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Raindance Raw Talent ties with Mulholland Pictures in new feature film

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Not happy with a film festival and film courses, Raindance are now making their own film, Love.Honour.Obey., a bondage-themed psychological thriller, Premiering September 2013

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The Raindance Film Festival’s production arm, Raindance Raw Talent, has teamed up with multi-award winning Dutch production company Mulholland Pictures to produce an independent thriller titled Love.Honour.Obey., which will premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London in September 2013.

Having curated one of the world’s leading film festivals and taught filmmaking classes for over two decades, Raindance has a mission to discover, foster and promote independent filmmaking around the world, always from an active, creative and energetic angle. Raindance Raw Talent aims to produce truly independent films that are entertaining, thought-provoking and commercially viable.

Mulholland Pictures won 4 awards at the Berlin Film Festival with their film Left Luggage. Other credits include Enigma starring Kate Winslet, directed by Michael Apted, Fogbound with Luke Perry and The Discovery of Heaven with Stephen Fry.

Love.Honour.Obey. is the story of Alison, who with her husband Tom is late one night assaulted and bound by an intruder in their home. A dark kidnapping story takes an intriguing twist, as it transpires that the intruder has a mysterious vision for the married couple. A gritty psychological thriller with a haunting moral, Love.Honour.Obey. also features the use of ‘Kinbaku’ – a form of Japanese bondage which literally translates as ‘the beauty of tight binding’.

To raise the money for this feature without having to rely on studios, professional film financiers or the government, Raindance Raw Talent has decided to use an alternative form of film financing which incorporates traditional elements such as pre-sales with the new model of crowdfunding. Using the Indiegogo website, in just over 2 weeks the campaign has raised an incredible 102% its goal and is still going strong, ranking among the top 5 film campaigns on the site!

To learn more about the Indiegogo campaign, donate or share, click here

The unique and exciting perks on the Indiegogo campaign are designed to give an insight into the process of making the film, from script to shoot, edit to premiere. They feature fly-on-the-wall viewpoints such as the full script notes between writer, director and producer, as well as the opportunity to spend a day with the cast and crew on set – and there will be even more one-of-a-kind perks added to the campaign soon!

Cult director Ate de Jong has made films in English, German and Dutch. He lived and worked in Hollywood for 8 years, and his credits include Drop Dead Fred and Highway to Hell. Ate has also directed the Miami Vice episode Missing Hours, which guest-starred James Brown and was a hallmark discovery moment for a young unknown comedian – Chris Rock. He currently resides in Amsterdam where he is a household name, equally controversial and successful.

Screenwriter Mark Rogers was discouraged from his craft by his university experience, where he was told he should not go into filmmaking due to his Cerebral Palsy. He got in contact with Raindance seeking some inspiration and a different opinion, and after reading one of his scripts Raindance founder and film producer Elliot Grove decided the opportunity was too good to miss. Funnily enough, Mark’s all-time favourite film is Drop Dead Fred. He is currently busy re-drafting Love.Honour.Obey. with Ate.

Director of Photography Zoran Veljkovic was classically trained in Yugoslavia, and has since shot 10 award-winning features, including Peter Howitt’s Dangerous Parking. Zoran has also lensed many more shorts, promos and commercials, and has been picked up awards in America, Italy, Spain, Japan, Holland and Yugoslavia.

Love.Honour.Obey. will premiere at the 21st Raindance Film Festival in September 2013.

An Introduction to BDSM – a beginner’s guide by Tiffany Reisz

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Here is an excellent guide to BDSM (Bondage, Discipline, Sadism, Masochism) from erotic writer Tiffany Reisz. Perfect for turning up the heat in winter, and beyond.

  1. Think about why you want to try. A healthy sexual relationship should be about having fun and enjoying each other. There are many different ways to inject a touch spice into your sex life and BDSM although scary sounding can be a fun way of adding a touch of ooh lah lah as well as bonding you and your partner. In more ways than one, perhaps!

 

  1. Think first – Before you approach the topic of introducing BDSM into your sex lives, make sure you are doing it for the right reasons: to get closer and deeper into the relationship, enjoy and celebrate each other as well as to spice up your sex life.

 

  1. Talk about it – How else will you know what you want to explore? Talk about what type fantasies you may have – it’s part of the fun discussing and planning what you think you want to try out. BDSM needs a lot of communication.

 

  1. First steps – Try out some fantasies in ‘non-threatening areas’ such as during phone sex. It’s a fun way of easing into roleplay and can be done throughout the day at unexpected times.  It may help to suggest days and times when it’s best to call – the last thing you want is to have someone else answer the it!

 

  1. Light bondage is always fun, sensual and sexy. For example, my favorite scene in The Prince involves nothing more than light bondage. Søren has his lover Kingsley tied to a bed so Kingsley can’t move his hands. The only thing Søren does is touch and kiss Kingsley every where except where Kingsley wants to be touched and kissed. Orgasm denial mixed with light bondage is a delightful way to sensually torture your partner. Tease him or her until they’re begging for release and only when they’ve begged enough do you give them what they want.

 

  1. BDSM doesn’t require expensive equipment or a dungeon all your own. Household objects can be used for light pain-play. Do you own a leather belt. It’s great for light-whipping on the bottom or back of the thighs. Søren and Kingsley don’t have access to BDSM equipment when they first become lovers at school That doesn’t stop them from doing pain-play. Everything from a belt to a thin but sturdy tree branch can be used. If it was good enough for our grandparents to punish our parents with, it’s good enough for us to use during S&M play.

 

  1. Mistress Nora loves sensual BDSM. She loves mixing pain with pleasure. In The Siren, she ties a young man spread-eagle to a bed on his back, mounts him in women superior position, and drips candle wax on his chest during the sex. Pleasure + Pain = Magic.

 

 

  1. Keep communicating – BDSM is always about communication. After sex or while you are feeling especially close to your partner, it’s good to share things and let each other know how it felt, what parts you may want to do again.  It is critical to know when one of you wants to stop. Agree on a ‘stop’ word or signal – remember some areas of BDSM may mean difficulty in speaking (mouth lightly gagged, for example).

 

 

  1. Take Turns – As with everything, it is give and take. Agree to try out something new and take turns. As time goes on, you will both learn who is the ‘dominant’ and who is the ‘submissive’. Kingsley had no idea he had a submissive/masochistic side until the first time Søren held him down by his wrists on a bed. It’s something as simple as enjoying or loathing being held down that can tell you what your sexual persuasion is.

 

  1. Keep it coming As you continue to play these games, your relationship will reach levels of trust, communication, and intimacy that you’ve never experienced before so introduce it as regularly as you see fit.

 

By Tiffany Reisz who’s book ,The Prince is out now

 

 

Desiree Holt – the world’s most prolific author of erotic romance

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~ Meet 76-year-old grandmother Desiree Holt: the world’s oldest author of erotic romance, with over 100 steamy novels and ebooks to her name and counting. .

Silver-haired Desiree Holt qualified for a free bus pass in 1996, but has spent her retirement writing over 100 “scorching-hot” sexually explicit novels and e-novels to the delight of fans around the world.

Until now, many readers believed the bestselling author of such steamy works as “On the Prowl” and “Carnal Caresses” was a buxom heroine like the ones featured in her books — released by British erotic romance specialist Total-E-Bound Publishing.

But Holt — whose ‘behind-the-bedroom-door’ stories often involve kinky sex play such as bondage, dominance and threesomes — has decided to come clean about her age.

Holt, who cites the runaway success of British author EL James’s number one bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey as helping the genre gain mainstream acceptance, said: “When I first started writing, erotic romance was still looked down on by many people as nothing more than a form of porn.

“But the incredible popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey
has really opened readers’ minds to the genre, to the point where it’s fine to admit that I am a pensioner in my mid-seventies who just so happens to write about passionate, erotic relationships.

“I’m one of Total-E-Bound’s best-selling authors of this genre and the demand for my books is growing all the time. I think that’s because erotic romance is a powerful form of fantasy — women, and men too, can read it and imagine themselves in place of the characters, doing and feeling things they might be too shy about in their everyday existence.

“Many readers have told me that my stories give them confidence to spice up their sex lives, experiment and express their sexuality. I guess in that respect I’m a bit like an agony aunt, only more graphic.”

Claire Siemaszkiewicz, founder of digital publishing company Total-E-Bound, said: “Desiree has been with us for four years now and in that time has become a firm favourite with readers.

“We believe she is the oldest writer of erotic romance in the world, but I’m sure none of her fans will be concerned with her age. The quality of the stories and characters is the important thing to them, not how many candles the writer blows out each birthday.

“If anything, Desiree should be seen as an empowering figure in the fight against age discrimination. There’s no reason why sex should be taboo for older people.”

Born in 1936, mother-of-three Holt carved out a successful career for herself in journalism, PR and music management — looking after a number of small-time rock bands — before retiring in 2000 at the age of 64.

At first she planned to spend her golden years fulfilling a life-long ambition to write mystery novels — but became “hooked” on erotic romance after buying a “racy” novel to see what it was like.

With the full support of late husband David, Holt “threw” herself into the underground sex scene to research what would be her first erotic romance novel, 2007’s Candy Caresses, joining online forums for the BDSM (Bondage, Dominance, Sadomasochism) and LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) communities.

Since then she’s published 105 novels, novellas and short story collections, building up a network of regular contacts ranging from mistresses, swingers, and fetishists to Army soldiers — for her latest book, Unconditional Surrender.

Last year, she even visited a bondage club at the age of 75 to gain a better understanding of the worlds she writes about — though, she insists, as “an observer only”.

She is now believed to be the world’s oldest author of erotic romance.

She said: “The inspiration for the stories comes from every place and research is always ongoing. I based the hero of one book on my doctor — simply because he’s so sexy.

“Another book, my novella All Jacked Up, I wrote for my son, because I wanted him to settle down. It’s about a man reaching forty who’s still waiting for the woman of his dreams only to have the most unexpected female walk into his life. I think he appreciated my motherly concern.

“Though I’ve not tried all the things I write about, I do find them all fascinating — far more so than traditional granny pursuits such as knitting. I’m treated well because I respect everyone as individuals, regardless of whether they express their love through kisses and cuddles or whips and chains.”

Holt, who lives in Texas, US, says that though her family refuse to read her books, they approve of her writing and affectionately call her the “Queen of Hill Country Erotica”.

But, she adds, there will always be some people who find her choice of career “distasteful”.

“I was nervous in the beginning because, while my kids are all adults, I am still ‘Mom’ to them and therefore shouldn’t know this kind of stuff. But they are my biggest supporters and brag about me a lot. Even my 20-year-old granddaughter thinks it’s exciting.

“But I do live in a very conservative community and occasionally someone will look at me as if I have a contagious disease when I reveal what I do.

“I always tell them that maybe they should read one novella and see that it’s really not what they think. At its heart, erotic romance is still about exploring characters’ relationships and emotions — the sex just helps reveal the intensity of their feelings.”

Desiree Holt’s latest novel, Unconditional Surrender, is available now from Total E-Bound Publishing. Visit www.total-e-bound.com