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



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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