Calarts Movies

The crew of the Starship Spacehustle BG76 led by their fearless Captain, Steven J. Fever, intently search for a way back to their former world of the 1970s and to boldly boogie where no one has boogied before.

A girl who keeps growing extra fingers lives as a recluse due to bullying. When she sees a possible solution to her condition, it takes her on a path to a much different outcome.

A young boy deals with the aftermath of his grandmother's burial.

A daughter washes her aging father's back, conflicted on whether to continue caring for him.

an old man was looking for gold on the beach.

The Little Poet sits in the museum sketching, imagining what it would be like to live in a painting as a little girl and a little boy explore the brushstroke worlds of Van Gogh, Monet, Miró, Seurat...

A physical space in a film is always frozen within a small fragment of time - a frame. The artist dynamically explores each space as the frames become combined, transformed, rearranged, and repeated.

A father and son cross a world of imagination in order to return a forgotten lunch. Written by and dedicated to the late Marvin "Stro" Bynoe.

BFA2 film about two friends going on an adventure!

Slik Willy combines abstract animation, sound and spoken narration to tell a narrative story. The film uses hand-drawn animation and textures from 35mm transparencies. Final compositing was done using an optical printer.

A grieving widow reflects on the last gift she received from her late husband.

California Institute of the Arts student Madeline Sharafian created 'Omelette', an animated short film that centers on making food for someone you love. The short features a little dog and an overworked owner who can barely cook himself an omelette.

A Birth of BrainFly is a surreal narrative dealing with the process of a person’s individuation in a mental scape. A journey through and into Self, the constructed labyrinths of Ego, and the creative transcendence of the mind's physical limitations. Birth of B...

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

A stressed kid learns how to deal with plants that sprout as a result of overthinking.

In a boarding school, Miao Miao experiences an unusual day.

A soldier is sent out on a quest to kill a siren, but everything changes in the meadow where the two meet.

A Butch Hartman Cartoon

A rather musical romp ending in friendship.

It's okay to feel lost.