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# FILM REVIEW: NQV latest Lesbian short films – Upon Her Lips
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/film-review-nqv-latest-lesbian-short-films-upon-her-lips/
- Published: 2021-07-24T13:13:22.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-21T13:15:29.000Z
- Description: Brian Butler finds lots to interest and surprise in nqv’s latest film collection of Lesbian love stories with lots to surprise and interest.
- Author: Brian Butler
- Tags: Arts, Reviews, NQV media

[Upon Her Lips : Heartbeats i](https://www.nqvmedia.com/upon-her-lips-heartbeats.html?ref=scenemag.co.uk)s an intriguing collection of Lesbian love stories with lots to surprise and interest its audience.

**In After His Death,** Ayelet and her girlfriend are at Ayelet’s father’s funeral , where a chance discovery of photos leads to her finding her father’s secret male lover. The tension grows as her mother refuses to acknowledge the truth and Ayelet finds a surprising ally .

**In Control** we meet two women making hard work of their relationship and unsure what each wants.

**Honeymoon** is a tender romance with a twist. Two partners – Lucy and Johanna are on their honeymoon – one profoundly deaf and the other partially so . When they unearth prejudice in a third party it also surfaces in their own fragile relationship.

In **Narciso,** the barrier to a proper relationship seems to be language. As two women prepare food in a kitchen, one is teaching the other her language of Danish , but the twist is she is clearly teaching her wrong meanings – which comes to a head with an incident in their local supermarket. Not sure where this film thinks it’s going !

In **Molt,** we meet two girls – Sarah and 12-year-old Cadie – coming to terms with their sexuality, and the rituals of puberty. Tenderly and hauntingly told .

**Forbidden Fruit** is perhaps the trickiest subject matter of the collection . A mother’s affection for her 15-year-old daughter entering puberty seems domineering and unhealthy. An unnerving if beautifully filmed storyline.

For me the most engaging of the films is the strangely-spelt **Bootwmn**, a documentary about Deana McGuffin – a third-generation boot maker in Wichita Falls, who makes no secret of her Lesbianism nor of the unease she engenders in the rough tough male cowboy bootmakers she competes with in a contest. She’s a marvellous human being and I could have watched an hour of her.

**Buddhi, Buddha** shows us a young woman back from a spiritual journey to Nepal , who through practising meditation finds a beautifully depicted tactile loving relationship with her long-time female friend.

For more information, [go to nqvmedia. The film is on Amazon and Vimeo](https://www.nqvmedia.com/upon-her-lips-heartbeats.html?ref=scenemag.co.uk)