A record 5,632 short films were submitted for consideration in this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Of those submissions, 96 made the final cut. These 10 shorts, curated by the Sundance Institute Art House Project, represent the cream of the crop among domestic, international, live action and animated entries.



* ATTACK OF THE ROBOTS FROM NEBULA-5 – “Almost” everybody is going to die very soon. (Chema Garcia Ibarra, Spain, 7min)

* COUNTERTRANSFERENCE - An awkward woman with assertiveness issues finds her problems multiplied in therapy. (Madeleine Olnek, USA, 16min)

* I AM SO PROUD OF YOU - Dark family secrets cast a shadow over Bill's recovery in this second chapter to the prize-winning short Everything Will Be OK. (Don Hertzfeldt, USA, 22min, Animated)
* JOHN AND KAREN - John the polar bear apologizes to Karen the penguin after an argument. (Matthew Walker, UK, 4min, Animated)

* NEXT FLOOR - During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with hordes of servers and valets, 11 pampered guests participate in what appears to be ritualistic gastronomic carnage. (Denis Villeneuve, Canada, 12min)

* OMELETTE - While a woman makes an omelette, we learn how difficult it is to make ends meet. (Nadejda Koseva, Bulgaria, 5min)

* SHORT TERM 12 - A film about kids and the grown-ups who hit them. (Destin Daniel Cretton, USA, 22min) - Recipient of the 2009 Jury Prize in U.S. Short Filmmaking

* STEEL HOMES - Self-storage units are windows into human histories: their discarded objects and dust-covered furniture are inscribed with past dreams, secret hopes, and lives we cannot let go of. (Eva Weber, UK, 10min)

* WESTERN SPAGHETTI - Everyday objects become delicious ingredients as we learn how to cook spaghetti through stop-motion photography. (Sarah Phelps, USA, 2min)

Categories: Fine Arts