Calarts Movies

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

What are one week films? They're an assignment we do our first week back at CalArts, designed to dust off cobwebs by throwing us straight into the...

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

Me Broni Ba is a lyrical portrait of hair salons in Kumasi, Ghana. The tangled legacy of European colonialism in Africa is evoked through images of...

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

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

Abstract light film

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 Cal Arts stop motion short in praise of good oral hygiene.

The film, Al Tudi Tuhak, is a creation story inspired by the art and mythology of the Northwest coast people. The story involves the creator, or "The...

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

Sara is getting ready to go on a date with her new boyfriend, but Jessica, Sara's pet goldfish, notices something not quite right about him.

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

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

“Phototaxis” draws parallels between Mothman, a prophetic and demonized creature in West Virginia lore, and Narcotics Anonymous, the main...

A snow monkey tries to enjoy a bath.

Black giants break classical architecture and rebuild them into Brutalistic structure.

Sarah and her two cats go about their separate lives. The cats have strange dreams about their desires, and Sarah develops an unshakable paranoia...

Little dude gets shredded.

A woman gets progressively stressed out from her daily routine.