{"id":34322,"date":"2018-11-08T20:27:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T20:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=34322"},"modified":"2018-11-08T20:27:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T20:27:19","slug":"skwigly-at-klik-2018-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/skwigly-at-klik-2018-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Skwigly at KLIK 2018 \u2013 Filmmaker Q&#038;As 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/526341090-skwigly-skwigly-at-klik-2018-4.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34324 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/KLIK2018ep4-400x400.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 our <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/526341090-skwigly-skwigly-at-klik-2018-4.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final episode<\/a> we hear from attending filmmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/alexandrahohner.weebly.com\/\">Alexandra Hohner<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/alexandrahohner.weebly.com\/me.html\"><em>M.E.<\/em><\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/qshau\">Ekaterina Mikheeva<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/248633677\"><em>Dacha, Aliens, Cucumbers<\/em><\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yaliherbet.com\/\">Yali Herbet<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yaliherbet.com\/magrittes-train\"><em>Magritte&#8217;s Train<\/em><\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teatales.com\/\">Valerie Chang<\/a> (<em>Where Do Babies Come From?<\/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\/526341090&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nIf you missed the previous episodes and want to get caught up you can listen to our handy playlist that groups all the Q&amp;A sessions together:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/639931692&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nProduced, 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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