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Love In Hostile Territory – A Short Film Double Feature
September 27, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT
This compelling double feature explores the dangerous intersections of love and oppressive societal structures. First, in “My Comrade”, a wounded rebel and a tribal villager find themselves entangled in a tense story of politics and forbidden love when the rebel seeks refuge. Then, “Two People Exchanging Saliva” presents an absurdist tragedy set in a world where kissing is a capital offense and slaps are currency. An unhappy woman’s fascination with a salesgirl leads to a burgeoning connection, attracting suspicion in this surreal dystopia.
*Individual tickets available for purchase the day of the show at door. Seeing more than a few films? Buy a pass!
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About the Program
- My Comrade (27m)
- Two People Exchanging Saliva (35m)
Amar Comrade
A film by Tathagata Ghosh
When a wounded rebel accidentally takes refuge in the home of a tribal villager, both the men’s lives spiral into a tense interplay of politics and forbidden love.
2024 | 25 mins | India | In Bengali, Santali | Color | 🏆 | Drama, LGBTQIA+
About the Filmmaker
A Berlinale Talents alumnus, Tathagata has always believed in telling stories of marginalized people. His last short films “If”, “Miss Man”, “Footprints”, “The Scapegoat”, “The Meat” and “The Demon” have travelled to numerous prestigious international film festivals and have won several awards.
Deux Personnes échangeant de la Salive
A film by Alexandre Singh, Natalie Musteata
An absurdist tragedy set in a repressive society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face. Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store. There, she becomes fascinated by an ingenuous salesgirl. Despite the prohibition of kissing, the two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague.
2024 | 35 mins | France, US | In French | B&W | 🏆🎬 | Drama, Comedy, Romance
This film also screens as part of the program Shorts 5 – Future Realities.
About the Filmmakers
Alexandre is a Franco-Indian visual artist whose work has been collected by the MoMA and Guggenheim Museum, New York, and CNAP, Paris. Natalie is a Romanian-American writer, curator and filmmaker, with a PhD in art history and film.