Icy Beverly Ruby Diamond by Thomas Roget, France 2022, English pre-film: House of Whoreship by Holly Laura Bates, Australia 2022,16 minutes, English With pre-film: House of Whoreship by Holly Laura Bates, Australia 2022,16 minutes, French with English subtitles When brothel worker Violet returns to work post break-up only to find her recent ex-girlfriend hustling the same shift, she must make the choice between avoidance and vulnerability in order to make her month’s rent. Holly Bates is a Naarm/ Melbourne-based filmmaker, visual artist, and sex worker. Bates creative practice aims to dismantle and challenge the toxic film tropes historically used to depict sex workers on screen. Employing filmic methods that abandon the male gaze, Bates seeks to empower workers; honing in on the complexities and subtleties of interpersonal relationships and the day-to-day lived experience within the sex industry. Icy Beverly Ruby Diamond by Thomas Roget, France 2022, French with English subtitles “A discovery, through a journey, of Beverly Ruby, known also as Icy Diamond. Roaming the streets, her identity manifests itself as a symbol of resistance to the violence of a society, with a smile on her face, her middle finger outstretched and her ass in the air.” In this documentary we accompany Icy Diamond to Brussels where her debut pornographic film as a producer “La Bite au Chocolat de Beau-Papa” (2022) was selected at Brussels Porn Film Festival 2022. The film is a wild and caring portrait about Icy Diamond, a sex worker and trans activist. She is loud, disturbing, and disrupting. She represents a true voice in the community and this is the opportunity to meet her.