SparkShorts is a series of American independent animated short films produced by Pixar Animation Studios. The program consists of giving employees at Pixar six months and a limited budget to develop indie short films. The first three shorts were released at SIGGRAPH on August 14, 2018, before having a limited release at El Capitan Theater on January 8, 2019. Purl was officially released on February 4, 2019, on YouTube while Smash and Grab and Kitbull were released February 11 and 18, respectively. Subsequent short films were released on November 12,2019, on Disney+.