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June 2022
'Birdsong' is an animated true story by Michelle Cheng A.K.A. Lemoncholy about an a bird that is the last of its kind.
May 2022
'The Twins' is an animated short by Michelle Tang about an out-of-control sibling rivalry.
May 2022
'Memento' is an animated short by Jethro Tai overcoming grief.
May 2022
'Blast Off' is an animated short by Kelly Wang about two space pilots in an epic battle with aliens.
May 2022
'After The Rain' is an animated short by Chelsea Li about ones changing home over the years.
May 2022
'Homebody' is an animated short by Sophia Du about someone who fears the large world
May 2022
'Elif: Chapter 1' is an animated short by Ladin Kazman about what home means.
April 2022
'Weird Looking Dogs' is an animated short by Young Kang about two adventurers and two weird lookin dogs.
April 2022
'I Found a Horse in the Woods' is a collaborative animated short ran by Ethan Becker and directed by Anya Butler. The work was done by a small team of artists
Jan 2022
'Seeing Eye to Eye' is a short animation about the feeling of eye contact with someone else.
May 2021
'Hopper's Day' is an animated short about a little bug who just wants a bit of water. It was shown at the CalArts 2021 Character Animation Producer Show.
May 2021
'The Ice Cream Men' is a fictional animated documentary about ice cream men who only show up at fires.
May 2021
'Scrounger' is a short animated film about a dog navigating memories in a post-apocalyptic world. It was shown at the CalArts 2021 Character Animation Producer Show.
April 2021
'Timonne' is an animated short about the life of a cat and its owner.
November 2020
'Sangsangba' is a short animated film about a girld realizing her feelings towards her childhood friend.
September 2020
'SOUP' is a promotional animated short for LEGO, by Anya Butler.
September 2020
'1AM Haircut' is a short animation about a girl cutting her hair in the early morning.
June 2020
'In the Deep' is an emotional animated short by Jingqi Zhang about a daughter and her aging father.
June 2020
'In the Deep' is an epic animated short about two pirates at sea and their experience with the undead.
June 2020
'A Steward's Tale' is a charming short animated film about a fox looking for ingredients while on an epic adventure.
September 2019
Made in 24 hours as part of the 24 hour film competition, Home Sweet Home is a simple story of a familyl coming together for a meal after a long day.
September 2019
Made in 24 hours as part of the 24 hour film competition, Family is a short animation in the style of a comical "70s family sitcom" opening.
September 2019
Clingy is an animated short by Jay Gabriel about a joyous piece of gum that unfortunately becomes abandoned.
September 2019
Aware is an animated short by Minha Song about the experience of anesthetic through the lens of a creature that does not understand what's happening.
September 2019
Chelsea Li's Fishing Minigame is a short animation in the style of a video game.
April—May 2019
Unreleased animated film by Vincent De La Torre.
April—May 2019
Teaser for Alex Vvedenskiy's animation. Shown exclusively at the CalArts 2019 Carter Animation Open Show.
April 2019
Trailer for Stephanie Snider's animation Luvsick. Shown exclusively at the CalArts 2019 Carter Animation Open Show.
April 2019
Teaser for Nahla Hambazaza's film Negative 1001 Knights. It was first shown at the CalArts 2019 Character Animation Open Show.
April 2019
The trailer for Baguette Productions USA's new film was shown exclusively at the CalArts 2019 Character Animation Open Show.
April 2019
Jay Lee's 1951 follows a story of children during the Korean War. The film premiered at the CalArts 2019 Character Animation Open Show.
March—April 2019
Matt Herring's Paper Trail is a mystery about missing newspapers and the kid who goes out to hunt them down. It was premiered at the CalArts 2019 Character Animation Open Show.
March—April 2019
Willow, by Noah Dean, is a wild journey that can't quite be summarized in a description like this. It was premiered at the alArts 2019 Character Animation Open Show.
February—April 2019
Vivian Le's Tutkey and mouse is a Christmas tale about a hungry mouse trying to get some food from a greedy turkey. It was shown at the CalArts 2019 Character Animation Open Show.
February—April 2019
Curie Lu's Spring Herald takes viewers on a journey of the coming of springtime through a girl riding a dragon on a fantastic fantasy environment. It was shown at the CalArts 2019 Character Animation Open Show and at the CalArts 2019 Producer's show as part of the producer's show selection.
February—April 2019
Vincent Chansard's Pour La France is an animated short that takes place in France during 1871. It is about the provisionary French Government's assault to take back Paris.
January—April 2019
En Nelson-Correia's short is about accepting yourself for who you are through a vampire introducing herself to her new roomate. It premiered at the CalArts 2019 Character Animation Open Show.
January—April 2019
Kim McMahon's cravings is a horror short about a girl who sees herself going through a terrifying transformation. It premiered at the CalArts 2019 Character Animation Open Show.
April 2018
Brain is a 30 second animation by Nahla Hambazaza about the infective nature of bullying on schoolchildren. It was created for the United Nations #HeForShe movement.
March—April 2018
Nahla Hambazaza's animation Brain is about self-realization and impressions told through a surrealistic nature. It was created as a yearly film for CalArts character animation program and was premiered in the CalArts 2018 Character Animation Open Show.
February—April 2018
Abu is a two-and-a-half minute animation by Brenda Kleinman. It is about a young girl who is trying to save her grandfather from death but finds herself in a fantasty world while doing so. It was created as a yearly film for CalArts and shown in the CalArts 2018 Character Animation Open Show.
February—April 2018
Claire Carter's The Little King is a two-and-a-half minute animation about a young boy who became a king at too early of an age. It was created as a yearly film for CalArts and shown in the CalArts 2018 Character Animation Open Show.
January—April 2018
In The Woords is a one-and-a-half minute animation by Matthew Herring about an explorer destroying nature through his greed. It was created as a yearly film for CalArts and shown in the CalArts 2018 Character Animation Open Show.
September 2017
I Got Arrested In South Korea? is a one-minute animation by Brenda Kleinman that tells a partially-true story about sunbathing in South Korea.
September 2017
Cotton Eye Joe Anime Opening is a one-minute 30 second animation by Nahla Hambazaza that mimics the style of an anime opening to tell the story of Cotton Eye Joe with some twists.
January—April 2017
Minha Song's animation Very Mary Christmas! is a one-and-a-half minute animation about a man who makes a wish and finds himself tumbling through a wild series of events. It was created as a yearly film for CalArts and shown in the CalArts 2017 Character Animation Open Show.
January—April 2017
Brenda Klienman's animation Bedhead is a one-and-a-half minute animation about a girl being attacked by her own hair late one night. It was created as a yearly film for CalArts and shown in the CalArts 2017 Character Animation Open Show.
April—May 2021
Cybernaut 2: PVP is an online game show by Vincent De La Torre hosted on the popular streaming platform Twitch. The show starts with 24 contestants, but ends with one winner.
July 2018—Present
Desolation is a Portal 2 mod being developed by Emberspark Games. The story focuses on a cybernetically enhanced Test Subject navigating the environment far in the future.
July 2017—Present
Abyss is a Portal 2 mod being developed by Team Abyss. Abyss is set in a parallel version of Portal 2's world.
August 2019
Inflexoin follows the story of a robot taking a robot factory hostage in a dyatopian near-future. It was created as an entry in the 2019 GMTK game jam, where individuals and teams had 48 hours to make a video game from scratch all the way to publication.
March—May 2019
Directed by Anna Grossman, Artificial Inheretance is a virtual reality experience that transports players into a digital world where they can steal peoples' identities through voice.
January—May 2019
Mash is a fun live mashup music making game where two players work together to merge popular songs, creating new creations. Berardo wrote additional music to play under the known tracks to keep them flowing together. The game was made in the CalArts Game Makers Club Admin Team.
January—May 2019
Witch's Daughter was created by a team of students in the CalArts Game Makers Club 2019 Spring Semester. The player explores a procedurally-generated world filled with monsters and mystery.
January—May 2019
This game was created by a team of students in the CalArts Game Makers Club 2019 Spring Semester. It is a puzzle game about a cowboy who is stuck in quicksand and must lasso to his boot.
January—May 2019
Iris was created by a team of students in the CalArts Game Makers Club 2019 Spring Semester. It is a platformer that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world.
January—May 2019
Georgia was created by a team of students in the CalArts Game Makers Club 2019 Spring Semester. It is a narrative game following a truck driver's 5-day delivery.
September—December 2018
I Am Not Here is an upcoming 3D Side-Scrolling game about a ghost trying to find its way back to its grave late one night. The ghost must use its poltergeist powers to navigate the terrain and avoid evil librarians on their nightly watch. The music, which was implemented through Wwise, is fully dynamic and highly responsive to the player’s actions. In Addition to music, Berardo also was the game's lead peogrammer. The game was made in the CalArts Game Makers Club Admin Team.
September—December 2018
Starlight was created by a team of students in the CalArts Game Makers Club 2018 Fall Semester. It is a narrative game that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where you meet its former inhabitants.
September—December 2018
Story of the Lightning Bugs was created by a team of students in the CalArts Game Makers Club 2018 Fall Semester. It is a narrative game where the player meets people possesed by "lightning bugs".
September—December 2018
Dungeons and Dating was created by a team of students in the CalArts Game Makers Club 2018 Fall Semester. It is a dating sim where, when the dates go wrong, the party has to fight monsters.
September—December 2018
Cloud City was created by a team of students in the CalArts Game Makers Club 2018 Fall Semester. It is a dating sim where the main character comes across a city in the clouds filled with unique characters.
July—September 2018
KnightOut is a medival-themed game where players build forts and castles with defences in an attempt to fend off other players. The music was implemented with Wwise to support an exciting and dynamic soundtrack that keeps up to the wild gameplay. The game will be available on both the Nintendo Switch and on PC.
August 2018
You Wanna Pizza Me? is a game that was made in 72 hours for the Ludum Dare 42 game jam entry. The player plays as a pizza delivery person and has to beat up other pizza delivery people to steal their pizzas and deliver the pizzas to houses.
October—December 2018
Art Theif is a point-and-click adventure video game made by a ten person team under the CalArts Game Makers Club. It follows the story of a young new security guard, Olive, who has to explore a magical museum to find a thief who stole many of the museum's paintings. The game was featured on the front page of itch.io for a couple weeks shortly after its release.
June 2019
Two victorian ladies face it off in Waherhouse 9's film "WAITING FOR LEGROS 2: THE EYE OF THE TIGER". Berardo wrote upbeat rock music to be played at the end of the film.
Febuary 2018
Our Mother's Wake is a short film directed by Marley Townsend about two siblings coping with their mother’s death by arguing over a fishbowl. The film was shown at CalArts Bijou Fest 2018.
January 2017
4th Period is a short film directed and filmed Lilia Pretto about anxiety and conformity in modern school systems. The film was shown at CalArts Bijou Fest 2017.
January 2017
Daddy's Doll is a short film directed and filmed Lilia Pretto about loss of innocence through abuse. The film was shown at CalArts Bijou Fest 2017.
October 2016
The Child's Game is a short film directed and filmed Lilia Pretto that tells the story of someone’s encounter with the “black-eyed children”. The film was shown at CalArts Bijou Fest 2017.