Animation Block Party

Here is the official program information for Animation Block Party's Sixth Annual Festival. Tickets will be on sale at the doors to each event, but you can also buy them in advance and the links below to ensure a seat. Please check back for updates. In the event of rain, all outdoor events will take place indoors at the same location.

BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE FOR ABP JULY 24, 2009

Animation Block Party opens on Friday, July 24 at Rooftop Films, located at the Automotive High School on 50 Bedford Avenue, between North 12th and Lorimer, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The evening will feature live music from Teengirl Fantasy, followed by a diverse screening of world premieres, international cartoons and fan friendly blips. Doors to Rooftop Films on July 24th will open around 8pm for live-music and the ABP screenings will start between 9-930pm. There will be a short ten-minute intermission after “Hazed.”

ABP Rooftop, Opening Night Program:

Rethink Happiness: Directed by Choom, Canada
ABP 2009 Intro: Directed by Ben Meinhardt, Canada
Mother’s Day: Directed by David Lobser, NYC
Puffer Girl: Directed by Joan C. Gratz, Portland
Replacement Dog: Directed by Garrett Koeppicus, NYC
Juxtaposed Directed by Alex Wager, School of Visual Arts
Milbe: Directed by Karl Tebbe, Germany
Pigeon Interlude
Red Rabbit Directed by Egmont Mayer, Germany
Notebook Babies: Directed by Tony Dusko, PA
Southern Exposure: Directed by Susan Chien, Massachusetts College of Art
Armadillo Interlude
Ergo: Directed by Geza M. Toth, Hungary
Hazed: Directed by Matt Hammill, Guru Studio
Enter the Dragon: Directed by Robert DeJesus, NYC
Lotions 12: Directed by Matt Lee, NYC
Craig T. Squirrel: Directed by Mike Hollingsworth, CA
Cooking 420 with Chef Barry: Directed by Chelsea Manifold, NYC
Mutt: Directed by Glen Hunwick, Australia
Horn Dog: Directed by Bill Plympton, NYC
MFA Show: Directed by Rob Bohn, NYC
Jeremy! Directed by Mooshe Nickerson, Savannah College of Art and Design
La Nostalgia del Sr. Alambre: Directed by Jonathan Ostos Yaber, Mexico City

Opening night animation screenings will be followed by an after party at Matchless, located at 557 Manhattan Avenue at Driggs, also in Williamsburg Brooklyn. The after party will feature free beer courtesy of Radeberger and is only for those with ABP-Rooftop Tickets.

BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE FOR ABP JULY 25, 2009

Animation Block Party continues on Saturday, July 25 at BAMcinématek located at the Peter Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. Program One will feature experimental animation, fresh music videos and subversive design works, while Program Two will showcase exceptional student films, professional content and narrative shorts.

ABP Bam Cinématek, Program One (2pm and 6:50pm)

X-Mess Detritus: Directed by Voltaire, NYC
The Dragon’s Claw: Directed by Robert Bruce, NYC
The Sylpphid: Directed by Dorte Bengtson, National Film School of Denmark
Alice’s Attic: Directed by Robyn Yannoukos, UCLA
Here Come The Guns: Directed by Greg Condon
Let Me Out: Directed by Martine Chapuis, Concordia University
Moving Reality: Directed by Daniel Alfaro, UArts
Take Care: Directed by Scott Marvel, Chicago
WSIM: Directed by Jennifer Hardy, Ontario College of Art and Design
Parasol: Directed by Webster Crowell, Seattle
Strangers Poem: Directed by Geer Dubois, University of Southern California
Sugarcube: Directed by Sara Gunnarsdottir, Cal Arts
Shaman: Luc Perez, Copenhagen, Denmark
Die Kinder im Mond: Ursula Ulmi, HSLU, Switzerland
Bird in my House, Angel in my Heart: Directed by Jimmy Calhoun, NYC
Wall Pets: Directed by Eunice Kim, RISD
A Men’s Life As It Should Be: Directed by Wojtkek Skowron, Germany
2008 People: Directed by AVDJ, NYC
The Idiot Stinks: Directed by Helder Sun, CA
The Ornament: Directed by Patrick Dorian, NYC
Hunt: Directed by Yohei Ito and Kyoko Kitamura, Tokyo-NYC

ABP Bam Cinématek, Program Two (4:30pm and 9:15pm)

Butterface: Directed by Bob Ray, Texas
You’re Outa Here: Directed by George Griffin, NYC
Singles: Directed by Rebecca Sugar, School of Visual Arts
Amber: David Essman, Chicago
A Night with Nixon: Directed by Alex Cormack, Boston
Gym Lesson: Directed by Hannes Rall, Germany
Chicken Cowboy: Directed by Stephen Neary, NYU
Pigeon Pilfer: Directed by Michael Stevenson: San Francisco University
Tin Can Heart: Directed by Rod March, Australia
No Naked: Directed by Caroline Foley, Cal Arts
Devil Horns: Directed by Monica Garrison, Massachusetts College of Art
Sweet Dreams: Directed by Kirsten Lepore, MICA
Backwards: Directed by Aaron Hughes, NYC
Fridge Tales: Directed by Tamar Feinkind and Ari Rubin, CA
Bird Strike: Johannes Schiehsl, Film Akademie Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Attention to Detail: directed by Steve Madden, MA
This Way Up: Smith and Foulkes, United Kingdom

Starting around 9:30 - 10pm will be a special Saturday night after party at the Fourth Avenue Pub located at 76 4th Avenue between featuring free Budweiser and is only for those with ABP-BAM Tickets.

BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE FOR ABP JULY 26, 2009:

Animation Block Party closes on Sunday, July 26 at also at BAMcinématek, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn. Program Three will feature award winning independent shorts, studio animation and other standout works, while Program Four will mix global films with New York premieres and local animations.

ABP Bam Cinématek, Program Three (2pm and 6:50pm)

Enter The Sandbox: directed by Kevin R. Adams, Starz Animation
Factoid Slapstick: directed by Doug Bayne and David Ritchie, Australia
Flight Lessons: directed by Neil Helm, SCAD
FOT: The Next Big Thing: directed by Alex Dron, New Zealand
Eleven Roses: Pedram Goshtasbpour, Canada
My Girlfriend Sleeps Like Superman: Steve Gentile, Boston
Inner Tubes: Tim Beckhardt, RISD
Douchey The Douchebag PSA: Steve Stark, Canada
I’m So Proud of You: Don Hertzfeldt, CA
Down to the Bone: Peter Ahern, Pratt
Ruby Rocket: The Big Wind Up: Stacey Hallal and Sam Niemann, Portland
Cat’s Meow: directed by Jorge Garcia, Ringling College of Art and Design
Life on a Limb: David Chai, CA
Duck Heart Teslacoil: directed by Tyler J. Kupferer, SCAD
Reach: directed by Luke Randall, Australia

ABP Bam Cinématek, Program Four (4:30pm and 9:15pm)

The Peasant and the Root: directed by Brock Gallagher, Sheridan
Randomosity: Jelisa Samuel, Mass Art
Hold The Mustard: directed by Tammy Dubinsky, Vancouver Film School
Oral Report: Daniella Urdinlaiz, Pratt
Cod Swallop: The Brothers McLeod, United Kingdom
The Lost Tribes of New York City: London Squared, NYC
The Terrible Thing of Alpha 9: Jake Armstrong, School of Visual Arts
Lui Lui in Amelica: Vera Lui, Uarts
Topi: directed by Arjun Rihan, USC
The Heart of Amos Klein: Uri Kranot and Michal Pfeffer, Israel
Boris: directed by Dan Lundquist, Minnesota
Crew 54: Nedelcho Bogdanov, Bulgaria
Portrait: Irra Verbitsky, NYC
Catharsis: Anders Michael Nielsen, National Film School of Denmark

The closing evening after party is at Habana Outpost at 757 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, featuring streaming videos, free Six Point Ale and delicious Habana corn and is only for those with ABP-BAM Tickets.