Pixar Animation Studios brings ‘Elemental’ to Cannes Film Festival
Pete Docter, Pixar’s chief creative officer, said this year’s return to Cannes is particularly special for the studio.
Hyderabad: Pixar’s 27th animated feature is set to premiere at Cannes Film Festival’s closing night on May 27, prior to its theatrical release on June 16. The movie will be shown out of competition as the closing film of the 76th edition of the festival, marking the fourth selection for the renowned studio at the event, joining the prior favourites ‘Up’, ‘Inside Out’ and ‘Soul’.
Pete Docter, Pixar’s chief creative officer, said this year’s return to Cannes is particularly special for the studio. “As we all emerge from our pandemic cocoons and come together in story rooms, animation dailies and impromptu brainstorming sessions, it’s a joy and honor to have Pixar back on La Croisette,” said Docter. “Directed by the extraordinary storyteller Peter Sohn, ‘Elemental’ is so funny, full of heart and, frankly, stunning to see. It was created for audiences to experience on the big screen and I love that it’ll make its World Premiere at Cannes,” he added.
Docter, Sohn and producer Denise Ream will join members of the film’s voice cast at the event. Cannes has hosted the international competition since 1946. “For many years, the Cannes Film Festival has welcomed animated films from around the world,” said Thierry Frémaux, general delegate, Cannes Film Festival.
“Pixar Animation Studios, with ‘Up’ — directed by Pete Docter — made Cannes history by opening the 62nd edition of the Festival in 2009. It was a wonderful event! This is another great opportunity to present the amazing ‘Elemental’ on the closing of this 76th Cannes Film Festival and to think about our lives in such a powerful way,” Frémaux added.
Disney and Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted, and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. ‘Elemental’ opens with Pixar’s all-new short, ‘Carl’s Date’.
Disney India releases ‘Elemental’ in English and Hindi, only in theatres on June 16.
