CalArts

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

A bookish young woman may be under the influence of a siren's spell. Is this a source of terror, or of comfort?

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.

A free-falling take on expendable Ikea furniture, space consumption, and furniture names.

A persistent possum's efforts to steal an apple from a greedy orchard owner.

An overworked pianist fights to stay awake and celebrate the new year with his boyfriend.

A sickly elephant father struggles to open a jar of aspirin.

Video art by Vibeke Sorensen made at Calarts in 1989

An anxious young man struggles with whether or not to vandalize a rival school's mascot as part of a school prank.

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.

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

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.

Two best friends (a 19-year-old girl and a 20-year-old horse man creature) living in a post-apocalyptic desert world venture into the desert for snacks and drinks to bring to an eclipse party.

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

Not to be confused with the mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell. This year's theme was "baby."

When a headstrong prince sabotages an important royal ceremony, his father sends him out into the world to set it right.

A man enters an old public bathhouse and dream of his father while under the spell of the elevated temperatures.

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