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Erotica Film Festival Photo Essay

This past weekend, adult website XFanz held the Erotica Film Festival, billed as "L.A.'s Dirtiest Film Festival," at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood.
Besides Saturday night's Red Carpet Gala Event, the daytime activities included screenings and panels.

More photos, and don't worry, they're SFW, after the jump.
On Saturday, pornstar Kylie Ireland moderated the Femmeworks Showcase with panelists Nicki Hunter, Holly Randall, Karen Stagliano, Vanessa Blue, and Belladonna:





Joanna Angel was not a part of the panel, but was present at the festival due to her participation in the Erotica Showcase earlier in the day:



And on Sunday, Vivid-Alt head Eon McKai moderated the Alt Showcase with panelists Dana DeArmond, Violet Blue, Vena Virago, and Octavio "Winkitiki" Arizala:









More of my photos on Flickr here and here.
Reports about the weekend from Violet Blue @ Fleshbot here and XBiz here, here, here, here, here, and here, as well as photos from Luke Ford here, XBiz here, and AVN here (keep in mind those links are NSFW as well).
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