{"id":28711,"date":"2016-11-30T09:24:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T09:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=28711"},"modified":"2019-08-09T20:42:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T20:42:00","slug":"podcast-ann-marie-fleming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcast-ann-marie-fleming\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Ann Marie Fleming (&#8216;Window Horses&#8217;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/295479729\/download?client_id=02gUJC0hH2ct1EGOcYXQIzRFU91c72Ea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28712 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ep62-380x380.jpg\" alt=\"ep62\" width=\"380\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a>For our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcasts\/skwigly-animation-podcast-62\/\">sixty-second episode<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/animation-podcasts\/\">Skwigly Animation Podcast<\/a> we meet award-winning filmmaker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sleepydogfilms.com\/\">Ann Marie Fleming<\/a>, whose body of work includes the animated biography <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/the_magical_life_of_long_tack_sam\">The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam<\/a><\/em> (2003) and the adaptation of Bernice Eisenstein\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/i_was_a_child_of_holocaust_survivors\/\">I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors<\/a><\/em> (2010) as well as her first full-length <a href=\"http:\/\/nfb.ca\">NFB<\/a> animated feature <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowhorses.com\/\">Window Horses<\/a><\/em>, which saw its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/annecy-2016-nfb\/\">premiere at Annecy<\/a> back in June of this year. Having gathered production funds via IndieGogo, the film features Ann Marie\u2019s long-established animated avatar <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldaccordingtostickgirl.com\/\">Stickgirl<\/a> \u2018starring\u2019 as Rosie Ming, a Canadian poet whose cultural horizons and perceptions of her family history are broadened when she finds herself invited to participate in a poetry festival in Iran.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Window Horses (Trailer: COMING SOON)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/155891239?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>Primarily animated by longtime collaborator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/explore-all-directors\/kevin-langdale\/\">Kevin Langdale<\/a>, <em>Window Horses<\/em> draws upon the talents of multiple artists in the visual depictions of its poetry, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lightbox-janet-perlman\/\">Janet Perlman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/explore-all-directors\/louise-johnson\/\">Louise Johnson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jukimuseum.com\/\">Jody Kramer<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kunalsen.net\/\">Kunal Sen<\/a> (see below) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lilch.ca\/\">Lillian Chan<\/a>, with Sandra Oh and Ellen Page among its cast. 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As a freelancer he has produced work for WildBrain, CBeebies, Channel 4, Shy Guys, Plymptoons, Animortal, Wonky Films, A Productions, Slurpy Studios and Rumpus to name a few. As an independent director he has produced six multi-award-winning short animated films that have been showcased at over 200 international film and animation festivals including Clermont-Ferrand, BFI London Film Festival, ITFS Stuttgart, Encounters, London International Animation Festival, Pictoplasma, London Short Film Festival and Anima Mundi. Alongside his work in animation production he is an active writer and researcher on the industry through such avenues as the leading UK animation resource Skwigly, for which he is Editor in Chief, and his books 'Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films' (2016, second edition published April 2023) and 'Intimate Animation' (2025, co-written with Dr. Laura-Beth Cowley). As an educator he has lectured and tutored at AUB Bournemouth, University of the West of England, University of Gloucestershire and UAL Central Saint Martins. 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