{"id":31534,"date":"2017-07-12T13:10:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T13:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=31534"},"modified":"2019-08-09T20:34:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T20:34:48","slug":"intimate-animation-chintis-lundgren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/intimate-animation-chintis-lundgren\/","title":{"rendered":"Intimate Animation: Chintis Lundgren (&#8216;Manivald&#8217;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/soundcloud\/iSrI\/~5\/z78jqh9yELc\/332782563-skwigly-intimate-animation-2-04-12072017-chintis-lundgren-drasko-ivezic.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31536 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IA2-4_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>Continuing the second season of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?s=intimate+animation\">Intimate Animation<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the Skwigly podcast in which we explore, discuss and interview the talents behind animation that deals with adult themes of love, relationships and sexuality \u2013 we welcome Estonian-born, Croatia-based writer\/animator\/director <a href=\"http:\/\/chintislundgren.com\/\">Chintis Lundgren<\/a> (<em>Manivald<\/em>, <em>Life with Herman H. Rott<\/em>) joined by co-writer\/producer Dra\u0161ko Ivezi\u0107 of <a href=\"http:\/\/adriaticanimation.hr\/\">Adriatic Animation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The pair&#8217;s latest film<em> Manivald<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/animafest-2017-winners-announced\/\">recently won<\/a> the award for Best Croatian Film at Animafest Zagreb as well as screening in the official selection of this year\u2019s Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Upcoming screenings include Brazil\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmes.animamundi.com.br\/site\/view?id=37151\">Anima Mundi<\/a> later this month.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manivald - Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/218390739?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Manivald, a fox, is turning 33. Overeducated, unemployed and generally uninspired, he lives with his overbearing, retired mother and spends his days learning piano while she makes his coffee and washes his socks. It is an easy life, but not a good one. Their unhealthy co-dependence is about to collapse when the washing machine breaks down and Toomas, a sexy and adventurous wolf repairman, arrives to fix it, and them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Co-produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/producing-animation-jelena-popovic\/\">Jelena Popovi\u0107<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/nfb.ca\">National Film Board of Canada<\/a> , the film tells the story of 33-year-old Manivald, an unemployed fox who leads a listless life with his artist mother until Toomas, a wolf repairman, enters their life and affects their co-dependent existence forever.<\/p>\n<p>Stream below or <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/soundcloud\/iSrI\/~5\/z78jqh9yELc\/332782563-skwigly-intimate-animation-2-04-12072017-chintis-lundgren-drasko-ivezic.mp3\">direct download<\/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%2F332782563&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=ff5500\"><\/iframe>\n<p><em><strong>To see more of Chintis Lundgren&#8217;s work visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chintislundgren.com\">chintislundgren.com <\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the second season of\u00a0Intimate Animation\u00a0\u2013 the Skwigly podcast in which we explore, discuss and interview the talents behind animation that deals with adult themes of love, relationships and sexuality \u2013 we welcome Estonian-born, Croatia-based writer\/animator\/director Chintis Lundgren (Manivald, Life with Herman H. 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