SHORT FILMS
First Look: Pixar's New Animated Short - Enrico Casarosa's 'La Luna'
by Alex Billington
June 7, 2011
Over the weekend, the first still popped up for a new Pixar short film titled La Luna. We didn't pick it up then, but Disney has officially sent out a high res copy of the image along with a new teaser "poster" for the short as well. Below you'll see the two first looks from La Luna, directed by Pixar's Head of Story Enrico Casarosa, an Italian artist who started work as a storyboard artist at Blue Sky, before going on to work on Cars and Ratatouille at Pixar, working his way up to now directing his own short. La Luna is the timeless fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. See the first images below!
Click on the photo directly below this to download the full high res version. Story info beneath both of these.
Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait. A big surprise awaits the little boy as he discovers his family's most unusual line of work. Should he follow the example of his Papa, or his Grandpa? Will he be able to find his own way in the midst of their conflicting opinions and timeworn traditions? The short runs roughly 7 minutes and was produced by Kevin Reher. As far as we know, this is not playing with Cars 2 this summer (Toy Story's Hawaiian Vacation is instead) but this is playing at the Annecy International Animation Festival this week. But we'll let you know when we will be able to see this!
14 Comments
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My guess is that it will play with Brave next year.
Moon on Jun 7, 2011
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fantastic poster
rocKKicker on Jun 7, 2011
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Love the look... kinda like Hoodwinked and Cloudy with a chance of Meatball, but less cartoony than both. But who cares... its a Pixar animation. Everyones gona see it and love it lol...
Ricardo Marques on Jun 7, 2011
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please be better than "Up." It does look fantastic.
Xerxexx on Jun 7, 2011
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another human "experience" coming... in spite of all that technology and know-how, Pixar puts ALLWAYS the human experience FIRST ! GOOD for them... And for us...
Fernando Vasques on Jun 7, 2011
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I think you commenters are getting confused. Pixar always has a short movie before the feature. My guess is that this will show before Cars 2.
DesinaCoda on Jun 8, 2011
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No not confused...it does seem like it though...the shorts when compared to the full length films are usually forgotten about once the movie starts playing...but once you compare the short before "Up" to the film it doesn't hold a candle to the shot. I remember...remembering "Partly Cloudy" more than "Up" itself.
Xerxexx on Jun 8, 2011
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It looks darling.
Anonymous on Jun 8, 2011
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cool
A5J4DX on Nov 13, 2018
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cool
A5J4DX on Nov 13, 2018
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His eyes are moons
Theoct8pus on Sep 6, 2011
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So it was nominated for an Academy Award... Yet isn't readily viewable?
Reagstersrox on Jan 24, 2012
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I saw this at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and it was brilliant!
vermonter on Jan 31, 2012
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