Calarts Movies

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

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 short is about a purple dinosaur named Sigmund, who likes to bounce on top of trees. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

Me Broni Ba is a lyrical portrait of hair salons in Kumasi, Ghana. The tangled legacy of European colonialism in Africa is evoked through images of...

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

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...

Black giants break classical architecture and rebuild them into Brutalistic structure.

“Phototaxis” draws parallels between Mothman, a prophetic and demonized creature in West Virginia lore, and Narcotics Anonymous, the main...

A bookish young woman may be under the influence of a siren's spell. Is this a source of terror, or of comfort?

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...

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

The proprietress of a burger joint is retiring and her children must compete to see who is worthy of taking her place.

Based on late field biologist John Sincock's experiences in Kauai.

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

A snow monkey tries to enjoy a bath.

The animals at the zoo are fed up with thier treatment and have dicided to take matters into thier own hands.

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...

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