CalArts

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

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.

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 that he is unable to move! Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

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.

Ten shots of skies.

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 differently?

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

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

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

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

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 toad bikes back home in order to water his plants.

"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 California Institute of the Arts. The film, released in 1975, went on to win the Student Academy Award for animation and aired on NBC's The Midnight Special.

Twins Lake and Lucas hate each others’ guts. One day after school, their sibling rivalry gets out of hand.

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

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

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

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

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 Celisse and befriending a number of other members while under the watch of the cult's peculiar founder, Ascensia.