A person talking during a film can be the most annoying thing imaginable – unless that person is the director. Join Vimeo curator Meghan Oretsky as she screens Staff Picked films with live, unscripted commentary from some of the best creators on Vimeo. Founded in 2008, Vimeo Staff Picks has emerged as one of the preeminent channels for online video and one of the most coveted awards for young filmmakers, having helped launch the careers of many celebrated directors. Hear from the next generation of storytellers in a format that’s sure to be eclectic and insightful.

The entire program will screen once, then a second time with commentary by the directors.

Birth Control Your Own Adventure
Director Sindha Agha
2018 / 5 MIN
A darkly comedic, personal testimony about birth control side effects and navigating the inadequacies of women’s healthcare.

Earth Crisis
Director Isaiah Saxon / Encyclopedia Pictura
2020 / 8 MIN
The story of a woman and her dog living in a majestic arctic wilderness.

Ode to Desolation
Director Lindsey Hagen
2020 / 13 MIN
Jim Henterly, a naturalist, illustrator and fire lookout, contemplates the dwindling days of Fire Lookouts in North America.

Fire Season
Director Quinn Else
2021 / 7 MIN

As wildfires ravage California, bystanders record nature’s wrath.

The Shivering Truth

Directors Cat Solen + Vernon Chatman
2018 / 11 MIN
The omnibus of painfully riotous emotional parables dripping from the deepest caverns of your unconscious are lovingly animated in stop-motion. In other words, it is the Truth.