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Queer villainy is not a topic often placed in the limelight. Queer stories usually revolve around tragedy or an attempt at Queer joy. Which is disparaging and restrictive, and denies Queerness to penetrate other and more popular genres, like thriller or crime. Zubayr Charles breaks out of this. And incredibly well.

We all have that one weird kiss we hate to love fantasising about. Some are weirder than others, like an afternoon three-way kiss on a basketball court. But relationships and desire are messy and weird, covered in saliva and sweat. We are all so clumsy and repressed when in love and lust, and that’s what Billie Elizabeth is all about in her newest short film, Weird Kisses.