{"id":25389,"date":"2016-05-04T08:53:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T08:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=25389"},"modified":"2016-05-04T08:53:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T08:53:13","slug":"skwigly-podcast-conor-whelan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/skwigly-podcast-conor-whelan\/","title":{"rendered":"Skwigly Podcast: Conor Whelan (&#8216;Snowfall&#8217;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25390 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ep49-380x380.jpg\" alt=\"ep49\" width=\"380\" height=\"380\" \/>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcasts\/skwigly-animation-podcast-49\/\" target=\"_blank\">latest episode<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/animation-podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skwigly Animation Podcast<\/a> we welcome Dublin-born, Vancouver-based animator and designer Conor Whelan, who has produced high quality commercial work for clients such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/conorwhelandesign.com\/filter\/Motion\/ICAD-Awards-2014\">Institute of Creative Advertising &amp; Design<\/a>, alongside personal projects such as the the Vimeo Staff-Picked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conorwhelandesign.com\/Palm-Springs\"><em>Palm Springs<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conorwhelandesign.com\/My-Darling-s-Shadow\"><em>My Darling&#8217;s Shadow<\/em><\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Most prominently Conor is known for the fantastic, multi-award-winning short film <a href=\"http:\/\/conorwhelandesign.com\/filter\/Motion\/Snowfall\"><em>Snowfall<\/em><\/a> that has screened at over thirty international festivals and toured as part of the Animation Show of Shows last year.<span id=\"result_box\" class=\"short_text\" lang=\"en\"><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"short_text\" lang=\"en\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snowfall - Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/117516133?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also discussed in this episode: Highlights from the first animation strand of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/can-ciff-part-1\/\">Cardiff Independent Film Festival<\/a> (where <em>Snowfall<\/em> recently picked up the award for Best Animation), enthusiasm for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/annecy-2016-features\/\">official features selection<\/a> of this year&#8217;s upcoming Annecy Festival, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/manchester-animation-festival-2016-call-for-entries\/\">Manchester Animation Festival<\/a>&#8216;s second edition and festival etiquette (it&#8217;s a festival frenzy up in here).<br \/>\nStream the latest episode below or <a href=\"https:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/262428386\/download?client_id=02gUJC0hH2ct1EGOcYXQIzRFU91c72Ea\" target=\"_blank\">direct download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F262428386&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=ff5500\"><\/iframe>\n<p>To catch up on the podcast so far be sure to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/animation-podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Podcasts section<\/a> of the site and, so as not to miss out on any future episodes, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/skwigly\/id545949409\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest episode of the Skwigly Animation Podcast we welcome Dublin-born, Vancouver-based animator and designer Conor Whelan, who has produced high quality commercial work for clients such as the Institute of Creative Advertising &amp; Design, alongside personal projects such as the the Vimeo Staff-Picked Palm Springs and My Darling&#8217;s Shadow . 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