Sundance Short Film Award Is Big Win for YouTube Creators

PARK CITY, UTAH — The popular comedic YouTube network Jash, cofounded by a series of Hollywood celebrities and producers, won the Jury Award in U.S. fiction at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival for the dark comedic short film Gregory Go Boom.

The 17-minute short film, directed by Janicza Bravo, features Jash cofounder Michael Cera, who plays a paraplegic that leaves home to be on his own. The film was originally released as a part of YouTube Comedy Week in May 2013 and went on to become one of the 66 selected shorts judged by the Sundance Institute, of more than 8,100 submissions. Only three out of that collection were made originally for YouTube, two of which were made by Jash. Read more...