ANIMATION BLOCK PARTY
ANNOUNCE THE 2008 SUMMER LINEUP

Festival Kicks Off Friday, July 25th
at Rooftop Films

Brooklyn, NY (July 3, 2008) - New York City’s largest exhibition of the world’s best independent, professional and student animation begins Friday, July 25th and ends Sunday July 27, 2008.  The official film lineups for the jam-packed three day annual festival is available on the Animation Block Party website at www.animationblock.com.  Special guests David Schlafman and Even Sussman will give an introduction before each show and closing remarks by Adam Ansorge.  Rooftop Films will kick off with a viewing of Breakfast from Sundance, it is an extended exploration of ABP’s popular short of the same name.   Animation Block’s original production wing has teamed up with MTV to broadcast a new series based on the ABP Audience Award-Winner “Binge and Purge.” The series, titled “Perfectland,” can be found at MTV’s THINK, a social network community, http://think.mtv.com/perfectland and also on MTV’s Overdrive website.  One episode will be shown, kicking off each program at BAM.

Day 1 (Friday, July 25) –
8:00pm @ Rooftop Films in Williamsburg, Brooklyn kicks off with live music by Plushgun.
Sundance will kick off with a screening of excerpts-outtakes of Breakfast.
11:00pm @Matchless, after party featuring free beer courtesy of Radeberger and is exclusively for ABP ticket holders.
•    Intelligent Life: Michael Langan (1 min)
•    Kid Show: Tom Deslongchamp (2:45 min)
•    The Adventures of Tommy T-Bone: David Icely (:45 seconds)
•    Chef Barry: Chelsea Manifold (1 min)
•    Lotions Eleven: Matt Lee (2 min)
•    Burnout: Alex Cormack (1:20 min)
•    Vincent Security: Ashley Holzwasser (1 min)
•    I Live In The Woods: Max Winston (3 min)
•    Roommates: Mike Hollingsworth (2 min)
•    Zombie Movie: Garrett K. and Taylor Armstrong (1 min)
•    Bush Vs. Bin Laden: Darren May (2 min)
•    PSA for Pedophiles: Luis Cerritos (1 min)
•    Lupo Dentro: Gabriele Diaferia (5 min)
•    The Flower Colour Sound Cartoon: Phil Dubrovsky and Dale Hayward (2 min)
•    Lunch Lady: Steve Stark (1 min)
•    Feast: Kerpely Adil, JiHyun Ahn (3 min)
•    Breakfast Outtake: Bob Fox (:30 seconds)
•    Magnetic Squirrel — Dog Dazed: Patrick Mallek (2 min)
•    Puke Bug: Jeremie Duval (1:30 min)
•    Conflict Resolution: All Things Media (1:44 min)
•    Team Yo Shimbo: Chester Knebel and Will White (1:20 min)
•    A Letter to Colleen: London Squared (8:30 min)
•    Cuddle Sticks: Mike Geiger (2:40 min)
•    Ziptoc: Vera Wing Lui (2 min)
•    Blindspot: Norah Solorzano (5 min)
•    BullHorn: Nathan Gooden (5 min)
•    Meet The American States: Tommy Cannon (2 min)
•    Sudden Change: Preston Spurlock (2 min)
•    Tales for Cruel People: Hans Blume, Igor Buharov, Ivan Buharov (6:45 min)
•    In The Beginning: Choom Lam (3:45 min)
•    Elephant Girl: David Lobser (5 min)
•    Year of the Polygon: Tim Dormady, Zane Kozak, Yurie Rocha (2 min)

Day 2 (Saturday, Jul.26) –
ABP continues @ Bam Cinematek (BAM Rose Cinemas)
MTV will show Perfectland episodes 1&2, kicking off programs 1&2 at BAM
10:00pm @ Cherry Tree, after party with free Newcastle Brown Ale courtesy of America's Finest News Source, The Onion, Inc.

Program One (2pm and 6:50pm)
•    Perfectland — The Egg Factory: Ben Meinhardt (3 min)
•    Air: Ajit Menon (1 min)
•    Trepan Hole: Andy Cahill (6 min)
•    In Search of the Colors: Will Kim (8 min)
•    Ideation: Jeremiah Dickey (1 min)
•    Illuminant: Tobias Stretch (5 min)
•    5 Tears: Colin V. Barton (3:30 min)
•    Invisible Croissants: Andy Windak (6 min)
•    Last Time In Clerkenwell: Alex Budovsky (4 min)
•    This is J03: Once Were Farmers (3 min)
•    Intelligent Design: Wojtek Skowron (5 min)
•    Optech 1: Emma Sterling and Dan Monceaux (3 min)
•    One Skin: Gudrun Cram-Drach (10 min)
•    Etymology: Matt Broach (4:20 min)
•    Escaping is Easy: Sarah Moore (2 min)
•    Muto: Blu (7 min)
•    Yeasayer — Wait for the Summer: Mixtape Club (3:30 min)
•    Procrastination: Johnny Kelly (4:15 min)
Program Two (4:30pm and 9:15pm)
•    Perfectland — Harvest Time: Ben Meinhardt (3 min)
•    Dive: Tyquane Wright (1 min)
•    Hot Dog: Bill Plympton (5:40 min)
•    Guy Talk: Rich Gorey (:12 seconds)
•    Teat Beat of Sex - Episode Nine — Graveyard: Signe Baumane (1:43 min)
•    Common Scents: Steve Whitehouse (3 min)
•    Cramer Collection: Jason Doll (2 min)
•    The Bear: Eva Michon (7 min)
•    Outisde Agitator: Morgan Miller (3:48 min)
•    Death By Dying: Anton Bogaty (2:12 min)
•    Ark: Grzegorz Jonkajtys (8 min)
•    Bob and Julia: Jee Hyun Yoo (3 min)
•    Viola: Shih-Ting Hung (9 min)
•    Lapsus: Juan Pablo Zaramella (3:30 min)
•    Flute Babies: Gretta Johnson (4 min)
•    To Shoot A Rurf: Shane Sheils (9 min)
•    Einstein's Riddle: Gina Kamentsky (3:30 min)
•    Bushwacker: Kal Goudey (9 min)

Day 3 (Sunday, Jul.27) –
Animation Block Party closes on Sunday July 27th also at Bam Cinematek.
MTV will show Perfectland episodes 3&4, kicking off programs 3&4 at BAM.
10:00pm @ Habana Outpost, after party will feature outdoor streaming videos from past Animation Block Party's and draft beer courtesy of Autodesk.

Program Three (2pm and 6:50pm)
•    Perfectland — Conveinient Disposal: Ben Meinhardt (3 min)
•    PK-Granny: Jo Meuris (2 min)
•    Tickle Me Silly: Miguel Martinez-Joffre (8 min)
•    Wolverine and Batman: Cliff Galbraith (2 min)
•    24 Frames: Brad Pattullo (18 min)
•    Jungle Story: Richard Gorey (:10 seconds)
•    Edmund: Steven Umbleby (3 min)
•    Burley: Gareth Cowen and Dave Edwardz (9 min)
•    A Fly Film: Bryan Brinkman (1:30 min)
•    I Am Pillowcat: Elaine Lee (5:30 min)
•    Goobees: Texas A&M Viz Lab (3 min)
•    Operation Fish: Jeff Riley (10:30 min)
•    A My Life at 26 — Shortoon: Stephen Leonard (:50 seconds)
•    Greek Mythology: Tom Kyzivat (8:50 min)
•    I, Zombie: Danny Curtain (4:30 min)
Program Four (4:30pm and 9:15pm)
•    Perfectland — As Promised: Ben Meinhardt (3 min)
•    Fantaisie in Bubblewrap: Arthur Metcalf (4:20 min)
•    The Friendly Ghost: Rich Gorey (:12 seconds)
•    The Pearce Sisters: Luis Cook (9:15 min)
•    Nannyless: Anka Blaszczyk (2:30 min)
•    The Things She Would Tell Me: Miryam Welbourne (2:15 min)
•    The Border: Maya Lior (3 min)
•    Germans in the Woods: Rauch Brothers (3 min)
•    ECT — The Story of Two Women: Laura Piraino (5 min)
•    For The Love of God: Joe Tucker (11 min)
•    Maybe*: Sam Chou (2 min)
•    The Ugly Turkey: David Essman (5 min)
•    My Little Angel: Flurry (3:15 min)
•    Tale: Tzanko (2:22 min)
•    FOT — Champion of the World: Alex Dron (2 min)
•    The World Is A Steam Engine: Koichi Nakai (1 min)
•    Mr. Lux: Michael Jantze (4 min)
•    Orderly Confusion, a documentary: Robert Bohn (4:18 min)
•    Fresh Fruit: Ed Kelley and Brenden Cicoria (3 min)
•    Mr. D: Tony Dusko (1:15 min)
•    Turducken: Steve Stark (3 min)
•    Whoopi's Eyebrows: Mike Hollingsworth (3 min)
•    Just In Case: Joshua Frankel (1 min)

About Animation Block

NYC based Animation Block is dedicated to exhibiting the world’s best independent, professional and student animation.  The company produces an annual multi-day festival, Animation Block Party, every last weekend of July in Brooklyn, New York. ABP summer festivals are full of indoor/outdoor events, juried prizes, cool sponsored stuff, good music, cold drinks and the world’s best animated shorts on-screen.  Festival judges have included a who’s who of animation, including Howard Beckerman, Emily Hubley, Jeffrey Scher, Irra Verbitsky, Peter Sluskza, Machi Tantillo, London Squared, Mike Lapinski and Crankbunny.  Animation Block also offers other sources of exhibition to further promote animation makers and their films including web selects available through its website, plus the distribution of Animation Block Party Mix-Tapes and DVD releases which showcase some of the festival’s best shorts.

Since its launch on September of 2004, more than 5000 fans and filmmakers have attended Animation Block Party festivals and have received over 2500 animation submissions worldwide.  International entries include animators from Greece, France, The Netherlands, Israel, Australia, Brazil, Canada and the United Kingdom among many others.  Further information can be found online at www.animationblock.com.

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