Piper

Piper is a 2016 Pixar 3D computer-animated short film shown in front of Finding Dory. The short is directed by Alan Barillaro, with music provided by King Crismon's Adrian Belew.Piper: Meet Pixar's cutest new short-film hero — exclusive It won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards.
==Plot==
The short focuses on a newborn sandpiper, the eponymous Piper, who is brought to the shoreline by her mother so she can learn how to feed on bivalves. However, she is caught off guard by an incoming wave and becomes engulfed in it. Traumatized, Piper refuses to go to the shore again; however, her hunger leaves her no choice but to risk it. On her second attempt, she sees a tiny hermit crab who also comes ashore to feed. As a new wave approaches, she observes that the crab simply buries himself down in the sand. Out of other options, Piper resorts to imitating the crab. The wave submerges Piper, but she still stays safely at the bottom. Opening her eyes, she marvels over all the bivalves creeping out of the sand to take a quick breath before the wave ends. The short ends with Piper no longer afraid of the waves, even jumping playfully in the water and tucking herself in the sand each time a wave flows and is seen later that night, sleeping in the nest with her mother and using shells as a pillow.
==Accolades==
Year 	Date of ceremony 	Category 	Recipient 	Result
Academy Awards	February 26, 2017	Best Animated Short Film 	Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer	rowspan=2
Annie Awards 	February 4, 2017 	Best Animated Short Subject	Piper 	
==Trivia==
*Piper is the first Pixar short film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, since 2001's For the Birds.
==Video==
Piper – First Look – Official Disney Pixar HD
==Gallery==
Piper-disneyscreencaps.com-40.jpg
Piper Pixar.jpg
Piper-looking.jpg
Piper-withmother.jpg
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Piper and mother on the beach.png
Piper sitting on the beach.jpg
Piper-disneyscreencaps.com-652.jpg|The post credits scene
==References==
==External links==
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pl:Pisklak
pt-br:Piper: Descobrindo o Mundo
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Category:Pixar
Category:Pixar shorts
Category:Animated shorts
Category:2016 shorts
Category:3-D films
Category:Academy Award winning films
Category:Best Short Academy Award winners
Category:Annie Award Winner