{"id":31575,"date":"2024-10-04T15:51:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T15:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/?page_id=31575"},"modified":"2024-12-19T23:37:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T23:37:03","slug":"staff-picks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/staff-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"31575\" class=\"elementor elementor-31575\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3777f75 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3777f75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a639b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a639b0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06ad7f back-history 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src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MAIN_Staff-Pick-Badge-1.png\" class=\"badge\"><div class=\"description_overlay\">Guided by the daily rhythms of an elite high-diving camp, Divers documents the restless anticipation of walking to the platform\u2019s edge and the fleeting serenity found in jumping.\nA Film By \u2013 GEORDIE W...<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"post-data\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"user_pic user_pic_important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/123047462-scaled.avif\" alt=\"Divers\" \/>\n            <div class=\"vimeo_data\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/vimeo-movie\/divers\/\" class=\"post_title post_title_important\">Divers<\/a>\n                <p class=\"metadata metadata_important\">\n                    Geordie Wood\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        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When she...<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"post-data\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"user_pic user_pic_important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/92225424.avif\" alt=\"Shoes and Hooves\" \/>\n            <div class=\"vimeo_data\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/vimeo-movie\/shoes-and-hooves\/\" class=\"post_title post_title_important\">Shoes and Hooves<\/a>\n                <p class=\"metadata metadata_important\">\n                    Pi Productions (vat: HU25730577)\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><div class=\"efa-item\">\n        <div class=\"imgwrapper\">\n            <div class=\"backborder\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/vimeo-movie\/the-night-boots\/\" class=\"image_with_badge\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2102921131-cd9db33912811fb73baa0a4d610d5979ac280c8c82559101ae8313afa76ec334-dregionus.avif\" alt=\"The Night Boots\" \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MAIN_Staff-Pick-Badge-1.png\" class=\"badge\"><div class=\"description_overlay\">A stunning short film made on the very rare &#8220;pinscreen&#8221; !\nIn the middle of the night, while his parents are entertaining friends, a child slips on his wellington boots and sneaks off into...<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"post-data\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"user_pic user_pic_important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/36656153.avif\" alt=\"The Night Boots\" \/>\n            <div class=\"vimeo_data\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/vimeo-movie\/the-night-boots\/\" class=\"post_title post_title_important\">The Night Boots<\/a>\n                <p class=\"metadata metadata_important\">\n                    Pentacle Distribution\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><div class=\"efa-item\">\n        <div class=\"imgwrapper\">\n            <div class=\"backborder\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/vimeo-movie\/such-good-friends\/\" class=\"image_with_badge\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2101744888-978e75177bc169cc79849048dbe2a335359f144120adcd0937c66f4721db5ce3-dregionus.avif\" alt=\"Such Good Friends\" \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MAIN_Staff-Pick-Badge-1.png\" class=\"badge\"><div class=\"description_overlay\">After ending a toxic friendship, a people pleaser finds herself falling into old patterns with her former best friend\u2019s family.\nDirected by Bri Klaproth\nWritten by Bri Klaproth and Jon W...<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"post-data\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"user_pic user_pic_important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/111398226.avif\" alt=\"Such Good Friends\" \/>\n            <div class=\"vimeo_data\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/vimeo-movie\/such-good-friends\/\" class=\"post_title post_title_important\">Such Good Friends<\/a>\n                <p class=\"metadata metadata_important\">\n                    Bri Klaproth\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><div class=\"efa-item\">\n        <div class=\"imgwrapper\">\n            <div class=\"backborder\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/vimeo-movie\/field-of-vision-sandcastles\/\" class=\"image_with_badge\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2097067891-90d8987eec6a153f8af211fe050691df5453a7dae6bda47cd555d2f1c5a6d489-dregionus.avif\" alt=\"Field of Vision &#8211; Sandcastles\" \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MAIN_Staff-Pick-Badge-1.png\" class=\"badge\"><div class=\"description_overlay\">As Singapore imports sand for urban expansion, a ghost town bearing its name lies buried underneath sand on the other side of the world. Sandcastles parallels two Singapores: one in Michigan where...<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"post-data\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"user_pic user_pic_important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10099126.avif\" alt=\"Field of Vision &#8211; Sandcastles\" \/>\n            <div class=\"vimeo_data\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/vimeo-movie\/field-of-vision-sandcastles\/\" class=\"post_title post_title_important\">Field of Vision - Sandcastles<\/a>\n                <p class=\"metadata metadata_important\">\n                    Field of Vision\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><div class=\"efa-item\">\n        <div class=\"imgwrapper\">\n            <div class=\"backborder\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/vimeo-movie\/inside-the-valley-sings\/\" 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