Skwigly Podcast Special 02 - Animated Encounters (11/10/2012)

The second Skwigly podcast special focusing on the 2012 Animated Encounters festival based in Bristol, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: David Sproxton, Paul Bush, Kieran Argo with Paul Hill and Jane Davies of A Productions. Music by Wesley Allard Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Podcast breakdown: 0:00:00 - Introducing the second podcast special. Ben didn't have to travel quite as far as Steve did when covering Annecy. Smugness. 0:02:07 - Ben gives some Encounters backstory. It was two festivals, then it was one, now it's two again, but in more of a united sense. Pretty sure they've finally made up their minds by now. 0:06:17 - Ben chats with Animation Programme Manager Kieran Argo for more info on the festival history and what the selection process entails. 0:16:42 - Paul Hill and Jane Davies of A Productions talk about putting together the animated visuals for the Encounters festival branding. 0:31:33 - Ben and Steve discuss some of the short film highlights from the international competition strands. Lots of brilliant talents both established and upcoming to look out for. 0:55:57 - Ben interviews Encounters chairperson and Aardman co-founder David Sproxton about his long-standing relationship with the festival. 1:20:27 - Further festival discussion on some of the associated events and highlights. 1:30:56 - Interview with avant-garde animator/filmmaker/lecturer Paul Bush (special guest of this year's edition of the festival) on his atypical animation career and abstract feature "Babylon". 1:52:33 - Wrapping up the festival discussion with further highlights, the associated online competition DepicT! and the nature of approaching festivals as an independent filmmaker. 2:05:20 - Ben and Steve pick apart the winning films of this year's edition. No controversial decisions seemed to have been made. 2:15:03 - The wrap-up. See you at Animated Encounters 2013!