The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Dan Savage’s HUMP! Film Festival

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      Dan Savage’s HUMP! Film Festival takes place at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway) on July 4 and 5. Show times are 7 p.m. on July 4 and at 6 p.m., 8 p.m., and 10 p.m. on July 5.

      Seattle-based Dan Savage, best known for his sex advice column Savage Love and the co-creator of the It Gets Better Project, decided in 2005 to challenge his readers to create some good old-fashioned homemade porn. As such, the HUMP! Film Festival was born.

      The 20 short films shown are a mix of Savage’s personal favourites and popular audience picks throughout the years.

      “We bill HUMP! as an amateur porn festival. But it's more than that. It's rare for people to watch porn that takes them outside their comfort zones—it's rare for people to watch porn that, if they were home alone in front of the computer, they wouldn't choose to click on and watch,” Savage stated in a news release. “At HUMP!, straight people watch gay porn, vanilla people watch kinky porn, gay people watch lesbian porn. And people laugh, they gasp, sometimes they cover their eyes. But at the end of every film people clap and cheer. It's moving and wonderful and newcomers don't expect it. The whole festival is a celebration of sexual diversity."

      Tickets to the HUMP! Film Festival are $18 and can be purchased online in advance.

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