Animation Podcasts | Skwigly

Presenting episode 120 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast! In this episode we welcome Ugo Bienvenu, who joins the podcast to discuss his film 'Arco', out this month in UK cinemas. Also discussed: The increasing sneakiness of AI creators passing their content off as animation, adult fandoms of popular children’s shows, pleasing Oscar and BAFTA outcomes with wins for 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' (Dir....

Skwigly is delighted to present a Podcast Special from Edinburgh and the MOVE Summit 2026. Live from MOVE Summit 2026, Skwigly Editor Steve Henderson is joined by filmmakers whose works screened in competition at the event, including Chloe Hebert (Aster), Dandy Murray (Upstairs Neighbour), Dennis Sisterson (Ted Sisterson's Schooldays), Leonor Calaça (Veni Vidi Non Vici) and Lizzie Watts (Fried!)....

Skwigly are proud to present the fourth panel from the second series of Visible In Visuals, an initiative pushing to make the animation and VFX industries more diverse and inclusive through honest, open conversation. In Animation we often work alone or for long hours- frequently without relevant wellbeing support and guidance of HR departments. So what support is on offer to help you through some...

Presenting episode 119 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast! In this episode we welcome Liane-Cho Han and Maïlys Vallade, who join the podcast to discuss their film 'Little Amélie or the Character of Rain'. Also discussed: The launch of Skwigly pal Gareth Cavanagh's Square Window Podcast, The Simpsons x Fortnite crossover and the cursed history of Simpsons video game tie-ins, Mike Judge's laudable reb...

Skwigly are proud to present the third panel from the second series of Visible In Visuals, an initiative pushing to make the animation and VFX industries more diverse and inclusive through honest, open conversation. When the BBC are looking to close the “gender fame” gap, why are they neglecting the “gender frame gap”? Behind the scenes, women are still under-represented in senior creative roles a...

Skwigly presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Steve Henderson in conversation with BAFTA-winning director Paloma Baeza discussing her recent film 'Three Hares', an Archer Gray Production in association with Lupus Films. Based on the book by Hanya Yanagihara and starring Jessie Buckley, 'Three Hares' is a short film that weaves an enchanting creation myth and the mystical origin story of the anc...

Skwigly presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Ben Mitchell in conversation with Oscar-nominated, Cardiff-based animator Joanna Quinn discussing her work with AC4Pal (Animation Community for Palestine), an organisation that came about in support of the laudable efforts of Gaza-based animator Haneen Koraz, who has been running animation workshops with displaced children and women across the regio...

Skwigly are proud to present the second panel from the second series of Visible In Visuals, an initiative pushing to make the animation and VFX industries more diverse and inclusive through honest, open conversation. In this episode, Tanya speaks with Chitra Soundar and Nandita Jain about their work creating the Colourful Connections, a network designed to empower PoC to make a difference in UK Ch...

Presenting episode 118 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast! In this episode we welcome back Genndy Tartakovsky, whose new feature film 'Fixed' is out now on Netflix. From visionary director Genndy Tartakovsky comes “Fixed,” an adult animated comedy about Bull, an average, all-around good dog who discovers he’s going to be neutered in the morning! As the gravity of this life-altering event sets in, Bu...

Skwigly at Anima, the Brussels International Animation Film Festival Podcast Special, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Steve Henderson. Reporting from Anima 2025, Join Skwigly Editor Steve Henderson as he meets some of the award winning filmmakers who took home awards at Brussels premiere animation event! In this podcast we meet Anne Verburer, the director of The Golden Donkey, Pierre-Lu...

Skwigly presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring featuring Luzie Lilie in conversation with May Kindred-Boothby, director of the RCA short film 'The Eating of an Orange'. A director, animator and writer based in Bristol, May Kindred-Boothby has worked freelance within animation for around 9 years. Her work focuses on surreal explorations of sexuality and convention, told through a colourful and pa...

Skwigly are proud to present the first panel from the second series of Visible In Visuals, an initiative pushing to make the animation and VFX industries more diverse and inclusive through honest, open conversation. Four animation professionals discuss the ups and downs of their careers and how 2025 is shaping up for them personally. Dani Abram, Chris Bowles and Steven Sole chat with Visible in Vi...

Skwigly presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring featuring Ben Mitchell in conversation with David Hutchinson, creator/showrunner of the smash-hit YouTube series 'Boy & Dragon'. In a boundless notebook world lives a brave young knight and his oafish pet Dragon. Together, Boy and Dragon go on bizarre adventures and wreak magical mayhem, all the while avoiding the wrath of the Evil Wizard. With Boy’...

Skwigly at MOVE Summit 2025 Podcast Special, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Steve Henderson. Live from MOVE Summit 2025, Skwigly Editor Steve Henderson is joined by filmmakers whose works screened in competition at this year's event, including Ana Songel (I Miss Hugs), Joe Hogan (Intermittent Intimacy), Linda Hughes (Fairground Fever), Sammi Duong (Revival – Unnatural Causes), and Dave...

Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Steve Henderson in conversation with Adam Elliot, director of Memoir of a Snail The now Oscar nominated feature film tells the story of Grace Pudel a book-loving, snail-collecting misfit that falls into a series of misfortunes after being separated from her twin brother Gilbert. Despite her hardships, inspiration and hope arise when Grace begins...

Presenting episode 117 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast! In this episode we look back at the incredible world of Wallace & Gromit, whose hotly-anticipated new feature-length outing 'Vengeance Most Fowl' will premiere in the UK on Christmas day! We also welcome the film's co-directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham as well as star Ben Whitehead (voice of Wallace) to learn more about the duo's lat...

Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Ryan Gaur in conversation with Jeff Fowler, director of 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3'. Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen this holiday season in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abil...

Presenting the 116th episode of the Skwigly podcast! In this episode we meet some of the talents behind the 2024 holiday animated feature films 'The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland' (director Peter Baynton and producer Ruth Fielding of Lupus Films) and Locksmith Animation's 'That Christmas' (writer Richard Curtis, director Simon Otto and producer Nicole P. Hearon) as well as the 22-minute BBC...

Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Ben Mitchell in conversation with Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins and Marieke Blaauw of the Utrecht-based animation studio Job, Joris & Marieke. Graduating as product designers at the Design Academy Eindhoven, the trio came together with a shared interest in storytelling, moving into animation to create an impressive portfolio of commissioned work a...

Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Martyn Warren in conversation with Josh Cooley, director of 'Transformers One'. Based on Hasbro’s Transformers™ Action Figures, 'Transformers One' is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. In the first-ever fully C...

Presenting episode 115 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast! In this episode we welcome Chris Sanders, director of the Dreamworks feature 'The Wild Robot' out in UK cinemas now and adapted from Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller. The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the hars...

Presenting episode 114 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast! In this episode we celebrate the incredible talents and output of the Academy Award-nominated, BAFTA/Emmy-winning Cartoon Saloon, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Founded in 1999 by Paul Young, Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey, the Kilkenny-based studio has produced such celebrated work as the feature films The Secret of Kells, Son...

Stop Motion: A Skwigly Podcast Special featuring Osbert Parker, Joseph Wallace, Robert Morgan & Suzie Templeton, celebrating the BFI Stop Motion Season 2024. Joining Ben & Steve is guest host Justin Johnson, Lead Programmer for the BFI Southbank and one of the brains behind the incredible season showcasing the art of stop motion animation. Stop Motion: Celebrating Handmade Animation on the Big Scr...

Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Steve Henderson in conversation with Inside Out 2 Director Kelsey Man and Producer Mark Neilsen. The Pixar sequel once more voyages into the mind of Riley and sees the return of joy, sadness, fear, disgust and anger as their girl enters puberty and headquarters sees the introduction of newcomers Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment and Ennui who take co...

Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Ben Mitchell in conversation with Torill Kove, director of the National Film Board of Canada/Mikrofilm short film 'Maybe Elephants'. Hailing from Norway and presently based in Canada, Torill has created such films as the Oscar-winning 'The Danish Poet' and the Oscar nominated 'My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts' and 'Me and My Moulton'. Her...