The Horrors of Modern Dating – 2025

Thursday, April 10, 5:15 PM

The Scent of Tulips
Director: Gloria Gammer, Narrative, Austria, Germany, 16 min
Rosa dreams of love while Hilli, part plant, part robot, seeks to be known. On screen, their worlds collide and a spark between them grows.


The Beguiling
Director: Ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby, Narrative, USA, 15 min
What seems to be a burgeoning romance between two Natives takes a sinister turn as one grows suspicious of the other’s Indigenous heritage.

Belly Belly
Director: Gabriel Carnick, Narrative, USA, 12 min
As two body-obsessed queer femmes begin to relax the brutal control they exert over their urges, romantic appetites are derailed by deeper cravings.

¡Beso de lengua!
Director: José Luis Zorrero, Narrative, Mexico, 15 min
Itzcóatl and Moisés are on their first date. After a couple of hours of getting to know each other, they play a very unusual and riveting game that strengthens their romantic chemistry.

Two People Exchanging Saliva
Directors: Alexandre Singh, Natalie Musteata, Narrative, USA, France, 36 min
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.