What is this event?

We invite you to an evening of visual exploration guided by Swen Brandy (Carnivore) and Saara Rei. During this event you’ll have the opportunity to view 2 short documentaries, made by our special guest Swen Brandy, about waterboarding and playshoots, and enjoy a Q&A session about playshooting, edgeplay and consent with our amazing guests.

“My Element Water”

A documentary about a swimmer seeking challenges in her comfort element.
The 25-year-old Madame A was a former long-distance competitive swimmer. Connected with water since she can remember, she now seeks to find her boundaries in the nurture of something so familiar. As breathing was the first thing she was taught to learn, she now meets a challenge where it‘s being taken away. Her experience is reflected in an additional interview. A low-budget short film produced in Stuttgart, Germany.
(Trigger warning: sensory deprivation, hypoventilation and waterboarding)

Duration: 20:27 minutes
Language: English
Starring: Madame A and Swen Brandy
Director/Writer/Producer/Video/Edit by Swen Brandy
Music: Magnutze /
Support by Peppermind & Saara Rei

Film Festivals 2021-2024
Award Winner
– Fetish Film Festival – London, GB – 2022
– Bizarrya Short Film Festival – Porto, Portugal – 2022
– Hallucinea Film Festival – Paris, France

Selected for:
– BDSM Film Festival – Barcelona (Esp) – 2024
– Fetish Film Festival – London, GB – 2023
– Glitch Festival – St. Gallen (Switzerland) – 2023
– Porn Film Festival Warsaw (Poland) – 2023
– EXCÉNTRICO Film Festival Santiago (Chile) – 2023
– Seattle SECS Film Festival (USA) – 2022
– Berlin PornFilmFestival (GER) – 2022
– San Francisco PornFilmFestival (USA) – 2022
– UNCENSORED – London Festival (GB) – 2022
– Porn Film Festival Brussels (Belgium) – 2022
– Porny Art Film Festival in Zürich (Switzerland) – 2022
– Porn Art Film Festival in Bolognia (Italy) – 2021
– Hacker Film Festival in Rome (Italy) – 2021

“ImageThunder”

The dialogue-free, documentary-style clip showcases Swen Brandys’ past work and artistic approach through snippets of seconds, unveiling the method of Playshooting. ImageThunder is highly intense, intimate, and not intended for the faint-hearted. It captures mental and psychological challenges, moments of pleasure, pain, humiliation, tough and sweet challenges, all focused on the experience of stepping out of one’s comfort zone and exploring new boundaries. The contents of ImageThunder are spontaneous, raw, unvarnished, and far from mainstream aesthetics.

All individuals appearing in this film were legal adults at the time in which the film and photos were taken. All actions were consensual amongst all participants; consent negotiations were conducted with all participate in a sober, clear-minded state, without any time pressure. Participants willingly pushed their boundaries, fully aware of any risks involved. Participants were informed about all exit options and had the right and ability to terminate any action at any time. Warm-ups, cooldowns, and aftercare were negotiated and provided. As well, scenes and individual boundary exploration were discussed amongst all participants, in a feedback conversation afterwards in order to further understand ourselves, our actions, and to process the experiences.

Duration: 9.45 min
Concept & Video: Swen Brandy
Edit: Swen Brandy
Music: Magnutze
Age classification +18

Swen Brandy CARNIVORE’s philosophy: Your mind is your challenge
For me, photography primarily means working with a person rather than just capturing an image. The focus is not on arranging the setting or the person, but rather on the mental state and experience of the model. I aim to immerse them in a mood where they can let go and reveal a side of themselves that differs from their everyday life. To achieve this, I guide them through scenarios that compel them to open up.
I relish working with a person’s mindset. By introducing certain stimuli, the scene suddenly becomes real. Depending on the model’s preferences, these scenarios can encompass desire, pain, dominance, physical and mental constraints, as well as various kinds of challenges. I offer them the opportunity to explore their limits by gradually leading them from their comfort zone to the edge. I start slowly and incrementally intensify the experience until they reach the brink of self-control and, consequently, the state of letting go. My preferred method of inducing this state is by creating challenges. Depending on the individual, this might involve enduring high impact, intense pain or other stimuli, undertaking a difficult task, confronting fear or discomfort, imposing rigorous physical or mental restrictions, or a combination of these approaches. Of course, such an experience is negotiated before the shoot: there’s an extensive conversation about how intense the scenario might become, and individual boundaries are respected, with the option to exit at any time.
During such scenarios, most people undergo an expansion of their boundaries: while initially struggling with the situation, they gradually adapt until they let go. This often leads them to handle a higher level of intensity than they initially anticipated. They discover that they can surpass their presumed limits and that “the end” isn’t actually the end. This marks the moment when ataraxia sets in.
In my photos and video clips, I capture the states that individuals go through when experiencing such scenarios. This creates a specific mood, body language, and genuine emotions.

Disclaimer
Trigger warning: This film contains scenes of intense violence, sexual depictions, and other potentially disturbing content. The depicted scenes may be perceived as disturbing or distressing and are not suitable for sensitive viewers. Viewing this material is at your own discretion. Viewers who may be emotionally affected by such content should refrain from watching the clip.

Caution: This content contains a high rate of rapid image sequences that could trigger seizures in some individuals with epilepsy. Persons with epilepsy or a susceptibility to light-induced seizures may consider avoiding viewing this material. Viewing is at your own risk.

To attend this event, it is mandatory that you have attended a Consent Workshop.

🇬🇧 This event will be hosted in English. Everyone is welcome if you have a good level of English comprehension.

📝 We confirm attendance 24 hours before the start of the event at the latest. Please register at least one day before the start of the event. 

What happens at the event?

Schedule with breaks

🕢 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm – We meet up at the space
🕗 8:30 pm – 11:30 am – Screening, Q&A and socialisation

Please be on time so as not to disturb other participants. We cannot guarantee that someone will be available to open the door for you after closing time. We do not accept late admissions since you might miss important information presented at the beginning.

How can you reach us?

Our address is Bulevardul Theodor Pallady 287. You can find information on how to reach us here or here.

The area has many parking spaces, especially in the evening or after 6 pm. The metro station at “1 December 1918” is the closest to us and it’s only 8 minutes away, on foot.

Take the small elevator (it’s behind the large stairs on the ground floor) to the 5th floor, where you will see the sign for InFLUX. One more flight of stairs up, and you’re there. If mobility issues prevent you from climbing up a flight of stairs, you can take the large elevator, which will take you straight to our door, but that one is much slower.

Our phone number is +40723258105, and you can write to us on WhatsApp before the door-closing time.

Who can come?

To attend this event, it is mandatory that you have attended a Consent Workshop. If you are coming to us for the first time you can attend the online editions, on February 5th, by RSVP’ing here for the Romanian edition and here for the English edition of this workshop.

🎫 Fill in the form below to register for this event. You will receive an email confirmation, and we will keep you updated with information about the event. You will also receive an email reminder close to the event so you don’t miss it.

We reserve the right to select event participants.

What are you wearing?

Wear comfy clothes, or glam up for the night, bring a stuffy toy for emotional support if you might need it, as long as you are having a good time, it is ok with us.

What are you bringing?

📤 Please bring your InFLUX card! The event requires that you have attended the Consent Workshop. We will check at the entrance if you have attended it.

Feel free to bring any particular snacks you might like (if you’re an edamame instead of popcorn kinda peep, we support you and we would love to snack on those healthy treats ourselves).

Who organises this event?

Swen Brandy is a 47-year-old photographer and amateur film maker from Germany. In his playshootings, he combines BDSM scenarios with photography, often resulting in personal challenges and intense experiences for the models. In 2020, he began creating short films and clips in addition to his photography work. Aside from his shootings, he works as a graphic designer and passes on his knowledge on body and mind work as a kink educator.

Saara Rei is a kink workshop facilitator and performance artist with a background in music, dance, education, and public speaking. Saara has been practicing Japanese-inspired rope bondage since 2014 and works generally around the exploration of suffering, both physical and emotional.

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