CalArts

A mother wolf breaks into a hunter's den and takes back her cub, only to find it a motionless trophy. She sings a lullaby hoping that the cub would finally sleep. Little does she know that a young hunter stalks them back from the den.

An experimental film portraying different skies in very long takes.

a little boy had an Imaginary Friend was Richard Nixon.

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

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

Two store clerks slacking off at work (at a gas station) on Halloween go on an acid trip.

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

After the lead of the school musical is rendered suddenly indisposed, her understudy has a few moments before she has to step up and fill her shoes.

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

a Joe Ranft Cartoon

a Geefwee Boedoe Cartoon made at CalArts

A kitten helps his father defeat a pack of marshmallows.

A penguin and a gorilla team up to lead the other animals in revolt against a zookeeper who just won't leave them alone in American director Nicole Mitchell's comedic short film.

A child terminally becomes bad animation and is sent to an asylum of abandoned and lost cartoon characters.

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

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

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.

At the end of the workday, the women of the city head to the bathhouse.

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