14 Films for the 14th of February
All around the world people are celebrating Valentine’s Day: a day of love, like, crushes, and everything in between. Whether you’re spending it coupled up with the one you love, hanging out with your friends, or treating yourself, February 14th is a day to rejoice in one of the most purest emotions that being human can offer us: love. If you find yourself wanting to indulge in the cinematic for the day, consider streaming one (or all) of these films found in our Likkle Global Film Archive. One Love <3
-Briana
1. Touki Bouki (1973) | Senegal
Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.
2. The Knot (2017) | St. Lucia
Gina and Gerald secretly cast love spells on each other. Now, they are unhappily together, but unable to leave the relationship, because of their spells. Can they undo what they’ve done?
3. Mississippi Masala (1991) | USA, UK, Uganda, India
After Mina's Indian family is ousted from their home in Uganda by dictator Idi Amin, they relocate to Mississippi to start a new life. Mina falls for Demetrius, a young carpet cleaner, despite the protestations of their families over their racial difference.
4. The First Date (2019) | Guyana
A young girl eagerly anticipates meeting the man of her dreams.
5. Lovers Rock (2020) | UK
Part of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology series, a single evening at a house party in 1980s West London sets the scene, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance and music.
6. Dinner at My Place (2022) | Nigeria
Ready to pop the question to his girlfriend, a young man finds his plans for a romantic dinner interrupted when his overdramatic ex shows up uninvited.
7. Cook Off (2017) | Zimbabwe
Yearning for a better life, a single mother with a passion for cooking gets a shot at greatness when her son enters her into a top reality cooking show.
8. Yesterday’s Rain (2016) | Aruba
Monica is in love with her friend. And now she has finally found enough courage to tell her. Today will be her coming out day.
9. Sylvie’s Love (2020) | USA
When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father's record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.
10. Only You (2013) | Aruba
Tatiana is a smart and demure young woman who moves with her mother and brother to their aunt's house. In her new neighborhood, Tatiana meets Santiago, a quirky young man of Latin origin who can't take her diva attitude. When they discover secrets about each other, a beautiful love grows. This love, however, brings new challenges.
11. Monsoon (2019) | UK, Vietnam
Kit, a British man of Vietnamese heritage, returns to Saigon for the first time in over 30 years after leaving the country with his parents, when he was six years old, at the end of the Vietnam War.
12. Namaste Wahala (2020) | Nigeria, India
A Nigerian woman and an Indian man won't let cultural differences get in the way of their romance.
13. A Man for the Weekend (2017) | Cameroon
After her mother pressures her to find a man, a young career woman persuades a work colleague to pose as her boyfriend for a family event.
14. Disconnect: The Wedding Planner (2022) | Nigeria
After falling victim to a scam, a desperate man races against the clock as he attempts to plan a luxurious destination wedding for an important investor.