Pixar gives sneak peek at new short film Bao about an adorable Chinese dumpling

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They are known for their touching family friendly short films.

And Disney Pixar warmed hearts last week when they tweeted a sneak peek for an upcoming short entitled Bao.

The CGI animated short follows a little dumpling that sprouts limbs and a torso, transforming into a little baby.

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So sweet: Disney Pixar warmed hearts last week when they tweeted a sneak peek for an upcoming short entitled Bao

So sweet: Disney Pixar warmed hearts last week when they tweeted a sneak peek for an upcoming short entitled Bao

At the start of the clip, a woman sits at a table looking dumbstruck at the dumpling, and clambers onto her dining room table to get a look at it. 

Sitting on a leaf in its steamer, the dumpling can be seen to have a baby's facial features - and it is even crying and sneezing.

First, two legs pop out of the bottom of the dumpling. Then, after a bit of shaking, a torso and a pair of arms grow in as well.

Baby mine: The CGI animated short follows a little dumpling that sprouts limbs and a torso, transforming into a little baby

Baby mine: The CGI animated short follows a little dumpling that sprouts limbs and a torso, transforming into a little baby

What's happening?: At the start of the clip, a woman sits at a table looking dumbstruck at the dumpling, and clambers onto her dining room table to get a look at it

What's happening?: At the start of the clip, a woman sits at a table looking dumbstruck at the dumpling, and clambers onto her dining room table to get a look at it

The woman gently lifts the dumpling-baby with both her hands and smiles warmly down at it as it begins to laugh.

Bao is helmed by Domee Shee, the first woman Pixar short director, and according to its IMDb page the woman in the film is suffering from empty nest syndrome.

As Disney wrote when they tweeted the clip, the short film will play in movie theaters ahead of showings of Incredibles 2, a sequel to 2004's The Incredibles.

You could just eat him up: Sitting on a leaf in its steamer, the dumpling can be seen to have a baby's facial features - and it is even crying and sneezing

You could just eat him up: Sitting on a leaf in its steamer, the dumpling can be seen to have a baby's facial features - and it is even crying and sneezing

Transformation: First, two legs pop out of the bottom of the dumpling - then, after a bit of shaking, a torso and a pair of arms grow in as well

Transformation: First, two legs pop out of the bottom of the dumpling - then, after a bit of shaking, a torso and a pair of arms grow in as well

Love at first sight: The woman gently lifts the dumpling-baby with both her hands and smiles warmly down at it as it begins to laugh

Love at first sight: The woman gently lifts the dumpling-baby with both her hands and smiles warmly down at it as it begins to laugh

Incredibles 2 is due out June 15 and sees the return of the original movie's director Brad Bird, as well as its titular superhero family.

Disney Pixar's shorts do often play ahead of their feature films - and several of these shorts have been nominated for Academy Awards.

Only two of these actually won the Oscar - For The Birds, which played ahead of Monsters, Inc., and Piper, the companion piece to Finding Dory.

Background: Bao is helmed by Domee Shee, the first woman Pixar short director, and according to its IMDb page the woman in the film is suffering from empty nest syndrome

Background: Bao is helmed by Domee Shee, the first woman Pixar short director, and according to its IMDb page the woman in the film is suffering from empty nest syndrome

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