I’M FINE! is a reflection on the emotional burnout from the best independent animation creators. In addition to animation films, the project will present a series of interviews and podcasts on Skwigly with artists who share their experiences of going through emotional burnout, as well as workshops and master classes devoted to this issue.

The fourth podcast minisode from our filmmaker Q&A sessions features insights from:

• Konrad Hjemli & Jakob Eiring (Pandiculation)
• Anna Samo (Conversations With A Whale)

I’M FINE! will be available to watch for free on the MEGOGO media service from 10-30 October. Follow the LINOLEUM Festival at linoleumfest.com and the festival’s Instagram profile.

I’M FINE! is a project by the LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival and Skwigly Animation Magazine. It is implemented with the support of the British Council within the framework of the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture.

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I’M FINE! is a reflection on the emotional burnout from the best independent animation creators. In addition to animation films, the project will present a series of interviews and podcasts on Skwigly with artists who share their experiences of going through emotional burnout, as well as workshops and master classes devoted to this issue.

The third podcast minisode from our filmmaker Q&A sessions features insights from:

• Fabienne Priess (Tick)
• Jakub Krzyszpin (Inertness)

Follow the LINOLEUM Festival at linoleumfest.com and the festival’s Instagram profile.

I’M FINE! is a project by the LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival and Skwigly Animation Magazine. It is implemented with the support of the British Council within the framework of the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture.

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I’M FINE! is a reflection on the emotional burnout from the best independent animation creators. In addition to animation films, the project will present a series of interviews and podcasts on Skwigly with artists who share their experiences of going through emotional burnout, as well as workshops and master classes devoted to this issue.

The second podcast minisode from our filmmaker Q&A sessions features insights from:

• Catherine Lepage (The Great Malaise)
• Julia Skala (Sommerregen)
• Johnny Kelly (Procrastination)

I’M FINE! will be available on the MEGOGO media service during the LINOLEUM festival, which will be held online from 7 to 11 September.  Follow the news of the project here on Skwigly, at linoleumfest.com, on the festival’s Instagram profile, or at the I’M FINE! Facebook event page.

I’M FINE! is a project by the LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival and Skwigly Animation Magazine. It is implemented with the support of the British Council within the framework of the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture.

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I’M FINE! is a reflection on the emotional burnout from the best independent animation creators. In addition to animation films, the project will present a series of interviews and podcasts on Skwigly with artists who share their experiences of going through emotional burnout, as well as workshops and master classes devoted to this issue.

The first podcast minisode from our filmmaker Q&A sessions features insights from:

• Will Anderson (The Making of Longbird)
• Anna Mantzaris (Enough)
• Margarida Madeira (Playing Death)

I’M FINE! will be available on the MEGOGO media service during the LINOLEUM festival, which will be held online from 7 to 11 September.  Follow the news of the project here on Skwigly, at linoleumfest.com, on the festival’s Instagram profile, or at the I’M FINE! Facebook event page.

I’M FINE! is a project by the LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival and Skwigly Animation Magazine. It is implemented with the support of the British Council within the framework of the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture.

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In episode 2 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Laura-Beth Cowley as part of the festival’s Filmmaker Brunch sessions.

Featured in this episode:

• Jana Kattan – Checkpoint
• Cliona Noonan – Soft Tissue
• Alisa Stern & Scott Ampleford – Posted No Hunting
• Sacha Beeley – Babeheaven: Craziest Things
• Lina Kalcheva – Other Half
• Flora Martyr – 04111311
• Cleo Parker – The Big Top
• Hoching Kwok – Prince Edward

Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley
Interviews conducted by Laura-Beth Cowley
Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell
Thanks to Lauren Orme, Ellys Donovan and the CAF team

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In episode 1 we hear from attending filmmakers in conversation with Ben Mitchell as part of the festival’s Filmmaker Brunch sessions.

Featured in this episode:

• Joanne Fisher – Stache and the Inner Walk
• Emlyn Davies – Foo Fighters: Chasing Birds
• Joanna Quinn & Les Mills – Affairs of the Art
• Daniel Gray – HIDE
• Laura-Beth Cowley – Crafty Witch
• Paul O’Flanagan – Memento Mori
• Callum Angel – The Catalyst

Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley
Interviews conducted by Ben Mitchell
Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell
Thanks to Lauren Orme, Ellys Donovan and the CAF team

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This episode features exclusive post-ceremony chats with event director Helen Brunsdon and producer Kieran Argo as well as some of the awarded attendees:

• Joanna Quinn and Les Mills (director and writer of Affairs of the Art, winner of Best Short Film, Writers Award and Best Voice Performance)
• Jeroen Jaspaert and Matt Tea (Showrunner and director of Pip & Posy, winner of Best Children’s Pre-School)
• Grant Berry and Dane Winn (directors of The Beast, winner of Best Immersive Animation)
• Adrian Rhodes (Sound designer of Zog and the Flying Doctors, winner of Best Use of Sound)
• Julie Lockhart (producer of Ron’s Gone Wrong, winner of Best Long Form)

Produced and edited by Steve Henderson
Music by Ben Mitchell

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As well as reviews of some of the more notable films, we also interview Aardman co-founder and festival chairperson David Sproxton, special festival guest filmmaker Paul Bush, animation programme manager Kieran Argo along with Paul Hill and Jane Davies of A Productions, the team in charge of the festival’s animated visual branding.

So kick up your heels and imbibe some animationey culture!

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