Recognizing the important role shorts have in cinema, storytelling, and culture, Sundance Institute presents ShortsLab: NYC to help empower the next generation of artists. Filmmakers are invited to participate in this full day seminar of Sundance-organized screenings, panels, and discussions to offer firsthand insight and access into the world of story development, production, and exhibition of narrative short-form storytelling.

Here is a quick video to show you more of what you can experience at the New York Shorts Lab:
http://www.sundance.org/video/shortslab-2012/

Panelists include:  Filmmaker Hal Hartley (The Unbelievable Truth, Flirt, Henry Fool, Fay Grim),writer-director Nicole Kassell (The Green Hour, The Woodsman), the Borderline Films team (Buy It Now, Afterschool, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and Simon Killer), actresses Brit Marling (Another Earth, Sound of My Voice) and Adepero Oduye (Pariah), festival programmers, and more.

Register at http://www.sundance.org/programs/shortslab-nyc/