The 2026 Rarebit Animation Festival was a success! We had an amazing turnout at the Tom Kane theater in Industry City, with CUNY animation students and faculty from Kingsborough, BMCC, Lehman, City College, Queens College, and York!
Award winners:
Animation Club Award: Uriel Moran, “No Tan Buenos Días ” (City College)
Rarebit Spirit Award: Josué Agustin Advincola, “Stream of Memories” (Lehman.)
Original Signal Film (a tribute to Winsor McCay) by Chris Perez
Photos from the event:
Time: Tuesday June 16th, 7-8pm. Doors open at 6:45pm.
Location: brooklynONE Tom Kane Theater, 51 35th St. Building 5, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY. Free to attend! If you think you’ll be there, please let us know here.
This year there will be animation by CUNY students from Kingsborough, BMCC, York, Lehman, City College and Queens College.
This year’s festival was produced with the financial assistance of the ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum 2025-26 Faculty Grants Program.
