CalArts

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

A kitten helps his father defeat a pack of marshmallows.

Ten shots of skies.

"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.

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

The animals at the zoo are fed up with thier treatment and have dicided to take matters into thier own hands.

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.

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

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

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