Erika Hallqvist
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Erika Lust is a Swedish screenplay writer, director, producer and writer. She is pioneer of feminist pornography. At the moment she lives and works in Barcelona
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and specialized in human rights and feminism
. After graduation in 2000 she moved to Barcelona. After working in theaters, she founded her production company Lust Films, that specializes on the genre of feminist pornography. She works as screenplay writer, director and producer. In the meantime she works as an author.
Her book Good Porn was published in 2009 by Seal Press.
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
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Background
Lust studied political sciences at the Lund UniversityLund University
Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...
and specialized in human rights and feminism
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
. After graduation in 2000 she moved to Barcelona. After working in theaters, she founded her production company Lust Films, that specializes on the genre of feminist pornography. She works as screenplay writer, director and producer. In the meantime she works as an author.
Career
Her first work, the short film The Good Girl, that she directed and wrote the screenplay for, was shot in 2004, just a short while before she founded her own production company, Lust Films. This short film later was part of the feature-film Five Hot Stories For Her, an anthology of five short porn stories, that won several international awards. The film was honorably mentioned at the CineKink festival in New York (2008). In 2008 she shot the experimental film Barcelona Sex Project, that was rewarded at the Venus festival Berlin (2008), and screened at the CineKink in New York (2009) and X-Rated in Amsterdam (2009). In 2010 her latest film up to now, Life Love Lust, was published. Beyond that she shot two other short films, Handcuffs (2009), which was numerously rewarded, and Love me like you hate me (2010), that both treat the topic of fetish and BDSM.Her book Good Porn was published in 2009 by Seal Press.
Feature Films
- 2007: Five Hot Stories For Her
- 2008: Barcelona Sex Project
- 2010: Life Love Lust
- 2011: Cabaret Desire
Awards
- 2005 Barcelona International Erotic Film FestivalBarcelona International Erotic Film FestivalThe Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival, or FICEB is an annual Spanish pornographic film festival and awards ceremony....
– First Prize for Short X-Films – The Good Girl - 2007 Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival – Best screenplay – Five Hot Stories For Her
- 2007 Eroticline Award, Berlin – Best Adult Film for Women – Five Hot Stories For Her
- 2008 Feminist Porn AwardFeminist Porn AwardThe Good for Her Feminist Porn Awards, widely known as the Feminist Porn Awards , is an annual adult film awards ceremony that began in 2006 by sex toy company Good for Her. The ceremony was originally coordinated by former store manager Chanelle Gallant and has been organized by current store...
, Toronto – Movie of the Year – Five Hot Stories For Her - 2008 Eroticline Award, Berlin – Best erotic documentary – Barcelona Sex Project
- 2010 CineKink, New York – Best experimental short film – Handcuffs
- 2010 Feminist Porn Award, Toronto – Sexiest short film – Handcuffs
- 2011 Feminist Porn Award, Toronto for – Movie of the Year – Life Love Lust
External links
- http://www.sealpress.com/book.php?isbn=9781580053068 Information on the Author Erika Lust