When Love Broke the Law

• From forbidden kisses to real-life revolution, this double bill shows that love has always been our greatest act of defiance. Together, these films celebrate desire, protest, and the power of those who refused to live by anyone else’s rules. As part of Iris on the Move 2026.
• Programme duration: 60 minutes.

Two People Exchanging Saliva (2025 Iris Prize Highly Commended)
Director: Natalie Musteata & Alexandre Singh
Country: France/USA
Duration: 36 minutes
Rating: 12A
Language: French with English Subtitles
Synopsis: In a farcical world where kissing is punishable by death, a personal shopper threatens the status quo.

Jackie (2025 Opening Night)
Director: Emily Sargent
Country: Scotland, UK
Duration: 20 minutes
Rating: 12A
Language: English, No Subtitles
Synopsis: FA 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 Façade.