Calarts Movies

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...

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 Cali...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

A man enters an old public bathhouse and dream of his father while under the spell of the elevated temperatures.

An overworked pianist fights to stay awake and celebrate the new year with his boyfriend.

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

When a girl at a party confronts a guy about his social anxiety, he starts to float in the air.

A Vietnamese-American household receives a surprise visit from a long-lost patriarch after he fails at a get-rich-quick scheme.

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.

This animated short is a visual representation of Goethe's poem, The ErlKing that uses sand-on-glass animation set to the music of Franz Schubert. The...

A tour guide tries his best to stay on schedule.