RedCheeks presents Intimacy on Screen · a five-week workshop with Izabela Bartyzel · guest lecturers from film, psychology and sex research · live calls Tuesdays and Thursdays 6–8 PM CET · January 18 – February 18, 2027 · applications close December 20
You can’t work with someone else’s intimacy until you’ve looked at your own.
The stories around us, and the ones we tell ourselves, shape how we treat our bodies and how we connect with other people.
Sex and intimacy sit at the center of those stories, yet we rarely give them the attention they deserve.
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From Felt produced for xoafterglow · directed by Aleks Wojnar · DOP Georg Lewark · performers Jane June and Emanuel
Program
From free podcast conversations about sex and intimacy to five weeks with Izzy, in a workshop that changes how you work with intimacy.
Intimacy on Screen
Workshop · Jan 18 – Feb 18, 2027
Five weeks online with Izzy and a small cohort. Made for people who make intimate scenes, and open to anyone who works with intimacy. From €1,250, in full or in three or five monthly installments.
Permission Practice
Short course · Self-paced
Nine audio lessons from the workshop, with writing prompts and role plays, for work and for your own life. €250 + VAT, counted toward the workshop.
The Love Letter
Every Friday · Free
From the film set to your bedroom: lessons from intimate scenes for your own life. Safe for work.
The Discord
Free · Open to everyone
Workshop alumni, other professionals and intimacy aficionados share their thoughts, work and feedback.
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From Felt produced for xoafterglow · directed by Aleks Wojnar · DOP Georg Lewark · performers Jane June and Emanuel
In their words
Four people from past cohorts on what changed for them.
I’m a naturally shy person, and those moments forced me to come out of my shell a little bit, but still in a way that felt safe.
Niccolo Grasso Filmmaker and editor, Italy
When I got the book list from Izzy, I was like, of course we all know how to do that. And then you start to dive into it and it’s like, maybe I don’t really know how to do that.
Kimberly Anne Writer and producer, ethical adult media
It helped me tie the pieces together into a more cohesive approach to intimacy on set.
Tula Performer, intimacy coach and bodyworker
Izzy is not there to give us the solution to the problem. She helped us develop our own questioning. There is not always one solution for every problem.
Manon Content creator on sex culture, France
What we’re not
We’re not romantic about intimacy.
This work is powerful and meaningful, but it’s also uncomfortable, awkward, and sometimes painful. We’re not here to clean that up. We’re here to face it.
We don’t glorify porn.
We work with people in adult media, but we’re not here to sell it, promote it, or put it on a pedestal. We care about the people, not the platform.
We don’t offer empty credentials.
A piece of paper won’t change how you work. Our focus is on what you can actually do, not what you can hang on your wall.
We’re not trying to sanitize your work.
We support bold, complex, emotional storytelling. We don’t tell you what to make. We show you how to make it without sacrificing anyone’s wellbeing.
We don’t teach compliance.
We teach awareness, communication, and leadership. Consent is part of that, but so is trust, timing, and the ability to handle difficult conversations with clarity.
Founder and teacher
Izabela Bartyzel
I founded RedCheeks Academy, where I teach a grounded, ethical approach to intimacy in storytelling, whether it’s adult film, mainstream media, or the blurry space in between.
I want intimacy to feel less performed and more human, on screen and off.
I’ve worked with intimate scenes for more than a decade and prepared hundreds of performers for their shoots. Today I work on film sets as a producer and intimacy coordinator, and I’m also an interviewer and a coach.
The next cohort starts January 18
Applications close Sunday, December 20, at 11:59 PM CET. Izzy reads every one and replies personally.
Stills from Felt, produced for xoafterglow · directed by Aleks Wojnar · DOP Georg Lewark · performers Jane June and Emanuel
