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Presenting episode 105 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast! In this episode we meet Angus MacLane and Galyn Susman, director and producer respectively of Disney/Pixar's 'Lightyear' which arrives in cinemas June 17th. We also welcome the team behind the recently released 'Bob's Burgers Movie' - director/writer Loren Bouchard, co-director Bernard Derriman and co-writer/producer Nora Smith. Also discussed: Reflecting on 10 years of the podcast, upcoming Annecy highlights, the inexplicable 'Better Call Saul' animated spinoff 'Slippin' Jimmy', sprawling fandoms and the surprise return of 'Beavis & Butt-head' Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Interviews conducted by Ryan Gaur and Laura-Beth Cowley Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the fifth episode of 'Intimate Animation' season 4, 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 welcome back Lori Malépart-Traversy, who has followed up her enormously successful student film 'Le Clitoris' with 'Magical Caresses' ('Caresses magiques'), a five-film series of animated documentaries that humorously present a range of testimonials and historical facts that demystify the subject of masturbation. Based on intimate accounts from Sarah Gagnon-Piché and Sara Hébert's 'Caresses magiques' book series, the series will be represented at this year's Annecy festival with episode 3 ('Sweet Jesus') playing in competition, on the heels of episode 5 ('Masturbation: A Short History of a Great Taboo')'s recent win at Sommets du cinéma d'animation for Best Educational Film. Also discussed in this episode: The upcoming premiere of previous podcast guest Signe Baumane's new independent feature 'My Love Affair With Marriage', the quiet UK return of Lisa Hanawalt's 'Tuca and Bertie', a look at Netflix's 'Big Mouth' spinoff series 'Human Resources' and Sam O'Leary's animated segments for the 'Inside No. 9' episode 'Wise Owl'. Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Interview conducted by Ben Mitchell Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell

Skwigly are proud to present the second in a two-part series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the 2022 edition of the Cardiff Animation Festival. In episode 2 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Laura-Beth Cowley as part of the festival's Filmmaker Brunch sessions. Featured in this episode: Jana Kattan - 'Checkpoint' Cliona Noonan - 'Soft Tissue' Alisa Stern & Scott Ampleford - 'Posted No Hunting' Sacha Beeley - 'Babeheaven: Craziest Things' Lina Kalcheva - 'Other Half' Flora Martyr - '04111311' Cleo Parker - 'The Big Top' Hoching Kwok - 'Prince Edward' Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Interviews conducted by Laura-Beth Cowley Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Thanks to Lauren Orme, Ellys Donovan and the CAF team

Skwigly are proud to present the first of a two-part series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the 2022 edition of the Cardiff Animation Festival. In episode 1 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Ben Mitchell as part of the festival's Filmmaker Brunch sessions. Featured in this episode: Joanne Fisher - 'Stache and the Inner Walk' Emlyn Davies - 'Foo Fighters: Chasing Birds' Joanna Quinn & Les Mills - 'Affairs of the Art' Daniel Gray - 'HIDE' Laura-Beth Cowley - 'Crafty Witch' Paul O'Flanagan - 'Memento Mori' Callum Angel - 'The Catalyst' Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Interviews conducted by Ben Mitchell Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Thanks to Lauren Orme, Ellys Donovan and the CAF team

Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Steve Henderson in conversation with Director Domee Shi and Producer Lyndsey Collins from Pixar’s Turning Red. Turning Red has been delighting film fans everywhere as it tells the tale of Mei Lee (voiced by newcomer Rosalie Chiang), a young, booksmart, eager to please tween on the cusp of puberty who lives for three things, for her close nit set of friends, for the dashing boyband 4*town and for the good graces of her parents, particularly her mother Ming (Sandra Oh). Puberty and pushy parents are hard enough for anyone, but Mei's additional problem of turning into a giant red panda whenever her emotions flare up adds the additional spark to proceedings. Showcasing an enchanting blend of epic fantasy, heartwarming friendship and characterful family drama, Turning Red deserves to put the name Pixar back on the lips of film fans everywhere, you can catch it on Disney + Read the full review on Skwigly.com https://www.skwigly.co.uk/turning-red-review/ Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel to watch more One-To-Ones and subscribe to the Skwigly Podcast feed from your favourite podcast provider. Guest: Domee Shi & Lyndsey Collins Presented, edited and produced by: Steve Henderson Music and graphics: Ben Mitchell

Presenting the fourth episode of 'Intimate Animation' season 4, 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 Alberto Mielgo, whose film 'The Windshield Wiper' is nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 2022 Academy Awards. The film, which premiered last year at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight, is produced by Mielgo (pinkman.tv) and Leo Sanchez (Leo Sanchez Studio) and addresses the question "What is love?" through a series of intimate, interwoven glimpses into people's lives. Mielgo's previous work includes the enthusiastically-received, Annie Award and triple Emmy-winning 'Love Death + Robots' episode 'The Witness', as well as his similarly accoladed production design work on Disney's 'Tron Uprising' with other commercial projects including work for 'Gorillaz', 'Harry Potter', 'Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse' and the video game 'Beatles Rockband'. Also discussed in this episode: More on the British Animation Awards including award wins for previous Intimate Animation guests Renee Zhan, Anna Ginsburg and Caitlin McCarthy, love and sex-themed highlights from Miyu Distribution's new YouTube channel Bang Bang, the Manchester Animation Festival's new events strand MAF Presents and the return of Cardiff Animation Festival in April. Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Interview conducted by Ben Mitchell Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell

In our latest Skwigly Animation Podcast special we round up the winners of the 2022 edition of the biennial British Animation Awards that took place at London’s BFI Southbank last week. This episode features exclusive post-ceremony chats with event director Helen Brunsdon and producer Kieran Argo as well as some of the awarded attendees: Joanna Quinn and Les Mills (director and writer of "Affairs of the Art", winner of Best Short Film, Writers Award and Best Voice Performance) Jeroen Jaspaert and Matt Tea (Showrunner and director of "Pip & Posy", winner of Best Children’s Pre-School) Grant Berry and Dane Winn (directors of "The Beast", winner of Best Immersive Animation) Adrian Rhodes (Sound designer of "Zog and the Flying Doctors", winner of Best Use of Sound) Julie Lockhart (producer of "Ron’s Gone Wrong", winner of Best Long Form) Produced and edited by Steve Henderson Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting episode 104 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast! In this episode we meet Jared Bush and Charise Castro Smith, the directors of Disney's 'Encanto' coming to Disney+ on December 24th, as well as the film's producer Clark Spencer. We also welcome directors Jac Hamman, Sarah Scrimgeour (Magic Light's 'Superworm') and Massimo Fenati (Eagle Eye Drama's 'The Abominable Snow Baby'). Also discussed: The recent passing of respected animation historian Giannalberto Bendazzi, MAF 2021 event highlights, podcast fanmail, this year's new 'South Park' specials and the resounding failure of Seth Rogan's 'Santa Inc.' Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Interviews conducted by Ben Mitchell and Martyn Warren Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Ben Mitchell in conversation with Czech filmmaker and educator Michaela Pavlátová. Having previously appeared on the Skwigly podcast strand Intimate Animation to discuss her short film work including the Annecy Cristal-winning 'Tram', Michaela's latest project is 'My Sunny Maad', a feature-length animated adaptation of Petra Prochazkova's 'Frišta'. Produced by Negativ, Sacreblue Productions and BFILM, the film tells the story of Herra, a Czech woman who moves to Afghanistan to be with her husband Nazir and his family; when their hopes to have a child of their own don't turn out as planned, the couple take in the ailing Maad, a young boy who proves to be an anchoring presence in Herra's tumultuous life. Following inclusion at this year's Annecy festival, 'My Sunny Maad' is playing at the Manchester Animation Festival and as part of the 25th edition of the Czech Centre's Made in Prague cultural festival this month.

Presenting episode 103 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast! In this episode we preview event highlights from this year's upcoming Manchester Animation Festival and welcome Mikey Please and Dan Ojari to discuss their Aardman/Netflix seasonal short 'Robin Robin'. Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Interview conducted by Laura-Beth Cowley Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the third episode of 'Intimate Animation' season 4, 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 Renee Zhan, whose film 'Soft Animals' is presently screening as part of this year's Encounters Film Festival having premiered earlier this year at Annecy. Since beginning her animation studies at Harvard University under Ruth Lingford, Renee's films also include the Sundance Jury Award-winning 'Reneepoptosis' and last year's National Film and Television School mini-epic 'O Black Hole'. Last month saw the director join BlinkInk's talent roster following her contribution to their Adult Swim 'Off The Air' episode 'Progress'. Also discussed in this episode: Encounters highlights including Animated Encounters Grand Prix winner 'Farce' (dir. Robin Jensen), Best of British Animation Award winner 'Eating in the Dark' (Dir. Inari Sirola), 'Annah la Javanaise' (dir. Fatimah Tobing Rony), 'Self Scratch' (dir. Chenghua Yang), 'Night of the Living Dread' (dir. Ida Melum), 'Trona Pinnacles' (dir. Mathilde Parquet), 'Breaking Bread' (dir. Yuan Li Elizabeth Xu), 'Jeijay' (dir. Petra Stipetic/Maren Wiese), 'Günter Falls In Love' (dir. Josephine Lohoar Self), 'Love is Just a Death Away' (dir. Bára Anna Stejskalová), 'Sweet Nothing' (dir. Joana Fischer/Marie Kenov), 'Lolos' (dir. Marie Valade) and 'Granny's Sexual Life' (dir. Urška Djukić) plus recent work from Henriette Reitz, Christa Jarrold and Future Power Station. Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Interview conducted by Ben Mitchell Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell

Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Ben Mitchell in conversation with Marie Valade, a Quebec-based animation filmmaker whose latest film 'Lolos ('Boobs'), premiered earlier this year at the prestigious Annecy International Animation Festival. Both equally poignant and witty, the film sees a young woman drawn in ink who is forced to deal with paper breasts appearing on her chest. She must quickly come to terms with these new strange things. Her breasts lead her into increasingly unusual situations that reveal her deepest anxieties: the fear of becoming a woman, the apprehension of female rivalries, the taming of male desire, the worries related to becoming a mother and finally the fear of cancer and a loss of bearings. 'Boobs' is both a comic and dark journey that explores a woman's love-hate relationship for her body and her femininity. It highlights the powerful symbolism that breasts evoke for everyone. 'Boobs' is presently screening as part of the Toronto International Film Festival and Bristol's Encounters Festival. In 2010 Marie obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film Animation at Concordia University and participated in the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship program. Since then, she has collaborated on short and feature films and cultural mediation projects. Fascinated by traditional frame by frame animation techniques including pixilation, object and puppet animation and 2D animation, she likes to play with the boundaries between narrative storytelling and experimental creation. See more of Marie's work at cargocollective.com/mariev As well as continuing to work in animation Marie is co-director of Festival Stop Motion Montreal, whose 15th edition takes place September 10th-19th 2021. For more information visit stopmotionmontreal.com/

Presenting the second episode of 'Intimate Animation' season 4, 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 catch up with Will Anderson, whose film 'Betty' is released online this month following a festival run including screenings at Pictoplasma, Encounters and Animafest Zagreb as well as a BAFTA Scotland win and Scottish Short Film Award at the Glasgow Short Film Festival. The film follows lovebird Bobby as he searches for his butter, his Betty and ultimately a love that has apparently melted away. Also discussed in this episode: The evolution of 'Tuca and Bertie' in its second season, BlinkInk's E4 miniseries 'Blind Love on First Date Island', Adeena Grubb's stop-mo short 'Dating is Shit', Sacha Beely/Strange Beast's animated Gillette spot 'A Song For Pubes' and Diablo Cody's inscrutable "sexying up" of 'The Powerpuff Girls'. Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Interview conducted by Laura-Beth Cowley Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell

Presenting episode 9 of Animation One To One's, the Skwigly podcast that showcases the talent behind some of our favourite animation. In the latest podcast we take a trip into the multiverse with Stephan Franck, the Animation Supervisor behind Marvel’s What If...? series which is streaming now on Disney Plus. With an extensive history in animation, story creating, boarding and directing  and an equally illustrious career in comic publication Stephan is perfectly placed working alongside director Bryan Andrews and head writer AC Bradley to take the MCU as we know it flip the script, reimagining famous events from the films in unexpected ways. This is Marvel Studios’ first original animated series. Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel to watch more One-To-Ones and subscribe to the Skwigly Podcast feed from your favourite podcast provider. Guest: Stephan Franck Presented, edited and produced by: Steve Henderson Music and graphics: Ben Mitchell

Welcome to another episode of Animation One-To-Ones, the Skwigly Podcast which puts the animation community front and centre. In this episode we're joined by two talents from Sony Pictures latest animated Feature Vivo, Director Kirk DeMicco and Screenwriter Quiara Alegría Hudes. The animated musical adventure features all-new songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony, Grammy, and Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of Hamilton and In the Heights. And follows a one-of-kind kinkajou, who spends his days playing music to the crowds in a lively square with his beloved owner Andrés. But when tragedy strikes it’s up to Vivo to deliver a message that Andrés never could: A love letter to the famous Marta Sandoval, written long ago, in the form of a song. Yet in order to get to Marta, who lives a world apart, Vivo will need the help of Gabi – an energetic tween who bounces to the beat of her own offbeat drum. In a world of musical films Vivo strands apart, wearing the love for music and the craft of well told family animation on its sleeve, showcasing an exciting blends of song, design and story. Prior to Writing and Directing Vivo Kirk DeMicco is best known for helming The Croods from DreamWorks. Screenwriter and Story writer Quiara Alegría Hudes is best known cinematically for Into the Heights. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel to watch more One-To-Ones and subscribe to the Skwigly Podcast feed from your favourite podcast provider. Guests: Kirk DeMicco & Quiara Alegría Hudes Presented, edited and produced by: Steve Henderson Music and graphics: Ben Mitchell