Helpline (2004)

Original title

Helpline!

Directed by

Jiro Ghianni

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

5 min

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A short experimental animation from the Netherlands that asks who gets to walk around bare-chested in Western society. The filmmaker uses their pre-testosterone voice in a voice-over that accompanies the visuals.

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What happens

Helpline! is a 2004 queer short film from the Netherlands written and directed by Joli(e) (pseudonym of Jiro Ghianni). It is a short experimental animation that was produced for Queeruption 2004. The film explores the idea of bare-chested-ness. Should everyone in a Western society be able to walk around bare-chested, or just the boys? Is this fair? The director used her/his "pre-testosterone" voice in narrating the voice-over that accompanies the animation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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