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
My Own Train, Tse-Chun Hsu
New Moon, Nic Zhang
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.