Lava

Showing In

5@5: Festival Highlights
Throckmorton Theatre Sun, Oct 12, 2014 8:30 PM
A selection of short films from MVFF37 including LAVA from Pixar.
Closing Night: Wild
Rafael 1 Sun, Oct 12, 2014 5:00 PM
Closing Night Tribute to Laura Dern. Reese Witherspoon stars in this adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling memoir, a striking account of the 1,100-mile Pacific Crest Trail trek she undertakes to help give closure to her troubled past, including the recent loss of her mother (Laura Dern).
Closing Night: Wild
Sequoia 1 Sun, Oct 12, 2014 5:00 PM
Closing Night Tribute to Laura Dern. Reese Witherspoon stars in this adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling memoir, a striking account of the 1,100-mile Pacific Crest Trail trek she undertakes to help give closure to her troubled past, including the recent loss of her mother (Laura Dern).
Closing Night: Wild
Sequoia 2 Sun, Oct 12, 2014 5:15 PM
Closing Night Tribute to Laura Dern. Reese Witherspoon stars in this adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling memoir, a striking account of the 1,100-mile Pacific Crest Trail trek she undertakes to help give closure to her troubled past, including the recent loss of her mother (Laura Dern).
Film Info
Country:US
Running Time:7
Director:James Ford Murphy

Description

Preceding the MVFF37 Closing Night Film  A new short from Disney’s Pixar, Lava is a musical love story taking place over millions of years, inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes.

Additional Information


James Ford Murphy joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1996. He began working as an animator on A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, and the Academy Award®-winning features, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille. Murphy served as supervising animator for the Academy Award®-winning short film, For the Birds, and was the directing animator on the Golden Globe®-winning feature, Cars. For the next five years, Murphy acted as the Director of Creative Artists, where he oversaw Animation, Art, and Story across the studio. Most recently, Murphy made his directing debut with the short film, LAVA, which will screen in front of the Disney•Pixar feature film, Inside Out, in 2015.