Unexpected paths, personal visions and unconventional encounters.
The films gathered in the Singular Perspectives category explore rope through distinctive artistic voices and unique points of view. Free from a single format or approach, these works move between introspection, experimentation, poetry and observation.
Together, they reveal the breadth of what shibari can become when artists follow their own questions, aesthetics and curiosities.
icon fetish n°82
By Icon Fetish - With Katarsis and Morgane Guillamon - (France)
The Bizarre is beautiful, and Icon Fetish project is dedicated to that beauty.
Icon Fetish takes place in the Red Room, a space where the beauty of perversion and desire can flourish. Creative personalities from the fetish scene join the Red Room to make the space their own. Here a suspended moment between Katarsis and Morgane Guillamon.
Taking Flight
By Yiannis Katsaris - With Burgundy Rose and Anna Noctuelle - (United Kingdom)
The sound of breath fills a quiet space. Two bodies meet. What follows is a dance where rope is used to bind, hold, and (re)direct motion. Each gesture tests the boundaries between tension and release, restraint and freedom. Through these paradoxes this film explores how to find movement within a typically restrictive form.
[性 ~SAGA~]
By Ryuji Fukuyama - With Shigonawa Bingo and Aya - (Japan)
性 ~SAGA~” is a short narrative film by Japanese director Ryuji Fukuyama (Fine 115), created in close collaboration with the late kinbaku master Shigonawa Bingo (紫護縄びんご) and his rope partner and wife, Aya. Through a quiet, intimate cinematic language, the film explores the spiritual and physical bond between rope, body, and presence at the heart of Bingo’s practice. It stands today as both a work of art and a tribute to a master whose legacy continues after his death to inspire the kinbaku community worldwide.
Human Chandelier
By Frock The World - With Thiktool and Zed Cheng - (USA)
A body encrusted with a mix of flesh, sweat, and wax. Sheets of skin expand and collapse with every exhale. A human chandelier – an ornament, an object to desire.
Awarded “Best in Show” and “Best Kink” at the Hump! Film Festival 2024.
The secret of the birth of the knots
By Germondare Werther and Maria Laura Spagnoli - (Italy)
Discover how the rules of physics create knots… .
Author’s note : This film is an episode of a feature film « Sex Novo », on the fetish/BDSM world, which is visible on demand
Skull + Ropes + Cigarette + Scissors
By Silvia Marcantoni Taddei - With Silvia Marcantoni Taddei and Massimo Sannelli - (Italy, Serbia)
A BDSM theatrical experiment featuring a handmade paper skull, ropes, a cigarette and a naughty pair of scissors.
Ropes and Ribbons
By Isaac Juan - With Mosaic Cat and Chthonian (China)
This is a Shibari exploration using a variety of different materials, set inside an old alleyway mansion in Shanghai. We captured the process of the bondage and the intimacy shared that day, attempting to express the unique aesthetics and somatic experiences that captivate us.
