The 24th Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com
Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell
Guest interviewer: Tom Sanders
Special guests:
Travis Knight - President of LAIKA on their new film 'The Boxtrolls'
Yoni Goodman - Animation Director of the Ari Folman films 'Waltz With Bashir' and 'The Congress'
Jesse Cleverly - Creative Director of Wildseed Studios

Skwigly Podcast 24 (25/09/2014) - Travis Knight, Yoni Goodman & Jesse Cleverly

Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Steve Henderson in conversation with Adam Elliot, director of Memoir of a Snail

The now Oscar nominated feature film tells the story of Grace Pudel a book-loving, snail-collecting misfit that falls into a series of misfortunes after being separated from her twin brother Gilbert. Despite her hardships, inspiration and hope arise when Grace begins a friendship with an eccentric elderly woman named Pinky.

Anyone familiar with the work of writer, director Adam Elliot from his Oscar winning film Harvey Krumpet or his first feature film Mary and Max, will know that the director has an innate ability to make the unloved subjects of his worlds very much adored by audiences and Memoir of a Snail is no stranger to that formula. Built on a budget that most features wouldn’t even begin pre-production with, the film is not only a work of art, but also a labour of love, evident through the writing, construction and all round execution of this sincere work of genius. 

This interview was recorded the day after it’s world premiere at Annecy festival where it got a well earned standing ovation, but we’ve squirrelled away our chat until now with the hope that after listening you’ll all go out and support this film in UK cinemas.

Read the full review on Skwigly.com https://www.skwigly.co.uk/annecy-2024-memoir-of-a-snail-review/

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Guest: Adam Elliot
Presented, edited and produced by: Steve Henderson
Music and graphics: Ben Mitchell

Animation One-To-Ones #35 Adam Elliot (Memoir of a Snail)

The very first Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk
Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell
Special guests: Peter Lord, Miles Bullough and Fraser MacLean
Music by Wesley Allard
Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell

Podcast breakdown:
00:00 - The new Skwigly podcast is introduced
01:27 - Steve and Ben discuss the new Aardman film "The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists "
10:15 - Ben interviews Aardman co-founder Peter Lord, director of "The Pirates!"
35:47 - Steve and Ben talk "Pirates!" trivia.
39:40 - Steve and Ben muse on the implications of the newly announced animation industry tax incentives. Aardman's Miles Bullough elucidates, audience letters are read, Ben rants.
0:51:59 - The departure of Glen Keane from Disney is discussed, with audience feedback
0:58:24 - Steve interviews Fraser MacLean, author of "Setting The Scene". Part one of two.
1:28:24 - Steve recaps the recent British Animation Award ceremony
1:37:58 - The first audience-participation 'Versus' feature is announced
1:39:09 - Thank you and goodbye

Skwigly Podcast 01 (28/03/2012)

The makers of Chuck Steel: Night Of The Trampires let us behind the scenes of the creation of the film. The event took place at Cardiff Animation Festival, which happened at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, on April 19-21. 

The stop-motion action comedy follows maverick cop Chuck Steel as he tries to save LA from a scourge of Trampires. Director Mike Mort, art director Bridget Phelan, animation supervisor Darren Thompson and producer Randhir Singh, spoke to animator Laura Tofarides about the film's 80s visuals, producing an animated feature in Bridgend and advice for young animators at Cardiff Animation Festival. 

Find out more about Anim18 at www.anim18.co.uk  or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @Anim18UK and #Anim18

Q&A With Night Of The Trampires

Manchester Animation Festival is just around the corner so our team wanted to tell you a bit more about how the festival began, what some of the highlights are this year and touch on their favourite festival memories from over the years. Join Festival Director Steve Henderson and the team for 20 mins of delightful animation chat ahead of our 5th festival.
Music by Wez Allard.

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Manchester Animation Festival 2019 Podcast - Part 1 Pre Festival

Well what a festival we had! Our Festival Director Steve Henderson takes a look back at some of the most exciting events and moments from this year’s event. We'll share a glimpse from our Making of Klaus Masterclass, treat you to an exclusive chat with The Red Turtle director Michael Dudok de Wit and much more. It's half an hour of animation goodness...Enjoy!

Manchester Animation Festival 2019 Podcast - Part 2 Post Festival

Join Ben Mitchell, Steve Henderson, Laura-Beth Cowley and guests for Skwigly's animation podcasts, where interviews with world famous industry legends and skilled craftspeople go alongside cheery conversations about the world of animation. You can select from our sub-categories: Skwigly Film Club, Intimate Animation, Independent Animation and the main Skwigly Animation Podcast.

Animation One-To-Ones #35 Adam Elliot (Memoir of a Snail)

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