Calarts Movies

A horror musical about figuring yourself out.

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...

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

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

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

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

a Joe Ranft Cartoon

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

Hopeless incel lesbian blog writer, Freya, educates her readers on how to find love in an ‘unbecoming’ age... whilst failing to find a...

Wanda is a short story of feline and feminine desire. In this delightful piece composed of video animation and live-action footage in Super and Video...

"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...

A toad bikes back home in order to water his plants.

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

A flesh-rotting zombie leads a support group for down and out monsters. Made at CalArts 2010.

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

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

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