Yahoo offers Sundance shorts

Yahoo is busting into Sundance in the go to make the most of our prime-profile fest, offering utilization of nine short films on Sundance.yahoo.com and enabling audiences to election for favorite. The business, that's been seeking strongly to enhance its profile in original content, mentioned Thursday that beginning today through Jan. 27, Yahoo Screen will host a range of shorts premiering at Sundance and selected in close collaboration while using festival. Yahoo can have the winning filmmaker in the inaugural Yahoo Audience Award with $5,000. The winning film will also be presented prominent positioning on Yahoo, and many types of will remain accessible on Yahoo Screen for six additional days. Yahoo mentioned its Yahoo Movies can be a top destination online for movie fans, exceeding 26 million clients monthly. Its omg! is among the-visited celebrity news sites. "Yahoo might be the house for major entertainment occasions online, which year we're getting film buffs around to one of the world's most important film festivals," mentioned Mickie Rosen, senior V . p . of Yahoo Media Network."The very best filmmakers started their careers developing short films, now our audience has got the chance to choose what's the following large title inside the film industry," she mentioned. The movies include "'92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card," "Aquadettes," "The Arm," "Debutante Potential predators," "Dol," "Henley," "Extended Distance Information," "Odysseus' Gambit" and "Una Hora por Favora." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com