Pixar has just released a new short film about a pit bull and a stray cat that is tugging at everyone’s heart strings.

The short film is called Kitbull and it was directed by Rosana Sullivan and produced by Kathryn Hendrickson. The movie is less than nine minutes long, but it’s so powerful that it’s bringing people everywhere to tears!

The movie is about a kitten who lives in San Francisco’s Mission District, spending her nights in a cardboard box snuggled next to her purple elephant stuffie. The kitten lives a solitary life and avoids all contact with humans.

One day, everything changes for the kitten when a man brings a pit bull into the fenced in backyard where she lives. The kitten is terrified of the large dog even though he just wants to be her friend. The pit bull does everything he can to win the kitten over, but she still won’t let down her guard with him.

Eventually, we discover that the pit bull is being used for dogfighting, and he returns home one night bleeding and bruised. This allows the kitten to finally overcome her fear and approach him, and she ends up learning an important lesson about friendship and vulnerability.

Rosana explained that she was first inspired to make Kitbull after watching cat videos online.

“I loved watching cat videos in times of stress,” Rosana said, adding that she started drawing cats to make herself feel good.

“At first I just wanted to draw something that made me feel good and was fun, but it evolved into something more personal to me eventually,” she continued. “I realized that growing up I was always very sensitive and very shy, and had actually a lot of trouble kind of making connections, making friendship…and so I related to this kitten, because it never really stepped out of his comfort zone to be vulnerable and make a connection, and so that’s eventually what the story became.”

This is such a great message for a movie to have! Check out Kitbull for yourself below!