CalArts

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.

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

Sarah and her two cats go about their separate lives. The cats have strange dreams about their desires, and Sarah develops an unshakable paranoia that something is wrong with them. Sarah's paranoia bleeds into her social life, and her two cats have their dreams come true.

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

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.

Hopeless incel lesbian blog writer, Freya, educates her readers on how to find love in an ‘unbecoming’ age... whilst failing to find a love of her own.

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

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.

A persistent possum's efforts to steal an apple from a greedy orchard owner.

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

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 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 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?

The portrayal of the over masculine Minotaur and his transformation. A reimagination of Picasso’s 1937 print series, the Vollard Suite.

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

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