Din CalArts Studios

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

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

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

During its nearly four-minutes' running time, Raccoon and the Light follows the curious critter playing with the flashlight as he explores a dark...

The proprietress of a burger joint is retiring and her children must compete to see who is worthy of taking her place.

An anxious young man struggles with whether or not to vandalize a rival school's mascot as part of a school prank.

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

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 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...

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

A polar bear is hunted by Eskimos. But suddenly the hunt gets interrupted. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

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...

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...

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...

When a girl at a party confronts a guy about his social anxiety, he starts to float in the air.

a Joe Ranft Cartoon

Direct animation on 35mm.

Emshwiller writes that the visually complex and densely textured Skin Matrix is a "video tapestry... a layering of different manifestations of...

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....

California Institute of the Arts student Madeline Sharafian created 'Omelette', an animated short film that centers on making food for someone you...