Skwigly Screening at Manchester Animation Festival
Skwigly Online Animation Magazine is proud to present a selection of films from its animation community in association with this year’s edition of Manchester Animation Festival. Skwigly has fast become one of the UK’s leading resources for all things animation, with a community made up of filmmakers the world over. The screening will take place in the Event Space of MAF’s main venue HOME and will feature a selection of innovative and exceptional animated shorts hand-picked by Skwigly Editor in Chief Ben Mitchell.
This programme features:
- Djangophonique: Douce Ambiance (Dir. Sam Shaw | 2:18 | 2022 | UK)
Music Video for Jazz band Djangophonique. - Mr. Pete & the Iron Horse (Dir. Kilian Vilim | 7:35 | 2021 | Switzerland)
The diligent soldier Mr. Pete does everything to meet the high standards of his baroness. To satisfy her insatiable lust for speed, he shovels madly on her new iron horse’s voyage. - Twins (Dir. Louis Hudson | 1:04 | 2019 | UK)
An over-enthusiastic midwife ruins the miracle of birth, starring charmingly squishy innards and overbearing enthusiasm. - Brunch (Dir. Marnik Loysen | 5:22 | 2021 | UK)
A young millennial just wants to eat his avocado on toast in peace. - I’ll Be Your Kettle (Dir. Tobias Rud | 9:20 | 2021 | Denmark)
A woman desperately tries to keep up with her partner’s unusual desires. - Babeheaven: Craziest Things (Dir. Sacha Beeley | 3:09 | 2020 | UK)
Music video for ‘Craziest Things’ by Babeheaven. - Drone (Dir. Sean Buckelew | 15:33 | 2022 | US)
A malfunction at a CIA press event causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world. - Yas Greens! (Dir. Dani Abram | 2020 | 0:40 | UK)
A short animated film created in 48hrs for the Cardiff Animation Festival #QuickDraw competition. - Dog-Apartment (Dir. Priit Tender | 14:07 | 2022 | Estonia)
Ills of fortune have deported a ballet dancer Sergei to a suburban kolhoz, where he fights against mundane routine, domestic animals and alcohol. - Boris Johnson Eats A Pot Noodle In The Bath (Dir. Ross Butter | 0:45 | 2021 | UK)
Boris Johnson eats a Pot Noodle. In the bath.
Tickets and passes available at manchesteranimationfestival.co.uk