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I'm very pleased to report that the
Skwigly/
Encounters Showcase evening was, by all accounts, a resounding success. As it turned out demand exceeded supply as far as available seating went so a lot of folks had to prop themselves up at the bar, but to everyone's credit they stuck around and the films themselves got a brilliant response, which is the main thing.
The venue was great, with screening facilities that really did the films justice and pint glasses of popcorn that seemingly appeared out of nowhere for the audience's nourishment.
As well as the amazing friends of mine who came by, some of the filmmakers themselves were also in attendance and it was great to chinwag with some new folks from the Bristol animation scene. Due to work and distance constraints myself and a couple of writers were the sole Skwigly-ites there, but the
Looking Glass staff and
Encounters Fringe Events organiser Steve Presence were very helpful. After the screenings wrapped I quickly devolved into a babbling, local-ale-fueled drunken degenerate as a reward to myself (putting on a facade of competent professionalism really takes it outta me) and had a brilliant evening overall.
You can check out a full list of the evening's selection over at
Skwigly. Thanks so much to
Lee Daniels,
Oli Putland,
Linda McCarthy,
Ant Blades,
Špela Čadež,
Will Adams,
Emma Bell,
Rumpus,
Animade,
Yonni Aroussi, Ben Genislaw,
Paul Hill,
Craig Knowles,
David Ridges,
Ross Butter,
Isabel Peppard,
Will Anderson,
Sam Morrison,
Darren Robbie,
Jamie Smart,
Jane Davies,
Philippe Vaucher,
Jon Dunleavy,
Georgia Yorke,
Barry Purves,
Dan Ojari and
Mikey Please for letting us screen their work!
The subsequent phone/email/social media feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, and while there are no immediate plans to have these types of events be a regular Skwigly thing, as a trial run to cut our teeth I can't imagine it having gone better.
Now to catch up on a week's worth of snoozage. I am plumb-tuckered out.
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