CalArts Movie Trailers

Most Popular CalArts Trailers

Total trailers found: 385

Boys Trailer (2016)

28 October 2016

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

A Birthday Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

Emma, a lonely old woman, reminisces of one of her childhood birthday parties.

Dear Janice Trailer (1972)

01 September 1972

Beckett cycles through a limited number of drawings, but adds new information to each drawing every time we see it, giving the sense of a world that is infinitely rich and also obviously contained tightly within the edges of the paper.

Paws Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

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

Lady and the Lamp Trailer (1979)

18 June 1979

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

The Box Man Trailer (2002)

13 November 2002

A man reacts with violence when a pair of eyes spy on him from inside a cardboard box.

The ErlKing Trailer (2003)

16 January 2003

This animated short is a visual representation of Goethe's poem, The ErlKing that uses sand-on-glass animation set to the music of Franz Schubert.

Child Proof Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

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

Palm Springs Trailer (1989)

31 December 1989

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.

Mr. Carefree Butterfly Trailer (2017)

15 May 2017

A carefree millennial Helps his friend to move into the suburbs.

Bottom Feeders Trailer (2014)

12 August 2014

Bottom Feeders offers a glimpse into an imagined ecosystem generated from stream of consciousness doodlings.

Al Tudi Tuhak Trailer (1999)

01 May 1999

The film, Al Tudi Tuhak, is a creation story inspired by the art and mythology of the Northwest coast people.

Wolfsong Trailer (2013)

01 May 2013

A mother wolf breaks into a hunter's den and takes back her cub, only to find it a motionless trophy.

Sister Trailer (2018)

15 June 2018

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 differently?

Will Trailer (2012)

01 May 2012

A story about a father and his daughter.

Mind Over Monster Trailer (2012)

16 May 2012

A flesh-rotting zombie leads a support group for down and out monsters. Made at CalArts 2010.

Play With Me Trailer (2024)

23 April 2024

A cat, a human, and three stuffed animals.

Somewhere in the Arctic... Trailer (1986)

25 June 1986

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

For Sale Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

A hapless customer purchases Whatever You Want Land, a place that can be anything he wants with the snap of a finger.

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow Trailer (2018)

30 July 2018

2018 short film

The Sugar Bugs Trailer (2013)

28 April 2013

The captain of sugar bugs does whatever he can to save his family and his kingdom from the merciless storm.

VINTERFINT Trailer (2024)

01 May 2024

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

Ten Skies Trailer (2004)

21 November 2004

An experimental film portraying different skies in very long takes.

Animation Diary Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

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

My White Baby Trailer (2009)

19 February 2009

Me Broni Ba is a lyrical portrait of hair salons in Kumasi, Ghana. The tangled legacy of European colonialism in Africa is evoked through images of women practicing hair braiding on discarded white baby dolls from the West.

Winter Trailer (1988)

19 June 1988

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.

Black Sheep Boy Trailer (2020)

21 February 2020

In a world which resembles a computer game from bygone times, an unloved boy embarks upon a search for answers to the essential questions: How does one become happy in life?

Burger Boss Trailer (2018)

26 April 2018

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

No Neck Joe Trailer (1991)

10 March 1991

No Neck Joe is a kid whose torso and head are one piece. Five vignettes document the travails and triumphs of having no neck.

888 Tours Trailer (2019)

28 April 2019

A tour guide tries his best to stay on schedule.

At the Zoo Trailer (2019)

01 January 2019

The animals at the zoo are fed up with thier treatment and have dicided to take matters into thier own hands.

Skin Matrix Trailer (1984)

05 May 1984

Emshwiller writes that the visually complex and densely textured Skin Matrix is a "video tapestry... a layering of different manifestations of energy: electronic (light, video, computer), inorganic (dunes, rocks, mud), organic (wood, plants), human (skin, hair), individual (faces, eyes), imagination (sculpture, robot).

Little Darlin' Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

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.

This Actually Happens a Lot Trailer (2013)

09 May 2013

When a girl at a party confronts a guy about his social anxiety, he starts to float in the air.

Dinner Trailer (2021)

22 September 2021

What are one week films? They're an assignment we do our first week back at CalArts, designed to dust off cobwebs by throwing us straight into the deep end.

Cravings Trailer (2019)

28 April 2019

A woman struggles with an uncontrollable craving.

Beardiful Tone Trailer (2023)

16 March 2023

I created a film with my real beard and mustache. Feel the energy and harmony of my hair!!!

2 in the AM PM Trailer (2006)

26 April 2006

Two store clerks slacking off at work (at a gas station) on Halloween go on an acid trip.

Star-Crossed Trailer (2022)

29 April 2022

A lonely lighthouse keeper reunites with his lost star.

Zoologic Trailer (2007)

12 October 2007

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 Mitchell's comedic short film.

Memories of a Stranger Trailer (2020)

19 September 2020

Sam is a vagabond who wanders through the city; trapped by a strong sense of inadequacy, he will meet various characters in a semi-surreal journey.

Taku & Mama Trailer (2019)

10 May 2019

A story about a boy, born with a strange appearance, and his busy mother.

Everything Must Go Trailer (2022)

07 May 2022

People talk about yard sales, objects, and memories.

Intermittent Delight Trailer (2007)

19 September 2007

Intermittent Delight juxtaposes close-ups of batik textiles, fashion and design from the 1950s and 1960s, images of men weaving and women sewing in Ghana, and fragments of a Westinghouse 1960s commercial- aimed to instruct women on the how-to of refrigerator decoration.

Wing It Trailer (2016)

01 January 2016

Short animation by Hanna Kim at Calarts

Wolf and Cub Trailer (2021)

05 December 2021

A father and son cross a world of imagination in order to return a forgotten lunch. Written by and dedicated to the late Marvin "Stro" Bynoe.

Bowl, Garden, Theatre, Marble Game Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

An animated short consisting of 4 segments: bowl, garden, theatre, marble game. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Harvard Film Archive in 2015.

NLOOPS Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

Video art by Vibeke Sorensen made at Calarts in 1989

Kaleidoscoping Trailer (2019)

22 August 2019

Water as a cleansing, invigorating, distortional, and transitional space.

An Illusion Trailer (2019)

01 January 2019

An owl ponders loss and his place in the world.

Giraffe Soup Trailer (2016)

08 April 2016

A lively roundelay of colourful food.

Let's Misbehave Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

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

Hiếu Trailer (2019)

22 May 2019

A Vietnamese-American household receives a surprise visit from a long-lost patriarch after he fails at a get-rich-quick scheme.

Observational Hazard Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

Bill Kopp's Student Academy Award-winning animated short film from Calarts, 1984

Jumping Moments Trailer (2020)

15 June 2020

A physical space in a film is always frozen within a small fragment of time - a frame. The artist dynamically explores each space as the frames become combined, transformed, rearranged, and repeated.

Checkmate Trailer (2018)

21 April 2018

First year film at CalArts.

A Day in the Life Trailer (2019)

01 January 2019

A woman gets progressively stressed out from her daily routine.

Between the Lines Trailer (1999)

04 September 1999

Jamie Maxfield's graduate thesis project in Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts.

Night Waves Trailer (1977)

31 December 1977

Filmmaker Richard Baily was offered a position at Robert Abel & Associates based on his work in this award-winning early computer animation film, made while a student at CalArts.

Dodoba Trailer (2015)

04 May 2015

In the village of Dodoba, the frog Garo is murdered. A red toad, who is found next to the corpse, is responsible for the terrible crime.