SVA Premieres: Best of 2025 Screening

As part of After School Special: The 2025 School of Visual Arts Alumni Film & Animation Festival, we are pleased to present an evening of exceptional live action, documentary, and animated shorts by School of Visual Arts' most recent graduates from nine different academic departments. Join the filmmakers as they watch their films on the big screen!

Films include:

• ADHDesigner, Caroline Ren, Zipei Zhang, & Yuling Zhou
• Closing Act, Mari Rech
• First Winter, Schantelle Alonzo
• Frog Seeking Frog (Part One), Mart Smooth
• Fuck, Adam Chen & Chuhan Ji
• Intrepid, Ausar Johnson, Anshul Katkar, & Sarah Terceros
• Jack's Body Shop Investor's Pitch, Jack Sirianni
• Knights on a Quest for Love, Mickey Stepanskiy
• Lingering Summer Day, Zixin Yang
• Maus Im Haus, Rebecca Van Houten
• New Moon, Nic Zhang
• One OK Rock, Tse-Chun Hsu
• Puddle, Samuel Holovacs
• Sudoku, Jiayi Lu
• Super Metal Mnkys, Arnesh Kundu
• Waltz of The Smorbs, Erim "Xolo" Çetinel
• A Watch Made of Paper (excerpt), Jackie Zhang

The films included in the evening are not rated by the MPAA, and some material may be inappropriate for children under the age of 17. Children ages 5 and under may not be admitted.

Doors will open approximately 30 minutes prior to each screening. While in the lobby, guests can enjoy a special selection of music videos by Amanda DiMartino (BFA 2017 Film), who will be present for a brief Q&A before the screening.

Ticket Information

All After School Special 2025 screenings are free and open to the public. General Admission RSVPs via Eventbrite are appreciated, but not necessary, and do not guarantee admittance. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you would like to attend this event, but require assistive devices and/or accommodations, please email [email protected] or call 212-592-2980 at least one week prior.

Concessions Information

SVA Theatre does not offer concessions, but will offer water to guests.

Please contact [email protected] with questions. Guests subject to change.

Event Venue

SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, United States