In Two People Exchanging Saliva, affection itself is a crime — and yet, someone dares to kiss. In Jackie, the fearless story of a pioneering lesbian activist reminds us that real change begins with small acts of courage. Together, these films celebrate desire, protest, and the power of those who refused to live by anyone else’s rules.

• Two People Exchanging Saliva . Dir. Natalie Musteata & Alexandre Singh, France/USA, 36 mins. (French with English Subtitles)

In a farcical world where kissing is punishable by death, a personal shopper threatens the status quo.

• Jackie. Dir. Emily Sargent. Scotland, UK, 2025. 20 minutes. (English, No Subtitles)

A short documentary about the life of Jackie Forster; a groundbreaking, outrageous — and largely unknown — LGBT+ rights campaigner whose underground donor sperm operation helped the first queer women to have children.

This is the third film to be made with the Iris Prize Documentary Film Finance Fund sponsored by OUTFlix.

To book this programme, send an email to adnan@irisprize.org