Guru Studio’s short film ‘The Space Between Stars’ wins Best in Show award.
The 2018 edition of Animation Block Party has wrapped in Brooklyn, NY, with the Best in Show award given to Guru Studio’s short film The Space Between Stars, directed by Samuel W. Bradley.
The Animation Block Party 2018 Prize Jury included Psyop, Hornet and Blue Sky director/animator Lizzi Akana, Stephen Neary, creator of The Fancies from Cartoon Network, and Sarah Schmidt, the founder of animation screening nite/fanzine Malt Adult.
This year's four-day Animation Block Party festival wrapped up on Sunday, July 29th with a day full of juried program screenings followed by filmmaker Q&As at all Brooklyn shows.
See below for the full list of this summer’s Animation Block juried award winners:
Best In Show: Space Between Stars / Samuel W. Bradley / Canada
Original Design: Pure Vida / Nata Metlukh / Estonia
Experimental Film: Sparky / xinbaonuzi / China
Narrative Short: An Island / Rory Byrne / Ireland
Student Film: Opening Night / Margaret Bialis / DePaul
Minute Movie: Weird Movies / Felipe DiPoi / Brooklyn
Animation For Kids: Moth’s Cafe / Jackie Synder / SVA
Audience Award: Starlight / Tyler Thompson / USC
Source: Animation Block Party