It's always exciting to see the latest short film in front of the latest Pixar film. They are consistently just as engaging and endearing as the feature film itself. Playing before Pixar's Finding Dory opening this month is a short film called Piper, about a little baby sandpiper bird looking for food on the beach. Explaining the style to THR, director Alan Barillaro said: "I love the painterly aspects of macro photography; the textures almost becomes a characters. I want to see computer animation fall into that world where lenses, just like in live action photography, can have a lot of expression." Disney released a short clip to tease the short. Enjoy. Here's the first look footage for Pixar's new short film Piper, direct from Disney's YouTube: In Pixar Animation Studios' new short, Piper, a hungry sandpiper hatchling discovers that finding food without mom’s help isn’t so easy. "This is a story about overcoming your fears, as well as the parent aspect ...