Sundance taps shorts by Spike Jonze, James Franco

Actor James Franco accepts the award for Best Supporting Male for ''Milk'' at the 24th annual Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California February 21, 2009.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Sundance Institute announced the short-film program for its 2010 film festival Monday.

Among the 70 U.S. and international films are dramatic shorts from James Franco, Spike Jonze and Liz Tuccillo and a pair of documentary shorts from Jeremy Konner and Derek Waters' "Drunk History" series that feature Don Cheadle, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Crispin Glover.

The film festival runs January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

Four of the shorts -- "I'm Here," directed by Jonze; "The Fence," directed by Rory Kennedy; "Logorama," directed by Francois Alaux, Herve de Crecy and Ludovic Houplain; and "Seeds of the Fall," directed Patrik Eklund -- will premiere the first night of the festival, which has ditched the traditional opening-night structure.

The festival's shorts were drawn from 6,092 submissions.

The shorts screen before select feature films and as part of one of the festival's seven short-film programs. A jury awards prizes at a ceremony January 26.