This year, the Sundance Film Festival will highlight an exclusive selection of 10 short films over 10 days on the iTunes Store.Beginning January 15th with the first film, Short of the Week will be reviewing each film as they’re released—giving our expert advice on whether to watch it or not.

Though it’s far from the full festival experience, Sundance organizers have recognized an area of opportunity for the hundreds of thousands of film-lovers who wish to view the many ground-breaking films but can’t abandon work and family for a week to make the snowy trek out to Park City.

All 10 films will be available as free downloads beginning January 15 and running through January 25, 2009—after which you can buy them for $1.99. Sundance has partnered with Shorts International to provide digital distribution services and encoding services to the selection of 2009 films.