Levitating: Opening Night Screening & Reception

Come join us as we open our 49th annual Asian American International Film Festival with the New York City Premiere of LEVITATING at Asia Society and Museum (725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021) on the Upper East Side of New York City.

Doors will open at 5:30 PM ET, followed by the screening of LEVITATING at 6:30 PM ET in the Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium. The runtime of the film is 119 minutes. 

After the screening, there will be a Q&A with director Wregas Bhanuteja moderated by Patricia Kusumaningtyas.

To end the night, we invite you to celebrate the film at our Opening Reception at The Astor House (130 E 80th Street, New York, NY 10075) at 9:00 PM ET. Refreshments will be provided. There will also be an opportunity to win some raffle prizes!

Dress code: dress to impress! We encourage you to draw inspiration from the film as well.

A special thank you to our community partners: Columbia Indonesian Society (CIS),  Deconstructing Indonesia, Indonesian Film Forum New York, Indonesian Professionals Association – New York (IPA-NY), Mekong NYC, THE MEMORABILIA TOUR, New York University (NYU) Indonesia, Nongki NYC, Padma Bhuana NYC, PERMIAS New York City, Ruang Karsa NYC

Buy tickets now on Elevent! Click the BUY TICKETS button to proceed.

Note that we have several ticket options available, see below:

• Screening ticket
• Reception ticket
• Screening + Reception ticket*

* This ticket option will appear only if you have an activated Gold Pass, Industry Pass, or Artist Pass in your Elevent account AND if you are signed in. Otherwise, the link will just take you to our general sales page in Elevent.

In this program

Levitating

Directed by Wregas Bhanuteja

In a town where pleasure equals being possessed by spiritual beings, Bayu aspires to be the shaman of a trance party so he can fundraise enough money to prevent an impending eviction.