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ABP 2024 - Halloween Fest Prize Winners.
21st annual Animation Block Party fest was a seasonal Halloween event featuring two filmmaker prizes!
The official Halloween festival winners are….
Audience Award:
Andy Shauf - "Halloween Store" animated by Margaret Bialis.
Student Film:
Escape the Kitchen! animated by Isabelle Weiser.
Animation Block Party festival presented its 2024 event series as an exclusive Halloween party in three cities on October 31st.
Union Hall in Brooklyn, Lyric Hyperion in Los Angeles and Color Club in Chicago were the venue locations for the Halloween festival showcases.
Each city had an original live animated comedy lineup via Picture This and the Color Club series was hosted by Malt Adult.
Animation Block Party Halloween Film Program!
Animation Block Pumpkin Head Intro animated by Sunshine Mall.
Pumpkin Head dance sequence bumper from Sarah Schmidt and Ian Ballantyne.
Andy Shauf - "Halloween Store" animated by Margaret Bialis.
Norm contemplates a crush while driving to the Halloween store.
Frog's Jack-o'-lantern animated by Lumi Barron.
Adventures of Frog (Halloween Edition) in which Frog carves a Jack-o'-lantern.
Escape the Kitchen! animated by Isabelle Weiser.
A small pumpkin desperately tries to escape a kitchen to avoid being baked into a pie.
Happy Haunting animated by Katie Kapuza.
Spooky campy cat and mouse super short.
Eye Pause animated by Heck Studio.
A man is confronted with an eye exam and a young boy is tasked with a sales review.
Dead Man’s Party animated by Tristan Scolnick.
Felt animation of ghosts singing an 80's classic.
Haunted House animated by Ayden Lamb.
Unravelling of memory, dreams and grief, carried on the thread of a collaged wandering.
Klunk in the Night animated by Tom Eaton.
A ghost runs into a problem while haunting with friends.
Nostril animated by Michael Dondero and Shengnan Dong.
A stop-motion short about a woman kept awake by her husband’s snoring.
Same Old Boo Sheet animated by Rusty Eveland.
Stray shopping carts get in the spirit.
Only Human animated by Nolan Downs.
A parasite accidentally absorbs the memories of its host.
Animation Block Pumpkin Head Outro animated by Adam Ansorge.
Pumpkin Head skateboard twists into an outro title segment.
Animation Block Party Halloween / Picture This 2024.
Animation Block Party festival returns on October 31, 2024 with a Halloween party in three major cities: Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Chicago! Picture This comedy will showcase their talents in all cities, official live animated comedy lineups below!
ABP HALLOWEEN AT UNION HALL // PICTURE THIS LINEUP*
Animation Block Halloween in Brooklyn will take place at Union Hall, located at 702 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
Doors 7, Show 7:30-9pm // 21+ at Union Hall
Comedy by: Tallie Medel, Clare O'Kane, Nick Naney, Caitlin Reese, Mary Houlihan
Animation by Bryan Brinkman, Emmett Goodman, Jason Chatfield, Dani Ahrens & Mary Houlihan
Hosted by Jason Chatfield
ABP HALLOWEEN AT LYRIC HYPERION // PICTURE THIS LINEUP*
Animation Block Halloween in Los Angeles will take place at Lyric Hyperion located at 2106 Hyperion Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90027.
Doors 7, Show 7:30-9pm // 21+ at Lyric Hyperion
Comedy by: Carmen Moralez, Christie Bahna, Rick Wood, Joe Kaye & D'Lo
Animation by Pendelton Ward, Katie Hood, Tayen Kim, Mike Hollingsworth, Mike L. Mayfield & Sean Streeter
Hosted by Brandie Posey
ABP HALLOWEEN AT THE COLOR CLUB // PICTURE THIS LINEUP*
Animation Block Halloween in Chicago will take place at The Color Club, located at 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618.
Doors 7, Show 7:30-9:30pm // 21+ at Color Club
Comedy by: Ian Abramson, Jamie Shriner, Arish Singh, Ty Clay & more!
Animation by Sarah Schmidt, Jonni Peppers, Jake Huffcutt, Allie Trigoso, Parker Davis & Harrison Wyrick!
Hosted by Becca O'Neal
FREE with RSVP at The Color Club!
*event hosted by Malt Adult
Animation Block Halloween 2024!
The Animation Block Party film festival returns with a live Halloween party in three major cities on October 31st! The three featured cities are New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Picture This comedy will showcase their talents in all cities. Indie animation screener & zine, Malt Adult is hosting the Chicago edition.
The NYC leg of the Halloween series will take place at Union Hall located at 702 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Animation Block Halloween in LA is at Lyric Hyperion, located at 2106 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027. The Chicago show will run at the Color Club at 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618.
Animation Block Party’s annual poster is designed by Robert Bohn and the Halloween launch bumper was animated via Sarah Schmidt and Ian Ballantyne of Sunshine Mall. The festival outro animation is by Adam Ansorge.
The Halloween festival will feature spooky animated shorts to celebrate the holiday!
Festival prizes include Dragonframe software, ABP merch, art supplies plus animation stipends for the winners of the Haunted Audience Award and Gifoween Student Film.
ABP 2023 - Fest Prize Winners*
20th Annual Animation Block Party Festival featured two major prizes!
This summer’s official Animation Block winners are:
Audience Award:
Snif & Snüf (Michael Ruocco / California / 4:43 min)
Student Film:
Sleep Mode (Emmet Zabor / CCS / 4:12 min)
ABP 2023 was highlighted by feature length classics, Tokyo Godfathers and Triplets of Belleville, Cartoon Carnival documentary, retrospective of Sublo and Tangy Mustard, a presentation of Malt Adult NYC plus Animation Block shorts competition programs.
Check out this summer’s Animation Block Party festival intro animated by Jonni Phillips!
Animation Block Saturday Night Party!
7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show
Free with RSVP / Ages 21+
Comedy by:
Animation by:
