Twentieth Anniversary Edition. In 1984 Candida Royalle went from being an adult film star to creating the internationally acclaimed Femme line of erotic movies from a woman's perspective. She has since lectured worldwide on her work, and is also the first adult filmmaker to have been invited into membership by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. She has appeared on most major TV talk shows and has been written up in everything from the New York Times to New Woman.. Candida's debut movie, Femme explores female fantasies in a series of six sensual and steamy vigne. A woman's favorite soap opera star comes to life; a chance encounter between a woman and two men in a gallery leaves us wondering if it was an illusion, or more..