Calarts Movies

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

Bill Kopp's Student Academy Award-winning animated short film from Calarts, 1984

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

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

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...

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

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

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 toad bikes back home in order to water his plants.

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.

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...

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

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

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

When you desperately search something important ...

A sickly elephant father struggles to open a jar of aspirin.

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

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