AORTA Films' "Haunted" Premieres at Pornfilmfestival Berlin 2026

Queer/trans porn studio AORTA films has announced that its new feature, "Haunted," will screen at Pornfilmfestival Berlin on October 21, 23, and 24, 2026. The film's explicit scenes are scheduled to premiere monthly starting October 29, 2026, leading up to its official release in 2027.

"Haunted" at Pornfilmfestival Berlin

The full cast and crew of "Haunted" are expected to attend Pornfilmfestival Berlin. Carmen Maria Machado, the writer of "Haunted," will participate in the festival's closing panel, "Sex and Media in Arts and Culture," on Saturday, October 24, 2026.

AORTA films has previously screened films globally, in 28 countries and 4 continents. Past festival appearances include Kronia Fest in Athens, Greece, in December 2025; Loving Shedhalle – CONFLUENCES III in Zürich, Switzerland, in December 2025; Schmutz Cinema – Schumtz XL in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in December 2025; SECS Fest in Washington, USA, in November 2025, where "Hey Everybody! Let’s Make a Porno!" won Best Sex Positive Film; C’mon Everybody in New York, USA, in November 2025; Le Fesses-tival in Geneva, Switzerland, in October 2025; SlayDay in Berlin, Germany, in October 2025; MIX Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark, from October 24-November 2, 2025; CARNAL in NYC, USA, in October 2025; Berlin Porn Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, from October 21-26, 2025, where it received Best of Queer Shorts; Magnifera in California, USA, from October 11-November 2, 2025; Lust*streifen Film Festival in Basel, Switzerland, from October 9-12, 2025; Berlin Porn Film Festival 20th Anniversary @MonGay in Berlin, Germany, on October 6, 2025, also for Best of Queer Shorts; Cinema Queer in Stockholm, Sweden, in October 2025; Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival in Bucharest, Romania, from October 3-12, 2025; Films with Freaks (Cum As You Are Event) in North Carolina, USA, in September 2025; Burlington Sex Week in Vermont, USA, in September 2025; Punto Ciego Videoclub in Santiago, Chile, in August 2025; BLUSH San Francisco Porn Film Festival in California, USA, in August 2025; Dirty South Film Festival in Georgia, USA, in July 2025; and DRIP in New York, USA, from July 12-13, 2025.

About "Haunted"

"Haunted" is described as an erotic thriller directed by Mahx Capacity. The film explores how "ghosts of the queer community’s past," including the AIDS crisis, echo in present-day queer and trans sex. According to a representative, the story centers on a team of documentary filmmakers who investigate ghosts as metaphors for grief within New York’s queer community and unexpectedly encounter a literal haunting.

The plot synopsis details that the film follows filmmakers Sam, Jane, and June on their latest project. The team is divided on whether they are researching queer legacies of loss or searching for literal ghosts. A "lustful, trickster spirit" then disrupts the situation with a "psychosexual haunting."

Carmen Maria Machado, known for "In the Dream House" and "Her Body and Other Parties," wrote "Haunted." This film is the first in AORTA’s Induction Series, a program designed to invite "visionary thinkers" to collaborate on explicit work. A studio representative stated that the Induction Series aims to ignite conversations about pornography's historical role as a cultural instigator, media of merit, and art form. The series uses explicit queer sex as a tool for telling queer and trans stories in an era of increasing repression. The film "Haunted" utilizes the erotic thriller genre to explore its themes, centering authentic queer identities and pleasure without sanitizing or fetishizing.

Mahx Capacity, AORTA’s creative director, commented on queer porn, stating that it "goes beyond a niche of the mainstream adult industry" and is a "fundamentally different genre." Capacity added that for queer people, porn "is (and always was) liberatory political praxis — a place where the community’s joy, grief, struggle, celebration, and history are synthesized into an embodied, cathartic practice."

Release Schedule

Beginning October 29, 2026, the film's explicit scenes will premiere monthly. These seven recut scenes from the narrative will be presented as standalone erotic short films. This monthly release schedule will lead up to the official debut of the full feature film "Haunted" on the studio’s website in 2027.

Key Facts

• "Haunted" is a new feature from queer/trans porn studio AORTA films.
• The film will screen at Pornfilmfestival Berlin on October 21, 23, and 24, 2026.
• Carmen Maria Machado wrote "Haunted" and will participate in a festival panel.
• Mahx Capacity directed the film, which is described as an erotic thriller.
• Explicit scenes from "Haunted" will premiere monthly starting October 29, 2026.
• The full feature film "Haunted" is scheduled for release in 2027.