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-Luc Granjon, the director of The Night Boots and to Violette Delvoye, the director of The Mud Under My Window as well as finding out more about the animation festival that takes place in the heart of Europe.

Produced and edited by Steve Henderson

Music by Ben Mitchell

Anima returns 20 February to 1 March 2026

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L-R Dave Anderson, Joe Hogan, Sammi Duong, Ana Songel, Linda Hughes, Steve Henderson

Produced and edited by Steve Henderson
Music by Ben Mitchell

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In episode 3 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Skwigly Editor in Chief Ben Mitchell and Features Writer Laura-Beth Cowley as part of the festival’s Filmmaker Brunch sessions.

Photo courtesy of CAF

Featured in this episode:

• Josh Hicks – Spectre of the Bear
• Tova Persson – Offerlamm (WINNER: BEST STUDENT SHORT)
• Hoching Kwok – When Cicadas Sing
• Gus Andrews – Whale Fall
• Qianhui Yu – In My Garden

Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley
Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell
Thanks to Ellys Donovan, Erykah Cameron and the CAF team

For those who missed the in-person edition of CAF, the online version runs until May 12th. For more info visit cardiffanimation.com/online-2024

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In episode 2 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Skwigly Editor in Chief Ben Mitchell and Features Writer Laura-Beth Cowley as part of the festival’s Filmmaker Brunch sessions.

Featured in this episode:

• Tanya J Scott – The Wolf of Custer
• Gerald Conn – Inner Polar Bear
• Hannah Fisher – Disparate Threads
• Naomi Crame – Rainbow Junktion
• Lleucu Non – Painkiller (WINNER: AUDIENCE AWARD)

Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley
Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell
Thanks to Ellys Donovan, Erykah Cameron and the CAF team

For those who missed the in-person edition of CAF, the online version runs until May 12th. For more info visit cardiffanimation.com/online-2024

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Skwigly are proud to present the first of a three-part series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the 2024 edition of the Cardiff Animation Festival.

In episode 1 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Skwigly Editor in Chief Ben Mitchell and Features Writer Laura-Beth Cowley as part of the festival’s Filmmaker Brunch sessions.

Image: CAF

Featured in this episode:

• Samantha Moore – Visible Mending
• Greg McLeod – Mee and Burd
• Robert Brown – Clowning Around
• Katie King – Made For Duties Overseas
• Faye Craig – Sour Days

Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley
Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell
Thanks to Ellys Donovan, Erykah Cameron and the CAF team

For those who missed the in-person edition of CAF, the online version runs until May 12th. For more info visit cardiffanimation.com/online-2024

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This episode features an exclusive round table chat with some of the winners of the awards:

• JuanPe Arroyo of The Line, winner of Best Animation in a Commercial for Great British Bake Off’s promotional trailer 2023
• Emma Calder winner of the Cutting Edge Award, for Beware of Trains
• Camilla Deakin of Lupus Films winner of Best Feature, Writers Award and Best Original Music for Kensuke’s Kingdom (dirs Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry) and Best Long Form for Mog’s Christmas (dir. Robin Shaw)
• Iain Gardner winner of Best Long Form for A Bear Called Wojtek
• Tanya J.Scott winner of Best Postgraduate Student Film for her NFTS short The Wolf of Custer

Presented by Laura-Beth Cowley, Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell
Produced and edited by Steve Henderson
Music by Ben Mitchell

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Special guests:

• Mikkel Brænne Sandemose (The Polar Bear Prince)
• Marc du Pontavice (Lucy Lost)
• Patrick Imbert and Johanna Goldschmidt (The Wild Inside)
• Tonje Skar Reiersen (Pesta)

Our 10 Favourite Pitches From Cartoon Movie

Presented by Steve Henderson with Ryan Gaur
Interviews conducted by Ryan Gaur
Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell
Music by Ben Mitchell

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Live from MOVE Summit 2024, Skwigly Editor Steve Henderson and guests shine a spotlight on Scottish animation and explore some of the stories behind the stories of project such as Musical Storyland, Dog Squad, Roots & Fruits and The Brilliant World of Tom Gates. Featuring special guests Rhona Drummond (Eyebolls) Lucy Teire (Interference Pattern) Micky MacPherson (Plum Films) & Ron Henry (Wild Child)

L-R Ron Henry, Micky MacPherson, Lucy Teire, Rhona Drummond, Steve Henderson      Credit: MOVE Summit

Produced and edited by Steve Henderson
Music by Ben Mitchell

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I’M FINE! is a reflection on the emotional burnout from the best independent animation creators. In addition to animation films, the project will present a series of interviews and podcasts on Skwigly with artists who share their experiences of going through emotional burnout, as well as workshops and master classes devoted to this issue.

The fourth podcast minisode from our filmmaker Q&A sessions features insights from:

• Konrad Hjemli & Jakob Eiring (Pandiculation)
• Anna Samo (Conversations With A Whale)

I’M FINE! will be available to watch for free on the MEGOGO media service from 10-30 October. Follow the LINOLEUM Festival at linoleumfest.com and the festival’s Instagram profile.

I’M FINE! is a project by the LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival and Skwigly Animation Magazine. It is implemented with the support of the British Council within the framework of the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture.

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I’M FINE! is a reflection on the emotional burnout from the best independent animation creators. In addition to animation films, the project will present a series of interviews and podcasts on Skwigly with artists who share their experiences of going through emotional burnout, as well as workshops and master classes devoted to this issue.

The third podcast minisode from our filmmaker Q&A sessions features insights from:

• Fabienne Priess (Tick)
• Jakub Krzyszpin (Inertness)

Follow the LINOLEUM Festival at linoleumfest.com and the festival’s Instagram profile.

I’M FINE! is a project by the LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival and Skwigly Animation Magazine. It is implemented with the support of the British Council within the framework of the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture.

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I’M FINE! is a reflection on the emotional burnout from the best independent animation creators. In addition to animation films, the project will present a series of interviews and podcasts on Skwigly with artists who share their experiences of going through emotional burnout, as well as workshops and master classes devoted to this issue.

The second podcast minisode from our filmmaker Q&A sessions features insights from:

• Catherine Lepage (The Great Malaise)
• Julia Skala (Sommerregen)
• Johnny Kelly (Procrastination)

I’M FINE! will be available on the MEGOGO media service during the LINOLEUM festival, which will be held online from 7 to 11 September.  Follow the news of the project here on Skwigly, at linoleumfest.com, on the festival’s Instagram profile, or at the I’M FINE! Facebook event page.

I’M FINE! is a project by the LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival and Skwigly Animation Magazine. It is implemented with the support of the British Council within the framework of the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture.

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I’M FINE! is a reflection on the emotional burnout from the best independent animation creators. In addition to animation films, the project will present a series of interviews and podcasts on Skwigly with artists who share their experiences of going through emotional burnout, as well as workshops and master classes devoted to this issue.

The first podcast minisode from our filmmaker Q&A sessions features insights from:

• Will Anderson (The Making of Longbird)
• Anna Mantzaris (Enough)
• Margarida Madeira (Playing Death)

I’M FINE! will be available on the MEGOGO media service during the LINOLEUM festival, which will be held online from 7 to 11 September.  Follow the news of the project here on Skwigly, at linoleumfest.com, on the festival’s Instagram profile, or at the I’M FINE! Facebook event page.

I’M FINE! is a project by the LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival and Skwigly Animation Magazine. It is implemented with the support of the British Council within the framework of the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture.

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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

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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

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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

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