Animation Block Party UPDATE: Tommy Stathes to Curate “Cartoon Restoration Showcase”

This summer’s Animation Block Party film festival will highlight the film
preservation process with a Cartoon Restoration showcase on Saturday July
30th at BAMcinématek featuring a Q&A with Jerry Beck and Tommy Stathes.
BAMcinématek is located at the Peter Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Avenue
in Brooklyn, NY 11217. The ABP 2016 Cartoon Restoration presentation is
curated by Tommy Stathes’ Cartoons On Film and includes exclusive new
digital restorations of films from Max Fleischer and Bray Studios. Keynote
titles include Diplodocus (J.R. Bray, 1915), Bobby Bumps’ Pup Gets
Flea-Enza (Earl Hurd, 1919) and Dinky Doodle in The Pied Piper (Walter
Lantz, 1924).

The 13th annual Animation Block Party is July 28-July 31 2016 at Rooftop
Films & BAMcinématek.

Short film entry rules at the following link:

http://www.animationblock.com/submit

The standard deadline for animation submissions is May 16, 2016.