Animation Interviews | Directors, Animators, Studios

In the intervening 23 years between Chicken Run (Dir. Peter Lord/Nick Park, 2000) and Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (Dir. Sam Fell, 2023), Aardman has changed a lot. Their practices have evolved, with CGI playing a heavier role in their productions, franchises like Shaun the Sheep have sprung up and become core aspects of their […] The post Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Interview with Suzy Fagan Parr appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

In its 20th year of existence, the London International Animation Festival has grown into a well-loved and well-trodden path for animated filmmakers. The 10-day event screens films across the city, inviting audiences into subversive lands, telling tales of the untold and debuting first-time filmmakers. LIAF has continued to create an environment encouraging animation from an […] The post 20 Years of LIAF + Interview with Nag Vladermersky, Festival Director appeared first on Skwigly Animation

“I feel like as I get older, regret just becomes part of the fabric of life, ” claimed Bryan Lee O’Malley in a 2014 interview with Slate. This statement helps form a picture of a man internally tunnelling through the caves of the past, analysing the curves and edges of the rock around him, pondering […] The post Anime, Trauma & Regret: The Story of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

To mark this week’s Disney centenary celebrations, Skwigly have collected together every episode of the long-running Skwigly Animation Podcast and its associated strands that feature interviews with the talents behind some of the biggest Disney (and Disney-adjacent) projects of the past 10+ years! Listen back through the archives to hear insight from the folks who […] The post Skwigly’s Disney Playlist appeared first on Skwigly Animation Magazine.

In episode 111 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast we welcome back Charles Huettner and Sean Buckelew as well as Benjy Brooke of Green Street Pictures, whose new adult animated series Scavengers Reign will kick off this month on Max. This week also sees the release of the show’s official trailer: In Scavengers Reign, the brainchild of visionary […] The post ‘Scavengers Reign’ | New trailer and podcast interview with Green Street Pictures appeared first on Skwigly Animation