Calarts Movies

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

A girl enters a battle to the death because she is in severe credit card debt.

Sarah and her two cats go about their separate lives. The cats have strange dreams about their desires, and Sarah develops an unshakable paranoia...

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...

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 horror musical about figuring yourself out.

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...

"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...

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

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

Giant robots, giant monsters, and an even giant(er) crush.

A walking figure emerges from a changing, circular cycle; his inner self emerges and precipitats a series of violent struggles with himself, adapting...

Short animation by Aram Sarkisian at CalArts 2015

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

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

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

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

A toad bikes back home in order to water his plants.

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