Bao Animated Short to Debut with Incredibles 2

In Disney•Pixar’s “Bao,” an aging Chinese mom suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy. Mom excitedly welcomes

this new bundle of joy into her life, but Dumpling starts growing up fast, and Mom must come to the bittersweet

revelation that nothing stays cute and small forever. This short film from Pixar Animation Studios and director

Domee Shi explores the ups and downs of the parent – child relationship through the colorful, rich, and tasty lens of the Chinese immigrant community in Canada.

Bao opens in theaters on June 15th, 2018, in front of Incredibles 2.

Domee Shi (Director) began as a story intern at Pixar Animation Studios in June 2011, and was soon hired as a story artist on the Academy Award winning feature film “Inside Out.” Since then she has worked on the feature films “The Good Dinosaur” and the upcoming “Incredibles 2” and “Toy Story 4.” In 2015 she began pitching some ideas for short films, and soon was green lit to write and direct “Bao.” A whimsical story loosely based on her own experiences growing up as an only child, and set in the Chinese community in Toronto, Canada, “Bao” will screen in front of “Incredibles 2” this summer.

Shi graduated from the animation program at Sheridan College, where her love of storytelling and animation really blossomed. Her biggest creative influences are the works of Studio Ghibli, 90s anime, Disney, Pixar, as well as the works of Yasujiro Ozu, Ang Lee, and Bong Joon Ho.

Shi was born in Chongqing, China and resided in Toronto, Canada most of her life. She lives in Oakland, Calif. and notes that her love of animation is only rivaled by her love of cats.