FRIDAY night program

october 29, 2021.

Animation Block Party opens with Night Terrors! An exclusive Friday night animated shorts program at BAM Film Brooklyn.

BAM Film is located at 30 Lafayette Ave Brooklyn, NY 11217.

Program 1  -  7:00pm

night terrors! (2021)

A devilish mix of award-winning animators, top student filmmakers and prolific international artists in this Halloween weekend launch event. Super loaded with ghouls, ghosts, zombies galore, and so much more. Includes filmmaker intro.

• Animation Block Zombie Bumper (Ben Li / Los Angeles / 15 sec)

• Doug Crane Tribute (1:30 min)

• Moon River (Andrew Zimbelman / NY / 3:46 min)

• My Friend, Ghost (Will Kim / California / 1:27 min)

• Lone (Kiana Caines / SVA Animation / 6 min)

• GRIFFURE (Julien Piau / France / 6:09 min)

• Dice (Spencer Sherk / Brooklyn / 47 sec)

• Vacuidad (Emptiness) (Eduardo Gallardo / Mexico / 9:13 min)

• Z.O.I. (Rich Ragsdale / California / 2 min)

• Brainless (Jack Quincey / Minnesota / 4:30 min)

• Cautionary Tales for Wayward Children (Scott Farrell / NY / 1:36 min)

• Mother Knows (Julia Chien / RISD / 6:40 min)

• HYBRID (Steven Lapcevic / Ohio / 4:24 min)

• Posted No Hunting (Alisa Stern / Brooklyn / 2:37 min)

• 8Bit Slammers (Taylor Armstrong / CA / 42 sec)

• The Lava Log Ep 1: Dark Living Room (Kieran O’Hare / Brooklyn / 1:55 min)

• Comin' to Life: A Zombee Gees Music Parody (Justin J Bowen / New Jersey / 3 min)

• BS (Ben Meinhardt / Canada / 2 min)

• Sink or Swim (Joey Ahlbum / NYC / 1:55 min)

• NFT Loop (Rob Bohn / NY / 59 sec)

• Skeeter’s Bad Trip (Celia Kaye / SVA Computer Art / 2:46 min)

• Animation Block Zombie Outro (Adam Ansorge / New Jersey / 30 sec)

SATURDAY full program

october 30, 2021.

The Animation Block Halloween Special broadcasts from BAM Film Brooklyn all day on Saturday, October 30th with four exceptional programs. The Saturday matinee is a 2pm feature presentation of Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters At 4pm, there will be a Malt Adult and Hellavision Television Mashup. The 630pm program is Animation Blood Party. Closing the night at 8:30pm is Cartoons On Film: Halloween Haunts!

Party after BAM at Union Hall with Picture This animated comedy! Union Hall is located at 702 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

 Program 2  -  2:00pm

daffy duck’s quackbusters (1988)

The gang from Looney Tunes makes a special Halloween appearance at Animation Block Party in this Saturday matinee! Quackbusters is inspired by the Hollywood hit Ghostbusters and is Mel Blanc's final theatrical production as a Looney Tunes voice legend.

Theatrical intro by Mike Hollingsworth, Executive Producer at Netflix Animation (BoJack, Tuca & Bertie, etc.) & Looney Tunes historical expert.

Program 3  -  4:00pm

malt adult and hellavision television mashup (2021)

A superb combination of animation talent from Malt Adult in Columbus, Ohio and the Hellavision Television Network in Minneapolis, MN.

Introduction Q&A with Sarah Schmidt and Ian Ballantyne of Malt Adult + Peter Steineck and Michael Van Swearingen of Hellavision!

The Hella spider and MadDog Pluto from Malt escort the viewer through a mash of cartoon mischief.

• Cylinders Episode (condensed) from Hellavision Television

• Malt Adult Shorts**

• Cockpera (Kata Gugic)

• The Wind (Miranda Javid)

• God Sends a Sign (Felipe Di Poi Tamargo)

• Blue Fear (Marie Jacotey & Lola Halifa-Legrand)

• Black Square (Peter Burr)

• Compositions for Understanding Relationships (David Delafuente)

*filmmakers in attendance

Program 4  -  6:30pm 

animation blood party (2021)

The haunted show goes on with a bloody kaleidoscope of animated horror shorts, featuring scary world premieres, genre-based music videos and all the Halloween themed cartoon loops. Program includes filmmaker intro.

• Don Duga Remembrance (1:30 min)

• Terms of Surrender by Conditioner (Cady Buche & Travis Barron / Minnesota / 3:34)

• Home Sweet Home (Elliot Lobell / Jersey City / 42 sec)

• Big Mug (Cody Millett / Boston / 9 min)

• …and cut (Rusty Eveland / Philadelphia / 23 sec)

• No Symphonies by d00dbuffet (Willy Wonkers / NYC / 1 min)

• Everyday Ghosts (Rory McBrady / SVA Animation / 6:20 min)

• Evil Demon Puppers (Chelsea Manifold / NY / 36 sec)

• A Birthday Surprise On Halloween (Zachary Hunsinger / Rhode Island / 1:52 min)

• Boo Bop Loop (Alisa Stern / Brooklyn / 16 sec)

• Devil's in the Details (Anna Owenson / Chapman University / 4:14 min)

• Draculily (Miranda Jacoby / NY / 58 sec)

• Between The Buried & Me, Fix The Error (Anthony Celano / CA / 5 min)

• Re-Animal (Ruben Garcera / Spain / 13 min)

• TRICHOTILLOMANIA! (Kelly Schiesswohl / Pratt / 4 min)

• Port (Andrew Lehman / Pennsylvania / 1:30 min)

• Face Recognition (Martinus Klemet / Estonia / 6:45 min)

• The Candy Compromise (Alex Shammas / Georgia / 1 min)

• Ghosts Caught On Camera (Abigail Brunzell / SVA Animation / 4:08 min)

• Don’t Invite Wolfman to Tea (John T. Hill / Alabama / 57 sec)

Program 5  -  8:30pm

cartoons on film: halloween haunts!

Macabre silent and early sound cartoons that have been newly restored! See some of the creepiest and most suspenseful scenarios created by pioneer animators Max Fleischer, Walter Lantz, Ub Iwerks, and others. Includes live introduction by Tommy Stathes, creator of Cartoons On Film, film archivist and distributor.

• The Haunted Hotel (J. Stuart Blackton / 5 min) 1907

• Dinky Doodle in Just Spooks (Walter Lantz / 7 min) 1925

• Koko Sees Spooks (Max Fleischer / 7 min) 1925

• Mutt & Jeff in Slick Sleuths (Dick Huemer / 7 min) 1926

• Pete's Haunted House (Walter Lantz / 7 min) 1926

• Alice's Mysterious Mystery (Ub Iwerks / 7 min) 1926

• Sure-Locked Homes (Otto Messmer / 8 min) 1928

• The Witch's Cat (Kinex Studios / 3 min) 1929

• The Fresh Lobster (unknown / 8 min) ca1920s

• The Haunted Ship (Van Beuren Productions / 7 min) 1931

• Skulls and Sculls (Otto Messmer / 7 min) 1930

• Bold King Cole (Van Beuren Productions / 7 min) 1936

SATURDAY night at union hall***

The Animation Block Halloween Special presents Picture This at Union Hall, located at 702 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

Saturday, October 30th: The Animation Block Halloween Special presents Picture This!

Comedy: Ian Fidance, Jamie Loftus, Nick Naney, Clare O'Kane, Shalewa Sharpe & Jes Tom.

Animation: Jason Chatfield, Mike Hollingsworth, Jenny Fine, Christina Ogbotiti, Jamie Loftus & Bryan Brinkman.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/picture-this-live-animated-comedy-tickets-170082562523

Live animated comedy at Union Hall: 702 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

The 2021 award categories are Audience Award, Student Film, Minute Movie and Animated Loop (the #gifoween award).