CRUDE # 40

Misty and Frank in Berlin are joined by Effie in London to chat with special guest Paulita Pappel to talk about her role as an intimacy coordinator on film sets. Paulita has experience as a performer, producer and director in the adult industry as well as mainstream movies.

The crew discuses feminist porn and Paulita's incredible biography as visionary, activist and creative genius within the European porn scene. Before then discuss the role of an Intimacy coordinator role in cinema.

Is the role just about actor protection?

Can you be an intimacy coordinator and influence what a film looks like?

How can you work with queer sex scenes if you aren't queer?

Why is the Berlin porn film festival different?

What have romantic comedies to do with porn?

Paulita Pappel is a Spanish filmmaker and feminist pornographer. After studying comparative literature in Berlin, she worked both in front and behind the camera. She is the founder of Lustery, a platform dedicated to the sex lives of real-life couples from around the world. She is the director of HardWerk, a film studio creating cinematic and tailored erotica. She also co-organizes and curates the Porn film festival Berlin and the conference Adult Industry Forum. Paulita works as a producer, director, performer and intimacy coordinator, and is an advocate for a sex-positive, consent-based culture.

*Links*

paulitapappel.com

https://www.instagram.com/paulitapappel

https://x.com/PaulitaPappel

Paulita Pappel selected filmography: here

*What we were consuming*

[Book] Virginie Despentes, King Kong Theory (2006)

[Film] Anora (2024)

[Film] Blue is the Warmest Colour(2024)