For the Birds (2000)

Directed by

Ralph Eggleston

Genre

comedy film, family film

Country

United States

Runtime

3 min

Rated

G

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 1,313 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of small birds sitting on a wire mock a larger bird with messy feathers who tries to join them. Their teasing leads to a comical and unexpected result.

whimsicalplayfullightheartedcomedicbriefbouncyfluffy

What happens

For the Birds is a 2000 American animated short film produced by Pixar and written and directed by Ralph Eggleston. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2001. It debuted on June 5, 2000, at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France, and was shown alongside the theatrical release of the 2001 Disney/Pixar feature film Monsters, Inc. It is also available on home video versions of the film. In 2012, the short was re-rendered into 3D, and it was theatrically re-released alongside the 3D re-release of Monsters, Inc. The short was also released in 3D on the 3D Blu-ray of Monsters, Inc., on February 19, 2013. The short was paired in theaters in front of Luca on March 22, 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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