Hench compiled a short animation test of about 17 seconds in the hopes of rekindling Disney's interest in the project, but the production was no longer deemed financially viable and put on indefinite hiatus.

Walt Disney Studios Paris, the company's small Parisian production department, was brought on board to complete the project.

The short was produced by Baker Bloodworth and directed by French animator Dominique Monféry in his first directorial role.

The original 17-second animation test—the segment with the two tortoises—is included in the finished product; this footage is also shown in Bette Midler's host sequence for Piano Concerto No.

2/The Steadfast Tin Soldier in Fantasia 2000, where she referred to Destino as an "idea that featured baseball as a metaphor for life".

In 2012, the film was featured in the "Dalí" exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.