Skwigly Screening | MAF 2023
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:
THE BEATLES VS. THE STONES
(A Dog & Rabbit production directed by Andrew Kelleher | 3:12 | 2022 | UK)
The battle of the bands, at last. 2D animated slapstick and anarchy as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones attempt to outdo each other with trickery, silliness and cake fights.
THE WOLF OF CUSTER
(Dir. Tanya Scott | 8:14 | 2023 | UK)
A town loves telling tales about a legendary wolf. One hunter, however, proclaims it’s just an ordinary wolf. He sets out to pursue it but while on the hunt, he begins to witness and understand the power of stories.
GOD BLESS YOU
(Dir. Joseph Whitmore | 5:52 | 2023 | UK)
A harrowing depiction of a childhood experience of alcoholism and its impact on interfamily relationships and mental health.
BEYOND AVERAGES
(Dir. Charlie Miller | 6:13 | 2023 | UK)
On an ordinary night in rural Wales, Sarah’s life takes an unexpected turn when she is visited by an extra-terrestrial being.
RUMPUS TV
(Dir. Jack Churchill, Tom Cushing, Marta Dias, Luke Hyde, Chiara Sgatti, Joe Wood | 2:45 | 2023 | UK)
Rumpus found themselves wondering what they’d make if nobody was paying them, so they set about making some idents exactly how they wanted to flipping well make them.
BEWARE OF TRAINS
(Dir. Emma Calder | 12:45 | 2022 | UK)
A woman with extreme anxiety is devoured by four major preoccupations – the man she met by chance on a train, her dying father, her daughter’s safety and the murder she dreams she has committed.
WILD & WOOLLY
(Dir. Alan Jennings | 5:40 | 2022 | USA)
Sparks fly when a young girl comes across a mythological beast in the woods. Things grow tense when the creature enters the perilous world of family dynamics.
THE HOUNDS OF ANNWN
(Dir. Bryony Evans, Beth B Hughes | 8:23 | 2023 | UK)
A wounded warrior returns to their village but is hunted by a pack of dogs. After a desperate pursuit, they confront their past to find peace in their future.
THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN
(Dir. Conor Kehelly | 2023 | Ireland)
A mother and son are stuck. A father is obsessing over a plank of wood in his living room. A businessman is looking for a lost hammer.
Tickets and passes available at manchesteranimationfestival.co.uk