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08 Mar 2021, 11:12 am
The film "Float" was written and directed by Filipino-American story artist Bobby Rubio and produced by Filipino-Japanese Krissy Cababa. It is Rubio's directorial debut and also the first Pixar film featuring an animated character who is Filipino-American.
The story is actually inspired by Rubio's son, Alex, who was diagnosed with autism when he was two and a half years old. The emotional travails of the father in the short film was very much his. After finding out his son's condition, he went through a bad time processing the information. "I actually went through a depression", the California-born artist admits.
What made him decide to finally tell his story? Part of it was looking at his son, Alex, who was growing up to be a man. "I thought I have to tell the story because I felt it was important..."
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08 Mar 2021, 11:12 am
