Animation for Kids features the world’s best animated shorts, live music, concessions, prizes, and much more.

Animation Block Party Aquarium - Part One:

• Tootle the Turtle (Xiongliang (Ben) Li / Los Angeles, CA / 15 seconds)
• Surfer Puppers (Adam Ansorge / Jersey City / 30 seconds)
• Between Beginnings (Zora (Xiangzi) Xu / UCLA / 3 min)
• The Woodland Book Nook (Amy Ninh / Loyola Marymount University / 2:48 min)
• I dream about Colorful Earth (Will Kim / Los Angeles / 1:37 min)
• Playground (Jojo Chongjaroenjai / Ventura, CA / 1:23 min)
• Join (Brennan Bova / Ottawa, Canada / 1:03 min)
• Hunky Dory (Steven Vander Meer / Manila, California / 6 min)
• Brazey & D'Bruppy (Jared D. Weiss / Los Angeles / 4:50 min)
• Whereabouts (Suejee Lee / Brooklyn, NY / 2 min)

Animation Intermission:

• Animation Intermission: Jeff Jam Live Performance

Animation Block Party Animation - Part Two:

• Kid President (Yadid Licht / Brooklyn, NY / 5:20 min)
• Soup! (Ava Azarmi / CalArts / 1:21 min)
• Magical Doomsday Horsegirls of the Apocalypse (Andrea Schmitz & Abbie Bacilla / Queens & Brooklyn / 1:10 min)
• Pac-Man Pursuit (Tristan Scolnick / Los Angeles / 1:01 min)
• Little Body Big Heart (Teo Nalani and Eli Huang / SVA / 4:25 min)
• Homecoming (Yuxin (Cindy) Cheng / UCLA / 1:52 min)
• Featuring aquatic loops from Mike Hollingsworth

New England Aquarium is a research and conservation organization that has cared for our ocean animals for more than 50 years.

Located at 1 Central Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts, the New England Aquarium offers an incredible location for aquatic fans of all ages.

The Animation Block Party 2025 programming will take place at the Simons Theatre at the Aquarium, a perfect big-screen setting for visually stunning animated shorts.