Toy Story
What better time than the holiday season to dive into the wonderful world of toys? Cinema has always loved to use its magic to fulfill an eternal childhood dream: seeing toys come to life. Naturally showcasing animated films, this series takes us at the frontiers of imagination, fantasy, and dreams through movies where toys are very well alive, albeit in different ways. By turns strange, amusing, wonderful, or unsettling, these toy stories inevitably lead us to reflect on our own humanity, while always managing to strike a chord deep within us.
Winner of the Special Achievement Academy Award for first feature-length computer-animated film in 1996
As soon as the humans are out of sight, little Andy’s toys come to life. Leading the pack is Woody the cowboy, the little boy’s favorite toy. But for his birthday, Andy receives a brand-new astronaut figure, Buzz Lightyear. The very first installment of the famous franchise, which left its mark not only on the imagination of an entire generation, but also on the history of cinema, as the first animated feature film created entirely with computer-generated imagery.
John Lasseter
John Lasseter is an American animated film director and producer. He was previously the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios. A leading figure at Pixar, he is considered a legend in animated cinema for having directed or produced numerous great classics acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, such as the first two installments of the Toy Story series (1995–99), which are regarded as a turning point in the history of animated feature films. He is also often credited as one of the key factors behind the resurgence of Disney in the late 2000s, since he produced Frozen (2013). He left Pixar and Disney in 2018 after being accused of sexual misconduct in the wake of the Weinstein affair, but continues to work in animation at Skydance Media.
