CalArts Movie Trailers

Buzz Box Trailer (1985)

01 November 1985

Experimental animated short about television five days a week.

Orbit Trailer (2024)

05 April 2024

A romance between theme park co-workers whose mutual crushes put them in a constant push and pull of emotions.

Sal Vijua Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

Animated film about the history of Venezuela

Cold Soda Trailer (2024)

27 April 2024

Your dog is always thinking about you and wants to get you a cold soda.

You look scary Trailer (2016)

16 April 2016

A crocodile fears the procedure to remove his tooth but the dentist is just as afraid of the crocodile’s mouth.

Braided Trailer (2023)

16 September 2023

Mom always braided my hair so tautly that it carved a distinct path atop my head. But one day, she cut off my braids.

One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six Trailer (2025)

07 May 2025

In a boarding school, Miao Miao experiences an unusual day.

The Best Toy Trailer (2014)

02 July 2014

A thing he made about being a creative surrounded by other awesome creatives.

The Life and Death of Claire Voyant Trailer (2023)

13 April 2023

Claire Voyant is tired of working.

I NEED MOVIEMAKING SOFTWARE Trailer (2025)

14 May 2025

Blisstopher gets some... illicit help on his journey to acquire software to make the movies of his dreams.

Digitopia Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

Surreal animation representing society's various rituals and practices.

Paws and Tail Trailer (2025)

30 April 2025

A spider lady takes her pug child for a walk.

Old Man Simon Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

A crotchety old man unexpectedly finds friendship, he meets dog, loses dog, and finds dog. All done n

Olive Coffee Trailer (2024)

25 April 2024

The story unfolds through a day in the life of an elderly person venturing outside, set 50 years in the future, shaped by the advent of new biotechnologies.

The Velvet Tigress Trailer (2001)

02 September 2001

An animated documentary film

The Spanish step Trailer (2023)

17 July 2023

A dance to the god of wine.

after you Trailer (2023)

18 May 2023

Chris Zhang's 2023 Calarts film.

Stones Trailer (2025)

28 April 2025

Losing someone is such a one and only pain, and yet is it one of the most universal. A life is so vast and yet so small, and there is comfort in that realisation.

S.O.S. Trailer (2024)

05 June 2024

Two lonely strangers form connection across time and space when their TV signals mysteriously align.

How To Find Love in an Unbecoming Age Trailer (2024)

01 June 2024

Hopeless incel lesbian blog writer, Freya, educates her readers on how to find love in an ‘unbecoming’ age.

C R O S S I N G Trailer (2022)

03 May 2022

A Hmong man dives into the tallgrass to hide from armed soldiers. The subtlest movement can give away his location.

Why Are You Like This? Trailer (2025)

26 June 2025

In this animated musical, the main character spends another one of her sleepless nights, contemplating what's been causing her life go off track-- or rather, WHO.

Automaton Song Trailer (2024)

23 April 2024

Third year film for CalArts.

The Bowl Trailer (2023)

27 April 2023

An elderly woman drowns in her memories.

91 Times Smash Trailer (2025)

14 May 2025

A grieving mother sets out to break free from the grip of haunting trauma. A meditation on memory, love, resilience, and the echoes that trauma leaves behind.

Together Apart Trailer (2025)

01 May 2025

A little bear with separated parents gets a writing assignment on “Mum & Dad & I”.

Three of Cups Trailer (2025)

28 April 2025

3 vampires go on a hunt to recover their cups from a museum, but first must evade an overzealous security guard.

Through the Window Trailer (2022)

15 May 2022

Through the Window is about a girl who has trouble sleeping and she picks the moon out of the sky. This turns out to affect the tides.

The Vending Machine Trailer (2022)

11 May 2022

A person fights a vending machine in hope for a bag of gummy worms.

Nueva Vida Trailer (2017)

18 October 2017

The story of a traveler in Mexico.

Garage Band Basics Trailer (2023)

27 April 2023

A band of friends try to jam out their song in the garage, hijinks ensue before they can do so.

Ardida is an experimental animation that combines 2D, 3D and rotoscopy from a satiric lens to critique neocolonialism, gender violence and the extractivist structure within capitalism from an antiracist perspective.

Contrapunctus Trailer (1987)

20 April 1987

Shows a playful counterpoint of abstract full-color animated drawings interacting with black and white geometric shapes.

Erlkönig Trailer (2024)

30 April 2024

It's loosely inspired by Goethe's poem and tells the story of a rider in the night that takes desperate measures to evade his pursuer.

Essence of Yourself Trailer (2025)

25 April 2025

In a moment of turmoil, stress, and overwhelmment, Celly, the brain cell, escapes her body seeking excitement in the outside world, unaware that her body is in grave danger, if she doesn't take a break.

Mayhem Trailer (2024)

11 May 2024

A soldier is sent out on a quest to kill a siren, but everything changes in the meadow where the two meet.

Mr Bumbu and the Eclipse Trailer (2024)

22 April 2024

Mr Bumbu has a strange visitor during the solar eclipse.

The Kitchlets Trailer (2020)

02 May 2020

Mina lives alone in her apartment accompanied by three little house spirits, the Kitchlets, who feed off her positive emotions and take care of her negative ones.