Animation Block Party

Some call it punk rock, some call it grass roots, but labels aside - NYC based Animation Block Party is the premier animation festival of the East Coast.

Since the first official ABP film festival on September 9th, 2004 - thousands of filmmakers have submitted their animated shorts and screened them at the yearly festival.

The eighth annual Animation Block Party was July 29-July 31, 2011 in Brooklyn at Rooftop Films and BAMcinématek.

ABP is now open for festival submissions.

ABP is dedicated to exhibiting all genres of the world's best independent, professional and student animation. Past festival details listed below.

Animation Block Party 2011 info at http://animationblock.com/summerfest2011/

The 2011 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

Animation Block Party 2010 info at http://animationblock.com/summerfest2010/

The 2010 winners are:

Best in Show: Old Fangs - Adrien Merigeau, Ireland
Original Design: Paper Daydream - Jun Iwakawa, United Kingdom
Computer Animation: Urs - Moritz Mayerhofer, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Experimental Film: Pink Spray Paint - Carly White, ENSAD, France
Music Video: Spacious Thoughts - Fluorescent Hill, Montreal, Canada
Narrative Short: Bygone Behemoth - Harry Chaskin, California
Student Film: Always Only Ever - Barbara Benas, CCAD
Minute or Under: How to Lose Weight in 60 Seconds - Dave Carter, Australia
Documentary: Perista - Kim Weiner, RISD
Audience Award: Death Buy Lemonade - Kyu-bum Lee, Sheridan

For any questions, comments, or inquiries about anything and everything please email: info@animationblock.com

Press links

2010	Festival details ANIMATION BLOCK PARTY 2010 Animation Block Party 2010 info at /http://animationblock.com/summerfest2010/ The award jury for the 2010 ABP festival included Amid Amidi of Cartoon Brew, Rachel Simon of World Leaders Entertainment, Dave Schlafman of CloudKid and Ramin Zahed of Animation Magazine. Animation Block Party 2010 opened on Friday, July 30 at Rooftop Films, located at the Automotive High School on 50 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The evening featured live music from The Big Sleep, followed by an outdoor simulcast screening on both lawns at Automotive High, full of diverse world premieres, international cartoons and fan friendly blips. The opening night after party was at Matchless, located at 557 Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg and featured free beer courtesy of Radeberger and Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum. Animation Block Party 2010 continued on Saturday, July 31st at BAMcinématek located at the Peter Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. Program One featured experimental animation, fresh music videos and subversive design works, while Program Two showcased exceptional student films, professional content and narrative shorts. The Saturday night after party was at the Fourth Avenue Pub located at 76 4th Avenue in Brooklyn, featuring free Bluepoint Ale. Animation Block Party 2010 closed on Sunday, August 1st at BAMcinématek. Program Three featured award winning independent shorts, studio animation and other standout works, while Program Four mixed global films with New York premieres and local animations. The closing evening after party was at Habana Outpost at 757 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, featuring streaming videos, free Six Point Ale and delicious Habana corn. The 2010 winners are: Best in Show: Old Fangs - Adrien Merigeau, Ireland Original Design: Paper Daydream - Jun Iwakawa, United Kingdom Computer Animation: Urs - Moritz Mayerhofer, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Experimental Film: Pink Spray Paint - Carly White, ENSAD, France Music Video: Spacious Thoughts - Fluorescent Hill, Montreal, Canada Narrative Short: Bygone Behemoth - Harry Chaskin, California Student Film: Always Only Ever - Barbara Benas, CCAD Minute or Under: How to Lose Weight in 60 Seconds - Dave Carter, Australia Documentary: Perista - Kim Weiner, RISD Audience Award: Death Buy Lemonade - Kyu-bum Lee, Sheridan	Animation Block in LA via Cartoon Brew. ABP reviewed in Campus Circle. Summer Arts Preview on ABP 2010. New York Timeout says ABP is where you should bring your date. L-Magazine talks Best of Animation Block Party: 101 things to do in NYC in the summer. Animation Block in BlackBook. Animation Block Party Lineup Release on AWN. ABP 2010 announced in Animation Magazine. Cartoon Brew talks ABP 2010. Animation Invades Brooklyn. Animation Magazine reviews Animation Block Party 2010. New York Magazine says go to ABP 2010 on July 30. One of the nine best things to do this week is ABP 2010. Village Voice Overview of Animation Block Party. NY Timeout Best of the Fests. NBC talks Animation Block Party. Examiner says ABP is back and in full effect. Brokelyn recommends ABP 2010 for your wallet. AWN announces ABP 2010 winners. Cartoon Brew wrap up of Animation Block Party. Paper Spaceship review of ABP 2010. Animation Block Party in the NY Times Local. ABP on the Flavorpill Fix.
2009	Festival details ANIMATION BLOCK PARTY 2009 Animation Block Party ran from July 24-26, 2009 in Brooklyn. ABP opened on Friday July 25th at Rooftop Films, featuring live music from Teengirl Fantasy, followed by a screening of ABP's most fun and fan friendly cartoons. A party at Bar Matchless followed with free beer from Radeberger. ABP continued on Saturday July 25th at Bam Cinematek, with experimental works and music videos in Program One and a storytelling focus in Program Two. Screenings were followed by an after party at Fourth Avenue Pub with free Budweiser. ABP closed on Sunday July 26th at Bam Cinematek, with top professional and independent works in Program Three and the strongest narrative local and international shorts in Program Four. The closing evening party was at Habana Outpost, featuring streaming videos, free Six Point Ale and delicious Habana corn. For info from the 2009 festival, go to: www.animationblock.com/summerfest09 The 2009 winners are: Best In Show: Ergo by Geza M. Toth Original Design: Parasol by Webster Crowell Computer Animation: Tin Can Heart by Rod March Experimental Film: Singles by Rebecca Sugar Music Video: The Dragon’s Claw by Robert Bruce Narrative Short: I Am So Proud of You by Don Hertzfeldt Student Film: Topi by Arjun Rihan Minute Movie: Notebook Babies by Tony Dusko Documentary Short: Southern Exposure by Susan Chien Audience Award: Chicken Cowboy by Stephen Neary	ABP 09 in NY Times blog. Off Manhattan talks summerfest. Time Out New York on the Block Party. The Village Voice loves ABP. Corduroy Mag tags ABP fest. NYC's Daily News spotlights ABP 2009. Animation Block Party in Cartoon Brew. Best of ABP in the Philadelphia City Paper. Animation Block in Boston's Weekly Dig.
2008	Festival details ANIMATION BLOCK PARTY 2008 Animation Block Party ran from July 25-27, 2008 in Brooklyn. Over 100 films from a record 800 plus entries were screened at the Fifth Annual ABP. A record number, over 2500 fans and filmmakers attended ABP 2008. ABP opened on Friday July 25th at Rooftop Films, featuring live music from Plushgun, followed by a screening of ABP's most fun and fan friendly cartoons. A party at Bar Matchless followed with free beer from Radeberger. ABP continued on Saturday July 26th at Bam Cinematek, with experimental works and music videos in Program One and a storytelling focus in Program Two. Screenings were followed by an after party at Cherry Tree with free Newcastle from America's News Source, The Onion. ABP closed on Sunday July 27th at Bam Cinematek, with top professional and independent works in Program Three and the strongest narrative local and international shorts in Program Four. The closing evening party was at Habana Outpost, featuring streaming videos, delicious food specials and free draft beer courtesy of Autodesk. For info from the 2008 festival, goto: www.animationblock.com/summerfest08 The 2008 winners are: Best In Show: Pearce Sisters by Luis Cook Original Design: Muto by Blu Computer Animation: Operation Fish by Jeff Riley Experimental Film: Trepan Hole by Andy Cahill Music Video: Last Time In Clerkenwell by Alex Budovsky Narrative Short: Einsteins Riddle by Gina Kamentsky Student Film: In The Beginning by Choom Minute Movie: Flower Sound Cartoon by Phil Dubrovsky and Dale Hayward Documentary Short: ECT — The Story of Two Women by Laura Piraino Audience Award: I Live In The Woods by Max Winston	The New York Times on Animation Block Party. Animation Block Party on indieWIRE. Animation Magazine reviews ABP 08. IFC-Rooftop Blog on ABPV AWN covers Animation Block Party 08 Cartoon Brew talks Animation Block Party 08 Village Voice covers ABP 2008. ABP 2008 announced in animationmagazine.net. Animation Block in the Gowanus Lounge. Best of ABP in Boston's Weekly Dig
2007	Festival details ANIMATION BLOCK PARTY 2007 The 2007 Animation Block Party ran from July 27-30, featuring premieres from the world's top animators, newfound students works and the best professional and indie shorts of all genres. There were 670 submissions to ABP 2007 and 88 films were screened. Each evening culminated with a great after party from ABP's excellent sponsors and venue partners. For info from the 2007 festival, go to: www.animationblock.com/summerfest07 The 2007 winners are: Best in Show: Lost in Snow - Vladimir Lesciov Music Video: Me-I - Mixtape Club and Daniel Garcia Original Design: Zoologic - Nicole Mitchell Student Film: Hedgehug - Dan Pinto One-Minute Movie: Legend of Cranky Verne by Laika Experimental: Phantom Canyon - Stacey Steers Computer Animation: A Faery's Tale - Sylvia Apostol Narrative Short: How She Slept at Night - Lilli Carre Documentary: When I Grow Up - Michelle Meeker Audience Award: Snake - Becky James	Animation Block Party 2007 in NY Press. Animation Block Party 2007 in Village Voice. Animation Block Party 2007 in Timeout New York. Animation Block Party in L-Magazine. ABP 2007 on The Reeler. Animation Magazine covers ABP summerfest 07. Cartoon Brew previews ABP. FPS Review of ABP Mixtapes. FPS announces Animation Block summerfest.
2006	Festival details	Watch ABP on the Today Show. Res magazine reviews ABP. Timeout New York exclusive on Animation Block Party. The NY Press covers ABP 2006 summerfest. AWN details the 2006 Animation Block Party.
2005	Festival details Animation Block Party: Sept 2005 On September 15th, 2005 - Animation Block Party ended the NYC summer with a festival that featured over 60 short films in three screenings at BAM Rose Cinemas in Brooklyn. Almost 500 animation fans and festival participants attended the exciting event that featured various genre works from all over the world. International submissions were received from Brazil, Greece, Australia, Israel, Holland, France and the United Kingdom. Films were also submitted from all ends of the United States, including Ohio, California, Boston, Texas and, of course, New York. The ABP jury decided on numerous festival honors, including a student film prize that was augmented with an opportunity for the student winner to direct an animation spot for Block Party sponsor, Crumpler Bags. This prize was awarded to Rhode Island School of Design's Lizzi Akana for her film, Marvelous, Keen Loony Bin. Other awards were given out to Kyle Baker's The Hour for Minute Movie, Greg Condon's Body Splash for Original Design, Nylon Motion's IROC-Z Song for Music Video, Andy and Carolyn London's The Backbrace for Best in Show and Ben Meinhardt's Binge and Purge won the Audience Award. All the festival winners received prizes from our event sponsors, including gift certificates from NY Central Art Supply, I-Stop Motion software from Boinx, designer bags from Crumpler, subscriptions from RES and Animation Magazine and various other ABP goodies. The festival jury for Animation Block Party's September 15th fest included: Peter Sluszka Irra Verbitsky Richard Gorey Julianna Cox Attending Block Party filmmakers included: Turner Lange, John Schnall, Stephen Neary, Robert Rutan, Yusuke Murakami, Candy Kugel, Vincent Cafarelli, Yokasta Boyer, Kyle Baker, Leo Weiss, David Schlafman, Holly Anger, Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer, Greg Condon, Rachel Maguire, Andy and Carolyn London and many more. The after party rocked until 4am at Moe's on 80 Lafayette Avenue. Festival details Animation Block Party Valentine's Day 2005 Members of Animation Block Party Valentine jury included: Howard Beckerman Machi Tantillo Jeff Scher Emily Hubley Doug Crane Animation Block Party opened submissions for a Valentine festival in November of 2004. All festival entries were asked to have a "LOVE" theme. With the aid of withoutabox.com and the hard work of the Animation Block staff, over 400 submissions were processed and considered for the February 14th 2005 screening(s) at the BAM Rose Cinemas and Frank's Cocktail Lounge, both in Brooklyn, NY. Nearly 650 animation fans attended Animation Block Party's Valentine edition. The Valentine evening activities began at 5pm with the first of three screenings at the BAM Rose Cinemas and ended around 3am as Frank's Cocktail Lounge closed for the evening. The cold and rainy weather seemed to follow us from the end of summer 2004 Animation Block Party, but goodies from our sponsors eased the winter chill. Party perks included door prizes from Crumpler bags, giveaways from Animation Magazine, lots of Pabst Blue Ribbon, hundreds of Krispy Kreme of doughnuts and much more. On the second floor of Frank's Cocktail Lounge, the Animation Block after-party featured the talents of DJ Harry Ballz and Dynamic Damien, hosting their New York famous version of Hip-Hop Karaoke. The DJ crew completed their set with a perfect rendition of Notorious B.I.G's classic cut, Juicy. A week after the official event, the festival jury was able to get together at Les Sans Culottes on 57th and 2nd to review all the participating films. The jury included Jeff Scher, Howard Beckerman, Emily Hubley, Doug Crane and Machi Tantillo. For more than three hours, the jury debated all the animations over wine and dinner, eventually making some difficult choices, as all the films were first-rate. All festival winners received prizes from our aforementioned sponsors. See below for all the winners of festival honors. Other Valentine event sponsors included Boinx Software, NY Central Art Supply, The Village Voice and RES Magazine. Valentine's Festival Awards Best in Show: Willis Sillim's Tall Tale - Steffen Vala - 2004 - NYC Music Video: Easy - Fin Film - 2004 - Netherlands Original Design: Tuesday Kissing - Melissa - MacAlpin - 2005 - NYC Student Film: Lovers Supplant - Norma V. Toraya - 2004 - California Computer Animation: Love Me, Love Me, Love Me - Marina Gioti (Dir), Dimitris Ladopoulos (anim), Raining Pleasure (music)- 2004 - Greece One-Minute Movie: In The Loins of Spring - Avid Cyclist Crew - 2005 - NYC BAM ROSE CINEMAS PROGRAM Animation Block Valentine Intro Bobby Houlihan - 2005 Odd Todd Valentine Specia Odd Todd - 2004 Self Help Marcelo Goreman - 2004 Sketch Daisy Church - 2002 Handshake Pat Smith - 2004 Easy Fin Film - 2004 Unicornimation Chris Mullins - 2004 George and Ted Ian Jones-Quartey - 2004 Return I Will To Old Brazil Alex Budovsky - 2004 Tuesday Kissing Melissa MacAlpin - 2005 Reunited Zoya Baker - 2005 Lovers Supplant Norma V. Toraya - 2004 Super Mouse Valentine Special Scott Dodson - 2005 Love Me, Love Me, Love Me Marina Gioti - 2004 Willis Sillim's Tall Tale Steffen Vala - 2004 In The Loins of Spring Avid Cyclist Crew - 2005 The Fan And The Flower Bill Plympton - 2005 When Bump Met Grind Big Machine Design - 2005 Wax Emporium Casey Safron - 2005 Hearts Stieg Retlin - 2005 The Firm Jayce White - 2004 First Kiss Jim Mortensen - 2004 Goodnight Norma, Goodnight Milton John Schnall - 1988 Love Don Duga - 2005 Animation Block Credits and Directions to Frank's 380 Crew Love Birds Dan Forgione - 2005 FRANK'S LOUNGE 'AFTER-PARTY' PROGRAM Anijam Irra Verbitsky's Intro to Animation - 2005 What I Want Candy Kugel - 2005 Daughter of Eve Christen M. Smith - 2004 Duality Benny Lo - 2004 Dark Obsessions Sybil Cubilette - 2005 Oil and Vinegar Mike Blum - 1999 Particle Valentine Christine Victoria Dunn - 2003 Love Story Signe Baumane - 1998 The Proposal Arlington Cruz - 2004 Fan Lori Samsel - 2003 Woman Irra Verbitsky - 1972 Bikini Lasse Persson - 2004 Float (Electric Star Girl) Joel Trussell - 2004 Heart Attack Joshua Jularbal - 2005 Magnetism Nye Warburton - 2004 Attending filmmakers for Valentine festival included: Odd Todd, Bobby Houlihan, Steffen Vala, Zoya Baker, Bill Plympton, Melissa MacAlpin, Pat Smith, Olivia Janik, Jim Mortensen, Scott Dodson, Ian Jones-Quartey, Chris Mullins, Marcelo Goreman and many more.	Article in the Dec. 2005 issue of Animation Magazine " A Toon Festival Grows in Brooklyn. " AWN article by Joe Strike. The September 15th, 2005 Animation Block Party received notice in the following: www.animated-news.com news.awn.com ( 1 ) - ( 2 ) The February 14th, 2005 Animation Block Party was chosen by the NY Daily News as a NYC favorite. The Valentines Event also received a mention on Film Threat.
2004	Festival details Animation Block Party Premiere: Sept 9, 2004 Early in 2004, a group of New York based animators began hosting small screenings at bars and restaurants. As these events grew in size, it became obvious that an end of summer film festival was needed to capitalize on this mounting demand for a New York based Animation festival. The first official Animation Block Party premiered in Brooklyn on Sept 9th, 2004. The festival was curated by Casey Safron and exhibited professional and independent shorts, as well as the best recent animations from the top colleges in Manhattan (SVA, NYU, Parsons, etc). Even though the festival was not officially open for submissions, word of mouth resulted in over 150 entries from NYC and beyond. This introductory edition of Animation Block Party featured a rooftop screening, overlooking a beautiful cityscape. Just moments before the event began, the skies opened up and torrential rain plagued the outdoor venue. But within minutes, the sky cleared, seats were dried and nearly 300 fans magically appeared to watch almost two hours of award-winning animation. An after-party that roared all night long followed the screening. Some of the world's top independent and professional animators participated in and attended the festival, leading the obvious questions of what next... that question was answered soon after with the announcement of a Valentine's Day Animation Festival. Animation legends that contributed to the September 9th screening included Howard Beckerman, Bill Plympton, Irra Verbitsky, Emily Hubley and Don Duga. Other celebrated animators such as Jeff Scher, Matt Sheridan, Candy Kugel, Richard Gorey and Peter Sluskza also screened their personal shorts at the Block Party. See the entire September 9th program below. The event was sponsored by Krispy Kreme, Pabst Blue Ribbon and NY Central Art Supply. This screening was hosted by Officeops and the after-party was held at the Archive. The September 9th, 2004 Animation Block Party received notice in New York Magazine, Animation World Network and Film Threat. Check out the top-five ranking below from New York Magazine.	The September 9th, 2004 Animation Block Party received notice in New York Magazine, Animation World Network and Film Threat. New York Times article, about Dahlia and Club Sugar.

The Animation Block Party film festival has a production wing called Animation Block that creates and develops content for broadcast in affiliation with festival alumni. Recent productions from the Animation Block include: MTV's ecological-mutant series, "Perfectland," Sundance Channel's diner slacker series, "Breakfast" and a variety series on My Damn Channel.

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