Floette (2019 film)

Floette is a 2019 Mexican hand-drawn/computer-animated short film produced by ¡PLOP!.

The animation in the film was by Zack Isaac Sanchez, who was then working on his first flash animated project with ¡PLOP!, and as a result of the success of this project and others would become an important executive at ¡PLOP!. The film was released on February 1, 2019 at Cinépolis in Morelia.

Plot
The short involves a fairy-like Pokémon named Floette being awakened in a forest by a human named Zara. Floette tricks the bee so that he can run away. Zara chases Floette and eventually catches up with him, and strikes with the stinger. A collision occurs off-screen and a dizzy Zara. reappears with a bent stinger. Shortly, Zara. gets hit by Floette's tossed hat as a last laugh.

Production
The credits for the piece are concept/direction Zack Isaac Sanchez, animation Jose C. Garcia de Letona, technical lead Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, technical contributions by Ricardo Arnaiz, Roberto Gómez Fernández, Roberto Gómez Bolívar, Gini Cruz Santos, Ana Ramírez González, Daniela Strijleva, María Luisa Colmenarez, and Mario Moreno Bernat, filming by Jorge R. Gutierrez, Sandra Equihua, and Carlos Ostos, and computer logistics by Julián Rivera Contreras.

=Release== The film premiered on February 1, 2019, in Morelia at the annual Cinépolis conference.