Time for a special pancake delivery.
Time for a special pancake delivery. HUMP

This was the year of HUMP! for me.

I joined the HUMP! team in early January as the new marketing and events coordinator. (And social-media manager—so please, please follow us @humpfilmfest!) I got to watch HUMP! screenings with audiences all over the country as last year’s festival toured. But nothing prepared me for the experience of sitting on the HUMP! Jury for the first time.

It’s easy at first. You’re pleasantly caffeinated, sitting there with your bagel and schmear at 8 a.m. But then you do the math: We’re about to watch 150 five-minutes-or-less short porn films… which means we’re probably going to be watching porn in this small, dark, hot room for the next 10 hours. Thirty minutes and six films after coming to this realization, I began to relax. There was nothing I hadn’t seen before. A close-up of a woman’s tattooed hand as she smokes a joint and then those same fingers gingerly inserted into a welcoming vagina. A virile satyr chases a wispy forest sprite through the brambles. And then… the most hardcore BDSM scene I have ever witnessed. At 8:30 in the morning.

The entire jury gasped when the final lash landed. “Jesus,” someone muttered in the darkened conference room. We voted. We moved on. And 35 films later, gag reflexes were activated as a cute emo girl recorded a video love letter to her touring boyfriend… in which she choked on a dildo until she puked up a green, chunk-less liquid. She puked a couple more times—her boyfriend’s favorite thing—and seemed to enjoy every minute of it. We entered our votes and moved on to the next film. And the next, and the next, and the next.

At the end of the 10-hour session, we were all arguing over the merits of certain films, the shortcomings of others, and the importance of representation, even in a porn festival. (Especially in a porn festival!). Exhausted, we tabled the discussion for the day. Then we met again, in a light and bright conference room, and resumed the debate. Films were in, films were out, and then they were back in again. We watched dozens of films again. Was consent clear? Did the jokes land? And then—finally!—after two days of debate and deliberation, we had chosen the 21 films that will be debuting at the 15th annual HUMP! Film Festival—and we are so, so excited to share them with you all!

Oh, and the hardcore BDSM film and the puke fetish film? Only one of them made it into this year’s festival—but to find out which one made the cut, you’ll have to come to HUMP!

- Kevin Murphy

HUMP! films run the gamut from hardcore to softcore, live action to animation, serious to comic. HUMP! is queer and straight, cis and trans, vanilla and kinky, binary and nonbinary, inside your comfort zone and outside your comfort zone. And because we don't release HUMP! films online—or sell DVDs—HUMP! makes it possible for people to be porn stars in a movie theater for a weekend without having to be porn stars for eternity on the internet. And HUMP! now tours all of North America and Canada!

Tickets for the 15th Annual HUMP! Film Festival are ON SALE NOW! HUMP! tickets go fast and choice screenings sell out quickly—so get your tickets!

DATES
HUMP! screens in Seattle Nov. 6–24 at On the Boards

HUMP! screens in Portland Nov. 8–23 at Revolution Hall

HUMP! screens in San Francisco Nov. 8–23 at Victoria Theatre

HUMP! screens in Vancouver Nov. 13–16 at Rio Theatre

HUMP! screens in Olympia Nov. 23 at Capitol Theater

OPENING FESTIVAL AUDIENCES GIVE AWAY $20,000 IN PRIZES!

Audiences in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Vancouver, and Olympia get to vote on the best of the fest. There are five Grand Prizes awarded at HUMP!: $2,000 for Best Sex, $2,000 for Best Kink, $2,000 for Best Humor, (with a $1,000 runner-up in each category,) $1,000 HUMP! Jury award, and a $10,000 Best in Show Award.

EXTRA CREDIT

Each year we invite filmmakers to include some special props in their films. This year, audiences will be on the lookout for Jell-O shots, confetti, and TSA agents. These props are optional and they're just for fun—including "extra credit" props doesn't automatically get a film into the festival—but when you see any of these things, it's the filmmaker letting you know they made their film just for you and just for HUMP!

THE 15TH ANNUAL HUMP! FILMS

WILDFIRE
Inhibitions are burned to dust while this hedonistic group lusts around the fire.

WHAT YOU WISH FOR
A hypnotizing peek into the intimate boudoir of two lovers in the throes of a skilled and sensuous rope scene.

THE PIZZA TOPPING
Horny Pizza orders Hungry Boy. In an alternate reality where the pizzas order delivery, we find out what their favorite pies are and how they like them topped.

PHOTURIS
In the midst of darkness, this couple finds illumination by embracing their neon fantasies.

RUBBER WORLD
A lonely traveler takes us to a rubber convention, where we see the wildest and most creative toys that will make you want to slap and tickle.

COCK TALES
Gimps, piss, and boots, oh my! This animated tale illustrates the sights, sounds, and… smells of a leather bar.

GOOD KITTY
When the kitten collar comes out, so do the sacred oils and earthly delights in this cunnilingual ceremony.

DOPPELBANGER
Reality is blurred in this surreal tryst between two eerily similar guys.

ROLL PLAY
A fellowship of friends learns what it takes to seduce a witch in their D&D party. Perfect for every bard, wizard, and paladin.

DISCO MADE ME DO IT
A night out dancing at the club quickly turns into a superhot three-way in the back room.

ADÉ IN BED
Treat yourself to this luxurious bedtime interview about sexual and gender identity. Oh, and the thrills of men in nothing but boots.

UNDRESSED
Get the squeegee, because things are about to get wet in this steamy shower threesome.

TELL ME WHAT YOU LIKE
One woman’s answer to this inquiry leads to an extreme kink scene involving a masked dom equipped with chains and a whip.

ORALLY FIXATED
An amuse-bouche of all things creamy, sticky, and sweet.

FUCK FIRST
Put your keys in the bowl, because this group of friends has the best appetizer on the menu at their swinging dinner party.

LOST + FOUND
After making it through the pain of infertility and miscarriage and finally becoming a parent, a woman embarks on a mission of exploration and discovery to recover what she has lost.

WHITE RABBIT
When a debaucherous basement party becomes a bore, a man is ready to try something different upstairs.

JUST FOUR FANS ONLY
When a group of friends decides to film an orgy in a Vegas hotel room, an unexpected participant slips into the mix.

BRUNCH ON BIKES
Freshly fucked foodies get a special pancake delivery. A new recipe that will make you look at pancakes… differently.

BEST IN SHOW
A couple can’t decide what classic trope to re-create for their first HUMP! film. Why not all of them?!

BUTT BANGO
A deranged and macabre circus duo contort themselves into bizarre positions in this vaudevillian stop-motion short.