In the fourth episode of Independent Animation, our companion podcast series to the Skwigly tie-in book "Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films" (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press), we explore the daunting world of taking on feature-length indie animation with several auteurs who've taken the plunge. Building on the book's explorations of major case studies including well-established artists such as Bill Plympton, Signe Baumane and Nina Paley, in this podcast we meet several relative newcomers in the animation world to learn more about the challenges they faced when both taking on and releasing such mammoth endeavours without a pre-existing fanbase or substantial crew. These include:

•Joel Benjamin ("Where It Floods")

•Nicholas De Fina ("LeSeurdmin")

•Dan Ekis ("Grey Island")

Also in this episode we speak with Natasha Price of Engine House, a Cornwall-based studio who are embarking on their own indie feature Back From The Dead Red thanks to the support of blockchain entertainment studio SingularDTV.

Presenting the 87th episode of the Skwigly podcast!

In this episode we meet John Kahrs, director of Google Spotight Stories' latest offering 'Age of Sail'.

Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson

Interview conducted by Steve Henderson

Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell

Music by Ben Mitchell

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from this year's edition of the KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival.

In episode 4 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Anna Eijsbouts.

Featured in this episode:

Alexandra Hohner ('M.E.')

Ekaterina Mikheeva ('Dacha, Aliens, Cucumbers')

Yali Herbet ('Magritte's Train')

Valerie Chang ('Where Do Babies Come From?')

Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell

Interviews conducted by Anna Eijsbouts

Thanks to Maxi Meissner

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from this year's edition of the KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival.

In episode 3 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Anna Eijsbouts.

Featured in this episode:

Beni Morard ('Big Buddy Blue'/'Mind Invaders'/'Ooze')

Frederic Siegel ('Big Buddy Blue'/'Mind Invaders')

Kilian Vilim ('Mind Invaders'/'Ooze')

Sam Gainsborough ('Facing It')

Jasper Kuipers ('Finity Calling')

Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell

Interviews conducted by Anna Eijsbouts

Thanks to Maxi Meissner

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from this year's edition of the KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival.

In episode 2 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Anna Eijsbouts.

Featured in this episode:

Britt Raes ('Hooray For Reading')

Kimberly Berckmoes ('How Art You')

Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell

Interviews conducted by Anna Eijsbouts

Thanks to Maxi Meissner

Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from this year's edition of the KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival.

In episode 1 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Anna Eijsbouts.

Featured in this episode:

David Chai ('Space Butthole')

Araz Kelian ('Undivided')

Geertrui De Vijlder ('Room 29')

Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell

Interviews conducted by Anna Eijsbouts

Thanks to Maxi Meissner

Presenting the 86th episode of the Skwigly podcast!

In this episode we meet Sylvie Trouvé and Dale Hayward, directors of the NFB short 'Bone Mother'.

Presented by Ben Mitchell with Steve Henderson and Laura-Beth Cowley

Interview conducted by Laura-Beth Cowley

Produced by Ben Mitchell

Music by Ben Mitchell and Wez Allard

Presenting the sixth episode of 'Intimate Animation' season 2, brought to you by the online animation magazine skwigly.com

Join Skwigly's Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley as they explore, discuss and interview the talents behind animation that deals with adult themes of love, relationships and sexuality.

In this episode we welcome Veljko Popović of Lemonade 3D, whose short film "Cyclists" has picked up numerous awards during its festival run and will screen at Bristol's Encounters Festival later in the month.

Also discussed in this episode: The Society for Animation Studies' conference highlights, Sex education through animation and the body-positive work of Joanna Quinn and Anna Ginsburg.

Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley

Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell

Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the 85th episode of the Skwigly podcast!

In this episode we meet Ben Steer, director of the multi-award-winning Blue Zoo short 'Mamoon'.

Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson

Interview conducted by Steve Henderson

Produced by Ben Mitchell

Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the 84th episode of the Skwigly podcast!

In this episode we meet Josh Weinstein, animation writer/producer whose credits include 'The Simpsons', 'Futurama', 'Gravity Falls' and the recently-dropped Netflix series 'Disenchantment' which he developed alongside creator Matt Groening.

Also discussed in this episode: The challenges TV pilots face in representing the series to come and the potential perils of festival submissions.

Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson

Interview conducted by Steve Henderson

Produced by Ben Mitchell

Music by Ben Mitchell