Calarts Movies

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

"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...

What are one week films? They're an assignment we do our first week back at CalArts, designed to dust off cobwebs by throwing us straight into the...

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...

“Phototaxis” draws parallels between Mothman, a prophetic and demonized creature in West Virginia lore, and Narcotics Anonymous, the main...

Abstract light film

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 frightened stray cat dreams of its time in the streets.

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

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

A housecat attempts to eat what he doesn't suspect is a piranha.

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

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

Sara is getting ready to go on a date with her new boyfriend, but Jessica, Sara's pet goldfish, notices something not quite right about him.

A snow monkey tries to enjoy a bath.

Emma, a lonely old woman, reminisces of one of her childhood birthday parties.

Based on late field biologist John Sincock's experiences in Kauai.

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...

Drawing Pictures of all sizes, shapes and black and white contort and reshape themselves to a cricket sounds.

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...