FRIDAY night feature

August 18, 2023

Animation Block Party opens with an 8pm Friday Night Feature at BAM Film, located at 30 Lafayette Ave Brooklyn, NY 11217.

The ABP Friday Night Feature is Tokyo Godfathers (2003) directed by Satoshi Kon.

8:00 pm - Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

August 18th at 8pm. Directed by Satoshi Kon / Japan / 92 min.

Satoshi Kon is one of the most influential anime directors of all-time and his third film, Tokyo Godfathers, is considered by many to be his best.

A work of twisted realism following a homeless trio of friends, an alcoholic named Gin, teen runaway, Miyuki and trans heroine, Hana.

On Christmas Eve, they discover a newborn and set out to find the baby’s parents.

Kon’s film was inspired by the John Ford live-action feature, 3 Godfathers.

SATURDAY full program

August 19, 2023

Animation Block Party continues on Saturday, August 19th with four animation programs. 2pm slot is Animation Block Party Shorts Program One. At 4pm, the Sublo and Tangy Mustard Retrospective. 6pm show is Animation Block Party Shorts Program Two. 8pm show features Malt Adult NYC.

Saturday Night Party with Picture This live animated comedy takes place at Union Hall, located at 702 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

2:00 pm - Animation block party shorts program one (2023)

August 19th at 2pm . Various Directors.

Program One of this summer’s eclectic Animation Block Party festival mix with a focus on student films and local works. 

• Animation Block Coney Island Bumper (Jonni Phillips / Chicago / 30 sec)

• WO RM (Julia Chien / RISD & Brooklyn / 7:46 min)

• Sea Bud (Natalie Greene / NYC / 2:50 min)

• Inner Wound Real (Carrie Hawks / Brooklyn / 14:37 min)

• Apollo Moon (Vivian Vazquez / Pratt / 42 sec)

• Sleep Mode (Emmet Zabor / CCS / 4:12 min)

• In Search Of Birds (Miranda Jacoby / North Carolina / 1:17 min)

• Space Case Cadets (Rylee Arenson / RIT / 4:25 min)

• You Should See Other People (Uriel Cruz / MICA / 3:18 min)

• Chew Gum (Shane Curry / Los Angeles / 5:03 min)

• Mother’s Milk (Urja Vakta / SVA MFA Computer Arts / 1:05 min)

• It Was Up There (Jesse Willmon / Queens, NY / 6 min)

• How To Save A Baby From A Snake Attack (Chris Bennett / Syracuse / 1 min)

• Total Catastrophe (Leon Price / UArts / 6:31 min)

• Goose Quest (Clarisse Chua / Los Angeles / 16:39 min)

• Midnight Ash (Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma / NYC / 1:46 min)

• Just Checkin’ (Xerograde / Texas / 3:46 min)

• Atta Girl (Jess Hock / Brooklyn / 5:55 min)

4:00 pm - Sublo & tangy mustard retrospective (2015-2023)

August 19th at 4pm. Directed by Aaron Long / Canada / 65 min

Canadian animation filmmaker Aaron Long’s comically profound indie series Sublo and Tangy Mustard has clocked an enormous view count on YouTube. The retrospective will take a look at the fast food mascot cartoon duo and the creator behind them.

Aaron Long will be joined by fellow BoJack and Tuca & Bertie animation director, Mike Hollingsworth, for a post-screening Q&A.

Ryan Long, voice of Sublo, and Kevin Doan, voice of Tangy Mustard, will also be available for the BAM Film discussion.

Screening includes the following episodes!

• Episode 1 "First Day"

• Episode 4 "Katy's Birthday"

• Episode 7 "Halloween"

• Episode 9 "Bad Guys"

• Episode 11 "Art Show"

• Episode 13 "Convention"

• Episode 14 "Tito's Girlfriend"

• Episode 15 "Picnic"

  plus behind-the-scenes video!

6:00 pm - Animation block party shorts program TWo (2023)

August 19th at 6pm. Various Directors.

Program Two features award-winning international shorts, experimental and design centric films and music videos.

• Disappearing Jewels (Will Kim / California / 15:33 min)

• Still Life with Woman, Tea and Letter (Tess Martin / Rotterdam / 2:14 min)

• 빛 [Inheritance] (Hyung Jin Lee / Brown University / 6:20 min)

• Pushing Through (Geneviève Bélanger Genest / Quebec, Canada / 8:57 min)

• Tick Tock (Chris McDonnell / PA / 3:45 min)

• Perception (Brandon Frank Lopez / DePaul / 4:28 min)

• Jellyhead Goes On A Walk (Scott Coello / Hastings, England / 1:10 min)

• The Scramble (Angelina Retodo / SVA Animation / 3 min)

• Snif & Snüf (Michael Ruocco / California / 4:43 min)

• The Space Between Us (Julianne Martin / Los Angeles / 2:43 min)

• Gayle FMK with blackbear (Chris Ullens / London / 4:12 min)

• Why Is No One Talking About Fight Club? (Daren Jannace / Los Angeles / 3:21 min)

• Last Nite at Sam’s (Devon Manney / NYC / 14:45 min)

• Tomato Kitchen (Junyi Xiao / California / 8:42 min)

• Living The Dream (Ben Meinhardt / Canada / 1:15 min)

8:00 pm - Malt adult nyc (2023)

August 19th at 8pm. Various Directors.

Sarah Schmidt, curator host of Chicago based screening series Malt Adult, has been participating in Animation Block Party since 2016 and will be appearing to showcase her favorite NYC adjacent animators.

Malt Adult’s goal is to bring contemporary, independent animation to the Midwest and beyond.

Screening includes a Q&A with the Malt Adult NYC filmmakers.

• Malt NYC Bumpers by Ian Ballantyne (2:00)

• Ted Wiggin: Jaws of Asphalt - Scales and Rails (01:37)

• Caitlin Craggs - Kinesthese (01:54)

• Mason Lindroth - Game Assets (02:32)

• Leah Shore - Launch (03:00)

• Simeon Kondev and Felipe Di Poi Tamargo - Beeline (03:34)

• Leilanni Todd - Scrimps Need Love Too (1:06)

• Kate Costello - Lay Lady Lay (01:33)

• Emma Mora - JEST (3:16)

• Sam Lanier - DAP 03: Road Trip (02:22)

• Sensitive Athletes (Alex Swift + Alexander Laird) - Treachery at the Gate of Obodaxis (01:39)

• Alex Futtersak - Etude for Theremin and Potted Plant no. 1 (01:09)

• Amanda Bonaiuto - Cécile McLorin Salvant - D'un feu secret (03:49)

• Miranda Javid - What Humans Do (06:40)

• Yusef Najafi - Too Short (The Sequel) (02:04)

• David De La Fuente - Rager (04:44)

• Morgan Evans - Ego Death (04:28)

• Team Rolfes - Holly Herndon - Jolene (feat. Holly+)(03:05)

• Jack Wedge - The Star Tree (04:18)

• Nate Milton - Viewfinder (02:40)

• Kohana Wilson - Edith and the Tall Child (6:50)

• Yusef Najafi - East & West (01:38)

ABP SATURDAY Night Party

Animation Block Party Presents Picture This! live animated comedy at Union Hall!

7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show

Free with RSVP / Ages 21+

Comedy by:

• Samantha Ruddy (host)

• Zach Schiffman

• Valerie Vernale

• Sean Patton

• Mara Wiles

Animation by:

• Mike Hollingsworth

• Bryan Brinkman

• Jesse Willmon

• Vick Montes

• Aaron Long

please arrive early for best seat selection / proof of vaccination required for entry*

sunday full program

august 20, 2023

Animation Block Party concludes with two matinee feature films on Sunday, August 20th at BAM Film, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11217.

At 2pm, Triplets of Belleville in 35mm film and the 4pm show is Tommy Stathes Presents The Cartoon Carnival Documentary.

2:00 pm - Triplets of Belleville (2003)

August 20th at 2pm. Directed by Sylvain Chomet / France / 80 minutes.

French animation director and comic writer, Sylvain Chomet’s Oscar nominated feature length debut was a sensation in 2003 and will be screened in pristine 35mm film at Animation Block’s Sunday matinee special. 

This modern classic follows Madame Souza and her dog as they team up with the Belleville Sisters, a 30s song-and-dance team, to save her grandson, who has been kidnapped by the French mafia during the Tour de France.

4:00 pm - Tommy Stathes Presents The Cartoon Carnival Documentary (2021)

August 20th at 4pm. Directed by Andrew T. Smith / United Kingdom / 90 minutes.

Directed by United Kingdom based producer, Andrew T. Smith, the Cartoon Carnival documentary tells the story of the pioneering days of the art-form, chronicling a preservationist's quest to rescue pre-sound cartoons from obscurity. 

The film stars Animation Block alumni Jerry Beck and Howard Beckerman. Screening will be hosted by animation historian, Tommy Stathes, who also appears in the documentary.

*on June 3rd, Animation Block Party festival presented a 20th anniversary screening celebrating two decades of filmmaking talent!