The Sundance Film Festival has chosen 81 shorts for its 2011 festival, including new work from playwright Neil LaBute and Beastie Boy-turned-Oscilloscope founder Adam Yauch.
The shorts were chosen from a field of nearly 6,500 submissions.
Yauch's "Fight for Your Right Revisited" features a cast that includes Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Jack Black. LaBute's "sexting" features Julia Stiles.
More information is available at the Sundance website.
The full list, from the Sundance press release:
U.S. NARRATIVE SHORTS
This year's 44 U.S. short films were selected from a record 3,453 submissions.
After You Left(Director: Jef Taylor; Screenwriters: Jef Taylor and Michael Tisdale) - A man in his mid-thirties searches for meaning in the aftermath of a relationship.
Andy and Zach(Director and Screenwriter: Nick Paley) - When Zach decides to move out, his roommate Andy tries to set up a new life without his best friend.
AWOL(Director and Screenwriter: Deb Shoval) - Days before her deployment to Afghanistan, Joey, 19, comes home to rural Pennsylvania for Christmas, with big dreams of running away to Canada.
Babyland(Director and Screenwriter: Marc Fratello) - A woman seeks love and beyond in a small American town.
Brick Novax(Director and Screenwriter: Matt Piedmont) - Penniless and now living in a seedy motel with only weeks to live, international super legend Brick Novax records his amazing tales as an astronaut, movie star, corporate CEO, and famous musician to preserve his legacy as the coolest guy in the history of the world.
Close.(Director and Screenwriter: Tahir Jetter) - One night after a casual 'visit', Angela is all but ready to leave Derek's apartment. Derek, however, is determined not to let her go without a fight.
Crazy Beats Strong Every Time(Director and Screenwriter: Moon Molson) - An African-American twenty-something finds his Nigerian-immigrant stepfather passed out drunk in their project-building hallway and is pressured by a friend into murdering him.
Das Racist "Who's That? Brooown!"(Director and Screenwriter: Thomas De Napoli) - An epic quest through the streets of New York City made in the style of -bit video games from the 1980's.
Excuse Me(Director and Screenwriter: Duncan Birmingham) - A couple threatens to splinter apart due to what may or may not have been said in the heat of passion.
EX-SEX(Director and Screenwriter: Michael Mohan) - Two former lovers navigate their fizzled relationship by confusing their emotional needs with their physical desires. Ex-sex makes it better. Ex-sex makes it worse.
Fight For Your Right Revisited(Director and Screenwriter: Adam Yauch) - After the boys leave the party... Cast: Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Jack Black.
Forever's Gonna Start Tonight(Director and Screenwriter: Eliza Hittman) - A Russian teenager in Brooklyn makes an unimaginable decision to protect her aging father and herself.
The Hunter and the Swan Discuss Their Meeting(Director and Screenwriter: Emily Carmichael) - A Brooklyn couple have dinner with a hunter and his girlfriend, a magical swan woman.
