Calarts Movies

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

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...

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.

"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...

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...

Abstract light film

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.

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

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

Tim Burton’s early animation of an octopus and a king.

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...

A snow monkey tries to enjoy a bath.

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

The film, Al Tudi Tuhak, is a creation story inspired by the art and mythology of the Northwest coast people. The story involves the creator, or "The...

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

A kitten helps his father defeat a pack of marshmallows.

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...

Sarah and her two cats go about their separate lives. The cats have strange dreams about their desires, and Sarah develops an unshakable paranoia...