2026 / Short / puppet
Fruit & Nut
United States
▶ Watch this film
Fruit & Nut (full short, Pixar official)Plays on YouTubeOpen in Watch playerCreator / source
Media stays on its source channel; provenance is preserved with each video.
Overview
Seven-minute Pixar Animation Studios short released in full on Pixar's YouTube channel on 2 October 2026 as "A Pixar Artist's Short Film", made in the internal Pixar Labs programme (FirstShowing). Created, written and directed by Pixar story artists Rej Bourdages and Tony Maki. produced by Paige Johnstone. Handcrafted stop motion with physical puppets and sets, combined with 2D animation sequences (Creative Bloq). A strawberry and a broke peanut go on a reckless spree. Pixar bills it as the legend of the first peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Pixar's second stop-motion film after Self (2024).
Cast & crew (3)
| Person | Role | Department | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rej Bourdages | director; writer | direction | trade press source firstshowing.net high confidence |
| Tony Maki | director; writer | direction | trade press source firstshowing.net high confidence |
| Paige Johnstone | producer | production | trade press source firstshowing.net high confidence |
Links
Suggest an edit
This is an editable copy of the whole entry — change anything you know better, add missing credits, or write it in your own words below. Everything is optional. Your suggestion is reviewed against a source before publishing.
| Name | Role(s) | Department |
|---|---|---|