Animation Block Party 2026 Premiere Dates.

Animation Block Party will be presenting live events in three different cities this festival season: Miami, Brooklyn and Los Angeles. The 2026 festival will showcase all genres of animated short films, from kids entertainment to adult themed cartoon shorts.

Appearing for the first time ever in Florida, the Animation Block Party for Kids showcase will premiere on Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 at Silverspot Cinema in Downtown Miami.

The kids screening will be hosted by David Brownstein of Sounds Sweet Entertainment and feature a new cartoon short starring Tootle the Turtle, animated by Adam Ansorge.

Silverspot Cinema Downtown is located at 300 SE 3rd St #100, Miami, FL 33131.

Animation Block Party will continue in September with live events in New York and Los Angeles starring the live comedic talents of Picture This Comedy alongside animated festival shorts.

The New York festival event will take place on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at Union Hall, 702 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

Animation Block Party in Los Angeles is Sunday, September 27, 2026 at the Lyric Hyperion, 2106 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027.

Fest prizes will include Dragonframe software, Animation Block DVDs, art supplies and a filmmaker stipend.

Animation Magazine announces ABP 2026 Dates!

Frost Quake via Animation Block Party.

Frost Quake Tootle now available on all streaming platforms!

Frost Quake premiered in LA on December 20, 2025 at Animation Block Party Winter Extravaganza!

• Frost Quake on YT

• Frost Quake on IG

• Tootle Popcorn Promo

Animation Block Party Winter Extravaganza!

Animation Block Party returns December 20th with a Winter Extravaganza starring Picture This comedy! 

Animation Block Party Winter Extravaganza will take place at The Lyric Hyperion featuring original content alongside live animated comedy via Picture This Comedy.

Poster Illustration by Robert Bohn Art.

New holiday Animation Block Cartoon in progress with Tootle the Turtle, animated by Xiongliang (Ben) Li.

https://www.welikela.com/a-big-list-of-things-to-do-this-december-in-l-a-2025/

Comedy by!

Carolina Hidalgo

Jenny Zigrino

Quan’Darius

John-Michael Bond

Gloria Alexandra

Amy Miller

Hosted by Brandie Posey

Animation by!

Pen Ward

Mike Hollingsworth

Megan Praz

Mike Mayfield

• Animation Block Party Winter Extravaganza in Animation Magazine!

• Animation Block Party in Comedy Cake

• Animation Block Animation Block Party in Do LA

Malt Adult Night Sponsored by Animation Block.

Malt Adult Animation Night returns Sunday, November 16th at the Color Club Ballroom! 

Sponsored by Animation Block Party*

Color Club is located at 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618.

Animation Block Aquarium Fest Prize Winners!

Animation Block Party hosted a special Animation for Kids festival on August 9, 2025 at the Simons Theatre at the New England Aquarium.

The official Aquarium festival winners are….

Audience Award: Whereabouts by Suejee Lee!

• Whereabouts (Suejee Lee / Brooklyn, NY / 2 min)

A riso-printed short following a woman’s journey through NYC.

Best Student Film: Soup by Ava Azarmi!

• Soup! (Ava Azarmi / CalArts / 2:36 min)

God makes soup. The soup is (somewhat) intelligent life.

Animation Block Party Aquarium: GBH Promo.

Brand new animated spot produced by GBH for Animation Block Party at the Aquarium!

ABP Aquarium Press Links!

Awesome pack giveaways for Animation Block Party Aquarium screening*

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/animation-block-party-at-the-new-england-aquarium-tickets-1469149408429

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/animation-block-party-brings-kids-fest-to-new-england-aquarium/

https://mommypoppins.com/boston-kids/event/events/animation-block-party-at-the-new-england-aquarium

https://whatsupnewp.com/calendar/#/details/animation-block-party-at-the-new-england-aquarium-/16358308/2025-08-09T13

https://boston.kidsoutandabout.com/content/animation-block-party-new-england-aquarium

https://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/next-deadlines/animation-block-party

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/07/animation-block-party-makes-a-splash-at-the-new-england-aquarium-this-august/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNEtS86MXzN/

Animation Block Party Aquarium Program!

Tootle the Turtle (Xiongliang (Ben) Li / Los Angeles, CA / 15 seconds)

Time for Tootle and his penguin pals to grab some popcorn and soda!

Surfer Puppers (Adam Ansorge / Jersey City / 30 seconds)

Puppers returns to Animation Block Party in a silly surfing cartoon.

Between Beginnings (Zora (Xiangzi) Xu / UCLA / 3 min)

Quiet moment of reflection, and reminder that beginnings are rarely clear.

The Woodland Book Nook (Amy Ninh / Loyola Marymount University / 2:48 min)

A bookstore run by rabbits is a literary haven for the small woodland creatures.

I dream about Colorful Earth (Will Kim / Los Angeles / 1:37 min)

Watercolor animation technique brings to life the director’s dreams of Earth.

Playground (Jojo Chongjaroenjai / Ventura, CA / 1:23 min)

In a hidden micro-world, a playful folivore family turns greenery into toys.

Join (Brennan Bova / Ottawa, Canada / 1:03 min)

A film about community and the joy of finding it.

Hunky Dory (Steven Vander Meer / Manila, California / 6 min)

Moving and morphing to the banjo music of Béla Fleck and his bandmates.

Brazey & D'Bruppy (Jared D. Weiss / Los Angeles / 4:50 min)

Brazey and D'Bruppy reconvene in a park after a period of time apart.

Whereabouts (Suejee Lee / Brooklyn, NY / 2 min)

A riso-printed short following a woman’s journey through NYC.

Animation Intermission: Jeff Jam Live Performance*** 

Kid President (Yadid Licht / Brooklyn, NY / 5:20 min)

No more lettuce, no more artichokes… no more broccoli!

Soup! (Ava Azarmi / CalArts / 2:36 min)

God makes soup. The soup is (somewhat) intelligent life.

Magical Doomsday Horsegirls of the Apocalypse (Andrea Schmitz & Abbie Bacilla / Queens & Brooklyn / 1:10 min)

These magical girls decide to take things into their own hands.

Pac-Man Pursuit (Tristan Scolnick / Los Angeles / 1:01 min)

Pac-Man runs from three Ghosts looking to take him out.

Little Body Big Heart (Teo Nalani and Eli Huang / SVA / 4:25 min)

A fish outgrows his pool, follows his heart, swimming through bigger “seas.”

Homecoming (Yuxin (Cindy) Cheng / UCLA / 1:52 min)

A joyful childhood memory inspires a woman to reconnect with her loved ones.

***Featuring aquatic loops from Mike Hollingsworth