Staff Picks
Our favorite DIY and low-budget Staff-Picked short films
Low-budget and no-budget filmmaking will always be where the most innovative filmmakers thrive. Watch these talented creatives use whatever means possible to tell their stories.
Spooky Staff Picks to watch this Halloween
Black cats, witches, and ghosts rejoice: Your season has arrived. Watch this year’s selection of seasonally appropriate Staff Picks, straight from Vimeo’s Curation Team.
What 6 Staff Pick directors have to say about the beauty of short film
Highlights from our interviews at Sundance and SXSW.
How to get a Vimeo Staff Pick
Ever wondered what really qualifies a short film for the coveted Vimeo Staff Pick badge? The Vimeo curation team tells all.
Recent Posts
That’s a wrap! Our unofficial 2024 jury awards at Sundance Film Festival
We came, we saw, we curated. Check out our favorite shorts from 2024's Sundance Film Festival.
15 years of Vimeo Staff Picks: Tracing its innovative history and future
Hear from the curators behind Staff Picks, and a handful of the filmmakers who have been given one, about three significant innovations within the film industry.
That’s a wrap! Our unofficial 2023 jury awards at Sundance Film Festival
We came, we saw, we curated. Check out our favorite shorts from 2023's Sundance Film Festival.
Staff Pick Premiere: "Dekalb Elementary" by Reed Van Dyck
Based on a 911 call that made national news in 2013, this week’s Staff Pick Premiere is “Dekalb Elementary,” a gripping Oscar-nominated short.
Staff Pick Premiere: "West by God" by Scott Lazer
In this week's Staff Pick Premiere, "West by God," Scott Lazer details an intimate power struggle, aka a first date.
Staff Pick Award at Palm Springs ShortFest 2022: “Meantime” by Michael T Workman
Michael T Workman, the Vimeo Staff Pick Award winner at Palm Springs Shortfest 2022, joined us and answered questions about the challenges of creating his personal family portrait, "Meantime."
Staff Pick Premiere: "The Tunnel" by Arash Ashtiani
Three refugees run the race of their lives from Calais to Dover through the Euro Tunnel in Arash Ashtiani's "The Tunnel."
Staff Pick Premiere: "Genius Loci" by Adrien Merigeau
Adrien Merigeau's Oscar-nominated short "Genius Loci" takes viewers on a bonafide fever dream.
Staff Pick Premiere: “Ghost Dogs” by Joe Cappa
Joe Cappa's "Ghost dogs" is a Staff Pick Premiere! These ghosts are part dog, part human, but fully dead. You've never seen anything like this.
