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 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.

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

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

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

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 kid tries to pull off an epic heist, but things quickly spin out of control.

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

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

An anxious young man struggles with whether or not to vandalize a rival school's mascot as part of a school prank.

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

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

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

A man in a grey, drab world is awakened to the beauty and happiness of the real world around him, as the spirits of nature take him on an adventure.

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

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.