The HUMP! Film Festival is bringing its biggest, sauciest lineup of erotic shorts to 55 cities this fall

Leave your vanilla movie-and-a-popcorn routine at home. Dan Savage’s legendary traveling circus of filthy, funny, and beautifully weird cinema is back. The 2026 HUMP! Film Festival is hitting the road, stopping in 55 cities in the U.S., Canada and Europe from September through December to remind everyone that sex on screen can actually be creative—and hilarious.

For more than two decades, HUMP! has offered a delightfully unhinged, deeply human counter-programming to mainstream porn. It's about getting off and getting weird together in a dark theater full of gasping strangers. And this year’s film selections? Absolute, unadulterated madness.

Where else can you watch a stop-motion LEGO revenge fantasy right before a short about a romantic snowboard hookup? The 2026 lineup boasts haunted VHS tapes, mythological lust, cursed beds, latex couture, cowboy rendezvous, BDSM fire play and... dim sum? And if you’ve ever wondered what mad scientists, forest freaks or a sci-fi apocalypse hinging on one final hookup look like through a micro-budget erotic lens, HUMP! is the film fest for you. There are even multiple films involving eggs. Don't ask questions; just skip the butter on the popcorn.

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Beyond the bizarre high concepts, every short—all clocking in under five minutes—celebrates real bodies, genuine chemistry and the delightfully awkward reality of human intimacy. As Head of Marketing Rou Leonard puts it, the sex gets you through the door, but the storytelling is what leaves you debriefing in the parking lot, whispering, "We are absolutely not trying that."

With select stops featuring drag performances, themed happy hours and filmmaker Q&As, it’s both a traditional movie screening and a communal party.

Whether you’re a seasoned HUMP! veteran or a nervous first-timer (we were all virgins at one point, ammirite?), head over to humpfilmfest.com to see if your city is on the list and to snag tickets. Come curious, leave scandalized and prepare to look at certain everyday items very differently going forward.