{"id":36922,"date":"2019-10-07T06:30:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T06:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=36922"},"modified":"2019-10-07T07:21:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T07:21:25","slug":"skwigly-encounters-2019-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/skwigly-encounters-2019-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Skwigly at Encounters &#8211; Filmmaker Q&#038;As 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/691959433-skwigly-skwigly-at-encounters-2019-4.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36925 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Enc2019ep4-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&amp;A sessions of this year&#8217;s edition of Bristol&#8217;s prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/encounters.film\">Encounters Short Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36924\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ani4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36924\" class=\" wp-image-36924\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ani4-800x466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Floor Adams, Mark Lopez, Shannon Reeve, JoAnne Salmon, Alex Widdowson, Jonathan Hodgson &amp; Maria Trigo Teixeira<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In episode 4 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme <a href=\"https:\/\/2019.encounters.film\/schedule\/animation-4-get-real-5d2601007459e0002c7a4d82\">Animation 4: GetReal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/intimate-animation-floor-adams\/\">Floor Adams<\/a> (Director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindmymind.nl\/\"><em>Mind My Mind<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/silkworm.studio\/\">Mark Lopez<\/a> (Director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.segregatedbydesign.com\/\"><em>Segregated By Design<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lovelovefilms.com\/blog\/joanne-salmon-hsbc\/\">JoAnne Salmon<\/a> (Director, <em>Chin Up<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lovelovefilms.com\/staff_trusted\/shannon-reeve\/\">Shannon Reeve<\/a> (Production Coordinator, <em>Chin Up<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/documentaryanimationdiscourse.wordpress.com\/\">Alex Widdowson<\/a> (Director, <a href=\"https:\/\/documentaryanimationdiscourse.wordpress.com\/\"><em>Music &amp; Clowns<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariatrigo.com\/\">Maria Trigo Teixeira<\/a> (Director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Insidemeanimation\/\"><em>Inside Me<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/jonathan-hodgson-roughhouse-interview\/\">Jonathan Hodgson<\/a> (Director, <em>Roughhouse<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/300471953<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Segregated By Design\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/328684375?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chin Up - Trailer - Animated Documentary\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/305035133?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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Music &amp; Clowns - trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/275563645?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<div id=\"attachment_36923\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/insideme-still.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36923\" class=\" wp-image-36923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/insideme-still-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Inside Me<\/em> (Dir. 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