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Christiane Cegavske Interview: The Alchemy of Animation
Christiane Cegavske is a fabricator of self-spun tales, the sole architect of a handmade fantasy world. The award winning director and stop-motion animator is perhaps best known for her feature-length...
View ArticleSigne Baumane to present ‘My Love Affair With Marriage’ WIP at ITFS Stuttgart
Acclaimed Brooklyn-based independent filmmaker Signe Baumane has released new footage from her upcoming animated feature My Love Affair With Marriage. Signe’s prior work includes her first indie...
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Podcast: Remembering Rosto (‘Reruns’)
In the latest episode of our podcast series Independent Animation, we pay tribute to the work of Dutch filmmaker and multimedia artist Rosto, who sadly passed away back in March of this year. A friend...
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Podcast interview with Robert Kondo (Tonko House)
In the sixth episode of Independent Animation, our companion podcast series to the Skwigly tie-in book Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films (Taylor &...
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Q&A with Yves Paradis (M52)
Hailing from Montreal and presently based in Germany, animation filmmaker and street artist Yves Paradis has been actively working as a freelancer for films, commercials, video games and music videos....
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Q&A with Erin Kim (‘Revenge Story’)
A graduate of California Institute of the Arts, during which time she made the several short films including Ear Fear (2015) and cycles (2016), LA-based storyboard artist/animator Erin Kim has since...
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Q&A with Sam Shaw (‘You Died!’)
Sam Shaw is a 2D animator based in Bristol whose films and distinct style are seen time and time again in a multitude of different lengths films, gifs and shorts. Sam’s work, akin to the distinct style...
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Introducing the Skwigly Animation Film Club podcast
Skwigly is proud to present a brand new podcast. Unedited and interactive the Skwigly Animation Film Club is the podcast which gets the animation community together to watch a film with friends. The...
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In conversation with Will Anderson about his new film ‘Betty’
UPDATE 25/08/2021 – Will Anderson’s Betty is now available online in full (watch below) Will Anderson is a longtime favourite of ours here at Skwigly, ever since his directorial debut with his...
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Interview with Pulsión (Drive) director Pedro Casavecchia
Nestled in a run-down superb stands a dirty, forgotten house; inside lives an unusual young man. Harsh circumstances, unkind realties and torturous mental health problems sink him deeper and deeper...
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Lolos (Boobs): Interview with Marie Valade
In our latest episode of Animation One-To-Ones we welcome Quebec-based filmmaker Marie Valade, whose recent film Lolos (Boobs), is presently screening at both the Toronto International Film Festival...
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Interview with ‘Brunch’ director Marnik Loysen
Avocados, anxiety and the generational divide cumulate in this bold and stylish new short film by Marnik Loysen. In recent years the humble avocado has been weaponised as a symbol of the ‘haves’ and...
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LIAF 2021: Q&A with Nag Vladermersky
The London International Animation Festival (LIAF 2021), will be returning this week for its mammoth 18th edition, promising ten days of “forums, screen talks and 279 of the best recent, historical and...
View ArticleSigne Baumane’s ‘My Love Affair With Marriage’ to screen at UK festivals
Since its international premiere in June of this year at New York’s esteemed Tribeca Festival, Signe Baumane‘s second independent feature film My Love Affair With Marriage has been enjoying a strong...
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Second Edition of the Skwigly book ‘Independent Animation’ out now
Skwigly are excited to announce the release of the Second Edition of the first official Skwigly book Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films. Cover image:...
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Lackadaisy | Podcast interview with Tracy Butler and Fable Siegel
Skwigly are excited to present a chat between site contributor Mel Cionco and the creative duo Tracy Butler and Fable Siegel, directors of the smash-hit indie animated short film Lackadaisy....
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My Love Affair with Marriage | Podcast interview with Signe Baumane
In the latest episode of Independent Animation, our companion podcast series to the Skwigly tie-in book Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films (Taylor &...
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The Final Nail In The Coffin | Interview with Conor Kehelly
Irish-born animator Conor Kehelly, presently living and working in London, has created a remarkable, surreal short film that uses dark humour to discuss what it is to be a human navigating the weird...
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