NQV’s Upon Her Lips series returns with Day Dreaming, a collection of four short films from Spain, Mexico, and France that explore diverse experiences of female love and romance. Upon Her Lips: Day Dreaming is available to rent, buy, or stream now on Prime Video, Vimeo, and Peccadillo Pod.
NQV’s Upon Her Lips series returns with Day Dreaming, a collection of four short films from Spain, Mexico, and France that explore diverse experiences of female love and romance. Maider Oleaga’s Thirst explores the first throws of desire between 17-year-old summer camp workers Izaro and Clara. Here, an unexpected kiss leads Izaro to see Clara in a new light, sparking feelings she isn’t quite sure how to act upon as friendship and desire collide in the heat of a Basque summer.
In Nancy Cruz Orozco’s April’s Last Memories, two girls, Camila and April, face a choice between opening up about their attraction or leaving those feelings hidden as April’s family plans a big move to the city. However, when those feelings are unclear and accompanied by nerves, opening up to words and actions can be as challenging as saying goodbye.
The coming-of-age road trip takes centre stage in Nina Bouchaud-Cheval’s Enlightened as Zoe develops a new connection with a community of travellers and a rebellious young Romani woman who may hold an unexpected key to Zoe’s healing following the death of her father.
Finally, Cintia Ballbé’s Andy and the Other Woman explores open relationships and the challenge of balancing the emotional needs of those involved, as we follow Andy and her girlfriend, Marion, on a surprise visit to Andy’s two other partners. Day Dreaming is a solid edition of NQV’s Upon Her Lips series, but it never quite reaches the heights of previous collections. However, there is still much to admire in these diverse stories and their exploration of female love from four distinct perspectives: emerging, unspoken, healing and complicated.
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