Feast

Feast is a 2014 animated short flim that was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It made its debut at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 10, 2014, and was released theatrically alongside the film Big Hero 6. Feast utilizes the hand drawn and CG amalgamated "Meander" animation style previously used the Oscar-winning short Paperman. In 2015, Feast won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Summary

Feast is the story of one man's love life as seen through the eyes of his best friend and dog, Winston, and revealed bite by bite through the meals they share.

Plot

Winston is a stray dog, looking for food. One night, he meets a human named James. James give him a couple of french fries and decides to adopt him. Throughout the years, Winston thoroughly enjoys the food he is given by James; some were given to him, some were spilled, and some he was allowed to eat. But one day, James falls in love with a waitress, named Kirby, at a diner and when they start dating, Winston is given nothing but dog food and vegetables (as Kirby tries to help them healthy), which upsets him. One day, James and Kirby have an argument and she leaves him, which drops him into depression.

Winston is happy at first because he and James have returned to eating junk foods, but after a while he notices how unhappy his owner has been. He then decides to get the couple back together. He carries the parsley that was often on his dog food (usually placed by Kirby) in his mouth and went to the restaurant where Kirby works in. Even though the restaurant is filled with temptations of food, Winston pushes forward and finds Kirby. James, who is running after Winston, catches up to him and makes up with his love. James and Kirby soon get married and moved to a new house with Winston. Winston is back with dog food, but he no longer cares since his owner is happy.

One day, however, Winston meets the new addition of the family -- a son, who has a habit of dropping food. With a new family member to drop food, Winston's happy junk-food-filled life resumes as he enjoys the child's 1st birthday, reveling in falling birthday cupcakes. James and Kirby's family then continues to grow, eventually having a messy daughter as well.

Cast

Katie Lowes^[1]
Ben Bledsoe^[2]
Brandon Scott^[3]
Adam Shapiro^[4]
Tommy Snider^[5]
Stewart Levine^[6]

Trivia

Feast is referenced in Big Hero 6, in the form of graffiti on a wall that says "Φst". Φ is the greek letter "phi", making it "phi-st", which is pronounced the same as "feast". Next to it are pawprints, referencing Winston.
Katie Lowes, who voices Kirby in the short, also voices Abigail Callaghan in its theatrically connected feature film Big Hero 6.