Presenting the fourth 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 Alberto Mielgo, whose film The Windshield Wiper is nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 2022 Academy Awards. The film, which premiered last year at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, is produced by Mielgo (pinkman.tv) and Leo Sanchez (Leo Sanchez Studio) and addresses the question “What is love?” through a series of intimate, interwoven glimpses into people’s lives. Mielgo’s previous work includes the enthusiastically-received, Annie Award and triple Emmy-winning Love Death + Robots episode The Witness, as well as his similarly accoladed production design work on Disney’s Tron Uprising with other commercial projects including work for Gorillaz, Harry Potter, Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse and the video game Beatles Rockband.

Also discussed in this episode: More on the British Animation Awards including award wins for previous Intimate Animation guests Renee Zhan, Anna Ginsburg and Caitlin McCarthy, love and sex-themed highlights from Miyu Distribution‘s new YouTube channel Bang Bang, the Manchester Animation Festival‘s new events strand MAF Presents and the return of Cardiff Animation Festival in April.

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