Pixar Reveals First Filipino Lead Characters In Upcoming Short Film

Pixar Filipino-American Story Artist Reveals First Ever Filipino Characters In Upcoming Animated Short Film

PIXAR – Bobby Rubio, a Fil-Am story artist from Pixar, announced the he will create the first ever Filipino lead characters in his short film “Float”.

A report from PhilStar states that Rubio made the announcement on his Twitter account. He wrote this:

It’s OFFICIAL! I can finally tell you I’m the #Writer / #Director of the #Pixar #SparkShort “Float”!
I’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!

— Bobby Rubio (@Bobby_Rubio) January 10, 2019 via Twitter

A netizen named Rachel Ramirez asked Bobby to confirm if there are 2 Filipino lead characters. In response, Rubio wrote this:

YES @rachjuramirez those are #Filipino lead characters in my #Pixar #SparkShort! @Pixar’s first all #CGI Filipino characters! So technically, the first #Pixnoys! I am proud to tell our stories. I know what it means to see our culture represented on screen! #RepresentationMatters

— Bobby Rubio (@Bobby_Rubio) January 13, 2019 via Twitter

As per the report, Float is one of the short films included in Pixar’s SparkShorts, an experimental storytelling initiative that welcomes new creative voices at the studio to share their stories. They announced the released dates of the short films on YouTube. Float, however, does not have a release date yet.

Lastly Rubio wrote this in response to another netizen named Alex:

You’re welcome Alex!
I am so grateful to tell our stories. I know what it means to be underrepresented and I hope that my #Pixar #SparkShort #FLOAT will inspire more #Filipino #American stories to come! I’m going to do my best to tell MORE!
#Filmmaker

— Bobby Rubio (@Bobby_Rubio) January 13, 2019 via Twitter