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Hvad tænder os to? (“What turns us on?”) / Listen here
Kristina and Mette would like to push the boundaries of their sex life, but it is not easy for the introverted Kristina to talk about sex. However, Kristina is not slow to be persuaded to go with her boyfriend on a journey that includes secret sex fantasies, clitoris art, cuddling sessions, pleasure parties and lesbian porn. From the Danish province, the trip goes to New York’s creative class and down into Berlin’s dark underground.

Episode 3:
In an apartment in Berlin, Kristina and her partner attend the filming of a lesbian porn film, but first they meet the queer porn director, Mahx Capacity, who goes all out in their films.

Misty Martinez for Hustler Magazine
“Porn Star Productions”
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“Not content to let someone else control their output, these enterprising XXX performers have seized the means of production to create seriously sexy content on their own terms…

Was there a specific catalyst that made you start your own production company or studio? 

Mahx Capacity: When I went to my first queer sex party, I immediately knew that amazing queer sex was something I wanted to devote my life to. For queer people, sex and porn serve a specific cultural role. Seeing ourselves wrapped up in pleasure and joy isn’t just about getting off–it’s about celebrating our survival, that we’re still here, and that we have a right to joy and pleasure exactly as we are. I love getting to make films that feature real queer people getting to be vulnerable, powerful, seen and celebrated all at once, and I love that AORTA films is building a platform to feature work by more and more makers and performers.”

James Factora for them
“Carmen Maria Machado Is Writing an Erotic Film — and You Could Be In It”
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“The casting call in and of itself is a delight and worth reading, both for the descriptions of the characters and for a sneak peek at the sex scenes that we can look forward to in the completed film. Some highlights include AJ, who is the central ghost of the movie and has “big fuckboy energy” and Jane, the “group’s resident woo-woo queer and boss bitch.” There are Lex ads. There’s drama over mutual exes, which (spoiler but not really) leads to a “tumultuous threesome.” There is what is described as “an orgy of infinite hands.” Truly, what more could we ask for???”

Vanna O’Brien for Refinery29
“10 Ethical Porn Sites You Can Actually Feel Good About”
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“Here is a list of the best ethical porn sites available right now.

AORTA films
Founded in 2015, AORTA Films describes itself as “indie queer porn” that streams “ethical fuckery”. We love to see it. Aorta works collaboratively with creators, prioritizing safe and enthusiastically consensual working processes, and celebrates all genders and bodies. The site has a store that reminds us of a video rental store, and rentals start at $3.99.”

Abby Moss for Mens Health
“The Case for Straight Guys Watching More Queer Porn”
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Sex experts agree that exploring queer porn can have major benefits, no matter your gender or sexual orientation…

“…Mahx Capacity, founder of the queer porn company AORTA films, loves that queer porn “operates with an expansive, exploratory view of what sex can be.”

“Can’t get hard? Feeling low energy but still want to get it on? No sexual interest in bodies, but have a raging shoe fetish? Queer porn shows that there’s no ‘right’ way to fuck,” Mahx says. “As long as it’s between enthusiastically consenting adults, it’s on the table.”

Carina Hsieh, Rachel Varina, and Kayla Kibbie for COSMOPOLITIAN
36 Porn Sites for Women That Are Safe, Ethical, and Extremely Hot /
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An award-winning porn studio, Aorta Films specializes in experimental adult content aimed at a queer audience—or, as the studio itself puts it, “Lusty, opulent, glorious fuckery.” (In other words: Sign us up.) Their films feature a diverse range of sexual identities, genders, and body types in all kinds of kinky configurations. Non-members can pay to stream or download videos, but a paid membership will grant you free streaming and a 50 percent discount on all downloads.

AVN
“Author Carmen Maria Machado Joins Aorta Films Movie Project” /
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Award-winning queer author Carmen Maria Machado has joined Aorta Films as a writer for an untitled film project for its “Induction Series,” which includes an erotic short movie as well as three expanded porn scenes from the film.

“I have always been drawn to genres ripe with capacity for subversion,” Machado said. “Horror is one of them. Porn—especially queer porn—is another. Both have space for lushness, humor, and perversion—not to mention serving as a mirror for our fears and our desires. It makes absolute sense to bring the two of them together, and I am so thrilled to do that with AORTA films.”

Abigail Moss for Inside Hook
“Why More Porn Movies Are Having Mainstream Premiere Events” /
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…in mainstream cinema, sex is often shown only as something dark, seedy, destructive. Some mainstream shows like Netflix’s Sex Education are starting to buck this trend, and other female, non-binary and queer-run porn production companies, such as AORTA films, are bringing more fun and cinematic details into porn, but it’s more a trickle than a tidal wave.

Noelle Perdue for THEM
“How to Find Actually Good Queer Porn” / Read Full Article

If you’re looking for something more experimental, AORTA films offers high concept, boundary-pushing porn with incredible production quality. Their short films and feature length projects prioritizes those who feel mis- and under-represented in the mainstream porn industry. From high-intensity roleplay scenes to gorgeous leather and latex kits, their masterful handling of BDSM and kink scenes does their history proud. Personally, I love Aorta’s trials with mixed-media film, with films like Queerantine Fantasy delivering hot content shown in gorgeous hand-drawn animation.

Membership comes in three tiers, including one month, three months, and 12 months of access to all of Aorta’s content and clip library. It also includes an invitation to their semi-annual queer porn festival, BEDDED, streamed every July and December for their members. BEDDED shows off independently-created, international porn clips curated by the Aorta team, and the clips remain available for Aorta members for the entire month of the BEDDED festival.

Camila Bailey for the Washington City Paper
“The Sexual Revolution Will Be Nuanced” / Read Full Article

Mahx Capacity came to the sex and pleasure industry to fill a void. Mahx works as owner and creative director for the queer/feminist porn collective AORTA films. They co-founded AORTA in 2015 with their two friends and business partners, Ginny Woolf and Parts Authority, as a space for queer joy and expression. In the current political landscape, there is an overwhelming need to celebrate queer joy and pleasure, Mahx tells City Paper, but at the same time, “being queer is political.”
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Speaking about their work with AORTA, Mahx says, “queer porn is entertainment, but it’s also survival.” AORTA’s work is focused on creating “enthusiastically consensual” pleasure content. But, Mahx explains, there is also a deeply political nature to what they are doing. By spotlighting queer and trans sex and focusing on a wide range of bodies and identities, AORTA considers themselves advocates working to grow a movement to preserve the rights and safety of nonbinary, queer, and trans individuals amid ongoing threats to these communities, both from political bodies and hate groups.

The summit comes at a critical time. As Mahx explains, sex as a political issue shows up as advocacy for sex workers and labor rights, public health, and abortion access.”

Abby Moss for i-D (VICE)
“On-screen, sex workers aren’t just victims anymore” / Read Full Article

“Sex work isn’t inherently exploitative and violent by nature,” Mahx says, “but it’s also not all positive and empowering. It’s work. It has the potential to be fulfilling and exhausting and financially supportive and draining and horizon-expanding and frustrating, just like any other job. Adult industry folks live some of the most fascinating, beautiful, hard-working, complex, interesting lives I’ve ever encountered.”