{"podcast":{"title":"The Animator’s Friend","slug":"the-animator-s-friend-7077706","podcast_index_feed_id":7077706,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/theanimatorsfriend/feed.xml","website_url":"https://theanimatorsfriend.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19699429/TAF_Icon_smaller.jpg","author":"India Lombardi-Bello","episode_count":33,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-animator-s-friend-7077706"},"episode":{"title":"TAF at the Annecy International Animation Festival 2025!","slug":"taf-at-the-annecy-international-animation-festival-2025","published_at":"2025-06-13T10:05:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-animator-s-friend-7077706/taf-at-the-annecy-international-animation-festival-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-animator-s-friend-7077706","url":"https://theanimatorsfriend.podbean.com/e/taf-at-annecy-international-animation-festival-2025/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qeyfmtfd6ckpded4/Annecy2025.mp3","summary":"We are live-to-tape at the 2025 Annecy International Animation Festival! Take a pew with me and my friend Barnaby Catterall (who I met at Annecy 8 years ago!) as we chat with Animation Talent Picnic attendees about how well they tan, what animal would play them in a Better Man type biopic of their life, and what they have or have not yet seen at the festival this year. Links to points of discussion: Barnaby's website Barnaby's Instagram Annecy International Animation Festival Arco Layer Explorer podcast on Youtube The Animator's Animations Alberto Allegri Rodriguez's website Alberto Allegri Rogdriguez's Instagram Potlems on Short of the Week Mikkel Mainz on Instagram Sun Creature Studio Skjaldborn Studios Tales of Alethrion on Youtube ChaO Dragon Striker Hoj Kfir Ben-Dov's website Lee-Yam Naaman's website Lee-Yam Naaman's Instagram Mononoke The Movie The Animation Workshop Pedro Martins Twitch Hlin on Instagram Melissa Raymond Lund's website Royal College of Art Animation MA The Animator's Favorites The Animator's Friend on Instagram 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. Credits: Recorded and edited by India Lombardi-Bello Co-host Barnaby Catterall Produced in part with facilities provided by SVA MFA Computer Arts Travel support provided by Annecy International Animation Festival and SVA MFA Computer Arts Music by Cloutmeyer Design by Sawyer Rippon Special thanks to Cynthia Chu; Brent Sievers; Ash Suh; Tracy Liu; my mom and dad Lisa L…","meta_description":"We are live-to-tape at the 2025 Annecy International Animation Festival! Take a pew with me and my friend Barnaby Catterall (who I met at Annecy 8 years a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3921,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-animator-s-friend-7077706/episodes/taf-at-the-annecy-international-animation-festival-2025/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-animator-s-friend-7077706/taf-at-the-annecy-international-animation-festival-2025.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}