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Ina Pira

Ina curates videos at Vimeo. She also host screenings with some of her favorite films and has programmed at a number of film festival. @pira.ina on Instagram.

Image still from the documentary 4.1 Miles showing refugees on a boat with orange life vests

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

Image of three men in the short film Lavender which received recognition from Sundance and SXSW

Discover 10 of the best LGBTQ short films on Vimeo

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: "The Tunnel" by Arash Ashtiani

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.

Staff Pick Premiere: "Charlotte" by Zach Dorn

This hybrid-doc brings to life a never-before-heard interview recounting the harrowing torture and brainwashing at a secretive leadership seminar in 1970.

Staff Pick Premiere: "You've Never Been Completely Honest" by Joey Izzo

In this week’s Staff Pick Premiere, three lonely, self-centered neighbors become intertwined in a lust-fueled, comedic triangle with permanent consequences.

Staff Pick Premiere: "Sh—t Happens" by David Štumpf & Michaela Mihályi

In this follow-up to 2012's "This is Vanity," Michael is on the brink of a new start until his name returns to the news and his dream of anonymity crumbles.

Staff Pick Premiere: "Iniquity" by Oliver Goodrum

They say that the punk rock movement was born in Mid 70's New York City. If so, then David Godlis was in the delivery room.

Staff Pick Premiere: "Shots In The Dark with David Godlis" by Lewie & Noah Kloster

Stop-motion animation and skiing collide in this week's Staff Pick Premiere, a playful ode to the DIY origins of skiing and its relationship to nature.

Staff Pick Premiere: "Maneuvers" by Sämi Ortlieb