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Foot Fist Way duo on Skateboarding

Normally, Robert Redford is a man of big aspirations but sometime last year he had was thinking small (in stature). The initiative was indeed petite – pulling from a pool of six indie Sundance film festival alumni filmmakers, Redford had the 6 pack make short films for cellphone audiences in mind. Just yesterday, they decided to put the films from Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton (Little Miss
Sunshine
), Jody Hill (The Foot Fist Way), Justin Lin (Better
Luck Tomorrow
), Maria Maggenti (Pucinni for Beginners), and Cory
McAbee (The American Astronaut) online. To watch the five films (including the Danny McBride and Jody Hill teaming on skateboarding) head on over to www.sundance.org/globeshorts.

A SLIP IN TIME (Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris) – A motion study of slapstick comedy.  

LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD (Directed by Jody Hill) – A corporate worker calls in sick. In his quest to liberate himself from the daily grind he embarks on a quest for freedom by learning how to skateboard.
 
¡LA REVOLUCION DE IGUODALA! (Directed by Justin Lin) – ¡La Revolucion de Iguodala! tracks one man’s passionate message as it travels through various forms and agendas.
 
LOS VIAJES DE KING TINY (Directed by Maria Maggenti) – LOS VIAJES DE KING TINY is about a small dog who takes off by himself while his owner is at work. Set in Los Angeles, King Tiny travels the city but is confronted by his own personal demons in the process.  
 
RENO (Directed by Cory McAbee) – A singing cowboy brags about his travels through Nevada on a Honda 50 to a store security camera.

 

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022, he was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. Current top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson).

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