"Hamburg and St. Pauli (a neighborhood in hamburg) are know for their red-light district which are a magnet for tourism.
In germany prostitution is legalized. Sex workers pay taxes, organize trade unions and have recourse for obtaining pending payments. Legally they are equal to all other service occupations.
(then some stuff about criminalization and political speech that i don't fully understand enough to give a good translation. then some stuff about underage sex workers who are at high risk because they're too young to join the trade organizations and thus aren't protected. then some stuff about infrastructure... and about repression. solidarity with sex workers and challenging the views on sex work etc.)
we are looking for films that are across the spectrum of genres; experimental/documentaries/fiction/activist shorts or feature length films"
SEX WORKER FILM FEST in GERMANY:
Please share with any filmmakers you know who might be interested. I've been working with Bildwechsel for the past 8 years, as their NYC "agent". They're a remarkable archive (largest women's art/film archive in the EU) and put on great film festivals!
The Sex Work Film Fest (SAFF) 2012 will take place in June in Hamburg, Germany. Im Juni 2012 findet das Hamburger Sex Arbeit Film Fest statt.
