Ronnie Vitalia

Ronnie Vitalia nam deel aan de poll “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025, een unieke publieksbevraging als collectieve liefdesbrief aan de kunst van de korte film. yanco en Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, in samenwerking met Talking Shorts, nodigden filmmakers, curatoren, distributeurs, critici en academici wereldwijd uit om tien audiovisuele werken van minder dan zestig minuten te nomineren die zij persoonlijk beschouwen als de “beste” aller tijden. Dit was de inzending van Ronnie Vitalia:

This initiative is vital in reshaping how we recognize short films globally. I hope it continues to embrace voices from the margins—particularly Black and African queer storytellers who redefine cinematic language and liberation.

— Ronnie Vitalia

Movie	Original Title	Director	Country	Year
Ìfé	Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim	Nigeria	2020	38’
A tender, revolutionary Nigerian lesbian love story that reclaims queer intimacy from silence.
Country Love	Wapah Kelechi Ezeigwe	Nigeria	2020	45’
A moving portrait of gay love and defiance, capturing the emotional cost of visibility in Nigeria.
Reluctantly Queer	Akosua Adoma Owusu	Ghana	2016	8’
A poetic letter-film bridging continents through Black queer longing and self-interrogation.
Mjita Wami	Anathi Siyungu	Zuid-Afrika	2023	30’
Queer joy as resistance—celebrating chosen families and the tenderness of South African love.
Forbidden Fruit	Sue Maluwa Bruce, Beate Kunath, Yvonne Zückmantel	Zimbabwe, Duitsland	2000	30’
A pioneering Southern African lesbian story of faith, exile, and resilience across cultures.
Difficult Love	Zanele Muholi	Zuid-Afrika	2010	47’
Muholi’s self-portrait documentary that transforms visibility into activism and community power.
Unspoken	Sunny King	Verenigd Koninkrijk, Nigeria	2012	10’
A quiet meditation on desire and silence—capturing the tension of love unspoken in conservative spaces.
Seventeen	Fasséry Kamissoko	Mali	2016	5’
A lyrical snapshot of queer adolescence and self-realization within Francophone Africa.
Umunthu	Mwizalero Nyirenda	Malawi	2013	30’
A compassionate documentary aligning queer rights with African philosophies of humanity and belonging.
How Not to Date While Trans	Nyala Moon	Verenigde Staten	2022	14’
A witty, heartfelt short that celebrates trans Black womanhood and the humor of everyday survival.