CalArts

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

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.

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

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 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 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.

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

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

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.

Ten shots of skies.

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

Tim Burton’s early animation of an octopus and a king.

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

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

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.

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

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