{"id":34306,"date":"2018-11-07T14:23:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T14:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=34306"},"modified":"2018-11-11T17:30:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T17:30:37","slug":"skwigly-klik-2018-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/skwigly-klik-2018-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Skwigly at KLIK 2018 \u2013 Filmmaker Q&#038;As 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/525858366-skwigly-skwigly-at-klik-2018-3.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34336 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/KLIK2018ep3-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>This week on Skwigly we are presenting you with another series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the 2018 edition of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.klik.amsterdam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/525858366-skwigly-skwigly-at-klik-2018-3.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">episode 3<\/a>\u00a0we hear from attending filmmakers\u00a0Beni Morard (<em>Big Buddy Blue<\/em>\/<em>Mind Invaders<\/em>\/<em>Ooze<\/em>),\u00a0Frederic Siegel (<em>Big Buddy Blue<\/em>\/<em>Mind Invaders<\/em>), Kilian Vilim (<em>Mind Invaders<\/em>\/<em>Ooze<\/em>), Sam Gainsborough (<em>Facing It<\/em>) and Jasper Kuipers (<em>Finity Calling<\/em>)\u00a0in conversation with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.annaeijsbouts.com\/\">Anna Eijsbouts<\/a>.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/525858366&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell<br \/>\nInterviews conducted by Anna Eijsbouts<br \/>\nThanks to Maxi Meissner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Skwigly we are presenting you with another series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the 2018 edition of the\u00a0KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival. 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