The Sundance Institute -- parent organization of the renowned film festival -- has launched its first ONLINE Film Festival. Eighteen short films -- from two to eighteen minutes in length -- were selected from 300 submissions made exclusively for the Web. Robert talks to R.J. Millard, organizer of the online festival, about why Sundance chose to start it and how the Web has changed filmmaking and distribution. (4:30) The festival Web site is. The films will be on the site until February 28th.
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