Event

Animation Block Party "Best Of"

Animation Block Party, NYC's premiere animation festival will be showcasing some of the very best films in the history of the six year festival on May 30th only at the 941 Theater in Philadelphia. This show will incorporate classic works from the archives with new cartoons that premiered at the ABP festival last summer.

The program will include 2005 shorts "Breakfast" from Bob Fox and "Binge and Purge" from Ben Meinhardt, both of which were developed into broadcast series in association with the festival. "Breakfast" the series premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2009 and "Binge and Purge" became "Perfectland" which premiered on MTV in April of 2008. Other keynote films at this exclusive 941 screening will include 2008 "best student film" winner "In the Beginning" from Choom, 2008 "best experimental film" winner "Trepan Hole" from Andy Cahill, Michael Langan's PSA "Intelligent Life" and "Cooking 420 with Chef Barry" by Chelsea Manifold and starring Martin Abrahams as the legendary master chef.

Select filmmakers will be in appearance at all screenings.