Calarts Movies

Two brands of paper towels argue over who gets to clean up a spilled puddle of juice on the floor.

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

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.

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

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

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 mother wolf breaks into a hunter's den and takes back her cub, only to find it a motionless trophy. She sings a lullaby hoping that the cub would...

Two store clerks slacking off at work (at a gas station) on Halloween go on an acid trip.

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

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

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...

A child terminally becomes bad animation and is sent to an asylum of abandoned and lost cartoon characters.

At the end of the workday, the women of the city head to the bathhouse.

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

"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...

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

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

A bird chases and teases a worm to Cole Porter's "Let's Misbehave" as sung by Irving Aaronson.

CalArts film 2025 by Zechen Wang