Two People Exchanging Saliva jointly won the 2026 Oscar for Best Live Action Short with The Singers. It became one of only seven ties in the Oscars' nearly 100-year history.
In a 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 a playful salesgirl. Despite the prohibition of kissing, the two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague.
