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Petra Joy

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Petra Joy
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Kempten, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer, TV producer, distributor, author, and photographer.
Known forOne of the pioneers in producing pornography for women
Notable workThe Joy of Porn: My Life as Feminist Pornographer,Feeling it, not faking it!,Female Fantasies

Petra Joy(born 1964) is a Germanfeministfilm director,film producer,TV producer,distributor,author,andphotographer.She lives inBrighton, England.[citation needed]Along withCandida Royalle,Annie Sprinkle,Maria Beatty,and others, she is one of the pioneers in producing pornography for women.[citation needed][1]Her genre is described as "art-core," meaning the focus is on sexuality from the female perspective, female pleasure, and creative, sensual play.[citation needed][2]Common themes in her erotic films includesafe sex,men seen as sexual objects, female fantasies, and malebisexuality.[citation needed]

Background

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Joy holds a master's degree inFilm Historyfrom theUniversity of Cologne.In 1990, she wrote her thesis on the representation offemale sexualityinNazi films.[3]After graduation, she moved to England, where she worked for 10 years as a freelance producer and director for German television. Joy has directed and produced over 70 documentaries for international TV stations such asChannel 4,National Geographic,andWDR.Since 1990, the main focus of her work has beenlifestyleandsexuality.A recurring topic was sexuality from a female perspective. Starting in 1992, she produced segments for “Liebe Sünde”, a programme about sex airing on the German satellite station Vox/Pro7.

In 2003, Joy launched Strawberry Seductress, an intimate and creative erotic photo service for women and couples and film production company.[4]In 2004, Joy filmed Sexual Sushi, her first alternative pornographic film for women.HarperCollinspublished her bookHow to Make Your Own Adult Video: The Couple’s Guide to Making Sensual Home Moviesin 2006. She then shotFemale FantasiesandFeeling it, not faking it!.In 2009, Joy established the Petra Joy Award, an international erotic film competition for first-time female directors. She runs “how to make your own creative porn” workshops and speaks on the subject of women andpornographyacross Europe. Joy curates and produces a feminist porn series calledHer Pornand has shot a documentary calledThe Joy of Porn: My Life as a Feminist Pornographer.

Erotic Film Production

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Joy started producing and directing erotic films in 2004 with the aim to show a more accurate reflection of female sexuality than mainstream porn filmmakers. She works exclusively with amateur performers, with the intention of capturing real chemistry, always shows safe sex, and has a policy never to show acts that can be perceived as being degrading to women. In contrast to mainstream porn that often focuses on shots of genitalia, Joy focused on the faces of the performers. Authentic sex scenes, men as sex objects, elaborate costumes, and taboo themes such as females penetrating males, and male bisexuality often feature in her films.

Of her first erotic film,Sexual Sushi,one reviewer wrote, “Petra has achieved her aim of creating an antidote to ‘porn junk food’”.[5]

She describes her inspiration as follows:

“... [C]ommercially successful porn does nothing for me: I want porn that stimulates the mind and feeds the soul. I want porn that is educational and inspirational. I want porn that is creative and kinky. And because I cannot find it anywhere, I make my own. I am a visual creature and enjoy expressing myself through photos and films that are very different from mainstream glamour photography and porn films.”[4]

In 2009, she curated and produced the first installment of theHer Pornseries with the aim of showing a variety of female erotic visions.Her Porn 2is to be released in April 2010. She also acts as a distributor for other female directors.

Her films have been shown at New York City’sCinekinkfestival, thepornfilmfestBerlin, and at theBritish Film Institute.

The Petra Joy Award

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The Petra Joy Awards were founded by Petra Joy in October 2009 to encourage first-time erotic female filmmakers and to help the genre of porn from a female perspective thrive.[citation needed]Sponsored by German personal lubricant manufacturer "pjur", the inaugural theme was “What is erotic to you?”.[6]Submissions came fromAustralia,America, the Netherlands,England,SpainandAustria.[citation needed]The winning films premiered at the Movimento cinema inBerlinduring Berlin's pornfilmfest.[7]In addition to cash prizes, the winning films were included on the first volume of Joy's compilation of erotic female filmmakersHer Porn.[citation needed]

2009 Winners:[8]

  • First Prize - Louise Lush, “That’s What I Like”
  • Second Prize - Lola Clavo, “La Lucha”
  • Third Prize - Linsey Satterthwaite, “I Like It When”
  • Special Jury Award -Cora Emens,“Cora’s Memoirs—The Rose”

Professional honours and awards

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Partial filmography

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As director and producer

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  • The Joy of Porn: My Life as Feminist Pornographer(Documentary, 2009)
  • Feeling it, not faking it!(Erotic Film, 2008)
  • Female Fantasies(Erotic Film, 2006)
  • Sexual Sushi(Erotic Film, 2004)

As curator and producer

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  • Her Porn,Volume 1 (International Feminist Porn Compilation, 2010)
  • Her Porn,Volume 2 (International Feminist Porn Compilation, 2009)

As distributor

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  • Dirty Diaries(Swedish Feminist Porn Compilation, 2009)
  • Free Love(Dir: Marianna Beck, USA, 2009)

References

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  1. ^Taormino, Tristan (July 26, 2013)."Petra Joy on Art-Core Films and Sex From a Female Perspective".Podcast: Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino.Voice America Radio.RetrievedAugust 22,2018.
  2. ^Taormino, Tristan (July 26, 2013)."Petra Joy on Art-Core Films and Sex from a Female Perspective".Voice America.RetrievedAugust 22,2018.
  3. ^Rundschau, Frankfurter."Interview mit Petra Joy im Wortlaut:" Sex und Porno sind politisch "".Frankfurter Rundschau(in German).Retrieved2018-08-22.
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  6. ^Joy, Petra (2009)."The Joy Awards 2009, Main page".Joyawards.com.Archived fromthe originalon 6 July 2009.Retrieved7 May2019.
  7. ^Joy, Petra (2009)."The Joy Awards 2009, Awards Ceremony 2009".Joyawards.com.Archivedfrom the original on 8 December 2009.Retrieved7 May2019.
  8. ^"AVN - Winners of Inaugural Petra Joy Awards Announced".Business.avn.com. 2009-11-09.Retrieved2014-05-29.
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  10. ^"Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival (2007)".Uk.imdb.com.Retrieved2014-05-29.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^"Winners of the 2007 FICEB Ninfa Awards"Archived2016-01-13 at theWayback Machine,h.b., October 10, 2007, xstarsnews.com. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  12. ^"UKAFTA".ukafta.com. Archived fromthe originalon March 3, 2012.Retrieved2014-05-29.
  13. ^"e-m-s mit 3 Halunken und 2012 Doku auf DVD".German-adult-news.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-10-02.Retrieved2014-05-29.
  14. ^"AVN - Exclusive: Complete 2008 eLINE Award Winners from Venus Berlin".Business.avn.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-04-16.Retrieved2014-05-29.
  15. ^[4]ArchivedJuly 1, 2008, at theWayback Machine
  16. ^"PorYes-Award".Poryes.de.Retrieved2014-05-29.
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