Series 2, Episode 6: Iain Gardner

Iain Gardner is an animator, film maker, film programmer, and the artistic director of The McLaren award at The Edinburgh International Film Festival. Iain discusses his work as a film maker, his experience working on The Thief and The Cobbler and studying at The RCA. We talk about the future of animation in Scotland, as well as diving into the world of festival programming and festival strategy. Iain Gardner Links: Website http://www.iaingardner.co.uk/ Vimeo https://vimeo.com/iaingardneranimation Twitter https://twitter.com/IainGardnerAnim Edinburgh Film Festival : McLaren Award http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/ Animate Projects http://www.animateprojects.org/ http://www.animateprojects.org/films/by_date/20141/navigations Google spotlight stories http://atap.google.com/spotlight-stories/ Akbar’s Cheetah https://vimeo.com/102400947 Lupus Films http://lupusfilms.com/ British Council Festival Directory http://film.britishcouncil.org/festivals-directory (The British Council also publish a Key Festivals list each year with A and B ranking. If you get in to an A festival they'll pay for you to fly out there, B festivals are a maybe. http://film.britishcouncil.org/docs/KeyFestivalsList2016_1468972064.pdf) Oscars Eligibility Guidelines https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/rule19_short_additional_resources.pdf Ross Hogg - Spectators https://vimeo.com/68322131 Simon Cartwright - Manoman https://vimeo.com/169256540 The Thief and The Cobbler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thief_and_the_Cobbler Oscar Grillo http://grillomation.blogspot.co.uk/ Nasreddin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasreddin