You never get this level of creativity in London
What sets us aside from other festivals is that Encounters is a platform for filmmakers to generate business, and it does that for talent as well as finished products.
It's absolutely about buying and selling
Life is too expensive, too hand to mouth. Bristol is just full of guys with extraordinary ideas and that's our currency.
We could be anywhere ... Our clients are international, we work on the internet. But Bristol has the most fantastic people.
We were living in rural Wales, and I just wanted to move someplace you could buy good pencils. Some guys in LA asked me what system I use here. I told them 'the 3B system'. They'd never heard of that, thought I meant a fancy computer.
Well, here's my 3B system! I've worked at Disney, at Pixar, all over the US but the atmosphere at Aardman is just unique. Real special.