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 web...
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
- Sam Gurry's website
- 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...
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