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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · 2d

Ahead of its release next week, check out the official trailer for @netflix.com's animated adaptation of #RoaldDahl's 'The Twits' 🐸
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Trailer and key art released for Netflix's 'The Twits' - Skwigly Animation Magazine

Netflix have today released the official trailer for their adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl tale The Twits.

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · 5d

Today @cardiffanimfest.bsky.social has announced a new collaboration with New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival.

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Wales meets Japan on Screen: Cardiff Animation Festival is collaborating with New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival - Skwigly Animation Magazine

Cardiff Animation Festival is excited to announce a brand new collaboration with New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival. For the first time,

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · 6d

Media I.M. Incorporated has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to new 3D animated series Zola and Friends, co-produced by New Delhi-based Wordsword Creations and Ontario-based Double Dot Studios.
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Media I.M. strikes representation deal for 'Zola and Friends' - Skwigly Animation Magazine

Media I.M. Incorporated, the London-based content distribution company that specialises in premium animation and family entertainment, has acquired the

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · 6d

The BBC and Oscar nominated producers Magic Light Pictures, today release a first look at their forthcoming Christmas animated adventure, The Scarecrows’ Wedding.
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The BBC and Magic Light Pictures release a first look at new Christmas special "The Scarecrows’ Wedding" - Skwigly Animation Magazine

The BBC and Oscar nominated producers, Magic Light Pictures, today release a first look at their forthcoming Christmas animated adventure, The

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Manchester Animation Festival @mcranimation.bsky.social · 8d

Pinch, punch, first day of the month!

As we roll into October we get ever closer to #MAF2025.

What are you most looking forward to? What films are on your watch list? Have you assembled your @skwigly.bsky.social quiz team yet?!

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · 9d

Next month Hoho Rights will launch a new animated classics channel on YouTube which will showcase a number of landmark animated series produced by @s4c.cymru in collaboration with major broadcasters including the BBC and HBO

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Hoho Rights to launch new ‘Animated Classics Channel’ - Skwigly Animation Magazine

Children’s distribution and rights management company Hoho Rights (Cloudbabies, Toad and Friends), is continuing its dynamic multi-platform strategy by

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · 10d

Check out the animation category wins from this year's Encounters Film Festival, with awards going to exciting new work from One6th Animation Studio, Film London, Clariiku and Hélium Films

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Encounters Film Festival | 2025 Animated Award Winners - Skwigly Animation Magazine

The award winners of the 30th edition of Bristol's Encounters Film Festival, which took place across the city's Watershed, Beacon and Arnolfini, have been

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · 15d

Following the success of Channel 4 and Universal's "Mog's Christmas", Lupus Films has announced a new seasonal special "Mog’s Bad Thing"
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Lupus Films begins production on "Mog's Christmas" follow-up "Mog's Bad Thing" - Skwigly Animation Magazine

Following the success of Channel 4 and Universal Pictures Content Group’s BAFTA-nominated, hand-drawn animated adaptation of Judith Kerr’s classic picture

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Chris Shepherd @thechrisshepherd.bsky.social · 15d

I'm at Encounters Film Festival this Thu and to celebrate I've done an interview about Anfield Road with @skwigly.bsky.social . Why not have a read or come and see me at the Arnolfini on Thu at 2:30. @comicstitan.bsky.social anfieldroadstory.com/chris-in-int...

Chris in interviewed by Skwigly’s Laura-Beth Cowley. – Anfield Road

We’re thrilled to welcome the brilliant Chris Shepherd back to Encounters Film Festival on Thursday 25th September! To celebrate, Skwigly sat down with Chris fo

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · 16d

Manchester Animation Festival @mcranimation.bsky.social , the UK’s only Oscar® and BAFTA®-qualifying animation festival, is proud to announce its 2025 programme – an ambitious, diverse, and elite celebration of animation in all its forms.
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Manchester Animation Festival unveils 2025 programme packed with premieres, previews and industry icons - Skwigly Animation Magazine

Manchester Animation Festival (MAF), the UK’s only Oscar® and BAFTA®-qualifying animation festival, is proud to announce its 2025 programme - an

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · 20d

#LongStoryShort is "Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s masterpiece, the perfect balance between family drama and animated sitcom."

Read @ryangaur.bsky.social 's full review at www.skwigly.co.uk/long-story-s...

Long Story Short | Review - Skwigly Animation Magazine

Long Story Short is an affecting and hilarious masterclass in concise storytelling. Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s follow up to BoJack Horseman is an intensely

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ryan @ryangaur.bsky.social · 21d

Review: LONG STORY SHORT is my favourite show of 2025 and Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s masterpiece

It’s a 10-episode speedrun through a family’s life that feels just as emotionally satisfying as 10 seasons of TV. An absolute miracle of a show

Check it out on @skwigly.bsky.social

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · 21d

The @animationguild.bsky.social has this week announced that three different groups of animation workers from @netflix.com @dreamworks.com and @spindlehorse.bsky.social are forming a union with TAG

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The Animation Guild Announces Historic Week of Organising - Skwigly Animation Magazine

The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839 (TAG), has this week announced that three different groups of animation workers are forming a union with TAG. These

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · 23d

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Visible In Visuals (Series 2) #2 - Colourful Connections - Animation Podcast

Skwigly are proud to present the second panel from the second series of Visible In Visuals, an initiative pushing to make the animation and VFX industries

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · 23d

In the latest episode of #VisibleInVisuals, @tanyajscott.bsky.social speaks with Chitra Soundar and Nandita Jain about their work creating the #ColourfulConnections network and their groundbreaking CBEEBIES show #NikhilAndJay

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · Sep 5

As dawn breaks over a frozen land, the world is reminded that even in our darkest seasons, the light always returns.
Watch 'Springrise' by Mitchell Keys, produced as part of the NFB's Hothouse mentorship scheme
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Springrise by Mitchell Keys - Skwigly Animation Showcase

This film is about the sun slowly rising over our planet, encouraging the lonely humans below, lost in a cold winter, to come together and celebrate the

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · Sep 3

Mégan Dupont's NFB Hothouse short 'I Want to Go Home' is a personal and experimental dive into the confusion and anxiety of facing unexplained vision loss.
Watch the film and learn more at www.skwigly.co.uk/showcase/i-w...

I Want to Go Home by Mégan Dupont - Skwigly Animation Showcase

The film is a personal and experimental dive into the confusion and anxiety of facing unexplained vision loss. It’s a mix of medical chaos and childhood

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · Aug 29

The films from this year's National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Hothouse 15 cohort have been released today!
Watch and learn more about participant Abbey Collings's 'Get a Grip', a film about a puffin who finds himself in unfamiliar waters

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Get a Grip by Abbey Collings - Skwigly Animation Showcase

Get a Grip is a stop-motion fable about Gus MacDuffin, a puffin who longs to be like the other puffins. But when his first flight ends in a fall straight

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · Aug 28

Listen to the full episode at www.skwigly.co.uk/podcasts/skw... 🎧

Skwigly Animation Podcast: Summer 2025 - Genndy Tartakovsky - Animation Podcast

Presenting episode 118 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast! In this episode we welcome back Genndy Tartakovsky, whose new feature film Fixed is out now on

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · Aug 28

In the latest episode of the Skwigly Animation Podcast, we welcome back industry veteran Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter's Lab/Samurai Jack/Hotel Transylvania), whose divisive new film #Fixed is out on Netflix this month.

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · Aug 26

Now in its fifth year, FLAMIN Animations aims to support artists as they take their first steps into a career working with the moving image, with development support and funding for a new work.
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Artist Animators Announced for FLAMIN Animations 2025-2026 Programme - Skwigly Animation Magazine

FLAMIN Animations is a commissioning programme for early-career Black and global majority* artists working with animation, organised by Film London

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Cardiff Animation Festival @cardiffanimfest.bsky.social · Aug 23

We loved seeing you all tonight for the INBETWEENS screening followed by a wonderful Q+A! Huge thanks to Luzie Ilgner, @skwigly.bsky.social and filmmakers for bringing these beautiful films to Chapter!

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Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · Aug 23

Catch the film 5pm tonight as part of our INBETWEENS screening at Chapter Arts Centre with @cardiffanimfest.bsky.social ❤️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Skwigly Animation Magazine @skwigly.bsky.social · Aug 23

Today on Skwigly we meet the team behind Two Black Boys in Paradise, a stop-motion short film that follows two boys on a journey of queer love and self-discovery, where paradise is not just a place but a state of being

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Two Black Boys in Paradise | Interview with Dean Atta, Baz Sells, and Ben Jackson - Skwigly Animation Magazine

In anticipation of the second edition of INBETWEENS - Queer Animation Screening, this time happening at Cardiff Chapter in collaboration with Cardiff

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Cardiff Animation Festival @cardiffanimfest.bsky.social · Aug 20

This Saturday 23rd August at 5pm, Cardiff Animation Festival presents INBETWEENS in partnership with @skwigly.bsky.social & Chapter! 🤩

Watch a selection of shorts on the big screen celebrating queer filmmaking and storytelling through animation!

🎟 Tickets: cardiffanimation.com/inbetweens

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