Presenting the third episode of Intimate Animation season 4, brought to you by the online animation magazine skwigly.com

Join Skwigly’s Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley as they explore, discuss and interview the talents behind animation that deals with adult themes of love, relationships and sexuality.

In this episode we meet Renee Zhan, whose film Soft Animals is presently screening as part of this year’s Encounters Film Festival having premiered earlier this year at Annecy. Since beginning her animation studies at Harvard University under Ruth Lingford, Renee’s films also include the Sundance Jury Award-winning Reneepoptosis and last year’s National Film and Television School mini-epic O Black Hole. Last month saw the director join BlinkInk’s talent roster following her contribution to their Adult Swim Off The Air episode Progress.

Also discussed in this episode: Encounters highlights including Animated Encounters Grand Prix winner Farce (dir. Robin Jensen), Best of British Animation Award winner Eating in the Dark (Dir. Inari Sirola), Annah la Javanaise (dir. Fatimah Tobing Rony), Self Scratch (dir. Chenghua Yang), Night of the Living Dread (dir. Ida Melum), Trona Pinnacles (dir. Mathilde Parquet), Breaking Bread (dir. Yuan Li Elizabeth Xu), Jeijay (dir. Petra Stipetic/Maren Wiese), Günter Falls In Love (dir. Josephine Lohoar Self), Love is Just a Death Away (dir. Bára Anna Stejskalová), Sweet Nothing (dir. Joana Fischer/Marie Kenov), Lolos (dir. Marie Valade) and Granny’s Sexual Life (dir. Urška Djukić) plus recent work from Henriette Reitz, Christa Jarrold and Future Power Station.

Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley
Interview conducted by Ben Mitchell
Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell