Pending Love (part 1)

Presented as part of the 18th edition of the Massimadi festival. The screening will be followed by a discussion.

Caught between unfulfilled desires, anticipation, and fragile promises, love sometimes takes unexpected turns. This short film block explores the subtle nuances of romantic relationships and delicate ties suspended in time, where feelings struggle to find solid ground.

NO LOVE LOST

Quintina Lawrence. 2025. Canada. 7 min. English with French subtitles. The film follows a soft, sensual romance between two queer black women falling in love for the first time.

ABOUT FACE

Robin Cloud. 2026. United States. 12 min. English with French subtitles. The category is: freedom. After getting kicked out of an elite boarding school, a young Black lesbian finds herself, and her stage, in the small-town Ball culture of Hartford, Connecticut.

L’AMOUR DE MA MÈRE (MY MOTHER’S LOVE)

Dalila De Siadjeu. 2025. France. 15 min. French with English subtitles. Kam, a high school student passionate about computers, enjoys a day alone with her girlfriend Mia. Between their dreams for the future and Kam’s ambitions, everything changes when her mother catches them together.

UN ÉTÉ BLEU (A BLUE SUMMER)

Juliette Ragot. 2024. France. 8 min. French with English subtitles. It’s the summer holidays at the local swimming pool and it’s hot. Louane, 14, is lying by the pool, enjoying a moment of peace and quiet, when she is approached by Aïssa. Sheltered from the world around them, the two friends share a tender moment.

FISH & CHIPS

Macadie Amoroso. 2026. United Kingdom. 13 min. English with French subtitles. A party popper mishap, a takeaway tiff, Cassie and Fab’s first anniversary… What begins as a dinner debate explodes into an unflinching reckoning with race, queerness, and the fragile line between conflict and connection.