Over the past couple of months, Skwigly and Linoleum Festival have been working hard to bring a series of free online lectures on six topics regarding the development your animation project; whether short film or TV series, whether 2D, 3D or stop motion.

As part of the UK/UA Animation Lab initiative, the talks were given by industry experts Simone Giampaolo, Fokion Xenos, Helen Brunsdon, Olivier Catherin, Kasia Gromadzka, and Britt Raes; and aimed to give a better understanding of how the industry works, how to pitch a project, how to promote yourself, and more.

We are pleased to announce that all the lectures are now available online for you to watch in your own time Please feel free to share them, and we hope you find them helpful!

Animation Production Pipeline (for 3D and 2D Projects) – with Simone Giampaolo

Simone walks us through the production process of a series and a short, talking about the steps prior to pre-production, such as setting up the pipeline and getting the team familiar with it. Discussing both 2D and CG pipelines and how they differ on production stages. How the team communicates, the review process, and remote working.

Preparing an Animation Pitch Deck & Presentation – with Fokion Xenos

Fokion looks at topics such as how to structure a pitch deck and presentation, important information to cover in a pitch, how much detail to go into, how long should it be, pitching a series verses a short film, what makes a great pitch deck, and tips for presenting.

Animation Budgets: Considerations & Practices for TV Series & Short Film Budgets – with Helen Brunsdon

This talk focuses on putting together a budget document, touching upon key production items to consider, considerations outside of production costs, difference between short film verse TV series budgets, and scheduling.

Funding Possibilities & Co-Productions – with Olivier Catherin

In this lecture, Olivier explores reasons to co-produce, advantages & disadvantages of co-pro, how to find partners and what to keep in mind when looking for them, finance strategies and funding opportunities in the present climate.

Forming the Team, Their Roles & Responsibilities – with Kasia Gromadzka

Kasia walks us through the process and considerations of putting together a team; highlighting the key roles in a production and what they do, the structure of a production team, and how it differs between short film and TV series.

Festivals & Forums: Promoting Your Film – with Britt Raes

In the final lecture in the series, Britt looks at how to present your personal brand and your film, how to stand out from the crowd, festival strategies, and other self promotional tips.

The project “UK/UA Animation Lab” is organised with the financial support of the UK/UA Creative Partnerships programme designed by the British Council and the Ukrainian Institute. The UK/UA Creative Partnerships programme aims to continue and strengthen the collaborations that have emerged between UK and Ukrainian cultural organisations as a result of or in parallel to the UK/Ukraine Cultural Season 2022-2023.

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In March, Skwigly announced the UK/UA Animation Lab programme in partnership with LINOLEUM Animation Festival – a project that aims to foster the development of the Ukrainian animation industry, especially up and coming young talent. Following a successful call-for-projects, we matched three Ukrainian animators with three British directors and we are pleased to say the mentorship programme is in full swing, with the participants pitching their projects at both LINOLEUM (Ukraine) in September, and Manchester Animation Festival (UK) in November.

We can now announce the six FREE online lectures that will be taking place this autumn as part of the UK/UA Animation Lab programme for all animation professionals; both in Ukraine and internationally.

The series of lectures will last approx. 75-minutes, including a Q&A, and will take place every other Wednesday afternoon (4pm UK time); aiming to give a better understanding of how the industry works, how to pitch a project, how to promote yourself, and more.

How to watch

All lectures will be streamed via the LINOLEUM YouTube channel at the date and time specified below – and don’t worry, we will be re-posting the link to watch on our social media channels leading up to each lecture!

Free Online Lectures & Dates

Animation Production Pipeline (for 3D and 2D Projects) Wednesday 4th September, 4pm (UK time) / 6pm (Kyiv time) Speaker: Simone Giampaolo We will walk through the production process of a series and a short, talking about the steps prior to pre-production, such as setting up the pipeline and getting the team familiar with it. Discussing both 2D and CG pipelines and how they differ on production stages. How the team communicates, the review process, and remote working. Click here to join the talk live, or set a notification.

Preparing an Animation Pitch Deck & Presentation Wednesday 18th September, 4pm (UK time) / 6pm (Kyiv time) Speaker: Fokion Xenos We will look at topics such as how to structure a pitch deck and presentation, important information to cover in a pitch, how much detail to go into, how long should it be, pitching a series verses a short film, what makes a great pitch deck, and tips for presenting.

Animation Budgets: Considerations & Practices for TV Series & Short Film Budgets Wednesday 2nd October, 4pm (UK time) / 6pm (Kyiv time) Speaker: Helen Brunsdon This talk will focus on putting together a budget document, touching upon key production items to consider, considerations outside of production costs, difference between short film verse TV series budgets, and scheduling.

Funding Possibilities & Co-Productions Wednesday 9th October, 4pm (UK time) / 6pm (Kyiv time) Speaker: Olivier Catherin In this lecture, we will explore reasons to co-produce, advantages & disadvantages of co-pro, how to find partners and what to keep in mind when looking for them, finance strategies and funding opportunities in the present climate.

Forming the Team, Their Roles & Responsibilities Wednesday 30th October, 4pm (UK time) / 6pm (Kyiv time) Speaker: Kasia Gromadzka We will walk through the process and considerations of putting together a team; highlighting the key roles in a production and what they do, the structure of a production team, and how it differs between short film and TV series.

Festivals & Forums: Promoting Your Film Wednesday 6th November, 4pm (UK time) / 6pm (Kyiv time Speaker: Britt Raes The final talk in the series will look at how to present your personal brand and your film, how to stand out from the crowd, festival strategies, and other self promotional tips.

The project “UK/UA Animation Lab” is organised with the financial support of the UK/UA Creative Partnerships programme designed by the British Council and the Ukrainian Institute. The UK/UA Creative Partnerships programme aims to continue and strengthen the collaborations that have emerged between UK and Ukrainian cultural organisations as a result of or in parallel to the UK/Ukraine Cultural Season 2022-2023.

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