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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

An animated documentary featuring crayon hand-drawn birds and real-life biologists working to protect a snowy plover nesting site in Mexico.

When a girl at a party confronts a guy about his social anxiety, he starts to float in the air.

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.

Ten shots of skies.

Black giants break classical architecture and rebuild them into Brutalistic structure.

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

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.

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.

A father and son cross a world of imagination in order to return a forgotten lunch. Written by and dedicated to the late Marvin "Stro" Bynoe.