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    Progressive Touch

    Directed by Michael Portnoy
    Austria/Netherlands | 13 minutes |

Can you fu*k to an irregular beat? In a space between art and pornography, Progressive Touch depicts three moody, absurdist love scenes in which the goal is to "improve" sex by complicating its rhythm and choreography. Sex as dance as comedy. Enacted by three real life couples, the dancers' every explicit move is synchronized to the propulsive, unpredictable score that borrows elements from progressive rock, trap, and math metal.

In competition for Best Comedy Short and Best Midnight Short.

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Director: Michael Portnoy
Producers: Esther Niemeier, Julia Simpson
Screenwriter: Michael Portnoy
Cinematographers: Darja Pilz
Editor: Camila Mercadal
Music: Stefan Maier, Michael Portnoy
Cast: Tizo All, Ilona Bankiraj, Marc Philipp Gabriel, Juan Felipe Amaya González, Astrid Panaken, Deva Schubert
Country: Austria/Netherlands
Language: No Dialogue
Year: 2020
Running Time: 13 minutes
Awards: Best International Short, Pornfilmfestival Berlin
Primary Company: Strangergames
Contact Email: dinogon@gmail.com

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