Animation Block Party

  • Official Lineup Released for the 2014 Animation Block Party film festival

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    The official lineup is now available online for the eleventh annual Animation Block Party film festival taking place July 24-27 2014 at Rooftop Films and BAMcinématek in Brooklyn, NYC. This summer’s edition of ABP includes a free outdoor show on Opening Night
    at Arts Brookfield, special programs from Animation Breakdown Roundup and Titmouse 5 Second Day – plus a 35mm screening of the classic film, SpaceJam at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

    Animation Block Party presents a diverse compilation of extraordinary animated shorts, including exclusive content from Nickelodeon Animation and (mtv)other.

  • ABP 2014 Intro / Street Justice (Ben Li / Burbank / 60 seconds)
  • Fluffy McCloud (Connor Finnegan / Dublin & London / 2:54 min)
  • Worldword (Peter Glantz and Becky Stark / Los Angeles / 30 seconds)
  • In The Beginning (Arthur Metcalf / New York / 2:31 min)
  • Blankfillers (Celeste Lai and Peyton Skyler / NYC / 3:10 min)
  • Love Ball: Ball on Fire (Dana Sink / Harrisburg, PA / 3:35 min)
  • Amasia (Guillaume Renier, Fabien Kretschmer, Gaëlle Séguillon et Adrien Bisiou / ArtFX / 7:25 min)
  • Goodbye Rabbit, Hop Hop (Caleb Wood / MN / 4 min)
  • Wind (Robert Löbel / Berlin / 4 min)
  • Pest / Nuisible (Tom Haugomat, Bruno Mangyoku / Paris / 12 min)
  • Payada pa’ Satan (Antonio Balseiro and Carlos Balseiro / Argentina / 7:31 min)
  • A Tale of Momentum & Inertia (Kameron Gates / Laika Studios / 1:10 min)
  • The Divide (Brent Sievers / RISD / 3:49 min)
  • Le Sens Du Toucher (Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo / France / 14:05 min)
  • Papa (Natalie LaBarre /SVA / 6:20 min)
  • ABP 2014 Outro / Bewitched Barry (Chelsea Manifold / Burbank / 60 seconds)
  • *Nickelodeon Animation TBA

     

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  • Animation Block Party 2013 Announces its Winners

    HISTORY OF PETS - Kris Genijn / NetherlandsHISTORY OF PETS – Kris Genijn / Netherlands

    The 10th annual Animation Block Party was held at The Music Hall of Williamsburg, Rooftop Films and BAMcinématek in Brooklyn New York from July 25-28, 2013. Held anually since 2004, filmmakers of all genres have screened some of the best independent, professional and student animation shorts. This year was described by the festival as a record-breaking summer with over 4000 in total attendance and multiple sold out screenings. The festival announced the complete list of winners of 2013 Animation Block Party, with HISTORY OF PETS directed by Kris Genijn of Netherlands winning the top prize Best In Show.

    Best In Show: HISTORY OF PETS – Kris Genijn / Netherlands
    Original Design: KICK-HEART – Masaaki Yuasa / Japan & NY
    Computer Animation: TUMBLEWEED TANGO – Sam Stephens & Christopher Mauch / NYC
    Experimental Film: JUNK – Kirk Hendry / UK
    Music Video: SPACETIME FABRIC SOFTNER – Ryan Mauskopf / NYC
    Narrative Short: DISNEY STAR WARS CORPORATE RETREAT – Ron Yavnieli / LA
    Student Film: JAMON – Iria Lopez / National Film & Television School
    Minute Movie: GUM – Noam Sussman / Sheridan
    Animation For Kids: ICARUS FALLS – Jesse O’Brien / Syracuse
    Audience Award: KNOCK KNOCK – Chadwick Whitehead / Brooklyn

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  • Animation Block Party’s 10th Annual Animation Festival July 25-28 in Brooklyn, NY

    Animation Block Party’s tenth annual animation festival will be held July 25 thru 28, 2013 in Brooklyn. The festival is currently accepting filmmaker submissions until May 31,2013. ABP 2013 will exhibit nearly 100 short films in competition alongside numerous special programs including a screening of Beavis and Butt-head Do America in 35mm, a rare showing of Secret of NIMH and silent shorts fromTom Stathes’ Cartoons On Film.

    This summer’s ABP Opening Night will take place at The Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday, July 25th. Animation Block Party 2013 Opening Night will feature two amazing bands, standup comedy, studio cartoon highlights and much more…

    ABP festival weekend will continue with an outdoor screening at Rooftop Films on July 26th followed by ten individual animation programs on July 27th and 28th at The Brooklyn Academy of Music. After parties will follow all late evening screenings.

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  • Animation Block Party 2011 Winners

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    The eighth annual Animation Block Party held July 29-July 31, 2011 in Brooklyn at Rooftop Films and BAMcinématek announced the juried award winners from its lineup of 97 films.

    The Eagleman Stag from UK filmmaker Mike Please about a man’s obsession with his quickening perception of time, took the top prize ‘Best in Show.

    The complete list of 2011 Animation Block Party winners are:

    Best in Show: The Eagleman Stag – Mikey Please / United Kingdom
    Original Design: The Wonder Hospital – Beomsik Shimbe Shim / Los Angeles
    Computer Animation: Meu Medo – Murilo Hauser / Brazil
    Experimental Film: Terra Firma – Ted Wiggin / RISD
    Music Video: Reloaded – Marieke Verbiesen / Norway
    Narrative Short: The Quiet Life – Timothy Hittle / San Francisco
    Student Film: Metro – Jake Wyatt / BYU
    Minute or Under: Bleu – Mike Bentz / Sarah Lawrence
    Animation for Kids: Bridge – Ting Chian Tey / Academy of Art
    Audience Award: Craft – Mari Jaye Blanchard / Brooklyn

    ABP jury included Emily Carmichael, Mike Hollingsworth, Lisa Crafts and Max Winston.

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  • 8th Animation Block Party to run July 29-31 in Brooklyn, NY

    The eighth annual Animation Block Party will run July 29-31 at Rooftop Films and Bam Cinematek, only in Brooklyn, NY. Animation Block Party is the largest animation festival on the East Coast, dedicated to screening the world’s best professional, student and independent work of all genres.

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  • Animation Block Party 2010 Winners

    Since the premiere of the first official ABP film festival on September 9th 2004, the NYC based Animation Block Party is dedicated to exhibiting the world’s best independent, professional and student animation. The seventh annual Animation Block Party was July 30-August 1, 2010 in Brooklyn, NY at Rooftop Films and Bam Cinematek.

    Award winners of Animation Block Party 2010:

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