CalArts

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

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.

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

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

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

In a war torn, industrialised, post apocalyptic city, a mysterious woman meets a young girl in an encounter that will change both thier lives forever.

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.

"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.

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.

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

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.

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 man enters an old public bathhouse and dream of his father while under the spell of the elevated temperatures.

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

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

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

Ten shots of skies.

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