{"id":49959,"date":"2019-11-08T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T04:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=49959"},"modified":"2019-11-08T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T08:03:10","slug":"pixar-features-first-filipino-characters-in-short-animated-film-float","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2019\/11\/08\/pixar-features-first-filipino-characters-in-short-animated-film-float\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar Features First Filipino Characters in Short Animated Film Float"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Many Filipino animators have been recognized for their contribution to Disney and Pixar movies, including\u00a0Monsters University, Big Hero 6, Wreck-It-Ralph, The Incredibles, and Tangled. It&#8217;s high time that Filipinos get media representation, and Pixar has done just that with a short film titled <strong>Float<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49971\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/Float-Poster-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/Float-Poster-1.jpg 534w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/Float-Poster-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Written and directed by <strong>Bobby Rubio<\/strong>, Float follows the story of a father who discovers that his son is quite different from the other kids in a very unique way. Hence, the father\u2014fearing judgment\u2014keeps the child out of sight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">However, this was not meant to last as his son&#8217;s ability becomes public. Now the father must make a decision to either run and hide or accept his son for all that he is.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pixar SparkShorts \u2013 Official Trailer | Disney+ | Start Streaming Nov. 12\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JG7Xgy1akzI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Float is a part of the\u00a0<strong>SparkShorts program<\/strong>, an initiative by Pixar that is designed to explore and experiment with production techniques.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s OFFICIAL! I can finally tell you I&#39;m the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Writer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Writer<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Director?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Director<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pixar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pixar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SparkShort?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SparkShort<\/a> &quot;Float&quot;!<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m so proud to be a part of this program and to be among these very talented people! And I have to give a shout-out to my wonderful and talented crew, Team Float! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/08Q9FRVgRS\">https:\/\/t.co\/08Q9FRVgRS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bobby Alcid Rubio (@Bobby_Rubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bobby_Rubio\/status\/1083413238748868613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Rubio first announced his involvement with SparkShorts\u00a0on January 2019\u2014the same month when he confirmed that the film features Filipino characters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Additionally, Rubio\u00a0proudly announced that Float features Pixar&#8217;s first CGI Filipino characters or <em>Pixnoys<\/em>, as he described in his tweet. He stressed the significance of the film and how\u00a0fulfilling it is to have the Filipino culture represented in the media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">YES <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rachjuramirez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rachjuramirez<\/a> those are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Filipino?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Filipino<\/a> lead characters in my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pixar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pixar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SparkShort?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SparkShort<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pixar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Pixar<\/a>\u2019s first all <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CGI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CGI<\/a> Filipino characters! So technically, the first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pixnoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pixnoys<\/a>! I am proud to tell our stories. I know what it means to see our culture represented on screen! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RepresentationMatters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RepresentationMatters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xh3UKfKmRt\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xh3UKfKmRt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bobby Alcid Rubio (@Bobby_Rubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bobby_Rubio\/status\/1084581102675607552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The film will be made available for streaming on <strong>November 12, 2019<\/strong>,\u00a0which is also the USA launch of <strong>Disney+<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Disney+<\/strong> is Disney&#8217;s own online entertainment hub that features Disney Classics, as well as other series and movie titles. The application will be available for mobile devices, consoles, streaming media players, and smart TVs.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisneyPlus\/photos\/a.1862681273834240\/1862681203834247\/?type=3&#038;theater<\/p>\n<p>As of writing, there is no specific date when Disney+ will be launched in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pixar.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bobby_Rubio\" target=\"_blank\">Bobby Rubio&#8217;s Official Twitter<br \/>\n<\/a>Images grabbed from Disney+&#8217;s official Facebook page.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written and directed by Bobby Rubio, Pixar&#8217;s &#8220;Float&#8221; will be the first film to feature CGI Filipino characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11559,11562,11563,11561,11560,11564,11565],"class_list":["post-49959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-bobby-rubio","tag-float-bobby-rubio","tag-float-disney","tag-pixar-bobby-rubio","tag-pixar-float","tag-pixar-float-disney","tag-where-to-watch-pixar-float"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/FloatFeatured.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49959"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49997,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49959\/revisions\/49997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}