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PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS RETURNS TO CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WITH ALL-NEW FEATURE FILM \u201cELEMENTAL\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Pixar\u2019s 27th\u00a0Animated Feature Selected as Closing Film of the 76th\u00a0Edition of the Festival;\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
World-Premiere Screening to Take Place on May 27<\/b><\/p>\n
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Pete Docter, Pixar\u2019s\u00a0chief creative officer, said this year\u2019s return to Cannes is particularly special for the studio. \u201cAs we all emerge from our pandemic cocoons and come together in story rooms, animation dailies and impromptu brainstorming sessions, it\u2019s a joy and honor to have Pixar back on La Croisette,\u201d said Docter. \u201cDirected by the extraordinary storyteller Peter Sohn,\u00a0\u2018Elemental\u2019 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\u2019ll make its world premiere at Cannes.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Docter, Sohn and producer Denise Ream will join members of the film\u2019s voice cast at the event. Cannes has hosted the international competition since 1946.\u00a0\u201cFor many years, the Cannes Film Festival has welcomed animated films from around the world,\u201d said Thierry Fr\u00e9maux, general delegate, Cannes Film Festival. \u201cPixar\u00a0<\/span>Animation\u00a0<\/span>Studios, with\u00a0\u2018Up<\/strong>\u2019\u2014directed by Pete Docter\u2014made Cannes history by opening the 62nd edition of the Festival in 2009.\u00a0It was a wonderful event! This is another great opportunity to present the amazing\u00a0\u2018Elemental\u2019 on the closing\u00a0of this 76th Cannes Film Festival and to\u00a0<\/span>think about our lives\u00a0<\/span>in such a powerful\u00a0<\/span>way.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Disney and Pixar\u2019s \u201cElemental<\/strong>\u201d 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\u00a0the world they live in. The voice cast includes Leah Lewis as the fiery Ember; Mamoudou Athie as the water-guy Wade; Ronnie del Carmen as Ember\u2019s soon-to-be retired dad, Bernie; Shila Ommi as Ember\u2019s love-seeking mom, Cinder; Wendi McLendon-Covey as Wade\u2019s stormy and Air-Ball-loving boss, Gale; Catherine O\u2019Hara as Wade\u2019s welcoming mom, Brook; Mason Wertheimer as Ember\u2019s admiring neighbor, Clod; and Joe Pera as an overgrown city bureaucrat, Fern.<\/p>\n Directed\u00a0by Peter Sohn, produced by Denise Ream, p.g.a., and executive produced by Pete Docter, \u201cElemental<\/strong>\u201d features a screenplay by John Hoberg & Kat Likkel and Brenda Hsueh with story by Sohn, Hoberg & Likkel and Hsueh. The film\u2019s original score was composed and conducted by Thomas Newman.\u00a0\u201cElemental<\/strong>\u201d opens with Pixar\u2019s all new short, \u201cCarl\u2019s Date<\/strong>,\u201d in U.S. theaters on June 16, 2023.<\/p>\n Here’s the trailer of the film<\/strong>.<\/p>\nPixar Animation Studios returns to the globally revered Cannes Film Festival for the world premiere of its all-new feature film \u201cElemental\u201d on May 27, ahead of its theatrical release on June 16. Debuting out of competition as the closing film of the 76th\u00a0edition of the festival, \u201cElemental<\/strong>\u201d is the fourth film from the storied studio to be selected for the event and joins previous favorites \u201cUp<\/strong>,\u201d \u201cInside Out<\/strong>\u201d and \u201cSoul<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n