The Keeper
2025 · 12m · USA
Directed by Skyler Knutzen
Genres: drama
Tones: contemplative, melancholic, tender
A Vimeo Staff Pick short film directed by Skyler Knutzen exploring themes of care, preservation, and responsibility through an intimate character study.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Vimeo Staff Picks are earned through peer selection by working filmmakers — Knutzen got here as a solo director-editor, which tells me everything I need to know about the discipline behind the work.
Vimeo Staff Pick, six minutes, NYC beekeeper allergic to bees tending rooftop hives. That's a documentary subject worth its weight. Knutzen is working in tight constraints and the subject is strong enough to carry the form. Short, sharp, and unlikely to insult my intelligence.
Skyler Knutzen's six-minute Vimeo Staff Pick portrait of a Manhattan beekeeper who's allergic to bees — the central irony is rich, and the rooftop-hive-versus-skyscraper geography does real economical work.