Purl (2019)

Directed by

Kristen Lester

Genre

comedy film, animated film, family film

Country

United States

Runtime

9 min

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 324 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A ball of yarn named Purl takes a job at a company where all the employees are men. She is ignored at first until she changes her appearance and behavior to fit in, but eventually finds a way to be herself.

lightheartedpoignantwhimsicalgentlethoughtfulhopefulwarm

What happens

Purl is a 2018 American animated short film directed and written by Kristen Lester with the story boarded by Michael Daley, Bradley Furnish, Lester, and James Robertson, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the first short released as part of Pixar's SparkShorts program and focuses on a ball of yarn named Purl, who gets employed in a male-dominant company, which causes her to be ignored by her fellow employees. The short was previewed at SIGGRAPH on August 14, 2018, premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on January 18, 2019, and released on YouTube on February 4, 2019, and on Disney+ on November 12, 2019, to acclaim from critics, particularly for its themes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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