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 at Anima, the Brussels International Animation Film Festival Podcast Special, brought to you by skwigly.com

Presented by Steve Henderson.

Reporting from Anima 2025, Join Skwigly Editor Steve Henderson as he meets some of the award winning filmmakers who took home awards at Brussels premiere animation event! In this podcast we meet Anne Verburer, the director of The Golden Donkey,  Pierre-Luc Granjon, the director of The Night Boots and to Violette Delvoye, the director of The Mud Under My Window as well as finding out more about the animation festival that takes place in the heart of Europe.

Produced and edited by Steve Henderson
Music by Ben Mitchell

Skwigly at Anima Brussels 2025 Podcast Special

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.

Skwigly at Anima Brussels 2025 Podcast Special

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