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In the Shadow of the Cypress | Q&A with Hossein...

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2025/02/26

In the Shadow of the Cypress has ridden a challenging road to being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short. Made in Iran out of the pockets of directors Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, the duo found themselves having to deal with the limitations of their budget alongside a lack of governmental support, […] The post In the Shadow of the Cypress | Q&A with Hossein Molayemi & Shirin Sohani appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

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Beautiful Men | Interview with Nicolas Keppens

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2025/02/24

Among this year’s crop of Oscar nominated animated shorts lies Beautiful Men, a quiet, stop-motion tale of three brothers who head to Istanbul looking for hair transplants. The film is an exploration of beauty standards for men in a way that extends beyond just male pattern baldness. These characters are trying to feel comfortable in […] The post Beautiful Men | Interview with Nicolas Keppens appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

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Wander to Wonder | Interview with Nina Gantz

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2025/02/13

Following a premiere at the 2023 Venice Film Festival and a festival run including screenings at Clermont-Ferrand and Ottawa International Animation Festival with major award wins at Anima Brussels, Cardiff Animation Festival and SXSW among others, Nina Gantz‘s incredible stop-motion short Wander to Wonder has gone from strength to strength and is presently nominated for […]The post Wander to Wonder | Interview with Nina Gantz appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

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The Sloth Lane: Interview with Director and Writer...

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2025/02/13

Long-time fans of Skwigly may be familiar with the name Tania Vincent, who was a contributor for the magazine back in 2012. After all these years, Tania didn’t just become a successful animator, but became a successful director and writer, having been a co-director on animated films such as Scary Girl and Combat Wombat: Back […] The post The Sloth Lane: Interview with Director and Writer Tania Vincent appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

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Interview: Naoko Yamada – ‘The Colors Within’

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2025/01/31

Ever since making her major directorial breakthrough with anime sensation K-On! in 2009, Naoko Yamada has repeatedly proven herself one of the most singular and distinct voices in Japanese animation today. One of the few women directors to have successfully forged a career within Japan’s traditionally testosterone-filled anime industry, Yamada has garnered a reputation for […]The post Interview: Naoko Yamada – ‘The Colors Within’ appeared first on Skwigly Animation

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Wallace & Gromit | Podcast Special featuring Nick...

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2024/12/23

In our last Skwigly Animation Podcast of 2024 we discuss the history, legacy and impact of the incredible world of Wallace & Gromit – and are delighted to welcome back creator Nick Park alongside co-director Merlin Crossingham to discuss their hotly-anticipated new feature-length Aardman outing Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl will premiere on BBC One […]The post Wallace & Gromit | Podcast Special featuring Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham & Ben Whitehead

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The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland – Interview...

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2024/12/17

Marking the feature debut of Peter Baynton, The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland sees the award winning director helm a festive feature with a twist at perhaps the UK’s premier 2D animation studio Lupus Films. Based on the bestselling book written by Carys Bexington, illustrated by Kate Hindley both book and film, as the title […] The post The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland – Interview with Director Peter Baynton and Producer Ruth Fielding appeared first on Skwigly

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That Christmas – An interview with Richard Curtis,...

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2024/12/06

Landing like a sleigh full of gifts with a thump onto your Netflix algorithm is That Christmas. The festive feature film from Locksmith Animation, the British CG studio behind Ron’s Gone Wrong. This film marks the directorial debut of Simon Otto, previously head of character animation at DreamWorks Animation and sees the original premise taken […]The post That Christmas – An interview with Richard Curtis, Nicole P. Hearon and Simon Otto appeared first on Skwigly Animation

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Moana 2 | Q&A with Jared Bush

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2024/11/29

2024’s holiday offering from Disney Animation Studios sees them dig into their beloved bag of modern fairytales, pulling out a sequel to 2016’s Moana. Moana 2 had an unconventional route to the screen in more ways than one. Firstly, the project was initially announced as a Disney+ TV series before being reworked into a feature. […]The post Moana 2 | Q&A with Jared Bush appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

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CAF presents ‘Stopmotion’ Q+A with director Robert...

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2024/10/31

Get in the mood for Halloween as Cardiff Animation Festival presents a Q&A with Robert Morgan, hosted by Skwigly Editor in Chief Ben Mitchell and recorded December 19th following a special presentation of his chilling debut feature film Stopmotion at Chapter. The film follows Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after […]The post CAF presents ‘Stopmotion’ Q+A with director Robert Morgan appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

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The Café at the Edge of the Woods | Interview with...

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2024/10/03

From the talented mind behind The Eagleman Stag, Robin Robin, and Alan The Infinite, long-time pal of Skwigly Mikey Please has unleashed his new children’s book The Café at the Edge of the Woods. A beautifully crafted tale of café owner Rene, who opens up her dream establishment on the border of a magical forest […]The post The Café at the Edge of the Woods | Interview with Mikey Please appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

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Producing Animation: Maral Mohammadian

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2024/09/04

This week on Skwigly we’re excited to bring you an interview with Maral Mohammadian, Producer at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB)’s English Animation Studio in Montreal. From a background in the arts, Maral would work at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) for several years before being brought on board as an Associate […] The post Producing Animation: Maral Mohammadian appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

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Stop Motion: A Skwigly Podcast Special with Osbert...

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2024/08/14

Skwigly are delighted to present Stop Motion: A Skwigly Podcast Special featuring Osbert Parker, Joseph Wallace, Robert Morgan & Suzie Templeton, to coinside with Stop Motion: Celebrating Handmade Animation on the Big Screen which takes place at BFI Southbank until 8 October 2024, with the free exhibition LAIKA: Frame x Frame open now until 1 […]The post Stop Motion: A Skwigly Podcast Special with Osbert Parker, Joseph Wallace, Robert Morgan & Suzie Templeton appeared first on

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Fairly OddParents: A New Wish | Interview with...

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2024/08/05

It’s hard to imagine the comic pulse of children’s television without Butch Hartman’s The Fairly OddParents. Though its legacy often plays second fiddle to the omnipresence of SpongeBob SquarePants, the show’s wildly imaginative world and absurdist, joke-a-minute comedy made it an instant hit for Nickelodeon in the early 2000s and left a spirit that can […]The post Fairly OddParents: A New Wish | Interview with Co-Creator Ashleigh Crystal Hairston appeared first on Skwigly Animation

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The Imaginary | Interview with Yoshiaki Nishimura

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2024/07/05

Studio Ponoc, formed by Studio Ghibli staff members after the animation house temporarily closed in 2014, is back with their third feature film. The Imaginary dives into a community of imaginary friends, painting their goals, fears and the connections they build to their human companions. The film picks up on Ghibli’s reputation for beautiful visuals […]The post The Imaginary | Interview with Yoshiaki Nishimura appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

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In The Know | Interview with Zach Woods and Brandon...

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2024/06/11

While much by way of new adult animation tends to lean into a comfort zone of rigged 2D brashness, this year has seen one of the more interesting additions to the landscape in the form of the six-part stop-motion series In The Know. Equal parts sendup and love letter to the world of National Public […]The post In The Know | Interview with Zach Woods and Brandon Gardner appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

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Interview with Cannes Selected ‘Bunnyhood’ Director &...

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2024/05/21

The 77th Cannes Film Festival kicked off last week and amongst the celebrities and aspiring creatives gathering at Le Palais des Festivals are a group of National Film and Television School graduates. Their surreal animation Bunnyhood, an exploration of a young girl’s anxiety and made during their time training at the renowned film school, has […]The post Interview with Cannes Selected ‘Bunnyhood’ Director & Producer | Mansi Maheshwari & Ashionye Ogene appeared first on

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Mars Express | Interview with Jérémie Périn

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2024/05/03

We need more films like Mars Express. Jérémie Périn’s debut feature is an original sci-fi animated feature with a complete view of a future where humanity and technology have begun to fuse into one. Unlike the droplets of original sci-fi we get from Hollywood, Mars Express has a consciousness of the political and existential responsibility […]The post Mars Express | Interview with Jérémie Périn appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

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Autism Awareness Month: Interview with Cy from Cypopps

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2024/04/18

In our series of interviews for Autism Awareness Month, I have had the privilege to speak with other autistic people who have worked within the animation industry and neurotypical individuals who have written and created short films and television shows featuring characters on the spectrum. For this year, we are joined by two YouTube animators […]The post Autism Awareness Month: Interview with Cy from Cypopps appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

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Sena Miyazaki on BAA-winning short film ‘Cortex’

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2024/04/17

Last month saw the announcement of the winners of the 28th British Animation Awards at a ceremony held at London’s BFI Southbank, presented by comedian Henning Wehn. Among the finalists were two graduate animations from Arts University Bournemouth (AUB), Diana Blázquez Martín and Katherine Galley’s Moonseeker and Sena Miyazaki’s Cortex, the latter taking home the […] The post Sena Miyazaki on BAA-winning short film ‘Cortex’ appeared first on Skwigly Animation

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