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Destino is a 2003 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, completing a project originally conceived in 1945 as a collaboration between Walt Disney and surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. The film was rediscovered and completed under the direction of Dominique Monfery, while Walt Disney's nephew Roy E. Disney served as executive producer. Featuring a female dancer and a statue of a baseball player moving through Dalí-inspired surrealist landscapes, the short combines classical animation with distinctive surrealist imagery.
Destino was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2004.
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How much of Destino was created by Salvador Dali and Walt Disney in 1945?
Dali worked with Disney artist John Hench on storyboards, designs and a short animation test for the original project. Financial pressure after World War II caused Disney to shelve the film before it could be completed.
Who finished Destino after Walt Disney and Salvador Dali died?
Roy E. Disney revived the project, and French animator Dominique Monfery directed the completed short. Walt Disney Feature Animation released it in 2003 using surviving artwork and story material from the 1945 collaboration.
What song is used in Destino?
The short is built around the song Destino, written by Armando Domínguez and performed by Dora Luz. Its romantic lyrics accompany the surreal pursuit between a woman named Dahlia and the god Chronos.
Which images in Destino come from Dali's surrealist style?
The film uses melting and transforming bodies, desert landscapes, ants, eyeballs and forms resembling Dali's painted figures. Disney's animators connected those motifs through fluid movement while preserving the project's dreamlike lack of ordinary plot logic.
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