the festival in 2010. It also featured a screening of the Ottawa-made independent film Mad Lieutenant: Port of Call Orleans, a sordid tale of sex and corruption set in the city's suburbs.

This year, film entries will be judged by a celebrity to be revealed at a later date.

To learn more about the festival's past and what's coming up, visit official Painted Lips and Lolly Licks website: odessafilmworks.com/paintedlips.


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