CalArts Popular Movie

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

genus: Animation

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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...

genus: Animation

cast: Pete Docter

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

genus: Animation

cast: Rich Moore

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

genus: Animation

cast: Jack Hannah

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...

genus: Comedy

cast: Haein Michelle Heo

Ten shots of skies.

genus: Documentary

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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.

genus: Animation

cast: Pete Docter

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...

genus: Animation

cast: Etienne Badillo

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

genus: Animation

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California Institute of the Arts student Madeline Sharafian created 'Omelette', an animated short film that centers on making food for someone you...

genus: Animation

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

genus: Drama

cast: Wyatt Griswold

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

genus: Animation

cast: Michael Ho

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...

genus: Animation

cast: Bingyang Liu

An animated documentary film

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cast: Rei Hance

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

genus: Animation

cast: Caleb Fietsam

Music: Carl Stone. Colored pen-and-ink drawings, like topological maps of biomorphic objects, grow and evolve from the red star. Once the master...

genus: Animation

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Video art by Vibeke Sorensen made at Calarts in 1989

genus: Animation

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A hapless customer purchases Whatever You Want Land, a place that can be anything he wants with the snap of a finger.

genus: Animation

cast: Eric Goldberg

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

genus: Animation

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A kitten helps his father defeat a pack of marshmallows.

genus: Animation

cast: John Santacrose