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)

Ross Hogg Spectators
https://vimeo.com/68322131

The Thief and The Cobbler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thief_and_the_Cobbler

Oscar Grillo
http://grillomation.blogspot.co.uk/