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The 62nd Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Special guest: Ann Marie Fleming, multi-award winning director of films including 'I Was A Child of Holocaust Survivors' and 'The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam'. Her most recent animated NFB feature film 'Window Horses' is an exploration of the arts culture of Iran, with poetry brought to life by several contributing Canadian animators including Kevin Langdale, Janet Perlman, Lillian Chan, Louise Johnson, Kunal Sen, Jody Kramer and Shira Avni among others. Having recently won Best BC Film and Best Canadian Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival, 'Window Horses' will see its UK premiere at the London International Animation Festival on December 11th. Produced & Edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

In the first episode of a brand new podcast series, Skwigly Managing Director Ben Mitchell gives an overview of the first Skwigly tie-in book 'Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films'. The book is available to buy now from Taylor & Francis/CRC Press.

Presenting the final episode of 'Intimate Animation' season 1, 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 episode 6 we meet Andreas Hykade of Studio Film Bilder, director of the hallucinatory, sexually-charged Western opus 'Ring of Fire'. The film, originally released in 2000, would go on to win major awards at Ottawa International Animation Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Zagreb, Avanca, Filmfest Dresden, Black Nights Festival, Sitges, I Castelli Animati and Short Film Festival Hamburg among others. Visit Andreas Hykade online at hykade.de and find out more about Studio Film Bilder at filmbilder.de Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell Thanks to Miriam Antwerpes and Jette Jördis Wölk

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from this year's edition of the KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival. In episode 3 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Hans Walther as part of KLIK!'s Filmmakers Talkshow. Featured in this episode: Nyan Kyal Say ('My Life I Don't Want') Daphna Awadish ('Journey Birds') Joanna Hepworth ('The Urban Fox') Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell Interviews conducted by Hans Walther and Ben Mitchell Thanks to Tünde Vollenbroek and Marion Poeth

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from this year's edition of the KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival. In episode 2 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Hans Walther as part of KLIK!'s Filmmakers Talkshow. Featured in this episode: Artūrs Lācis ('Versus') Carolina Cruz ('Balbina: Das IST, die Zeit ist ein Egoist') Evelyne Dubois ('Home Sweet Home') Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell Talkshow presented by Hans Walther Thanks to Tünde Vollenbroek and Marion Poeth

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from this year's edition of the KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival. In episode 1 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Hans Walther as part of KLIK!'s Filmmakers Talkshow. Featured in this episode: Giovanni Braggio ('Cthupid') Junaid Chundrigar ('Fixed Fairy Tales: The Princess & the Pea') Fleur Odylle ('Manfred the Monkey') Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell Talkshow presented by Hans Walther Thanks to Tünde Vollenbroek and Marion Poeth

Presenting episode 5 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 episode 5 we meet Réka Bucsi, director of the multi-award-winning 'Love'. The film, which comes on the heels of her successful student film 'Symphony No. 42', has received a multitude of screenings at high profile festivals including Encounters, OIAF, Berlinale, AFI Fest, Go Short, MIFF and the BFI London Film Festival. Visit Réka Bucsi online at http://rekabucsi.tumblr.com/ and find out more about the film at https://www.facebook.com/loverekabucsi/ Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Skwigly at the Dublin Animation Film Festival 2016 Podcast Special, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Steve Henderson. Special guests: Barry O'Donaghue (Barley Films), Duke Johnson (Anomalisa) Produced and edited by Steve Henderson Music by Wesley Allard and Ben Mitchell Thanks to Fionnughuala Ni Neil and Kristina Yee

The 61st Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Special guests: Roger Mainwood and Robin Shaw, director and art director respectively of the animated feature film adaptation of the Raymond Briggs classic 'Ethel & Ernest'. Produced & Edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell & Erik Satie ('Gnossienne No. 1', performed by Ben Mitchell)

Presenting episode 4 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 episode 3 we meet award-winning Concordia graduate Lori Malépart-Traversy, whose student short 'Le Clitoris' has generated a great deal of buzz since it premiered in June of this year. Find out more about the film at lorimalepart-clitoris.tumblr.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

The 60th Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Guest interviewer: Neil Whitman Special guests: •Peter Firmin, co-founder (with Oliver Postgate) of Smallfilms whose legacy of British television animation classics include 'Bagpuss', 'The Clangers', 'Noggin the Nog' and 'Ivor the Engine'. •Daniel Postgate, son of Oliver Postgate and executive producer/writer on the recent 'Clangers' revival, presently in production on its second series. Produced & Edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting episode 3 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 episode 3 we meet Veronica L. Montaño and Manuela Leuenberger, the filmmakers behind the multi-award-winning festival hit and Lucerne University graduation film "Ivan's Need". Find out more about the film at facebook.com/ivansneed Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the final episode of Skwigly's latest batch of Podcast Minisodes from the 22nd edition of Bristol's Encounters Festival. For our fourth filmmaker Q&A session we’re speaking to attending filmmakers whose films screened as part of the animation programmes 'It's Only Natural', 'A Look Inside' and 'Art and Design'. •Sean Vicary (Dir. 'The Nose') •Samantha Moore (Dir. 'Loop') •Paul McElvie (Dir. 'Rorschach Kristalle') •Francisca Villela (Dir. 'A Better Situation') •David Buob (Dir. 'Me By You') •Frederic Siegel (Dir. 'Ruben Leaves') •Marko Djeska (Dir. 'Ghost Town') Presented, produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Special thanks to Encounters and Kieran Argo

Presenting the third episode of Skwigly's latest batch of Podcast Minisodes from the 22nd edition of Bristol's Encounters Festival. For our third filmmaker Q&A session we’re speaking to attending filmmakers whose films screened as part of the animation programme 'It's Only Natural'. •Lissi Muschol (Producer, 'The Wild Boar') •David Dell'Edera (Dir. 'Balcony') •Simon Scheiber (Dir. 'The Lighthouse') •Tomek Ducki (Dir. 'Emily King: The Animals') Presented, produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Special thanks to Encounters and Kieran Argo

Presenting the second episode of Skwigly's latest batch of Podcast Minisodes from the 22nd edition of Bristol's Encounters Festival. For our second filmmaker Q&A session we’re speaking to attending filmmakers whose films screened as part of the animation programmes 'The Weight of Humanity' and 'Top of the Class'. •Jennifer Zheng (Dir. 'Tough') •Jodie Haslam (Dir. 'The Race') •Ben O’Conner (Dir. 'A Terrible Hullabaloo') •Luc Gut (Dir. 'OS Love') •Joseph Wallace/Meryn Cobbin ('James: Dear John') •Gábor Osváth (Producer, 'Love') Presented, produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Special thanks to Encounters and Kieran Argo