As part of After School Special: The 2022 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:

9:30 AM, Jiawen Liang
An Autumn Dusk’s Dream, Shaoxiong Song
Angelo Saves the Cinema, Thomas Gambardella
Directed By:, Nicole Otaola
Dying to Survive, Anna Sørrig
Fire Season (excerpt), Lydia Erickson
Gold, Olivia Yueyin Ni & Xuetong Sun
Midas, Lisa Qingyi Liu, Ben Meyer, & Mav Vitale
My Perfect Vacation, Jihyun Moon
Nosey, Heeyoung Kwak
Parallels at Hand, Emma Sawyer
Perspective, Jae Yun Kim
Radiant, Jesselin Elza
The Absents, Di Hu
The Boy and the Moon, Christopher James Cuthrell
Tulpa, Chun-Chieh Wang
Una, Stephanie ChihWei Hsu

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 12 and under will not be admitted.

Doors will open approximately 30 minutes prior to each screening, and guests can enjoy music videos by Kevin Slack (BFA 2008 Film and Video) in the lobby while waiting to enter.

Ticket Information

All After School Special 2022 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.

Please click here for our current COVID protocols for guests.

Concessions Information

SVA Theatre does not offer concessions, but will offer water to guests. Food and alcoholic beverages are not permitted.

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