Animation Block Party 2014 Summerfest
The eleventh annual Animation Block Party is July 24-27, 2014 at Rooftop Films and BAMcinématek. Animation Block Party is the premier animation festival of the East Coast, dedicated to exhibiting all genres of the world's best independent, professional and student animation.
Tickets will be on sale at the doors to each event, but you can also buy in advance at links below to ensure a seat.
To vote for the ABP Audience Award, please tweet us your favorite or email the film title to abp2014@animationblock.com
ABP Weekend Passes are available via Flavorus.
*Weekend Passes can be picked up at the ABP Merchandise Table at all screening venues.
FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING /ABP THURSDAY JULY 24, 2014
Animation Block Party Opening Night at Rooftop Films is Presented by Arts Brookfield. The ABP 2014 festival begins on Thursday, July 24th at Brookfield Place (formerly the World Financial Center) ground level, along the water between West Street and the Hudson River - 220 Vesey Street, NY, NY, 10281. Doors at 6:30pm. Live Music at 7:45 pm. Films begin at 8:45pm.
Screening is free and open to the public. In the event of rain, show will be indoors at same location.
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)
- Sanjay and Craig / Fart Baby (Jim Dirschberger and Jay Howell / Burbank / 10:45 min)
- 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)
BUY ADVANCE TICKETS /ABP FRIDAY JULY 25, 2014
Animation Block Party continues on Friday, July 25th at BAMcinématek located at the Peter Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn, NY 11217.
ABP Friday at BAMcinématek features four different animation programs. Program 1 offers Experimental Films, Graphic Design and Music Videos. Program 2 includes Student Films & Independent Animators. Program 3 is a special showcase to be announced soon. Program 4 is the NYC premiere of Animation Breakdown Roundup.
Program 1: Experimental Films, Graphic Design and Music Videos (2pm)
Animation Block Party presents a collection of the year's best experimental animated shorts, design oriented films and cutting edge music videos.
- Solstice (Lynn Wang and Ed Skudder / Los Angeles / 1:30 min)
- Retreat (Lizzi Akana / Brooklyn / 3:54 min)
- Blackout (Sharron Mirsky / Concordia University / 4:02 min)
- The Master's Voice: Caveirao (Guilherme Marcondes / Brazil & Brooklyn / 10:06 min)
- Feed Your Creative Brain (leftchannel motion design studio / Columbus, OH / 51 seconds)
- Strange Wonderful (Stephanie Swart / RISD / 4:18 min)
- A Void (Joseph Hodgson / Oslo, Norway / 3:52 min)
- Red (Jess X. Chen / RISD / 1:39 min)
- Deep Squeeze (Ingo Raschka / NYC / 1:29 min)
- Eve Ensler - Then We Were Jumping (Jordan Bruner /Brooklyn / 4:20 min)
- Tulipomania: Hold On (Cheryl Gelover and Tom Murray / Bristol, PA / 3:51 min)
- Cruising (Zachary Zezima / Los Angeles, CA / 3:21 min)
- Monkey and Mon Kaur (Suneet Sethi /Brooklyn / 3:09 min)
- Moons (Liesje Kraai / Brooklyn / 1:10 min)
- Only If I Knew (Nozomi Hoshikawa / Tokyo, Japan / 3:19 min)
- Unclear Proof (Max Hattler / UK & Germany / 45 seconds)
- Bothered (Christina Skyles / BYU / 4:45 min)
- Gnosis (Tamara Hahn / Brooklyn / 4:40 min)
- There are no Kittens in Paradise (Swantje Wenz / UK / 2:13 min)
- Phantasmagoria (Hannah Carr, Molly Garrett and Emily Kenyon / KCAI / 5:58 min)
- After Thought (Li Li / Pratt / 4:10 min)
- Lumberjacked (Joel Mackenzie / Canada / 2:50 min)
Program 2: Student Films & Independent Animators (4pm)
Animation Block Party presents a collection of imaginative films by students and independent animators.
- Let It Ride (Mark Phillips / Brooklyn / 3:11 min)
- Driving (Nate Theis / Madison, Wisconsin / 3:51 min)
- Ladies Night (Simeon Kondev / RISD / 3:34 min)
- The Chaperone (Fraser Munden and Neil Rathbone / Canada / 13:34 min)
- Bless You (Philip Watts / Australia / 1:32 min)
- Overboard (Ariel Chao and Paul Zeke / VFS / 4:50 min)
- Giorgio (Na Yon Cho / RISD / 2:02 min)
- He Tries to Meet a Girl in a Bar (Jonathan Hance / Brooklyn / 45 seconds)
- Stepped On (Latoya Raveneau / UCLA / 3:56 min)
- John Doe (Dustin Reno and Yizhou Li / USC / 3:52 min)
- All Down Hill (Kyle Fleischer / MassArt / 7:01 min)
- Papel (Mariel Sayuno / NYU / 2:39 min)
- Danza de los Muertos (Cassie Urban / SCAD / 2:29 min)
- Moonstruck (Luz Batista and Sarah Sloyer / SVA / 5:31 min)
- Hero (Jennifer Yoo / NYU / 4:03 min)
- Tired (Megan McShane / Ringling / 1:50 min)
- Suspect Fowl Play (Iain Collins / DePaul / 3:10 min)
- Dance Puny Human (Justin Connolly / USC / 3:09 min)
- Liked Myself Better - When I Didn't Have Friends (Annette DeLorean / San Diego 2:47 min)
Program 3: Space Jam (7pm)
Michael Jordan helps the Looney Toons play a basketball game against aliens in a battle for cartoon freedom *screening twice
Program 4: Animation Breakdown Roundup (9:45pm)
NYC premiere - Animation Breakdown Roundup - with a special intro from Cinefamily programmer Alex McDonald and Nickelodeon's director of animation development Kevin Sukho Lee. Roundup is a collection of original and acquired shorts from the world's top animation talent.
- Blobby Boys – Directed by Alex Schubert
- Eager - Directed by Allison Schulnik
- Jessica - Directed by Amy Lockhart
- Teetersee Tottersaw - Directed by Caleb Wood & Derek Wycherley
- Hallucinator - Directed by Charles Huettner
- Coin - Directed by Chris Burns
- Tedious Limbs - Directed by Devin Flynn
- Write Back - Directed by Emily Hubley
- Elephant's Garden - Directed by Felix Colgrave
- Mondo Taurobolium - Directed by Galen Pehrson
- Genie - Directed by Garret Davis
- Eclipse - Directed by Hugo Moreno, Théo Guignard & Noé Lecombre
- Anonymous Mortician - Directed by Joseph Bennett
- Move Mountain - Directed by Kirsten Lepore
- Chicks with Cheeks - Directed by Matt and Paul Layzell
- Welcome Committee - Directed by Matt Taylor
- Stuffed Animals - Directed by Mike Hollingsworth
- Maze Wheel, Part 1 - Directed by Mike Nordstrom
- Weird Healing - Directed by Overture
- Boogodobiegodongo - Directed by Peter Millard
- El Delirio del Pez Léon - Directed by Quique Rivera Rivera
- Boxhead - Directed by Randall Kaplan
- Hopkins & Delaney, LLP - Directed by Sean Buckelew
- If You're Pushed Hard Enough - Directed by Sean Solomon
- It's My Beak - Directed by Seth Cooper
- Om Rider - Directed by Takeshi Murata
- Lizard of Oz - Directed by Vince Collins
*Friday Night After Party
Pacific Standard located at 82 4th Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11217.
Board games, booths and beers - ABP drink specials all night long…
BUY ADVANCE TICKETS /ABP SATURDAY JULY 26, 2014
Animation Block Party continues on Saturday, July 26th at BAMcinématek located at the Peter Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11217.
ABP Saturday at BAMcinématek includes four different animation programs and one big late night party. Program 5 features a special Animation for Kids showcase. Program 6 provides a look at Farmer Alfalfa from Tom Stathes' Cartoons on Film. Program 7 includes an original blend of International Shorts. Program 8 highlights the Best of 5 Second Day from Titmouse Animation.
If you buy a ticket to any Animation Block Party screening at BAM - please bring your ticket stub to the BAM Fisher between 9:30pm-2am to gain free access to the ABP Saturday Night Party.
Program 5: Animation for Kids (2pm)
Animation Block Party presents a fresh collection of the year's best family-friendly animated shorts in festival competition, including a handful of select cartoons from the major studios.
- Mariachi Manatee (Nickelodeon / Burbank / 60 seconds)
- Sunny and Steve: Enjoy the Sweets (Bill Dorais and Ty Coyle / NYC / 2:41 min)
- I Like to Share (Jeremy Galante and David Cowles / Sesame Street / 1:20 min)
- On Thin Ice (Norah Jones / NYC / 1:56 min)
- Doctor Puppet: A Timelord Christmas (Alisa Stern / Brooklyn & UK / 1:58 min)
- StoryBots - Love's Not Just a Word, Songs About Emotions (JibJab / Venice, CA / 1:16 min)
- Dog Prom (Lauren Krieger / UCLA / 4:19 min)
- Fly With Me (Joelle Tyea Enver / Nanyang Technological University / 2:28 min)
- Helium Harvey (Daniel Savage / Brooklyn / 2:42 min)
- Play With Food (Cuppa Coffee / Sesame Street / 1:13 min)
- Baxter (Ty Coyle / SCAD / 2:55 min)
- StoryBots - You Gotta Love a Lion, Animal Songs (JibJab / Venice, CA / 1:01 min)
- Milk (Elizabeth Liu Xiujun & Evangeline Au Yan Yee / NTU / 4:02 min)
- Fight For Food (Preston Platt / CA / 3:40 min)
- StoryBots - Riding on a Train (JibJab / Venice, CA / 1:07 min)
- Lantern (Danielle M. Heitmuller / UCLA / 3:58 min)
- The Goldfish Kite (Juliana Chen / MICA / 3:51min)
- Storybots - The Sky is Blue / Colors (JibJab / Venice, CA / 1:15 min)
- The Moon and the Well (Kelly Kin / Texas A&M / 46 seconds)
- Cuatro Gatos (Eddie Mort / Sesame Street / 1:11 min)
- Eideann (Alvaro Granados / Madrid, Spain / 5:18 min)
- Prize Inside (Reece Porter / Ringling / 2:15 min)
- Circles – Shapes (JibJab / Venice, CA / 1:02 min)
- Floating in my Mind (Hélène Leroux / Gobelins / 3:08 min)
- Night Light (Patrick McQuade / Ringling / 2:05 min)
Program 6: Tom Stathes' Cartoons on Film (4:30pm)
A look at the iconic Farmer Alfalfa, created by animation legend, Paul Terry.
- Down on Phoney Farm (Paul Terry, Thanhouser Company / 1915 / 4 min)
- Farmer Alfalfa Sees New York (Paul Terry, Bray Studios / 1916 / 7 min)
- The Farmer and the Mice (Aesop's Fables Studio / 1922 / 5 min)
- Springtime (Aesop's Fables Studio / 1923 / 6 min)
- Signs of Spring (Aesop's Fables Studio / 1927 / 6 min)
- Barnyard Artists (Hugh Shields, Aesop's Fables Studio / 1928 / 6 min)
- Dinner Time (John Foster, Van Beuren Prod /1928 / 6 min)
- Custard Pies (Van Beuren Productions / 1929 / 6 min)
- Noah's Outing (Frank Moser, Terrytoons / 1932 / 6 min)
- The Talking Magpies (Mannie Davis, Terrytoons / 1946 / 6 min)
Program 7: International Shorts // Program One (7pm)
Animation Block Party presents a blend of the best animated shorts from around the world. The first of two entirely unique programs of acclaimed international animated films.
- Fol'Amor (Marthe Delaporte, Maïlys Garcia, Augustin Clermont, Gilles Cortella, Clément De Ruyter, Pierre Rütz and Gaspard Sumeire / Gobelins / 2:22 min)
- Missing Scarf (Eion Duffy / Ireland and Vancouver / 6:35 min)
- Mr. Plastimime (Daniel Greaves / UK / 9:43 min)
- Sausage (Robert Grieves / UK / 6:49 min)
- Zhuyka / The Gum (Olga Makarchuk / Ukraine / 7:41 min)
- Une balade à la mer - A ride towards the sea (Damien Stein / France / 3:26 min)
- Man On The Chair (Dahee Jeong / France / 6:55 min)
- Obvious Child (Stephen Irwin / UK / 12:21 min)
- Annie (Léa Justum, Chloé Nicolay, Laura Pannetier, Taylor Price & Xavier Saillio / Gobelins / 2:40 min)
- Harald (Moritz Schneider and Alexandra Stautmeister / Germany / 6:48 min)
- Don't Fear Death (Louis Hudson / UK / 3:03 min)
Program 8: Showcase: Titmouse - Best of 5 Second Day (9pm)
One of the largest independent animation studios in the world, Titmouse encourages their animators to take a day off work every so often and complete a short of their choosing.
*ABP Saturday Night Party
BAM Fisher located at 321 Ashland Pl, Brooklyn NY 11217.
Carnival games, ping pong, Sakura Art drawing station, streaming videos from Loopdeloop, deejay plus live music, free Brooklyn Brewery beer and much more…
Any individual who buys a ticket to ABP at BAM will gain access to the Saturday Night Party. Please bring ticket stub to BAM Fisher entrance for admission.
BUY ADVANCE TICKETS /ABP SUNDAY JULY 27, 2014
Animation Block Party closes on Sunday, July 27th at BAMcinématek, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11217.
ABP Sunday at BAMcinématek includes four different animation programs. Program 9 is Space Jam with Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny. Program 10 features the John Hubley Centennial. Program 11 includes Narrative Works, Studio Shorts & Local Films. Program 12 is a fresh collection of International Shorts.
Program 9: Space Jam (2pm)
Michael Jordan helps the Looney Toons play a basketball game against aliens in a battle for cartoon freedom.
Program 10: John Hubley Centennial (4:30pm)
Hubley had his hand in some of the most defining cartoons of the 20th Century, including Disney classics like Bambi, TV icons like Mister Magoo, and shorts for Electric Company.
- Adventures of An * (1956)
- Tender Game (1958)
- Moonbird (1959)
- The Hat (1964)
- Urbanissmimo (1967)
- Windy Day (1967)
- Of Men and Demons (1968)
- Eggs (1970)
Program 11: Narrative Works, Studio Shorts & Local Films (7pm)
Animation Block Party presents an innovative mix of narrative works, studio shorts and local films.
- Junior’s World (Alex Cline / Los Angeles, CA / 4:28 min)
- Monkey Rag (Joanna Davidovich / Atlanta, GA / 3:54 min)
- Some Vacation (Anne S. Lewis / Austin, TX / 6:10 min)
- Eat Cake (Leah Shore / Brooklyn / 31 seconds)
- This is Muffin Buds: Pass the Salt (Eric Aldama & Rachel Yonda / Los Angeles / 5:11 min)
- Bakerman & the Bunnymen (Scout Raskin / Burbank / 4:36 min)
- I Only Dream Of Love (Aleksandar Trofin / Australia / 1:07 min)
- Fallt (Chadwick Whitehead / Brooklyn / 2:06 min)
- Gorillaville (Ron Yavnieli / Los Angeles / 3:29 min)
- Norm and Cory (Andrew Kaiko / NYC / 3:04 min)
- Bear Hog (Andres Kwon / LIC, NY / 30 seconds)
- Robots in Space (Ilana Morgan Schwartz / RIT / 2:52 min)
- Yearbook (Bernardo Britto / New York and Miami / 5:40 min)
- Gunther (Erick Oh / CA / 6:34 min)
- Rat Trippin' (Josh Parker / Brooklyn / 20 seconds)
- The Well (Alex Kamer / Los Angeles / 4:22 min)
- Don't Be Afraid of Bears (Jill Johnston / Fredonia, NY / 3:25 min)
- Confusion Thru Sand (Ornana Films, Danny Madden / CA and NY / 11:59 min)
Program 12: International Shorts // Program Two (9pm)
Animation Block Party presents an original collection of stellar animation shorts from all over the world.
- Meet the Myth (Benjamin Barbelet, Jérôme Catayee, Thibault Pissot & Amandine Claude / Artfx / 5:08 min)
- Coda (Alan Holly / Ireland / 9:00 min)
- Myosis (Emmanuel Asquier-Brassart, Ricky Cometa, Guillaume Dousse, Adrien Gromelle and Thibaud Petitpas / Gobelins / 3:13 min)
- La Chair de ma Chère *Mimma (Calvin Antoine Blandin / France / 12:48 min)
- Teagan (Sheldon Lieberman and Igor Coric / Australia / 2:43 min)
- Virtuos Virtuell (Thomas Stellmach and Maja Oschmann / Germany / 7:20 min)
- Poils/Hair (Delphine Hermans / Belgium / 8:50 min)
- The Girl and Her Tail (Yong Jie Yu / Nanyang Technological University / 2:19 min)
- Padre (Santiago Bou Grasso / Argentina, France / 11:50 min)
- The Yellow Generation (Daniel Sake / Brazil / 7:00 min)
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ANIMATION BLOCK PARTY 2014
ABP Thursday, July 24, 2014:
Animation Block Party at Rooftop Films - Presented by Arts Brookfield
ABP 2014 Intro / Street Justice (Ben Li / Burbank / 60 seconds)
http://gutsandeffort.blogspot.com
Tanya and Dodger in the underworld.
Sanjay and Craig / Fart Baby (Jim Dirschberger and Jay Howell / Burbank / 10:45 min)
http://www.nick.com/shows/sanjay-and-craig
While munching on hot wings, Sanjay and Craig face a challenge.
Fluffy McCloud (Connor Finnegan / Dublin & London / 2:54 min)
http://vimeo.com/conorfinnegan
A misunderstanding and mixed relationship with Mother Nature.
Worldword (Peter Glantz and Becky Stark / Los Angeles / 30 seconds)
http://imaginarycompany.org/worldword
We are the world and so are you – a series of commercials sponsored by Planet Earth.
In The Beginning (Arthur Metcalf / New York / 2:31 min)
http://www.metcalflovesyou.com
There can be no doubt that a little girl had a hand in the Creation.
Blankfillers (Celeste Lai and Peyton Skyler / NYC / 3:10 min)
http://blankfillers.tumblr.com
Thoughts about existence illustrated by the interactions of strangers.
Love Ball: Ball on Fire (Dana Sink / Harrisburg, PA / 3:35 min)
http://www.danasink.com
One ball's journey to recover something precious it has lost.
Amasia (Guillaume Renier, Fabien Kretschmer, Gaëlle S$eacute;guillon et Adrien Bisiou / ArtFX / 7:25 min)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amasia-Le-film/476807135744469
A solar flare sparks major climatic changes on Earth.
Goodbye Rabbit, Hop Hop (Caleb Wood / MN / 4 min)
http://calebdwood.tumblr.com
A mind in the city looks inwards, and escapes to the rabbits domain.
Wind (Robert Löbel / Berlin / 4 min)
http://www.robertloebel.com
The daily life of people living in a windy area who are helplessly exposed to the weather.
Pest / Nuisible (Tom Haugomat, Bruno Mangyoku / Paris / 12 min)
http://lespetitestruffes.blogspot.com
Klaus is a reserved child. He leads a peaceful life with both his parents in a housing project.
Payada pa' Satan (Antonio Balseiro and Carlos Balseiro / Argentina / 7:31 min)
http://www.gazz.tv/es
A Gaucho lives peacefully in the countryside until one day the earth starts to shake.
A Tale of Momentum & Inertia (Kameron Gates / Laika Studios / 1:10 min)
http://www.laika.com
This tale of warning puts human fate in the hands of a Rock Giant - literally.
The Divide (Brent Sievers / RISD / 3:49 min)
http://www.brentcsievers.com
Man and nature strive to coexist, but their boundaries are falling apart at the seams.
Le Sens Du Toucher (Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo / France / 14:05 min)
http://cargocollective.com/lesensdutoucher
Chloé and Louis are secretly in love with each other. Every sentence a choreography.
Papa (Natalie LaBarre /SVA / 6:20 min)
http://natalielabarre.blogspot.com
An eccentric inventor realizes he's not a perfect father - so one day, he makes one.
ABP 2014 Outro / Bewitched Barry (Chelsea Manifold / Burbank / 60 seconds)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2471266/
Barry and Puppers magic show.
*Nickelodeon Animation TBA
ABP Friday, July 25, 2014
Program 1: Experimental Films, Graphic Design and Music Videos at BAMcinématek (2pm)
Solstice (Lynn Wang and Ed Skudder / Los Angeles / 1:30 min)
http://furyoso.com
A fantasy western begins.
Retreat (Lizzi Akana / Brooklyn / 3:54 min) music vid prg open
http://www.lizziakana.com
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings take on a pack of rampaging wolves in a dance-off.
Blackout (Sharron Mirsky / Concordia University / 4:02 min)
http://www.sharronmirsky.com
Doc about the 2003 power failure in the eastern seaboard of U.S and Canada.
The Master's Voice: Caveirao (Guilherme Marcondes / Brazil & Brooklyn / 10:06 min)
http://www.caveiraofilm.com
info@guilherme.tv
The secret night activities of Sao Paulo's spirits.
Feed Your Creative Brain (leftchannel motion design studio / Columbus, OH / 51 seconds)
http://leftchannel.com
A visual concept grown from tentacles.
Strange Wonderful (Stephanie Swart / RISD / 4:18 min)
http://stephanieswart.com
Little monster to school. ‘They probably call me snail face when I'm not around.'
A Void (Joseph Hodgson / Oslo, Norway / 3:52 min)
http://www.racecar.no
‘As the spirit wains the form appears’ - Charles Bukowski
Red (Jess X. Chen / RISD / 1:39 min)
http://www.jessxchen.com
A woman is born of a drop of blood that falls to Earth from space.
Deep Squeeze (Ingo Raschka / NYC / 1:29 min)
http://ingoraschka.tumblr.com
A man in a tiny submarine avoids the gaze of a giant eyeball.
Eve Ensler - Then We Were Jumping (Jordan Bruner /Brooklyn / 4:20 min)
http://www.jordanbruner.net
A poem envisioning justice for all survivors of gender violence.
Tulipomania: Hold On (Cheryl Gelover and Tom Murray / Bristol, PA / 3:51 min)
http://www.tulipomania.com
Paper type lyrics fused with collaged instruments soaring through musical beats.
Cruising (Zachary Zezima / Los Angeles, CA / 3:21 min)
http://www.zacharyzezima.com
An extrovert's dream and an introvert's nightmare.
Monkey and Mon Kaur (Suneet Sethi /Brooklyn / 3:09 min)
http://vimeo.com/suneetsethi
Forbidden love and Narcisisism between a Hasidic man and a Sikh girl.
Moons (Liesje Kraai / Brooklyn / 1:10 min)
http://www.liesjekraai.com
A little dog lost in space.
Only If I Knew (Nozomi Hoshikawa / Tokyo, Japan / 3:19 min)
http://nozomilkyway.jimdo.com
Directed by The lover left without any explanation.
Unclear Proof (Max Hattler / UK & Germany / 45 seconds)
http://maxhattler.com
Sensational crystal-clear footage of shape-shifting UFOs.
Bothered (Christina Skyles / BYU / 4:45 min)
https://www.facebook.com/christinaskylesart
A shy artist is drawing, when a former classmate hops on the subway.
Gnosis (Tamara Hahn / Brooklyn / 4:40 min)
http://tamaramastudios.com
The failures of baby-robbing monsters leave them with no way to escape.
There are no Kittens in Paradise (Swantje Wenz / UK / 2:13 min)
http://swantjewenz.com
Two warriors perform a tribal dance in preparation for war.
Phantasmagoria (Hannah Carr, Molly Garrett and Emily Kenyon / KCAI / 5:58 min)
http://sleeptalkstudios.com
The relationship between a character’s mentality and her physical surroundings.
After Thought (Li Li / Pratt / 4:10 min)
http://www.lilipop.me
Traveling time to review the past - things he did somehow got out of his memory.
Lumberjacked (Joel Mackenzie / Canada / 2:50 min) music vid prg close
http://joelmack.flavors.me
A reformed Lumberjack embraces nature power to defeat an 8-bit Wasp Monster.
Program 2: Student Films & Independent Animators at BAMcinématek (4pm)
Let It Ride (Mark Phillips / Brooklyn / 3:11 min)
http://www.markedanimation.com
One soldier's moment in an abstract battle that has no beginning or end.
Driving (Nate Theis / Madison, Wisconsin / 3:51 min)
http://www.natetheis.com
Animated road rage chaos.
Ladies Night (Simeon Kondev / RISD / 3:34 min)
http://simeonkondev.tumblr.com
Organic brutality, viscera and groove.
The Chaperone (Fraser Munden and Neil Rathbone / Canada / 13:34 min)
http://www.thoroughbread.ca
Untold, true story of a lone teacher chaperoning a school dance in 1970s Montreal.
Bless You (Philip Watts / Australia / 1:32 min)
http://www.philipwatts.com.au
An architect in the skies grows bored of his creation and decides to spice things.
Overboard (Ariel Chao and Paul Zeke / VFS / 4:50 min)
http://overboardshortfilm.com
Captains Jim and Jane as they navigate their way through the world of animation.
Giorgio (Na Yon Cho / RISD / 2:02 min)
http://vimeo.com/nayoncho
A hand drawn/cut out animation illustrating the story of Giovanni Giorgio Moroder
He Tries to Meet a Girl in a Bar (Jonathan Hance / Brooklyn / 45 seconds)
http://www.jonathanhance.com
A look at romance's modern iteration.
Stepped On (Latoya Raveneau / UCLA / 3:56 min)
https://twitter.com/Toyarave
What is the price of being stepped on?
John Doe (Dustin Reno and Yizhou Li / USC / 3:52 min)
http://anim.usc.edu/videos/john-doe-trailer-yizhou-li-dustin-reno
A frustrated detective’s pursuit for the truth takes an unexpected turn.
All Down Hill (Kyle Fleischer / MassArt / 7:01 min)
http://kylefleischer.com
Alone in the desert, a class of Satanic children goes about their day.
Papel (Mariel Sayuno / NYU / 2:39 min)
http://notyourrefrigeratordoor.tumblr.com
Two children share a ball in an imaginative game of catch.
Danza de los Muertos (Cassie Urban / SCAD / 2:29 min)
http://curbananimation.tumblr.com
A boy's grandmother comes back from the dead but he is too terrified of her form to dance.
Moonstruck (Luz Batista and Sarah Sloyer / SVA / 5:31 min)
http://luzbatistaportfolio.blogspot.com and http://johnnyoctopus.tumblr.com
A lonely boy finds a wayward alien in
his backyard.
Hero (Jennifer Yoo / NYU / 4:03 min)
http://vimeo.com/user10877208
In ancient times, a hero rises.
Tired (Megan McShane / Ringling / 1:50 min)
http://meganmcshane.tumblr.com
The tragic story of a spare tire struggling to find his true purpose.
Suspect Fowl Play (Iain Collins / DePaul / 3:10 min)
http://vimeo.com/americanbiclops
Two rowdy teens foil a hard-boiled duck’s assassination attempts on an old lady.
Dance Puny Human (Justin Connolly / USC / 3:09 min)
http://www.jwconnolly.com
Stop motion short commenting on man's relationship with technology.
Liked Myself Better - When I Didn't Have Friends (Annette DeLorean / San Diego / 2:47 min)
http://www.annettedelorean.com
A musician overcomes her loner childhood only to realize she liked being that way.
Program 3: Space Jam at BAMcinématek (7pm)
Michael Jordan helps the Looney Toons play a basketball game against aliens in a battle for cartoon freedom.
Program 4: Animation Breakdown Roundup at BAMcinématek (9:45pm)
Animation Breakdown Roundup with a special intro from Cinefamily programmer Alex McDonald and Nickelodeon’s director of animation development Kevin Sukho Lee. Roundup is a collection of original and acquired shorts from the world’s top animation talent.
ABP Saturday, July 26, 2014:
Program 5: Animation for Kids at BAMcinématek (2pm)
Mariachi Manatee (Nickelodeon / Burbank / 60 seconds)
http://www.nick.com
A young guitar playing Manatee and his trumpet playing friend, Poco the Crab.
Sunny and Steve: Enjoy the Sweets (Bill Dorais and Ty Coyle / NYC / 2:41 min)
http://www.moving-picture.com
An office worker struggles with a seemingly innocent bunny on a quest for sweets.
I Like to Share (Jeremy Galante and David Cowles / Sesame Street / 1:20 min)
http://www.sesamestreet.org
Toys, bats, gloves, super awesome dance moves… all things that can be shared.
On Thin Ice (Norah Jones / NYC / 1:56 min)
http://vimeo.com/norahjones
Two elves bridge the generation gap to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Doctor Puppet: A Timelord Christmas (Alisa Stern / Brooklyn & UK / 1:58 min)
http://www.youtube.com/HelloDoctorPuppet
The Doctor joins his past selves for a stop motion Christmas celebration.
StoryBots - Love's Not Just a Word, Songs About Emotions (JibJab / Venice, CA / 1:16 min)
http://www.jibjab.com
An epic song about the feeling the love.
Dog Prom (Lauren Krieger / UCLA / 4:19 min)
http://www.laurenkrieger.com
All Bernard wants to do is dance with a girl at prom…
Fly With Me (Joelle Tyea Enver / Nanyang Technological University / 2:28 min)
https://www.facebook.com/AdmAnimation2013
A cute romp between a dinosaur, bumblebee, sea creature and balloon.
Helium Harvey (Daniel Savage / Brooklyn / 2:42 min)
http://www.somethingsavage.com
A curious boy spots a balloon and has the idea to change his voice with helium.
Play With Food (Cuppa Coffee / Sesame Street / 1:13 min)
http://www.youtube.com/SesameStreet
Here come some foods that start with the letter P.
Baxter (Ty Coyle / SCAD / 2:55 min)
http://www.tycoyle.com
Baxter the raccoon makes his way into Granny's Sweet Shop.
StoryBots - You Gotta Love a Lion, Animal Songs (JibJab / Venice, CA / 1:01 min)
http://www.youtube.com/storybots
As soon as you hear this wild, wacky song about the king of beasts, you've gotta love it!
Milk (Elizabeth Liu Xiujun & Evangeline Au Yan Yee / NTU / 4:02 min)
http://vimeo.com/admanimation
A marathon search for a bottle of milk.
Fight For Food (Preston Platt / CA / 3:40 min)
https://twitter.com/prestonplatt
The journey of two Robo dogs and their fight to get the food in the bowl.
StoryBots - Riding on a Train (JibJab / Venice, CA / 1:07 min)
http://www.storybots.com
Get ready for a chugging, clickety-clacking ride on the StoryBot Express. Next stop Funville!
Lantern (Danielle M. Heitmuller / UCLA / 3:58 min)
http://heitmuller.blogspot.com
Late one night, Molly is startled by the sound of an approaching ship.
The Goldfish Kite (Juliana Chen / MICA / 3:51min)
http://www.julianachen.net
A boy mending his goldfish-shaped kite fixes it with a mysterious red string.
Storybots - The Sky is Blue / Colors (JibJab / Venice, CA / 1:15 min)
https://twitter.com/StoryBots
If your colors are cool, you’ll dig this StoryBot tune about the sky.
The Moon and the Well (Kelly Kin / Texas A&M / 46 seconds)
http://kellykin-art.com
A little man finds the moon stuck in a well and takes it upon himself to rescue it.
Cuatro Gatos (Eddie Mort / Sesame Street / 1:11 min)
https://twitter.com/sesamestreet
Let’s count. How many gatos, that’s cats, do you see playing in the band.
Eideann (Alvaro Granados / Madrid, Spain / 5:18 min)
http://www.alvarogranados.com
A courageous shepherd and one of his sheep become entertainment pioneers.
Prize Inside (Reece Porter / Ringling / 2:15 min)
http://reecetopher.blogspot.com
A cereal box toy and his reluctant companion travel across a dangerous kitchen.
Circles – Shapes (JibJab / Venice, CA / 1:02 min)
https://twitter.com/JibJab
The more you look around, the more circles you see.
Floating in my Mind (Hélène Leroux / Gobelins / 3:08 min)
http://loulouln.blogspot.com
A film about our life, the people we meet and the memories we make.
Night Light (Patrick McQuade / Ringling / 2:05 min)
http://vimeo.com/user17454648
Guilty about leaving his son to go to work - a father finds a creative solution.
*Nickelodeon Animation TBA
Program 6: Tom Stathes' Cartoons on Film at BAMcinématek (4:30pm)
Down on Phoney Farm (Paul Terry, Thanhouser Company / 1915 / 4 min)
A recently uncovered debut, Farmer Al plants a seed that grows into a mug full of beer etc…
Farmer Alfalfa Sees New York (Paul Terry, Bray Studios / 1916 / 7 min)
The Farmer decides to go on a trip to the big city.
The Farmer and the Mice (Aesop’s Fables Studio / 1922 / 5 min)
The old homestead is infested with pests, and old Al can’t do much to ward off the mice.
Springtime (Aesop’s Fables Studio / 1923 / 6 min)
Farmer Alfalfa and Henry the Cat take advantage of the weather with a trip to the beach.
Signs of Spring (Aesop’s Fables Studio / 1927 / 6 min)
For age-old reasons, Farmer Alfalfa is hated by the animal kingdom.
Barnyard Artists (Hugh Shields, Aesop’s Fables Studio / 1928 / 6 min)
Farmer Alfalfa sets up an animation studio in the great outdoors.
Dinner Time (John Foster, Van Beuren Prod /1928 / 6 min)
First cartoon with true sound sync, local animals go about their daily trials and tribulations.
Custard Pies (Van Beuren Productions / 1929 / 6 min)
Aesop's Fables animals are frolicking, until Farmer Alf appears with a cart of custard pies.
Noah’s Outing (Frank Moser, Terrytoons / 1932 / 6 min)
Farmer Alfalfa is back in biblical times, portraying Noah.
The Talking Magpies (Mannie Davis, Terrytoons / 1946 / 6 min)
Farmer Al and his dog are trying to lead a quiet existence in their old farmhouse.
Program 7: International Shorts // Program One at BAMcinématek (7pm)
Fol'Amor (Marthe Delaporte, Maïlys Garcia, Augustin Clermont, Gilles Cortella, Clément De Ruyter, Pierre Rütz and Gaspard Sumeire / Gobelins / 2:22 min)
https://fr-fr.facebook.com/FolAmor
A wealthy lady and a young knight come across Excalibur in the forest.
Missing Scarf (Eion Duffy / Ireland and Vancouver / 6:35 min)
http://eoinduffy.me
A black comedy exploring some of life's common fears. Narrated by George Takei.
Mr. Plastimime (Daniel Greaves / UK / 9:43 min)
http://www.mrplastimime.com
An underappreciated mime artist's routine blurs into reality.
Sausage (Robert Grieves / UK / 6:49 min)
http://robertgrieves.com
The story of earnest stallholders who are passionate about their handmade food.
Zhuyka / The Gum (Olga Makarchuk / Ukraine / 7:41 min)
http://vimeo.com/user2761615
The Gum is an outcast, constantly neglected and forced to fit into the circumstances
Une balade à la mer - A ride towards the sea (Damien Stein / France / 3:26 min)
http://vimeo.com/damienstein
Facing the city and the nature to free a goldfish.
Man On The Chair (Dahee Jeong / France / 6:55 min)
http://jeongdahee.com
Perhaps could I be also an image crafted by others?
Obvious Child (Stephen Irwin / UK / 12:21 min)
http://www.smalltimeinc.com
The complicated relationship between a pet rabbit and his troubled young owner.
Annie (Léa Justum, Chloé Nicolay, Laura Pannetier, Taylor Price & Xavier Saillio / Gobelins / 2:40 min)
http://www.gobelins.fr/en/galerie/annie
Robin's girlfriend leaves him. His dog helps him get her back.
Harald (Moritz Schneider and Alexandra Stautmeister / Germany / 6:48 min)
http://www.harald-film.com
Harald is a wrestler. Driven by his ambitious mother he won a vast number of cups.
Don’t Fear Death (Louis Hudson / UK / 3:03 min)
http://www.diceproductions.co.uk
Today is the first day of the end of your life.
Program 8: Showcase: Titmouse - Best of 5 Second Day at BAMcinématek (9pm)
One of the largest independent animation studios in the world, Titmouse encourages their animators to take a day of from work every so often and complete a short of their choosing.
ABP Sunday, July 27, 2014:
Program 9: Space Jam at BAMcinématek (2pm)
Michael Jordan helps the Looney Toons play a basketball game against aliens in a battle for cartoon freedom.
Program 10: ABP Showcase: John Hubley Centennial at BAMcinématek (4:30pm)
Hubley had his hand in some of the most defining cartoons of the 20th Century, including Disney classics like Bambi, TV icons like Mister Magoo, and shorts for Electric Company.
Program 11: Narrative Works, Studio Shorts & Local Films at BAMcinématek (7pm)
Junior’s World (Alex Cline / Los Angeles, CA / 4:28 min)
http://cargocollective.com/babycline/Animation
The story of a father learning to love his strange son.
Monkey Rag (Joanna Davidovich / Atlanta, GA / 3:54 min)
http://www.cupojo.net
A bouncy, animated romp set to the rollicking Asylum Street Spankers tune.
Some Vacation (Anne S. Lewis / Austin, TX / 6:10 min)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2866584
A comedic blend of family vacation and unconventional business road trip.
Eat Cake (Leah Shore / Brooklyn / 31 seconds)
http://leahshore.com
Fruitcake! Is so addicting!
This is Muffin Buds: Pass the Salt (Eric Aldama & Rachel Yonda / Los Angeles / 5:11 min)
https://www.facebook.com/muffinbuds
Muffins try to make sense of the world while never putting forth much of an effort.
Bakerman & the Bunnymen (Scout Raskin / Burbank / 4:36 min)
http://www.sonicbunnyproductions.com
In this 1920s-style short, a baker is cannibalized by his creations.
I Only Dream Of Love (Aleksandar Trofin / Australia / 1:07 min)
www.youtube.com/user/alekstrofin
Lost in the loneliness of his bathtub, Miguel has a fantasy about his rubber ducky.
Fallt (Chadwick Whitehead / Brooklyn / 2:06 min)
http://cwhitehead.com
A farmer struggles to keep his farm in court.
Gorillaville (Ron Yavnieli / Los Angeles / 3:29 min)
http://ronimation.com
Bobo, Ganto, and Claude are gorillas that wreak havoc on their wildlife preserve.
Norm and Cory (Andrew Kaiko / NYC / 3:04 min)
http://www.andrewkaiko.com
Can animals learn from humans? Norm the chipmunk will set out to prove they can.
Bear Hog (Andres Kwon / LIC, NY / 30 seconds)
http://www.andreskwon.com
A bear and a hog eat marshmallows.
Robots in Space (Ilana Morgan Schwartz / RIT / 2:52 min)
http://vimeo.com/ilanartist
Little Jimbot is a cute robot who just wants to bounce and play in outer space!
Yearbook (Bernardo Britto / New York and Miami / 5:40 min)
http://vimeo.com/bernardobritto
A man is hired to compile the history of existence before the planet blows up.
Gunther (Erick Oh / CA / 6:34 min)
contact@erickoh.com
A film that should have not been made.
Rat Trippin’ (Josh Parker / Brooklyn / 20 seconds)
http://vimeo.com/thejoshparker
One time I accidentally kicked a rat in NYC. This is what happened.
The Well (Alex Kamer / Los Angeles / 4:22 min)
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alex-kamer/20/91a/395
Stop motion about a girl who falls down a well and the man who tries to save her.
Don’t Be Afraid of Bears (Jill Johnston / Fredonia, NY / 3:25 min)
http://www.jilljohnstonprice.com
Theriophobia is a fear of the beast.
Confusion Thru Sand (Ornana Films, Danny Madden / CA and NY / 11:59 min)
http://ornana.com
A nineteen year old alone in a hostile desert, scared as hell and trained to react.
Program 12: International Shorts // Program Two at BAMcinématek (9pm)
Meet the Myth (Benjamin Barbelet, Jérôme Catayee, Thibault Pissot & Amandine Claude / Artfx / 5:08 min)
https://fr-fr.facebook.com/pages/Meet-the-Myth-Le-film/552390091484668
This week's interview is with Jack Mouse, also known as the Tooth Fairy
Coda (Alan Holly / Ireland / 9:00 min)
http://www.qlqn.ie
A visual journey into the epilogue of a life.
Myosis (Emmanuel Asquier-Brassart, Ricky Cometa, Guillaume Dousse, Adrien Gromelle and Thibaud Petitpas / Gobelins / 3:13 min)
http://www.gobelins.fr/en/galerie/myosis
The constriction of the iris which decreases the diameter of the pupil.
La Chair de ma Chère *Mimma (Calvin Antoine Blandin / France / 12:48 min)
http://orgimaginative.blogspot.fr
A child takes refuge in an alternative reality, where his mother is still present.
Teagan (Sheldon Lieberman and Igor Coric / Australia / 2:43 min)
http://www.bigfish.tv
A story of transition - from male to female, and from despondency to happiness.
Virtuos Virtuell (Thomas Stellmach and Maja Oschmann / Germany / 7:20 min)
http://www.virtuosvirtuell.com
Abstract ink drawings interplay of curiosity, timid encounters and dynamic pursuits.
Poils/Hair (Delphine Hermans / Belgium / 8:50 min)
http://delphinehermans.canalblog.com
An exhilarating portrayal of hair lovers. Seductions, disappointments, fantasies?
The Girl and Her Tail (Yong Jie Yu / Nanyang Technological University / 2:19 min)
http://ntuprojects.com/adm-network/portfolio/digital-animation
A girl who decides her identity for herself.
Padre (Santiago Bou Grasso / Argentina, France / 11:50 min)
http://santiagograsso.blogspot.com
Day by day a woman nurses her bedridden military father.
The Yellow Generation (Daniel Sake / Brazil / 7:00 min)
http://danielsake.com
Major Fortress leaders take on a risky assassination plan to arrest the hacker, THC.