Content from CalArts

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

This obscure forefather cartoon short to the popular "Powerpuff Girls" TV series has the then-named Whoopass Girls fighting the vile Gangreen Gang.

An experimental film portraying different skies in very long takes.

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 that he is unable to move! Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

A housecat attempts to eat what he doesn't suspect is a piranha.

At the end of the workday, the women of the city head to the bathhouse.

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 little boy had an Imaginary Friend was Richard Nixon.

Bob Scott cartoon

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 bird chases and teases a worm to Cole Porter's "Let's Misbehave" as sung by Irving Aaronson.

Short animation by Hanna Kim at Calarts

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

A mother wolf breaks into a hunter's den and takes back her cub, only to find it a motionless trophy. She sings a lullaby hoping that the cub would finally sleep. Little does she know that a young hunter stalks them back from the den.

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

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

Drawing Pictures of all sizes, shapes and black and white contort and reshape themselves to a cricket sounds.

After school, children should go home. However, sometimes new meetings and unexpected friendships change all plans.

Slik Willy combines abstract animation, sound and spoken narration to tell a narrative story. The film uses hand-drawn animation and textures from 35mm transparencies. Final compositing was done using an optical printer.

Two motorcycle-riding suitors square off in this hand-drawn retro tale of love and machismo. With its highly stylized characters and wonderful Looney Tunes sensibility, this piece presents a funny and jaundiced look at romance. Early student film by Disney veteran John Musker.