Befriending animators, 24 questions at a time. The Animator’s Friend is hosted by India Lombardi-Bello, an animation educator at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In this new series, India creates a platform where animators get to talk about themselves outside the context of their work. A questionnaire format, inspired by the 24 frames per second of animation, allows for lighthearted and unexpected conversation.
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Befriending animators, 24 questions at a time. The Animator’s Friend is hosted by India Lombardi-Bello, an animation educator at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In this new series, India creates a platform where animators get to talk about themselves outside the context of their work. A questionnaire format, inspired by the 24 frames per second of animation, allows for lighthearted and unexpected conversation.
TAF at the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2025!
The Animator’s Friend
1 hour 26 minutes
1 month ago
TAF at the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2025!
The Animator's Friend is live-to-tape at the The Animator's Picnic! As part of the 2025 Ottawa International Animation Festival (aka my favorite festival)! After meeting her for the first time at the last OIAF, I asked my fellow media pass girlie Sarah Schmidt of Malt Adult to join me to talk to the good people at The Animator's Picnic! In true TAF-fashion, we talked a little shit, swooned over our favorite festival picks, and absolutely refused to talk about AI.
Links to points of discussion:
Ottawa International Animation Festival
Sarah Schmidt's website
Sarah Schmidt's Instagram
Malt Adult's website
Malt Adult's Instagram
Adult Swim Smalls
DePaul University - Chicago
Malt Adult #33 - 11/16/25
Camp Snap Camera
Rea Christie's LinkTree
RIT MFA Film and Animation
The Animator's Favorites
Bathroom Girls by Rea Christie
The Animator's Animations
Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) - Ohio
Sublo and Tangy Mustard
The Animator's Playlist
Aaron Long's LinkTree
Jesse Patiences/MallBat's LinkTree
24 memes per second
Surviving Animation podcast
SVA MFA Visual Narrative - NYC
SVA MFA Computer Arts - NYC
Emmett Goodman's website
Pilar Newton-Katz on Instagram
Pilar Newton-Katz's webiste
Saintlo Ottawa Jail Hostel - Ottawa
The Animator's Friend on Instagram
Lids.com
TAF with Signe Baumane and Debra Solomon
TAF with Nayon Cho
Jumbo's Clown Room - LA
Smear Frame Podcast
James Thatcher
Annapurna Kumar
Shapeshifters Cinema - Oakland
Animation Brut
LA FilmForum
Victoria Vincent aka vewn
Spencer Moreland's website
Barnaby Catterall on TAF
Cynthia Chu on TAF
Tabitha Fischer on Instagram
JHS Pedals
Beyond the Bastards podcast
Animation Show n Tell on Instagram
Hellavision
Silverlake Shorts
animationshowntell@gmail.com
The Animator's Friend is hosted by India Lombardi-Bello, an animation educator in New York City. In this new series, India creates a platform where animators get to talk about themselves outside the context of their work. A questionnaire format, inspired by the 24 frames per second of animation, allows for personal, lighthearted, and unexpected conversation.
Credits:
Recorded, produced, and edited by India Lombardi-Bello
Co-host Sarah Schmidt
Travel support provided by Ottawa International Animation Festival and SVA
Digital Marketing Intern: Arnesh Kundu
Music by Cloutmeyer
Design by Sawyer Rippon
Special thanks to Ian Ballentine, Chris Robinson...
The Animator’s Friend
Befriending animators, 24 questions at a time. The Animator’s Friend is hosted by India Lombardi-Bello, an animation educator at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In this new series, India creates a platform where animators get to talk about themselves outside the context of their work. A questionnaire format, inspired by the 24 frames per second of animation, allows for lighthearted and unexpected conversation.
