CalArts

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?

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

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.

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

Set in an abstraction of 1970s London, Amaranthine tells a tale of punks, betrayal and revenge.

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

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

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.

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

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.

California Institute of the Arts student Madeline Sharafian created 'Omelette', an animated short film that centers on making food for someone you love. The short features a little dog and an overworked owner who can barely cook himself an omelette.

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.

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

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

A man deals with his looming madness.

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

"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.

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

Slik Willy combines abstract animation, sound and spoken narration to tell a narrative story. The film uses hand-drawn animation and textures from 35mm transparencies. Final compositing was done using an optical printer.