Shorts make 'Dance card

Jenson, Lurie, Astin among those submitting pix

By GEOFFREY BERKSHIRE

The Sundance Institute has selected 90 shorts from among 3,345 entries for the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

Selections include new films from helmers Vicky Jenson ("Shrek"), Richard Linklater ("Waking Life") and Rod Lurie ("The Contender") and thesps Illeana Douglas and Sean Astin.

"With a 40% increase in submissions and the quality of the films definitely equaling the quantity, our selection process was more difficult than ever," fest programmer Trevor Groth said.

Both narrative and docu shorts will be presented before selected feature films, while others will screen as part of a short film program in the Frontier section, Native Forum and the animation spotlight. Fest added an additional short program and the toon spotlight to accommodate the increase in submissions.

American short films less than 30 minutes in length compete for the jury prize in short filmmaking. This year's fest takes place Jan. 16-26 in Park City, Utah.

The 2003 Sundance Film Festival Short Films are...

Short Film Program
"72 Virgins" (Israel), directed by Uri Bar-On
"Above & Beneath" directed by Rene Alberta
"Aqui Iba El Himno" ("Here Was The Anthem") (Mexico), directed by Sergio Umansky
"Asylum" directed by Sandy Mcleod & Gini Reticker
"At The Quinte Hotel" (Canada) directed by Douglas Bensadoun
"Autobank" directed by Matthew Ehlers
"Branson: Musicland USA" directed by Peter Sillen
"Buffalo Common" directed by Bill Brown
"Climbing Miss Sophie" (Israel), directed by Liat Dahan
"The Clinic" directed by Jesse Terrero
"Come Nightfall" directed by Abigail Severance
"The Cutman" directed by Yon Motskin
"D.E.B.S." directed by Angela Robinson
"Devil Talk" directed by Illeana Douglas
"Downpour Resurfacing directed by Frances Nkara
"Earthquake" (UK), directed by James Brett
"Fake Clouds" directed by Andrea Campbell
"Family Tree" directed by Vicky Jenson
"Firepussy" directed by Laurel Almerinda
"Fits & Starts" directed by Vince DiMeglio
"Five Deep Breaths" directed by Seith Mann
"Gertrudis Blues" (Mexico), directed by Patricia Carrillo Carrera
"Good Night Valentino" directed by Edoardo Ballerini
"Gravel" directed by Steven Bognar
"Jer-Z Knights" directed by Dale May
"The King and Dick" directed by Scott Calonico
"Kiss and Tell" directed by Michaline Babich
"Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness" directed by Tiffany Shlain
"Little Failures" directed by John Dilley
"Live From Shiva's Dancefloor" directed by Richard Linklater
"The Long And Short Of It" directed by Sean Astin,
"Lucy & Ricky" directed by Jesus M. Rodriguez
"Most" directed by Bobby Garabedian
"The Nazi" directed by Rod Lurie
"Neo-Noit" directed by Chase Palmer
"Night Light" directed by Eric Escobar
"A Ninja Pays Half My Rent" directed by Steven K. Tsuchida
"O Beautiful" directed by Alan Brown
"Ocularist" directed by Vance Malone
"Olivia's Puzzle" (Canada), directed by Jason DaSilva
"Openminds" directed by Joe Sedelmaier
"Pan With Us" directed by David Russo
"The Planets" directed by Francesca Talenti
"Quest To Ref" directed by Ben Watkins & Guy Guillet
"Request" directed by Jinoh Park
"Rosso Fango" ("Mud Red") (Italy), directed by Paolo Ameli
"Struggle" directed by Ryan Fleck
"The Support Group" directed by Daniel Milder, John Viener & Josh Weinstein
"Swallow" directed by Frank E. Flowers
"Terminal Bar" directed by Stefan Nadelman
"This is John" directed by Jay Duplass
"Tim Tom" (France), directed by Romain Segaud & Christel Pougeoise
"Toy" directed by Abraham Lincoln Lim
"Tromba D'Oro" (GOLDEN TRUMPET) (Mexico), directed by Patricio Serna
"Twin Towers" directed by Bill Guttentag & Robert Port
"The Velvet Tigress" directed by Jen Sachs
"Whatever We Do" directed by Kevin Connolly
"Whispers" directed by Desha Dauchan
"Why Can't We Be A Family Again?" directed by Roger Weisberg & Murray Nossel
"Wilfred" (Australia), directed by Tony Rogers
"Zagati" directed by Edu Felistoque & Nereu Cerdeira

Animation Spotlight
"Atomic Love" directed by Michael Dante DiMartino
"Blue And Orange" directed by Mari Inukai
"Dog" (England), directed by Suzie Templeton
"Dreamscapes" directed by Sean McBride
"The Erlking" directed by Ben Zelkowicz
"The Freak" directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas
"From The 104th Floor" directed by Serguei Bassine
"Historia Del Desierto" ("Desert Story") (UK), directed by Celia Galan Julve
"Jon's Day" directed by Peter Ko
"Pa" (Australia), directed by Neil Goodridge
"Parking" directed by Bill Plympton
"Set Set Spike" directed by Emily Hubley
"The Tortoise and the Hare" directed by Ray Harryhausen

Frontier
"The_Future_Of_Human_Containment" directed by Michacla Schwentner
"Going To The Ocean" directed by Matt McCormick
"In Order Not To Be Here" directed by Deborah Stratman
"Mark Set Burn" directed by Christine Khalafian
"The Perpetual Life of Jim Albers" directed by Matt Goldman
"Rebel" directed by Lisa Barnstone
"Skelehellavision" directed by Martha Colburn
"Tooba" directed by Shirin Neshat

Native Forum
"Admirational" directed by Shane Lee Eagle Hannigan
"Bundle in Good Standing" directed by Gabriel Whiteturkey
"Mocassin Flats" directed by Randy Redroad
"Sailing The Master Home" directed by Gilbert Salas
"Shit Skin" directed by Nicholas Boseley
"Rangimarie" directed by Puka Moeau
"Withdrawl" directed by Dax Thomas