Continuing its commitment to short film, Sundance has expanded its short film section - so we've split our coverage. This year's selection of 41 films are split into dramatic, documentary, animation and a new experiemental category. They "reinforce the genre as one which represents creativity and technological innovation".
A video animation that adopts the form of viral advertising to reduce contemporary events to a cartoonlike mythology, touching on identity politics, US foreign policy, sexuality, and power.
A visual exploration of generosity and addiction that commemorates the filmmaker's brother's recent passing.
(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Tony Gault; Writer: Tony Gault)
The Drift
A 1960s space mission goes awry, resulting in a strange disappearance and cosmic transmissions. The fall-out of this journey forever changes life back on Earth and launches a counter-culture revolution.
(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Kelly Sears; Writer: Kelly Sears; Stars: Anthony McCann)
Gas Zappers
A short animation about climate change, where an ironically over-appropriated and fuzzy polar bear, abruptly finds itself in a position to save its home.
An enchanting meditation on an ancient species from the future using found footage, cell phone video, and crude chroma key effects to create a coherent and petite spell. The rendition of buffalos made from a "herd" of toy poodles tweaks at our understanding of the symbolic world.
(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Nao Bustamente; Stars: Fufurufu as the herd of buffalo)
