CalArts

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

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 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.

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

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.

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

"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 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.

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.

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

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

A kid tries to pull off an epic heist, but things quickly spin out of control.

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

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

In a war torn, industrialised, post apocalyptic city, a mysterious woman meets a young girl in an encounter that will change both thier lives forever.

During its nearly four-minutes' running time, Raccoon and the Light follows the curious critter playing with the flashlight as he explores a dark forest.

The story of a starving third-world infant, set to a song by Harry Chapin. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.