Disney • Pixar Introducing Pixar SparkShorts Trailer, cast and more

VIDEO Disney•Pixar Introducing Pixar SparkShorts TV commercial 2019 • Introducing Pixar SparkShorts, an experimental storytelling initiative that welcomes new creative voices at Pixar Animation Studios to share their stories. “Purl” hits the YouTube channel on Feb. 4, followed by the YouTube and YouTube Kids debuts of “Smash and Grab” on Feb. 11, and “Kitbull” on Feb. 18. 00:00 spark shorts is indie filmmaking inside 00:04 of Pixar we're giving filmmakers a 00:06 little bit of time and just a little bit 00:08 of money and they can make whatever kind 00:10 of film they want we have six months to 00:12 make this and you were to try to make 00:14 something that comes from you these are 00:16 really personal stories we created an 00:19 opportunity for artists to show us some 00:21 new ideas by doing a low-budget project 00:24 of their own we're actually looking for 00:26 directors from all over the studio it 00:28 doesn't matter if you know you're in the 00:30 story department or an animator or a 00:31 technical person people very different 00:33 backgrounds both culturally ethnically 00:35 and also just career-wise I see it as a 00:38 wonderful opportunity to tell my story 00:40 there are different films from the kinds 00:42 of films we typically make it Pixar so 00:44 that's why we call them spark shorts and 00:46 not just Pixar we want to discover that 00:48 new creative spark and it allows us to 00:50 start thinking about the future 00:52 storytellers the future directors the 00:54 future producers who are they and how do 00:56 we get a sense of who they are right now 00:59 [Music] - advertisement spot 2019