CalArts

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

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

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

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

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

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

A flesh-rotting zombie leads a support group for down and out monsters. Made at CalArts 2010.

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.

This animated short is a visual representation of Goethe's poem, The ErlKing that uses sand-on-glass animation set to the music of Franz Schubert. The moving images, resembling woodcuts, capture the haunting, nightmarish quality of the tale of the ErlKing who steals and kills a little boy.

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.

Sam is a vagabond who wanders through the city; trapped by a strong sense of inadequacy, he will meet various characters in a semi-surreal journey. Inspired by "Notes from the Underground" written by Fedor Dostoevskij.

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

A man reacts with violence when a pair of eyes spy on him from inside a cardboard box.

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 finally sleep. Little does she know that a young hunter stalks them back from the den.

This is a story, of a child named Blue. Her twin was Yellow. Together, they were two.