The Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival, or FICEB (Festival Internacional de Cinema Eròtic de Barcelona in Catalan) is an annual Spanish pornographic film festival and awards ceremony.
The FICEB has three awards for different categories of pornographic films, the Ninfa (Nymph) for heterosexual pornography, the HeatGay for gay pornography films and the Tacón de Aguja (High heel or Stiletto heel) for BDSM and sexual fetish films.[1]
The event dates from 1992.[2] Since 1997 it has been held in the La Farga convention center in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, a town outside Barcelona.[3] In 2005, the event was recognized by the regional government of Catalonia,[2] but in 2006, the L'Hospitalet municipal government controversially voted not to renew the festival's contract, requiring it to seek a new location for 2008.[3]
Compared to the analogous Hot D'Or film festival in Cannes, the Barcelona festival has been called less exclusive and more comprehensive. Besides film awards and star appearances, the five days of FICEB include hundreds of strip-tease and live sex shows, as well as a lingerie show and a sex product fair.[4][5] About 50,000 people attended the festival in 2005 and 2006.[2][6]
References
- ^ "Barcelona Erotic Film Festival (FICEB) starts in October", 02 October 2006, Barcelona Reporter, translated from El País. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ a b c "Spain’s porn superstar, Nacho Vidal, at Barcelona’s FICEB", 2005-10-07, Barcelona Reporter, translated from El País. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ a b "ERC: Barcelona porn festival ‘degrades women and creates traffic jams’", 03 December 2006, Barcelona Reporter, translated from El País. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ "Top 10 Sex Festivals: International Erotic Film Festival", By Salvatore Mann, AskMen. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ "El Festival de Cine Erótico de Barcelona ofrecerá 750 actuaciones en directo", La Vanguardia, 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ "Barcelona Erotic Film Festival underway", h.b., October 5, 2006, TypicallySpanish.com. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
External links
- "FICEB - Festival Internacional de Cine Erótico de Barcelona" Official site
- "Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival" awards listing at the Internet Movie Database
- (Basque) "Hezea eta beroa: Euskalsex topaketaren antolatzaileek erotismoaren alorrera hedatu nahi omen dute hizkuntza normaltzeko ahalegina", Xabier G. Arguello, 2007-05-27, International Herald Tribune.
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
