Check out some adorable new images from the new Pixar short ‘Piper’

There’s just a few weeks until we get delivery of a new Pixar short, and to whet your whistle until Piper arrives in cinemas, we have a bunch of new images.

Piper tells the story of a hungry sandpiper hatchling who ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. The only problem is, the food is buried beneath the sand where scary waves roll up onto the shore. Piper will debut in UK cinemas with Finding Dory on July 29, 2016.

Piper is directed by Alan Barillaro, who has worked on almost every Pixar film as an animator, including A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2,  Monsters, Inc., and the Academy Award®-winning features Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, WALL•E and Brave. On those last three features, Barillaro was given the role of supervising animator and was therefore responsible for overseeing the team of animators who worked to bring the characters in the films to life.

Check out some images from his upcoming Pixar short below.

BIG ADVENTURE — A hungry sandpiper hatchling ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline in “Piper,” a new short from Pixar Animation Studios. Directed by Alan Barillaro (supervising animator “WALL•E,” “Brave”), “Piper” debuts in theaters on June 17, 2016, in front of “Finding Dory.” ©2016 Disney•Pixar. All Rights Reserved.

“PIPER” — In Pixar Animation Studios’ new short, “Piper,” a hungry sandpiper hatchling discovers that finding food without mom’s help isn’t so easy. Directed by Alan Barillaro (supervising animator “WALL•E,” “Brave”), the short debuts in theaters on June 17, 2016, in front of “Finding Dory.” ©2016 Disney•Pixar. All Rights Reserved.