Sundance unveils shorts lineup

December 09, 2008 The Sundance Film Festival, which runs Jan. 15-25, will screen a record 96 short films, culled from 5,632 submissions from U.S. and international filmmakers. The 2009 Sundance Film Festival runs January 15-25 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah. Included in the lineup is "Sparks," a narrative film from actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt adapted from the work of Elmore Leonard; "575 Castro Sheet," a doc set to the original audio-cassette recorded by Harvey Milk in November 1977, from gay cinema expert Jenni Olsen; "Hot Dog," a new film from famed animator Bill Plympton; and "Joel Stein's Unfabricated Adventures," an animated visit to a waste treatment plant in Orange County from director Walter Robot and journalist Joel Stein.

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