A satirical film on slavery created by two Kansas University professors, “CSA: Confederate States of America,” has been picked as an official entry in the January 2004 Sundance Film Festival, KU announced Thursday.

“CSA,” which was premiered in an earlier version in February in Lawrence, will be shown as part of the Sundance festival, which runs Jan. 15 through 25, 2004, in Park City, Utah.

The film was written, produced and directed by Kevin Willmott, assistant professor in KU’s theatre and film department. Matt Jacobson, who is also as assistant professor in the department, was the cinematographer.

“CSA” uses a faux documentary style to examine what the United States would be like if the South had won the Civil War.

The film was selected for the “American Spectrum” category at Sundance. The dates and times Sundance will show “CSA” will be announced later.

This is Willmott’s first invitation to Sundance and Jacobson’s second consecutive year in the competition at the Sundance festival, regarded as the foremost showcase for American independent films.

“Sundance provides filmmakers major exposure and the opportunity to find the perfect distributor,” Willmott said in a statement released by KU. “The idea is to go there and sell the film so we can get our message out to as many people as possible. We want people all over the world to see that relevant, high-quality films can be made in the Midwest. This film is another facet of KU’s ‘Commitment to Excellence.’ We hope people will see this film, and think, ‘Wow, KU has really got it going on!'”

Jacobson first attended the festival this year for his work with the documentary “Bukowski: Born into This.”

Jacobson noted, “It was one of the few documentaries to find a distributor at the 2003 festival. It’s exciting to be going back for 2004. It’s not often that a cinematographer from Kansas, or anywhere, for that matter, makes it into competition at a festival like this two years in a row.”