I volunteered at Manchester Animation Festival this year, which meant meeting a bunch of brilliant filmmakers and seeing panels I wouldn't ordinarily get to attend.
The yellow "volunteer" shirt gave me the courage to speak to the people I admire from the industry and they were all really friendly. What a wonderful atmosphere!
I got to meet Jamie Badminton from Karrot Animation who was incredibly friendly and who I hope to send my showreel to for some feedback
I met Barry Purves briefly, who has given me valuable advice on my Context of Practice monologue
I met Chris Shepherd, who watched Hedge of State! Finally, someone who isn't my mum has visited my vimeo account
I got to speak to Bill, the Producer of MAF, and speak to him about all manner of stuff
I met Rob Munday which was awesome as I watch loads of stuff on Short of the Week and admire his curations a lot.
It was a swell time and hopefully I've built up the good faith with the MAF people to return next year.
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