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

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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