Film
Animation Block Party 20th Anniversary
- 7PM
Animation Block Party is the East Coast’s largest animation festival, and for 20 years it has been dedicated to exhibiting the world’s best independent, professional, and student animated works. On Saturday, June 3, Animation Block Party will present a special 20th anniversary screening at BAM, celebrating two decades of filmmaking talent from Brooklyn and beyond. The Animation Block Party 20th Anniversary screening will highlight past festival winners, bonus animated exclusives, behind-the-scenes footage, and much more.
Screening includes filmmaker introduction and participating animators in attendance.
Dir. Greg Condon, 2015
Dir. Michael Langan, 2008
Dir. Ben Meinhardt, 2009
Dir. Choom Lam, 2009
Dir. Arjun Rihan, 2010
Dir. Barbara Benas, 2011
Dir. Mari Jaye Blanchard, 2012
Dir. Celia Bullwinkel, 2013
Dir. Sarah Beeby, 2013
Dir. Taylor Armstrong, 2013
Dir. Ben Li, 2014
Dir. Chelsea Manifold, 2014
Dir. Ted Wiggin, 2015
Dir. Turner Lange, 2015
Dir. Bryan Brinkman, 2016
Dir. Louis Morton, 2017
Dir. Sean Buckelew, 2017
Dir. Will Kim, 2017
Dir. Jared D. Weiss, 2018
Dir. Rachel Gitlevich, 2018
Dir. Sarah Schmidt, 2018
Dir. Emily Hubley, 2019
Dir. Lindsey DeMars, 2019
Dir. Richard O’Connor, 2019
Dir. Alisa Stern, 2020
Dir. Robert Bohn, 2020
Dir. Adam Ansorge, 2022
Dir. Leilanni Todd, 2023
Dir. Aaron Long, 2023
Dir. Mike Hollingsworth, various

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