Calarts Movies

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

A kid tries to pull off an epic heist, but things quickly spin out of control.

Giant robots, giant monsters, and an even giant(er) crush.

Calarts Short

The portrayal of the over masculine Minotaur and his transformation. A reimagination of Picasso’s 1937 print series, the Vollard Suite.

A young gay couple enjoy a simple date at the aquarium.

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...

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

"Fame" was used as the soundtrack of an animated music video of the same title, directed by Richard Jefferies and Mark Kirkland while students at...

A teenage girl has to come to terms with her father whose fear and helplessness manifest in a need for control under the guise of for-your-own-good...

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...

This animated short is a visual representation of Goethe's poem, The ErlKing that uses sand-on-glass animation set to the music of Franz Schubert....

Twins Lake and Lucas hate each others’ guts. One day after school, their sibling rivalry gets out of hand.

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...