MOVIE · 2016

Piper

AnimationFamily6 min

On a beach where every meal means racing the surf, a sandpiper hatchling leaves the nest for the first time and learns that food is buried beneath the wet sand. Under her mother’s watch, Piper’s first attempt ends in a frightening encounter with the incoming waves, turning a simple lesson in foraging into a struggle to get close to the shoreline again. The film stays tight on the chick’s view of the beach — pebbles, shells, foam and sudden walls of water — as she studies the creatures around her and searches for a safer way to feed.