'' La Luna '' ( IPA : , Italian for '' The Moon '' ) is a 2011 Pixar computer-animated short film , directed and written by Enrico Casarosa . The short premiered on June 6 , 2011 at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France , and it was paired with Pixar 's '' Brave '' for its theatrical release on June 22 , 2012 , being shown before the film 's beginning . '' La Luna '' was released on November 13 , 2012 , on the '' Brave '' DVD and Blu-ray , and on a new '' Pixar Short Films Collection , Volume 2 '' , the second collection of Pixar 's short films . '' La Luna '' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 84th Academy Awards
84th Academy Awards
84th Academy Awards
La Luna (2011 film)