Animation Block Party 1
Part of the BAMcinématek series Animation Weekend
Sat, Jul 25 at 2, 6:50pm
90min
NYC’s premiere animation festival, Animation Block Party bounces around Brooklyn screening the world’s best animated shorts, including Sundance and Cannes winners, and new films. Program One features experimental animation, fresh music videos and subversive design works.
There will be a special Saturday night after party at the Fourth Avenue Pub located at 76 4th Avenue between featuring free Budweiser and is only for those with ABP-BAM Tickets.
X-Mess Detritus – Directed by Voltaire, NYC
A dark look at gift-giving and the negative effect it has on the Earth in this parable.
The Dragon’s Claw – Directed by Robert Bruce, NYC
Justice of the Unicorns exposes the horror behind the world’s gadgetry in this music vid.
The Sylpphid – Directed by Dorte Bengtson, National Film School of Denmark
A quirky family fable where everything must fit in with social norms or behaviors.
Alice’s Attic – Directed by Robyn Yannoukos, UCLA
A character is forced to submit to change through suffering and pain.
Here Come The Guns – Directed by Greg Condon, NYC
Flipbook style animation eye candy.
Let Me Out – Directed by Martine Chapuis, Concordia University
A selfish girl is trap in the trunk of a particular tree.
Moving Reality – Directed by Daniel Alfaro, UArts
A splash sets off a chain of diverse animation, expressing different forms of imagination.
Take Care – Directed by Scott Marvel, Chicago
A bean is featured in this surreal day in the life.
WSIM – Directed by Jennifer Hardy, Ontario College of Art and Design
What suffered inside me… hidden depression can be invisible to others.
Parasol – Directed by Webster Crowell, Seattle
A short film about bikes, dancing and speed, drawn on a few thousand-paper parasols.
Strangers Poem – Directed by Geer Dubois, University of Southern California
Do we know each other?
Sugarcube – Directed by Sara Gunnarsdottir, Cal Arts
Sugarcube is a small story about growing up, facing the complications of adulthood.
Shaman – Directed by Luc Perez, Copenhagen, Denmark
A playful tale of the magic forces of nature in Inuit culture.
Die Kinder im Mond – Directed by Ursula Ulmi, HSLU, Switzerland
A couple children sleep cosily inside the Moon. One day they awake…
Bird in my House, Angel in my Heart – Directed by Jimmy Calhoun, NYC
Stop motion film made by wife and man.
Wall Pets – Directed by Eunice Kim, Rhode Island School of Design
"blob + tail = goldfish."
A Man’s Life As It Should Be – Directed by Wojtkek Skowron, Germany
A surreal short satire.
2008 People – Directed by AVDJ, NYC
Trippy music video 8-bit collaboration between AVDJ and Jess Bottles.
The Idiot Stinks – Directed by Helder Sun, CA
Animation Angst. Media, Martians and Miscommunication.
The Ornament – Directed by Patrick Dorian, NYC
A strange ornament is designed in this dark stop motion short.
Hunt – Directed by Yohei Ito and Kyoko Kitamura, Tokyo-Brooklyn
A unique animation collaboration featuring experimental avant/pop music.