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Short time after I had moved to New York to study Documentary Filmmaking I started exploring queer underground sex parties. I had previously lived in a small university town in Eastern Germany where those types of queer sex positive events can’t be found. One of the first things that sparked my interest was trying to understand from a sociological point of view, what makes these semi-public spaces, these lofts and sex dungeons so special, who else is coming there and why? Orgy Every Other Day is centered around the conversations I had with my non-binary and trans friends and some of the organizers of the parties. It was clear to me from the early beginning that I didn’t want to film at the parties, to not show the obvious: people having sex and orgies. I thought it would be more interesting to find an alternative visual language. That’s why I started to work with dancers and reached out to a friend in Glasgow who made these beautiful illustrations. Everybody I talked to, shared, that what they experienced at the parties was liberating in many ways. The spaces are for instance highly educational, especially when it comes to practicing consent and overcoming sexualized violence that is unfortunately still very present in almost every night club.
Country: Germany
Samuel Döring is a German-French film director, producer and moderator. Their award-winning short film debut Orgy Every Other Day (2024) has screened at DOC NYC, Hot Docs, Frameline and more than 40 other international film festivals. Samuel studied Documentary, Film and Media Studies in Weimar, Paris and New York as a Grantee of the Fulbright Program and the German Federal Government.
Set in New York City’s queer underground sex party scene, the film explores the importance...
