Calarts Movies

A Butch Hartman Cartoon

A Peking Opera troupe performs at North America for the first time. Xutian, Maomao, and Chengyuan have different feelings about their upcoming perform...

On their first day of eighth grade (middle school),Sam, Lexi, and Jane come up with a plan to get the most coveted table in the school cafeteria. The...

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

A kid and his little traveling show roll into a small train town in 1895 California, only to find it may be harder to earn a penny than originally tho...

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 diff...

Three 10-year-olds discuss medieval torture methods.

An exploration of shame and queer identity as it relates to technology and pornography

Chroma Force is the teen superhero team in the city! Nothing can stop them, right?

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

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 to...

A student is taught about the Nautilus and the Golden Rule.

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

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

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

A young artist and a child traverse the crystal rain apocalypse in search of… art supplies?

Four feathered childhood friends bond over their shared obsession with dinosaurs. One day, the pressures of growing up threaten to tear them apart.

A girl who’s tired of life finds refuge and passion within the gaming world. However, her will to fight only extends to her VR boxing matches, rather...

A homeless guy's endless question with Neverland knocks on the door to Journey. Peter, a lost man in his faith after his mother's death, is held by Go...

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