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...

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

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

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

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

When a headstrong prince sabotages an important royal ceremony, his father sends him out into the world to set it right.

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

A free-falling take on expendable Ikea furniture, space consumption, and furniture names.

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

A persistent possum's efforts to steal an apple from a greedy orchard owner.

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

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

Video art by Vibeke Sorensen made at Calarts in 1989

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...

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...

Two best friends (a 19-year-old girl and a 20-year-old horse man creature) living in a post-apocalyptic desert world venture into the desert for...

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

A child terminally becomes bad animation and is sent to an asylum of abandoned and lost cartoon characters.

Not to be confused with the mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell. This year's theme was "baby."