Skwigly Podcast 120 - Spring 2026

Presenting episode 120 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast! In this episode we welcome Ugo Bienvenu, who joins the podcast to discuss his film 'Arco', out this month in UK cinemas. Also discussed: The increasing sneakiness of AI creators passing their content off as animation, adult fandoms of popular children’s shows, pleasing Oscar and BAFTA outcomes with wins for 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' (Dir. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski) and 'Two Black Boys in Paradise' (Dir. Baz Sells), Aardman‘s upcoming 'Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom', upcoming Cardiff Animation Festival highlights, the 'social experiment' of Konstantin Bronzit's Oscar-nominated short 'The Three Sisters' and we review the recent BBC series 'Small Prophets' featuring animation by Ainslie Henderson and Will Anderson.