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European Short Film Audience Award (ESFAA)

A black-and-white close-up of a woman with bruises on her face and blood dripping from her nose. Her expression is serious and empty. The background is blurred.

19 August 2025, 20:45

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European Short Film Audience Award (ESFAA)

Two People Exchanging Saliva

Deux personnes échangeant de la salive

Director: Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh Country: France, USA Year: 2024 Length: 36’ Genre: fiction Screenplay: Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh Cinematography: Alexandra de Saint Blanquat Editing: Hanna Park Music: Bobak Lotfipour Sound design: Damian Volpe Production company: Misia Films (Violeta Kreimer) Appearing: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Luàna Bajrami, Aurélie Boquien, Anna Brun Other: scenography: Anna Brun, costumes: Rezvan Farsijani

An absurdist tragedy set in a society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face. Angine, an unhappy woman, shops in a department store. There, she becomes fascinated by a salesgirl. The two become close, raising the suspicions of a colleague. Awarded at Clermont-Ferrand.