THE PORN GALA

The Porn Gala Returns in 2025!

After a legendary premiere, The Porn Gala is back for its second edition on April 12, 2025, promising another night of artistic eroticism, provocative performances, and extraordinary talent.

Last year, the Porn Film Festival Vienna made history by hosting the world’s first alternative Porn Gala, a groundbreaking moment for independent, feminist, queer, and avant-garde pornography. With nearly 300 guests, including filmmakers, performers, industry professionals, and an open-minded audience, the event became an unparalleled celebration of creativity, sexual liberation, and diversity. 21 awards were presented, recognizing the best in alternative pornographic cinema, and the stage was set ablaze with performances, music and much more.

What to Expect in 2025

This year, we’re taking things even further. Expect a dazzling lineup of performances, a prestigious award ceremony for 18 outstanding films, and, for the first time, an electrifying afterparty to keep the night going.

+ Red Carpet & Get-together | 7:30pm

+ Gala & Award Ceremony & performances | 8:30pm

+ Afterparty with p.K.one | from 10:00pm

Valentina Essl (Ambivalentina) is an Austrian-Russian activist, dancer and aerial hoop artist.

She/they has/have performed at various occasions in Austria and Italy working with multidisciplinary art collectives and dance companies. She/they focusses on connecting various performing art forms with movement in her intersectional feminist work. Vale wishes to integrate the topic of intersectional feminism into future art and movement projects.

CIE MAX ‘MANEGE À TROIS’: Three performers. One dynamic. 'Manege à trois' is an honest, physical conversation about desire, trust, and the shifting roles we play in connection. Combining contemporary partner acrobatics with a sex-positive ethos, this act challenges binaries and celebrates a redefining view of intimacy - consensual, trusting, careful yet powerful. It’s a tease. It's about presence, power and the space between tension and release.

DEVOLAR & IZUMI: Intimacy in Plain Sight. Can ropes weave, in an instant, a sanctuary of intimacy before hundreds of eyes? Devolar and Izumi will put this premise to the test in a hypnotic performance where shibari becomes a language of absolute connection. Bodies meet, tense, and release in an ephemeral dialogue—fleeting yet unforgettable—conversing with the ropes in a delicate balance between tension and surrender. A moment suspended in air and on skin, where the beauty of control and absolute trust intertwine in a choreography of pure emotion. A moment that is born, burns, and fades just as it reaches its most breathtaking peak.

ELIS NOA: The Vienna-based duo ELIS NOA (Elisa and Aaron) is known for their soulful, elegant, and genuinely captivating performances, as well as their ability to break genre boundaries while leaving a lasting impression. ELIS NOA is a discovery for an audience that seeks visionary artists who engage with people directly through both their performances and their songs. Their lyrics and music are perfect for the Porn Film Festival, offering a unique blend of emotional depth and captivating energy that resonates with both intimacy and bold expression.

p.K.one (Petra Kißlinger) is a queer feminist DJ, promoter (Ladyshave, Club Fab) and producer (Me and Jane Doe) based in Vienna. She started her career in 2000. The same year she launched the platform Ladyshave to support Flinta* DJs in Vienna and create more queer spaces. Her techno sets are impulsive, raw and bass-heavy, no frills.

A New Dress Code for 2025: Blue, Black & White

We encourage bold self-expression, whether kinky, sexy, imaginatively playful, or elegantly formal—the only rule: leave the ordinary at home.

📍Location: Prospekthof Atelierhaus, Lehargasse 8, 1060 Vienna!

📍 Limited tickets online (early bird price) – box office tickets (20 EUR) sold at the door! Cash only!

There will be a bar on site offering a selection of drinks—please note that payment is cash only.