CalArts Popular Movie

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...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Bingyang Liu

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Wyatt Griswold

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...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Etienne Badillo

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

Genre: Animation

Cast: Michael Ho

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

Genre: Animation

Cast: Rich Moore

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.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Pete Docter

In a war torn, industrialised, post apocalyptic city, a mysterious woman meets a young girl in an encounter that will change both thier lives forever.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Jasmine Jia

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

Genre: Animation

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Set in an abstraction of 1970s London, Amaranthine tells a tale of punks, betrayal and revenge.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Annie Laurie Daniel

Tim Burton’s early animation of an octopus and a king.

Genre: Animation

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An overworked pianist fights to stay awake and celebrate the new year with his boyfriend.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Hao Feng

Ten shots of skies.

Genre: Documentary

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

Genre: Animation

Cast: Rebecca Chiara Marano

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

Genre: Animation

Cast: Constance Zimmer

"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...

Genre: Animation

Cast: David Bowie

A tour guide tries his best to stay on schedule.

Genre: Animation

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

Genre: Animation

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

Genre: Animation

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A walking figure emerges from a changing, circular cycle; his inner self emerges and precipitats a series of violent struggles with himself, adapting...

Genre: Animation

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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...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Pete Docter