{"id":43561,"date":"2021-12-21T12:04:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T12:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=43561"},"modified":"2023-10-12T13:10:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:10:47","slug":"podcast-winter-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcast-winter-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: &#8216;Encanto&#8217;, &#8216;Superworm&#8217; &#038; &#8216;The Abominable Snow Baby&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/1181647852-skwigly-skwigly-podcast-104.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-43559 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/SkwiglyPodcasts104-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcasts\/skwigly-animation-podcast-104\/\">final podcast episode<\/a> of 2021 Skwigly are delighted to welcome the teams behind some of this holiday season&#8217;s most anticipated animation projects.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Official Trailer | Disney&#039;s Encanto | Disney UK\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sHu7zHSMyRs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Skwigly&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/author\/martyn-warren\/\">Martyn Warren<\/a> speaks with Jared Bush and Charise Castro Smith, the directors of Disney&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/disney.co.uk\/movies\/encanto\"><em>Encanto<\/em><\/a> out in cinemas now and coming to Disney+ on December 24th, as well as the film&#8217;s producer Clark Spencer. 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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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