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D82 wrote:By the way, I saw on the Pixar Post forum that a possible new Spark Short could be titled Twenty Something.

That short was classified on November 25, 2020. Another short called "Nona" was classified on December 09, 2020. These shorts could very well be from Disney's Short Circuits program. You really can't tell from the title nowadays.


Source: http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/mpaa_latest.htm

Sotiris wrote:These shorts could very well be from Disney's Short Circuits program. You really can't tell from the title nowadays.

Yeah, that's true. I think Twenty Something is probably from Pixar, though, because someone on the Pixar Post forum found out who the producer of the short is, and he works at Pixar. But Nona could be a Disney short.

Two more shorts that could be from either Disney or Pixar have been rated G: Far From The Tree and Us Again.

Interesting. It seems they want to do another batch of shorts instead of releasing them one-by-one.

Clip from Burrow and interview with the director. It looks really cute!

I was not expected to like this short this much! It might be my favourite of all the Pixar SparkShorts! (potentially beating "Out")
It is indeed cute Sotiris, and I loved the 2D animation style! There are some niiice variations here.

Out has won a GLAAD Media Award.

Special Recognition

After Forever (Amazon)
Deadline's New Hollywood Podcast (Penske Media)
Happiest Season Soundtrack (Facet/Warner Records)
Noah’s Arc: The ‘Rona Chronicles (Patrik Ian-Polk Entertainment)
Out (Disney+)
Razor Tongue (YouTube)
"The Son" Little America (Apple TV+)

Source: https://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/32/nominees


Loop has been nominated for a NAACP Image Award. Update: Canvas won in the category.

Outstanding Short Form (Animated)

Canvas (Netflix)
Cops and Robbers (Netflix)
Loop (Pixar)
The Power of Hope (The Power of Hope)
Windup (Unity Technologies)

Source: https://naacpimageawards.net/news/52nd- ... inees-are/

It must be the first nomination Disney has in that category. It's a good short and it was quite brave of Pixar to make it, so I'm glad it's getting some recognition.

Burrow has been nominated for Best Animated Short at the Oscars 2020.


Source: https://twitter.com/Pixar/status/1371437254166540292

Disney has uploaded the shorts Float, Wind, and Loop in their entirety on YouTube. It's probably for a limited time, so watch them while you can. They've also uploaded interviews with the directors.

• The Making of Float
• The Making of Wind
• Float and Loop Directors React to Pixar Fan Tweets

^Thanks for the heads-up! I watched the Spark Shorts on Disney+ some weeks ago. Float was one of my favorites. I think they really succeeded in conveying the message thanks to that metaphor. The one in Wind didn't work as well for me, but it's a nice short too.

This is the reason why Disney has made these two shorts available for everyone on Youtube:

“Pixar Animation Studios and the SparkShorts filmmakers of FLOAT/WIND are in solidarity with the Asian and Asian American communities against Anti-Asian hate in all its forms. We are proud of the onscreen representation in this short and have decided to make it widely available, in celebration of what stories that feature Asian characters can do to promote inclusion everywhere.”

Source: https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/20 ... -violence/

D82 wrote:Two more shorts that could be from either Disney or Pixar have been rated G: Far From The Tree and Us Again.

It turned out Us Again was a WDAS short. I wonder why the other shorts, Twenty Something, Nona, and Far from the Tree that were rated earlier than Us Again haven't been released yet. I hope they don't get stuck in distribution limbo like Songs to Sing in the Dark and A Kite's Tale.

Sotiris wrote:It turned out Us Again was a WDAS short.

It's true! Regarding the unreleased shorts, they're probably either Spark shorts or Short Circuit ones, so I think they're waiting to have a considerable number of each of them before adding them to Disney+ as season 2 of their respective series of shorts. Us Again, on the other hand, is a theatrical short, so maybe that's why it's treated differently.

By the way, your comment reminded me I didn't post the following tweet I found some days ago. Two more shorts from either Disney or Pixar have been rated:

Disney shorts AMERICAN EID rated G, LET’S BE TIGERS rated PG for some thematic material

Source: https://twitter.com/stitchkingdom/statu ... 0359228418

D82 wrote:By the way, your comment reminded me I didn't post the following tweet I found some days ago. Two more shorts from either Disney or Pixar have been rated:

Disney shorts AMERICAN EID rated G, LET’S BE TIGERS rated PG for some thematic material

Source: https://twitter.com/stitchkingdom/statu ... 0359228418

Those two are live-action shorts. You can tell because the ratings bulletin doesn't mention they are animated like they did with all the other ones. If you check previous listings, you'll see that when a feature or a short is animated, it's always indicated. Here it isn't. Both American Eid and Let's Be Tigers, as well as another short called Growing Fangs are part of the Launchpad Shorts program.


Source: https://screen-connections.com/2021/03/ ... 1-cruella/

^Oh, you're right! I didn't notice it didn't say "animated". Thanks for the info!

This casting call is probably for another Spark Short.


Source: https://twitter.com/transmarch/status/1 ... 3089840133

It's great that Pixar is starting to be more inclusive! If only through the Spark shorts, but it's a step, and more than what most studios are doing!!

blackcauldron85 wrote:It's great that Pixar is starting to be more inclusive! If only through the Spark shorts, but it's a step, and more than what most studios are doing!!

It could also be a character in the Pixar series Win or Lose.

Russia warns Disney against distributing film 'Out' featuring gay character
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russ ... r-n1268990

The short is on YouTube to celebrate Pride Month:

Celebrating Pride Month with Pixar’s Out | Disney+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIIZZ4AGCIM