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Sundance Shorts: Part Six

January 28th, 2010

A couple more Independent Short Films from the Sundance Film Festival. Part Six of the Sundance Shorts series.

Let’s Harvest the Organs of Death Row Inmates

Thompson

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Sundance Shorts: Part Five

January 27th, 2010

Here are some more treats from the Sundance Film Festival. Please note that I read (somewhere) that these films would only be available for a short time and may be taken down from YouTube after the festival.

The S from Hell

Old Fangs

Dock Ellis & the LSD No-No

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Sundance Shorts: Part Four

January 24th, 2010

This Independent Short Film has been getting a lot of mixed reactions, from fascination to disgust, and everything in between. How do YOU react to Glottal Opera?

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Sundance Shorts: Part Three

January 23rd, 2010

I’m actually not sure what specifically is being screened at Sundance, but there’s a short film (series?) from filmmaker Jeff Drew called One Sqare Mile of Earth.

Set some time aside to review this animated gem, and we’ll continue coverage of Sundance Shorts as the festival progresses.

Here’s what I’ve been able to find (in six parts):

Also, I’m not sure what Jeff Drew plans to do with these, but I also found a trailer for “Season 1″ so I can only assume there is some larger project at work.

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Sundance Shorts: Part Two

January 22nd, 2010

Hat tip to festg. there’s a cool way for you to rate the films using twitter. Here’s how:

First, use the official Sundance hash tag, #Sundance (You can also do this for Slamdance, happening concurrently, using #Slam10).

Second, identify the film, using a few words of the name (if you have to shorten it to fit the 140 constraint).

Third, using another hash tag, rate the film from 1-5, 5 being the best, e.g. #rate1, #rate2, etc.

Finally, use the @ mention @festg.

So a tweet rating for the short film Runaway might look like this:

#Sundance Runaway #rate5 @festg

If you liked the short, just copy and paste, I did all the typing for you. Otherwise, copy and paste anyway, but change the film name, or rating. It’s a nice template.

So here’s a little bit of what’s showing today in terms of short documentaries:

Charlie and the Rabbit
Pound – Funny videos are here

Mr. Okra

Voice on the Line

Check back here for more Sundance Coverage, and again, if you are at the festival and are looking for more exposure, be sure to contact me ASAP, let’s talk about guest blogging, vlogging, tweeting, etc.

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