Descriptions:
I hate Helen. I hate the way her fat ass jiggles when she’s excited. I hate the way she looks at the boys with gooey sex eyes. I hate her wet spitty mouth. She is a sl*g and I hate her.
“I Hate Helen” is a snapshot of teenage life, a short film about the tidal wave of gay lust some girls fee l in school and letting those feelings just wash over you. But our protagonist EMMA isn’t going without a fight. She hates Helen, and she hates the way she is feeling.
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I Hate Helen by Katie Lambert
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“I loved school (nerd alert) but really hated PE. Especially swimming. I feel like it’s incredibly cruel to make teenagers wear swimming costumes in public together. I always felt like a blubber whale and tried any means possible to escape those dreaded lessons. Added to that – it’s not just your self-consciousness, but also an awareness of everyone else and their bodies. I feel like it’s almost too much at that age to see your crush semi-dressed. It’s overwhelming. The whole thing is a minefield and something I wanted to draw on in the film.”
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// Credits //
Director: Katie Lambert
Producer: Martha McGuirk, Rosie Brear
Exec Producer: Blake Powell, Jon Chads
Writer: Katie Lambert
DOP: Konrad Losch
Editor: Tamara Ishida
Sound Design: Jack Patterson
Composer: Harry Jones
Production Design: Oian Arteta
Costume Design: Leena Mistry
Casting: Lane Casting
Cast: Kanan Verma, Edie Allen, Chloe Petts, Kelly Ye, Delina Tesfay, Xavi Ogunbiyi
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