Fancying Flipper: NJ Man's Movie About Sexual Relationship With Dolphin Wins Award

Malcolm Brenner has announced his porpoise in life.

The author from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, is the subject of a documentary short about a rare relationship with a sea animal. That film was recently awarded honorable mention in the documentary-short category at the Slamdance Film Festival in Utah.

The film has a recognizable story line. Boy meets girl, girl pursues boy, boy falls in love.

Only the girl is a dolphin named Dolly who performed at a Florida amusement park.

“Dolphin Lover,” produced and directed by Kareem Tabsch and Joey Daoud, features Brenner – the author of Wet Goddess, published in 2010 – and explains how one summer he fell in love with a dolphin, even having sexual relations with the porpoise, while working at the amusement park in 1971.

Brenner worked at the park as a freelance photographer capturing the marine animals at Floridaland, according to the film’s website.

The film is just 15 minutes long and details the strange story. In a clip posted to Indiewire.com, Brenner explains how the two met in the water, when he began petting her head, then rubbed her back, and then her belly. At that point, Brenner said, his petting went further, and the relationship began.

While Brenner admits his zoophilia began and ended with Dolly, he doesn’t see much wrong with the relationship. In an interview with Jezebel last year, Brenner likened zoophilia to interracial dating, and hopes one day it will be widely accepted. He also told the publication he was molested as a child by his therapist.

Brenner currently lives in Florida.