Two People Exchanging Saliva

Shot in evocative black and white, the award-winning short film by artist Alexander Singh and art historian and researcher Natalie Museata is an illicit queer love story set in a dystopian world where objects are paid for with slaps and kissing is illegal, punishable by death. Angine, an unhappily married woman, compulsively shops in a department store. There, she becomes fascinated by an innocent sales clerk, Malaise. Their secret relationship evolves into a dangerous love story that tests the limits of their repression-fueled world. A surreal yet chilling film, it is a sharp critique of control, but despite its dark premise, it remains a romantic tribute to those who dare to challenge the status quo.