Far from the tree

Placing her daughter for adoption left a hole in Grace’s heart; her adoptive parents can’t fill it, and her birth mother’s unreachable—then Grace learns she has siblings.

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Curiosity tugs at a young raccoon, whose parent tries to keep them both safe.

Who knew a family of raccoons could teach us so much?

Ahead of Tuesday's Annecy festival premiere, director Natalie Nourigat discussed animating raccoons, and her attachment to Oregon.

The film explores the popular phrase “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”.

An interview with director Natalie Nourigat and producer Ruth Strother of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ new short, “Far From the Tree.”

On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.

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The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.