Calarts Movies

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

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...

a short film

A man deals with his looming madness.

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...

A toad bikes back home in order to water his plants.

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...

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....

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...

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.

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

Music: Carl Stone. Colored pen-and-ink drawings, like topological maps of biomorphic objects, grow and evolve from the red star. Once the master...

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

A lonely flower opens its thoughts and feelings to a new friend.

A man enters an old public bathhouse and dream of his father while under the spell of the elevated temperatures.

Claire Voyant is tired of working.

A horror musical about figuring yourself out.

Mina lives alone in her apartment accompanied by three little house spirits, the Kitchlets, who feed off her positive emotions and take care of her...

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

Two kids are framed for stealing the Mona Lisa.