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10 best stop-motion short films that stretch creative boundaries

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Discover 10 breathtaking one-take wonders on Vimeo

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Discover 10 of the best short shorts (5 minutes or less) on Vimeo

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10 of our favorite Sundance Film Festival short films

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10 of the best music videos on Vimeo right now

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10 of the best family-friendly short films to watch with the kids tonight

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10 of the best psychological‑thriller short films to give you chills tonight

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Discover 9 of the best Oscar‑nominated documentary short films on Vimeo

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Discover 10 of the best LGBTQ short films on Vimeo

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Discover 10 of the best recent comedy videos on Vimeo

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Inside these filmmakers' journeys from Staff Picks to Sundance

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Sundance 2025 recap

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Vimeo's Best of the Year Awards 2024

We came, we saw, we curated. Check out our favorite shorts from 2024's Sundance Film Festival.
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That’s a wrap! Our unofficial 2024 jury awards at Sundance Film Festival

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.
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15 years of Vimeo Staff Picks: Tracing its innovative history and future

We came, we saw, we curated. Check out our favorite shorts from 2023's Sundance Film Festival.
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That’s a wrap! Our unofficial 2023 jury awards at Sundance Film Festival

From the best new Staff Picks to magnificent marketing work, Video Matters is a monthly selection of Vimeo must-sees.
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Meet Video Matters: A monthly selection of brilliant videos from our community

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.
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Staff Pick Premiere: "Dekalb Elementary" by Reed Van Dyck

In this week's Staff Pick Premiere, "West by God," Scott Lazer details an intimate power struggle, aka a first date.
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Staff Pick Premiere: "West by God" by Scott Lazer

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Staff Pick Award at Palm Springs ShortFest 2022: “Meantime” by Michael T Workman

Three refugees run the race of their lives from Calais to Dover through the Euro Tunnel in Arash Ashtiani's "The Tunnel."
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Staff Pick Premiere: "The Tunnel" by Arash Ashtiani

Adrien Merigeau's Oscar-nominated short "Genius Loci" takes viewers on a bonafide fever dream.
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Staff Pick Premiere: "Genius Loci" by Adrien Merigeau

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.
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Staff Pick Premiere: “Ghost Dogs” by Joe Cappa

In this week’s Staff Pick Premiere, forgotten folk singer Lena Black discovers her fifty-year-old song “Charlotte” has been remade into a hit pop song.
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Staff Pick Premiere: "Charlotte" by Zach Dorn