Vimeo is an anagram of the word ‘movie’ – which is very apt for a website which is an invaluable and essential tool for the filmmaking community. Founded back in 2004, the website has quickly grown to be the premiere independent film streaming site, priding itself on building and maintaining a community in which artists and independent filmmakers can come together and showcase their work to their peers.

One of the main reasons we recommend it over other video streaming sites is that Vimeo automatically embeds and plays film content at full HD (we feel there’s nothing worse than paying for a film to be shot in glorious full HD, only for people to watch a somewhat blocky, pixelated version)!

At STANDBY we find ourselves watching Vimeo daily – it’s a great source for inspiration and ideas, and many of the films on there have as much quality and production value as the latest release at the multiplex (sometimes more so)!! The films listed here are all fantastic in their own unique way, whether it be a breathtaking timelapse movie, intimate character portraits, a simple and inspiring message told well, or a piece of amazing post-production/motion graphics work that makes texts of information as exciting to watch as the latest Hollywood blockbuster.

So without further ado, listed above are STANDBY’s ten favourite films released this year, as featured on Vimeo. You can find all of these (and many more quality films) under the ‘our likes’ section on our Vimeo page. They are all well worth checking out!!