Workshops

Coming Soon!

Wanting to start a porn practice and feeling a little overwhelmed on where to start? New to the industry and wanting the rundown before you dive in? This workshop gives an introduction to the indie porn ecology, and an overview of everything you’ll need to consider in your porn production journey.

Our industry is amazing, but it presents a set of unique and frustrating business challenges. In this 1.5 hr workshop, we’ll go over the basics to give you a bit of support and guidance as you get started. We’ll talk through business models, startup costs, basic legal compliance, fundraising, finding/working with performers and collaborators, forming a studio or collective, safety and consent on set, production, and getting your work out to festivals and distributors. We’ll also leave plenty of time for questions and discussion!

You’ll leave the workshop with a list of resources and a comprehensive overview of what you’ll want to consider as you build out your indie porn practice.

Are you interested in taking this workshop? Let us know!

Sliding Scale $50-100, no one turned away for lack of funds
See our sliding scale guidelines here

AORTA films’ F*CKLAB is for kinksters, movers, sex workers, and porn performers. It offers participants a chance to get experimental with their accumulated body knowledge, build new skill sets, and develop a shared practice around explicit embodiment.

What does it mean to build a rehearsal practice for pornography? What does an enthusiastically consensual practice look like when sexually explicit bodies, states, and actions are centered? How can kink dynamics, orgasm, gender, identity, eroticism, and sex acts be used as choreographic and improvisational tools. Somewhere between a rehearsal, a research group, and a play party, F*CKLAB investigates the negotiation of pornographic embodiment as an anti-oppressive, feminist, and trans-inclusive practice rooted in femme care-taking and risk.

To express interest in joining our current F*CKLAB practice, please email helloAORTA@AORTAfilms.com and introduce yourself and let us know why you think you’d be a good fit. If you are a presenter, programer, or curator who would like to bring F*CKLAB to your space or host a workshop, please feel free to reach out to us at the email address above!

AORTA films has also occasionally used explorations from F*CKLAB as the basis for explorations within specific films. Check them out here:

Are you looking to add porn workers to your upcoming panel on pornography, kink, sexuality, or sex work? We’re happy to connect you with the right creators and performers to help bring your engagement to life. Email us at helloAORTA@AORTAfilms.com, and tell us what you’re looking for! 

At AORTA films we’re all big porn nerds, and we LOVE getting to talk about sexuality, embodiment, kink, consent, safer sex practices, filmmaking, sex work, experimental performance, and more! Bring us to your college, organization, or event, and we’ll work with you to craft an engagement to suit your needs and budget. We love getting to talk about our work and screen films with new audiences. Email us at helloAORTA@AORTAfilms.com – we’re excited to hear from you!