Pixels and Pencils
Elio
A space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession, Elio’s all in for an epic undertaking when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide. When Elio is mistakenly identified as Earth’s leader, he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be in this big-hearted cosmic misadventure. A Disney-Pixar release.
A Q&A with director Domee Shi immediately follows the screening.
DIRECTORS
Madeline Sharafian
Domee Shi
PRODUCER
Mary Alice Drumm
WRITERS
Julia Cho
Mark Hammer
Mike Jones
CAST
Yonas Kibreab
Zoe Saldaña
Remy Edgerly
Brad Garrett
Jameela Jamil
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
Madeline Sharafian joined Pixar Animation Studios as a story intern in 2013 and returned in a full-time position in 2015 on the Academy Award-winning film Coco. She has also contributed to Onward and directed the short film Burrow.
Domee Shi began as a story intern at Pixar in 2011 and was hired as a story artist on the Oscar-winning Inside Out, also contributing to The Good Dinosaur, The Incredibles 2, and Toy Story 4. For Pixar, Shi has directed the Oscar-winning short Bao and Turning Red.