Calarts Movies

A precious diamond is stolen and a chase ensues, but the thief's motivations are not so clear-cut.

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

Two men look at a woman. One wants her, the other one gets her.

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

A penguin and a gorilla team up to lead the other animals in revolt against a zookeeper who just won't leave them alone in American director Nicole...

In this hand-drawn animated farce, a young woman wakes in a frat house to discover a horrifying mistake she must conceal before her situationship...

Once born from the same matter, two forms slowly grow into vastly different beings, suspended between attraction and resistance. As they merge and...

After the lead of the school musical is rendered suddenly indisposed, her understudy has a few moments before she has to step up and fill her shoes.

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...

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

Matt, a lonely mid 20's man, goes out to his balcony and has a brief connection with someone across the way.

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

Caleb is trapped in a video game!! Can Frankie get him out?

Two sisters fight a giant fish beast for a sweet cash reward!

An Animated short film by Jim Reardon

a group of friends attend an art gallery show at the recently finished Tower of Babel.

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,...

A man pushes himself into tighter and tighter spaces as he attempts to escape his submarine.

CalArts film 2025 by Zechen Wang

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