Interview With "Two People Exchanging Saliva" Filmmakers Natalie Musteata & Alexandre Singh

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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"Two People Exchanging Saliva" is a French-language short drama film written and directed by Natalie Musteata and Alexandre Singh. A United States-France co-production, it stars Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Luàna Bajrami, Aurélie Boquien, and Vicky Krieps. It premiered at the 51st Telluride Film Festival, where it received very positive reviews. It has been nominated for the Best Live Action Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards. Musteata and Singh were both kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their experience and work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to watch on YouTube via. The New Yorker, and is up for your consideration for this year's Academy Awards. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.5	You are listening to The Next Best Picture Podcast, and this is Daniel Howard's interview with the directors for two people exchanging saliva.
0:53.8	Natalie Mustita and Alexandra Singh.
0:56.2	31.
0:58.2	Ah.
1:00.4	It's going to be more and more.
1:08.8	I'll previour.
1:11.6	If you ever you've verbalized this...
1:12.6	Verbalize what?
1:13.6	Averbalise what?
1:14.6	An evidence?
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