Sundance Short List Announced

U.S. DRAMATIC SHORTS

Charlie and the Rabbit (Directors: Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian) - Charlie, a four year-old who loves Bugs Bunny, decides to hunt a rabbit of his own.

Laredo, Texas (Director and Screenwriter: Topaz Adizes) - Sam trains Juan for his first day at his new job, fixing pay phones in the border town of Laredo, Texas. However, tensions boil as Sam suspects that Juan is an undocumented worker.


U.S. ANIMATED SHORTS

One Square Mile of Earth (Director: Jeff Drew; Screenwriters: Mark Chavez and Shenoah Allen) - Bill the bunny is a struggling novelist, who has never actually written anything, much to the chagrin of his perfectionist life partner, Gary the frog. Thad the bear is a hopeless romantic who can't find the right words to express his feelings for the scandalous and alluring Lucy the goat. And Leon the hippopotamus, one the coolest and hippest guys in town, has struck up a unlikely friendship with a down-on-his-luck high school sociology teacher, Pedro the mouse.


"Sundance has a long legacy of supporting short filmmaking. Short films are at the core of what independent filmmaking is about - these films are made out of pure passion without commerce in mind. This year, we're especially excited to screen a short film program as part of the opening of the Festival," said Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming in a statement. "We are also continuing the tradition of holding the Short Film Awards mid-week during the Festival. It's proven to be a great way to bring attention to these artists and their films."