Calarts Movies

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

Inspired by the Mongolian folksong, 'Nuunzaya'.

Bob Scott cartoon

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

Direct animation on 35mm.

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

A young artist and a child traverse the crystal rain apocalypse in search of… art supplies?

Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite as cookies! Each beat appears as its own cookie, with the notes arranged in a circle octave, and each instrument as a...

Shows a playful counterpoint of abstract full-color animated drawings interacting with black and white geometric shapes. Without narration

Jamie Maxfield's graduate thesis project in Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts. A Silver Medal winner at the Student Academy...

At the interstice between materiality and immateriality, Direct work on the filmstrip is digitally rendered, creating tension between surface and dept...

Based on late field biologist John Sincock's experiences in Kauai.

Experimental short film by Juris Poškus.

A lively roundelay of colourful food.

After years abroad, April returns to her hometown of Beijing and meets up with a childhood friend, Yuxin, who never left.

A young shark goes to a casino with his father, where he discovers a claw machine... and a dark truth.

Coming to terms with what hasn't worked and what will never work.

Visit He visits a city. The city already forgot him. The city is still sinking in his dream. The flicking segments of real life and illusion. Only the...

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

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 on...