Skwigly presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Ben Mitchell in conversation with Oscar-nominated, Cardiff-based animator Joanna Quinn discussing her work with AC4Pal (Animation Community for Palestine), an organisation that came about in support of the laudable efforts of Gaza-based animator Haneen Koraz, who has been running animation workshops with displaced children and women across the region.

With yesterday marking the online premiere of To Gaza with Love: A Global Anijam, a powerful international initiative coordinated by AC4Pal bringing together 329 short films from over 50 countries, created by animators, students, and studios in a collective act of solidarity with the people of Gaza. Among the hundreds of contributors are Sam Fell, Raman Djafari, students from the Royal College of Art and Joanna Quinn herself. All films will be viewable through a special  interactive map designed by Bristol-based Australian animator Jane Abernethy and rolled out on the AC4Pal YouTube channel over the coming months.

Links and resources

• @AC4PAL on YouTube
• To Gaza with Love – Interactive Map
• @AC4pal on Instagram
• Patreon.com – Animation Stories
• Haneen Koraz GoFundMe

On Saturday 27th September the Encounters Film Festival, Cardiff Animation Festival and Bristol Palestine Film Festival. will host a special fundraising event for Haneen Koraz, 12:30pm at Bristol’s Watershed. For more info and to order tickets, visit 2025.encounters.film