Calarts Movies

At a summer sleepover, two best friends realize they may be connected by more than just friendship.

A polar bear is hunted by Eskimos. But suddenly the hunt gets interrupted. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

This short is about a purple dinosaur named Sigmund, who likes to bounce on top of trees. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

A man remembers his childhood memory of growing up with an annoying little sister in 1990s China. How would his life have been if things had gone diff...

A lamp causes a ruckus in the shop while the shopkeeper is away.

A child, who is afraid, of the dark forms a unique relationship with the objects that once frightened him.

A teacher struggles to control a rumor spreading around his elementary school by one greedy child.

A man reacts with violence when a pair of eyes spy on him from inside a cardboard box.

This delightful story is simply about a boy wanting to go outside and play in the snow. After getting all bundled up by his mother, the boy has found...

Charlie Brown is on the run from the Peanuts Gang after the Great Pumpkin puts a bounty on his head in this wild animated student short by Jim Reardon...

Ten shots of skies.

California Institute of the Arts student Madeline Sharafian created 'Omelette', an animated short film that centers on making food for someone you lov...

After receiving a VHS tape claiming she's a disciple of an alien species known as the "True Mothers," Amy joins a local UFO cult, donning the name Cel...

A child terminally becomes bad animation and is sent to an asylum of abandoned and lost cartoon characters.

One of two short films created and produced by Spongebob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg at CalArts in 1992.

In a war torn, industrialised, post apocalyptic city, a mysterious woman meets a young girl in an encounter that will change both thier lives forever.

"Fame" was used as the soundtrack of an animated music video of the same title, directed by Richard Jefferies and Mark Kirkland while students at Cali...

A Cal Arts stop motion short in praise of good oral hygiene.

A bookish young woman may be under the influence of a siren's spell. Is this a source of terror, or of comfort?

The proprietress of a burger joint is retiring and her children must compete to see who is worthy of taking her place.