Animation Podcasts | Skwigly

Presenting the 79th episode of the Skwigly podcast! Special guests: •Simon Tofield, creator of the online sensation "Simon's Cat" that celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. Presented/edited by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Produced by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

In the third episode of 'Independent Animation', our companion podcast series to the Skwigly tie-in book 'Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films' (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press), we meet David OReilly who, in the past decade, has amassed a significant fanbase through his independently-produced auteur animation projects 'Please Say Something' and 'The External World' among others. More recently David's work has expanded into abstract gaming experiences with 2014's 'Mountain' and last year's 'Everything'. Written, presented and produced by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell Additional music from 'The External World' composed by Bram Meindersma Soundtrack available at http://www.davidoreilly.com/downloads/

Presenting the 78th episode of the Skwigly podcast! Special guests: •Paloma Baeza and Ser En Low, director and producer respectively of the NFTS graduation film 'Poles Apart' which this year earned the school its fifth consecutive BAFTA for Best Short Animation. Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Interview conducted by Laura-Beth Cowley Produced & edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the 77th episode of the Skwigly podcast! Special guest: •Glen Keane, director of the Annie Award-winning 'Dear Basketball' (written by Kobe Bryant), which has been nominated for Best Animated Short at the 90th Academy Awards, as well as the upcoming Pearl Studio/Netflix animated feature 'Over the Moon'. Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Produced & edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the 76th episode of the Skwigly podcast! Special guest: •Nora Twomey, director of the latest Cartoon Saloon feature film 'The Breadwinner' which has been nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards. Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Produced & edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the 75th episode of the Skwigly podcast! Special guests: •Tom Box (producer), Simone Giampaolo and Francesco Mazza (directors) of Blue Zoo discussing their latest seasonal short film 'Lynx & Birds'. •Jeroen Jaspaert, director of this year's Magic Light holiday special 'The Highway Rat', adapted from the popular children's book by Julia Donaldson. Presented by Ben Mitchell, Steve Henderson & Laura-Beth Cowley Edited by Ben Mitchell & Steve Henderson Produced by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell & Wez Allard

Presenting the 74th episode of the Skwigly podcast! Special guests: •Carlos Saldanha, director at Blue Sky Studios whose filmography includes entries in the 'Ice Age' and 'Rio' film series as well as the recent feature adaptation of the classic children's book 'Ferdinand', out in cinemas this week. •Scot Stafford, composer for Google Spotlight Stories whose directorial debut 'Sonaria' is available now to view on multiple platforms. Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Guest interviewer: Laura-Beth Cowley Produced & edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting Animation Composed, a Skwigly Online Animation Magazine podcast series focusing on the harmonious relationship between music and animation. In this podcast Skwigly Managing Director Ben Mitchell and contributor Wez Allard bring you exclusive composer interviews and standout music selections showcasing music written specifically for animation projects. Season 1 episode 2 features special guests Ben Locket ("The Amazing World of Gumball", "Revolting Rhymes") and Gareth Davies ("Scream Street", "Everybody Loves A Moose"). Full playlist: •Theme from Love – David Kamp •The Hole (The Amazing World of Gumball) - Ben Locket •The Kidnapping [Excerpt] (Revolting Rhymes) - Ben Locket •The Man (The Amazing World of Gumball) - Ben Locket •Meeting an Old Friend [Excerpt] (The Amazing World of Gumball) - Ben Locket •The Shell (The Amazing World of Gumball) - Ben Locket •Antons Suche (Analysis Paralysis) – Ephrem Leuchinger •Excerpts (Who's Afraid of Mr. Greedy?) – Mathieu Alvado •Jaqueline perd la tête (The Head Vanishes) – Pierre Caillet •I Am Here – Menalon •The Uninvited (Scream Street) – Gareth Davies •Haunted House (Scream Street) – Gareth Davies •Transformation (Scream Street) – Gareth Davies •Otto's Theme (Scream Street) – Gareth Davies •Main Titles (Everybody Loves A Moose) – Gareth Davies •Jack's Theme (Everybody Loves A Moose) – Gareth Davies •Sad Moose (Everybody Loves A Moose) – Gareth Davies •Too Many Moons - Band of One •The Climb [Excerpt] (Revolting Rhymes) – Ben Locket Presented by Ben Mitchell and Wez Allard Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell

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: Jasmine Elsen('Rascal') Ludwig Camarillo ('Chair: Animation For Art Lovers') Kiril Mirkov ('Creature Pinup') Martanoemí Noriega and Tomas Cortés-Rosselot (Mandi, The Little Cockroach) Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell Interviews conducted by Hans Walther Thanks to 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: Benedikt Hummel('Good Night, Everybuds!') Alain Delannoy ('The Talk: True Stories About the Birds and the Bees') Joost Lieuwma ('How to Have a Romantic Date') Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell Interviews conducted by Hans Walther Thanks to 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: Arjan Brentjes ('Sand') Max Mörtl ('Island') Ruth Taylor & Auke de Vries ('Alaska Pollock: Read Between The Lines') Alice Saey ('Mark Lotterman: Happy') Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell Interviews conducted by Hans Walther Thanks to Marion Poeth

Presenting the fifth episode of 'Intimate Animation' season 2, 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 Dario van Vree of Studio Pupil, whose short film "Tabook" about a young woman overcoming her inhibitions was released online this month to coincide with Face Your Fears day. Also discussed in this episode: Animation sexploits at the New York Sex Museum (including work by Polly Nor, Michael Sullivan and the first animated 'stag' film "Buried Treasure") and the surprisingly on-point new adult animated Netflix sitcom "Big Mouth". Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the 73rd episode of the Skwigly podcast! Special guest: Eoin Duffy, director of the National Film Board of Canada short 'I Am Here'. Produced by Shirley Vercruysse and Maral Mohammadian of the NFB and Executive Produced by Michael Fukushima, the film will screen in competition at this year's Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival in Bristol. Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Produced & edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting Animation Composed, a new Skwigly Online Animation Magazine podcast series focusing on the harmonious relationship between music and animation. In this podcast Skwigly Managing Director Ben Mitchell and contributor Wez Allard bring you exclusive composer interviews and standout music selections showcasing music written specifically for animation projects. Season 1 episode 1 features special guest Mathieu Alvado, composer for over 50 short films including the recent animated projects To Build A Fire (Dir. FX Goby, Nexus) and The Inspector and the Umbrella (Dir. Maël Gourmelen). Full playlist: •Overture (To Build A Fire) – Mathieu Alvado •Anton im Kaufhaus (Analysis Paralysis) – Ephrem Leuchinger •Theme from Boris-Noris – Ben Mitchell •Une bonne petite souris (Quenottes/Pearlies) – Mathieu Alvado •Building A Fire (To Build A Fire) – Mathieu Alvado •Clitoris Magnificus (Le Clitoris) – Eliazer Kramer •Lonely Bones – Thee Wreckers •Wings and Oars - Pierre Yves Drapeau •End Credits (The Kiosk) – Ephrem Leuchinger •The Inspector and the Umbrella – Mathieu Alvado •New Fire (To Build A Fire) – Mathieu Alvado •End Credits (To Build A Fire) – Mathieu Alvado •Reprise (The Inspector and the Umbrella) – Mathieu Alvado Presented by Ben Mitchell and Wez Allard Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the fourth episode of 'Intimate Animation' season 2, 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 Chintis Lundgren and Draško Ivezić, director/writer and co-writer respectively of "Manivald", a quasi-follow up to the duo's previous film "Life with Herman H. Rott". "Manivald" recently won the award for Best Croatian Film at Animafest Zagreb as well as screening in the official selection of this year's Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Upcoming screenings include Brazil's Anima Mundi later this month. Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell