MY FRIEND THE PORN STAR
Timo dreams of making an artistic porn film – with himself in the leading role. When he pulls out shortly before filming starts, his friend Rosa is left with the unfinished material. What now?
Rosa’s friend Timo dreams of making an artistic porn film – with himself in the leading role. Rosa doesn’t usually watch porn, but agrees to help him find a performance partner – and while doing so, she quietly films the process. But as the shoot draws closer, Timo starts to have doubts. At the last moment, he backs out entirely, leaving Rosa with a camera full of footage and a lot of questions. Giving up is not an option. Using AI to replace Timo’s face, she turns his withdrawal into the film’s central theme: the desire to be seen versus the urge to hide. During casting, it becomes clear that this conflict isn’t Timo’s alone. The actors in the auditions also move between curiosity, self-determination and doubt. Rosa invites them to rethink and reshape the film together. What follows is a collective experiment: a dominatrix, three trans women, a non-binary food-porn creator, a stylist, an actor, a sex influencer and a chef each bring their own vision of eroticism to the project. Moving between playful enactment and intimate documentary, the participants create a humorous film that constantly reinvents itself – just like its protagonists.