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Presenting episode 7 of the Skwigly Animation Film Club! In our seventh episode we press play on Brad Bird's classic 1999 feature film "The Iron Giant". Presented by Ben Mitchell, Steve Henderson and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced by Ben Mitchell

Presenting episode 6 of the Skwigly Animation Film Club! In our sixth episode we press play on Sylvain Chomet's 2003 feature film debut "The Triplets of Belleville", alternately known as "Belleville Rendez-vous". The film would go on to receive two Academy Award nominations. Presented by Ben Mitchell, Steve Henderson and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced by Ben Mitchell

Presenting episode 5 of the Skwigly Animation Film Club! In our fifth episode we press play on Don Bluth's 1988 feature film "The Land Before Time", an animated classic that spawned thirteen sequels as well as a TV series and all manner of tie-in merchandise. Presented by Ben Mitchell, Steve Henderson and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the 98th episode of the Skwigly podcast! In this episode we welcome back Kris Pearn, director of the animated feature film adaptation of Lois Lowry's "The Willoughbys" released this month on Netflix. Produced by Bron Animation and Creative Wealth Media in association with Netflix, the film stars Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Seán Cull...

Presenting episode 4 of the Skwigly Animation Film Club! In our fourth episode we press play on Gerald Potterton's 1981 cult classic animated anthology feature "Heavy Metal", adapted from the long-running illustrated science fiction and fantasy magazine of the same name. Presented by Ben Mitchell, Steve Henderson and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced by Ben Mitchell

Presenting episode 3 of the Skwigly Animation Film Club! In our third episode we press play on Swiss director Claude Barras's acclaimed 2015 feature "My Life as a Courgette/Ma vie de Courgette", alternately known as "My Life as a Zucchini". Adapted from the 2002 Gilles Paris novel "Autobiographie d'une Courgette" by and beautifully told in stop-motion, the film tells the tale of young Icare who, f...

Presenting episode 2 of the Skwigly Animation Film Club! In our second episode we press play on Australian director Adam Elliot's 2009 feature "Mary & Max", a stop-motion tale of a fond epistolary relationship that forms an unlikely bond between a young girl in Australia and a middle-aged man in New York. Presented by Ben Mitchell, Steve Henderson and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the first of a brand new Skwigly podcast - the Skwigly Animation Film Club! In our inaugural episode we press play on Don Hertzfeldt's 2013 feature "It's Such a Beautiful Day", recently made available to watch for free by the director. The festival favourite combines two of Hertzfeldt's short films "Everything will be Okay" and "I am so Proud of You" with a third instalment to tell the...

In the latest episode of the Skwigly Animation Podcast we round up the winners of the 2020 edition of the biennial British Animation Awards, that took place at London’s BFI Southbank last week. This episode features exclusive post-win chats with some of the awarded attendees: •Richard Phelan/Will Becher (Aardman's "Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon", Best Long Form) •Giovanna Utichi (Blue Zoo's "A Whal...

Skwigly at Cartoon Movie 2020 Podcast Special, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Steve Henderson. Special guests: Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding (Molesworth)Jericca Cleland (Raven Girl & I Broke Paradise) Claus Toksvig Kjaer (Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary) Joost van den Bosch & Erik Verkerk (The GrowCoDile) Richard Van Den Boom (The Legacy of the Depanurges) & Jim Capobia...

Presenting the fourth episode of 'Intimate Animation' season 3, brought to you by the online animation magazine skwigly.com Join Skwigly's Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley as they explore, discuss and interview the talents behind animation that deals with adult themes of love, relationships and sexuality. In this episode we meet UK-based Polish director/animator Natasza Cetner whose MA graduatio...

Presenting the third episode of 'Intimate Animation' season 3, brought to you by the online animation magazine skwigly.com Join Skwigly's Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley as they explore, discuss and interview the talents behind animation that deals with adult themes of love, relationships and sexuality. In this episode we meet UK-based director/animator Elizabeth Hobbs whose short film "I'm OK"...

Presenting the 96th episode of the Skwigly podcast! In this episode we welcome back Robin Shaw of Lupus Films, director of the Channel 4 animated adaptation of the classic children's book 'The Tiger Who Came To Tea' by Judith Kerr. Adapted by Joanna Harrison and featuring the voices of David Oyelowo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tamsin Greig, David Walliams and Paul Whitehouse, the animated special will...

Presenting the 95th episode of the Skwigly podcast! In this episode we meet Sergio Pablos, director of the acclaimed new animated seasonal feature film 'Klaus', available to watch now on Netflix. Also discussed in this episode: Short film highlights of MAF's successful fifth edition, how bad dubbing can undermine the strength of otherwise great animation and the upcoming Oscars season. Presented b...

Presenting the 94th episode of the Skwigly podcast! In this episode we meet Alex Dowding, producer at Amsterdam-based production studio Submarine whose projects include the recent Amazon Prime original series 'Undone', an international co-production with The Tornante Company, Boxer vs. Raptor and Hive House Project created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy. Also discussed in this episode: The...

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&A sessions of this year's edition of Bristol's prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. In episode 6 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme Animation 6: Fake News!: •Steve Small (Director, 'Black Earth Rising') •Stephen McNally(Director, 'Where...

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&A sessions of this year's edition of Bristol's prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. In episode 5 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme Animation 5: Ubiquitous Chip: •Laura Reedy (Director, 'Ripple Home') •Jola Bańkowska (Director, 'Story')...

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&A sessions of this year's edition of Bristol's prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. In episode 4 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme Animation 4: GetReal: •Floor Adams (Director, Mind My Mind) •Mark Lopez (Director, Segregated By Design)...

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&A sessions of this year's edition of Bristol's prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. In episode 3 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme Animation 3: HerStory: •Lauren Orme (Director, 'Creepy Pasta Salad') •Dani Abram (Technical Director, 'C...

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&A sessions of this year's edition of Bristol's prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. In episode 2 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme Animation 2: Desire: Jake Nelson (Director, 'The Backward Astronomer') Pjotr Sapegin (Director, 'The Ori...

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&A sessions of this year's edition of Bristol's prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. In episode 1 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme Animation 1: WhatThe?: Ross Hogg (Director, '4:3') Rebecca Blöcher(Director, 'Lickalike') Adriaan Lokman...

Presenting the second episode of 'Intimate Animation' season 3, brought to you by the online animation magazine skwigly.com Join Skwigly's Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley as they explore, discuss and interview the talents behind animation that deals with adult themes of love, relationships and sexuality. In this episode we meet Netherlands-based director Floor Adams whose short film 'Mind My Mi...

Presenting the 93rd episode of the Skwigly podcast! In this episode we welcome: •Lauren Orme, director of 'Creepy Pasta Salad' •David Hutchinson, creator of the Wildbrain YouTube series 'Boy & Dragon' •Connor Heaney & John Walsh of The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Interviews conducted by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Produced and edited by Ben...

Presenting the 92nd episode of the Skwigly podcast! In this episode we are excited to bring you an exclusive chat with some of the key filmmaking talents behind 'Lip Synch', the game-changing series of short films from Aardman Animations. Speaking with Skwigly contributor Alex Dudok de Wit are Peter Lord (Aardman co-founder and director of 'War Story'/'Going Equipped'), Barry Purves ('Next'), Davi...

Presenting the first episode of a brand new season of 'Intimate Animation', brought to you by the online animation magazine skwigly.com Join Skwigly's Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley as they explore, discuss and interview the talents behind animation that deals with adult themes of love, relationships and sexuality. In this episode we meet relative newcomer Caitlin McCarthy whose recent work as...