Awesome pack giveaways for Animation Block Party Aquarium screening*
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
Coming Soon: Animation Block Party Aquarium Program!
The Animation Block Party Aquarium program will be announced on Monday, July 21st!
Animation Block Party Aquarium Tickets!
Animation Block Party will be premiering a one of a kind Animation for Kids festival on August 9, 2025 at the New England Aquarium!
Official Poster - Animation Block Party 2025.
Animation Block Party summer poster now available!
August 9, 2025 at the New England Aquarium, Boston, MA.
*illustration by https://www.robertbohnart.com/
Surfer Puppers & Tootle The Turtle!
Two new Animation Block Party productions set to premiere this August at the New England Aquarium!
Surfer Puppers features longtime Animation Block Party superstar, Puppers, in a silly surfing cartoon!
Tootle the Turtle introduces a new aquatic cartoon to the Animation Block Party universe!
Please stay tuned to the Animation Block website for original content updates.
Surfer Puppers animated by Adam Ansorge.
Tootle the Turtle animated by Xiongliang (Ben) Li.
Animation Block Party at the Aquarium this August.
Animation Block Party closes for festival submissions on July 14th!
The festival features two prizes categories: Audience Award and Student Film winners will receive ABP merchandise, Dragonframe software, a $500 stipend and more!
Animation Block Party at the Aquarium program will focus on Animation for Kids and the full animated lineup will be announced on Monday, July 21st!
The Animation for Kids festival will take place on Saturday, August 9th at the New England Aquarium.
GBH at Animation Block Party Boston!
Animation Block Party at the New England Aquarium has a new sponsor!
We would like to welcome GBH, the leading multi-platform creator for public media in America!
GBH produces signature PBS programs FRONTLINE, MASTERPIECE, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, NOVA, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, as well as a distinctive local news service.
They deliver compelling stories, experiences & information to audiences wherever they are: on YouTube, social media, television (GBH 2, GBH 44, WORLD, Create, Boston Kids and Family, GBH Kids); radio (GBH 89.7, CRB Classical 99.5); & gbh.org.
Much of what audiences love about public media was pioneered at GBH.
