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Browse 323 movies from CalArts
A man reacts with violence when a pair of eyes spy on him from inside a cardboard box.
Nov 2002
Beckett cycles through a limited number of drawings, but adds new information to each drawing every time we see it, giving the sense of a world that is infinitely rich and also obviously contained tightly within the edges of the paper. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation in 2007.
Sep 1972
Bloom Country adaptation
Jan 1984
When a girl at a party confronts a guy about his social anxiety, he starts to float in the air.
May 2013
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.
Jun 1986
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.
Dec 1989
A sickly elephant father struggles to open a jar of aspirin.
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?
Jun 2018
A lamp causes a ruckus in the shop while the shopkeeper is away.
Jun 1979
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 Great Father" as he whittles the world into existence. Each of his wood shavings became fish, trees, birds,... even the sun and moon.
May 1999
A polar bear is hunted by Eskimos. But suddenly the hunt gets interrupted. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Sam is a vagabond who wanders through the city; trapped by a strong sense of inadequacy, he will meet various characters in a semi-surreal journey. Inspired by "Notes from the Underground" written by Fedor Dostoevskij.
Sep 2020
The story of a starving third-world infant, set to a song by Harry Chapin. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.
Jan 1987
This obscure forefather cartoon short to the popular "Powerpuff Girls" TV series has the then-named Whoopass Girls fighting the vile Gangreen Gang.
Sep 1992
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.
After school, children should go home. However, sometimes new meetings and unexpected friendships change all plans.
May 2019
The proprietress of a burger joint is retiring and her children must compete to see who is worthy of taking her place.
Apr 2018
Intermittent Delight juxtaposes close-ups of batik textiles, fashion and design from the 1950s and 1960s, images of men weaving and women sewing in Ghana, and fragments of a Westinghouse 1960s commercial- aimed to instruct women on the how-to of refrigerator decoration.
Sep 2007
An experimental film portraying different skies in very long takes.
Nov 2004
An animated documentary film
Sep 2001