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Masturbation: A Short Story of a Great Taboo
20223 min 56 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Lori Malépart-Traversy
Production: Julie Roy (National Film Board of Canada)Christine Noël (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Lori Malépart-Traversy
A production of the National Film Board of Canada.
History as it was never taught in school. This animated short looks back at the surprising story of our relationship with masturbation—and its repression—from prehistory to today.
From the Magical Caresses animated documentary series, in which Lori Malépart-Traversy takes a playful and uninhibited look at solo sexuality.
Part of
Magical CaressesLori Malépart-TraversySeries20 min 25 sec
Availability
Subject categories
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Sex Education Materials
- Women > Sexuality and Reproduction
Credits
- director
- Lori Malépart-Traversy
- writing
- Lori Malépart-Traversy
- inspiration
- Sara Hébert
- Sarah Gagnon-Piché
- producer
- Julie Roy
- Christine Noël
- line production
- Anne-Marie Bousquet
- Mylène Augustin
- animation
- Keyu Chen
- Lori Malépart-Traversy
- compositing
- Keyu Chen
- Lori Malépart-Traversy
- background design
- Lori Malépart-Traversy
- Céline Malépart
- editing
- Mélanie O'Bomsawin
- Sarah Fortin
- opening sequence
- Lori Malépart-Traversy
- Sara Hébert
- translation
- Helge Dascher
- Karen Houle
- research
- Xavier Robillard-Martel
- consultants
- Torill Kove
- Claude Cloutier
- Annie St-Pierre
- Nicola Lemay
- voice
- Lori Malépart-Traversy
- voice director
- Katherine Lauzon
- sound concept
- Marie-Pierre Grenier
- sound design
- Marie-Pierre Grenier
- foley
- Sam Mongeau
- music
- Frannie Holder
- vocals
- Frannie Holder
- music re-recording
- Benoit Bouchard
- sound recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Jean Paul Vialard
- online editor
- Denis Pilon
- graphic design
- Cynthia Ouellet
- technical director
- Éric Pouliot
- Pierre Plouffe
- technical specialist - animation
- Yannick Grandmont
- technical coordinator
- Mira Mailhot
- Jean-François Laprise
- studio coordinator
- Laetitia Seguin
- Michèle Labelle
- administrator
- Karine Desmeules
- Diane Régimbald
- senior production coordinator
- Camila Blos
- marketing
- Judith Lessard-Bérubé
- Geneviève Bérard
- Nathalie Guérard
Awards
- Prix du meilleur film éducatif ou de commandeSommets du cinéma d'animation