{"title": "A Goodnight Kiss", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/shop/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/holocaust"], "description": "An evening film screening with a talk, opening the New York Baltic Film Festival at Scandinavia House. It presents the East Coast premiere of A Goodnight Kiss (Irena), directed by Giedrė Žickytė, who will be present for a film talk and Q&A. The film is a portrait of Irena Veisaitė, one of Lithuania's wisest women, who survived the Nazi and Soviet occupations and believed in a life free of hatred. Set in Vilnius, it weaves in music by her lifelong friend, Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/a-goodnight-kiss-55692/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/opening-night-a-goodnight-kiss-nybff/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5c054245e4484e10bc2a307bc85ccea776f9b7fb39220d90485a635a48e3d6fa-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-07T12:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "BALTIC SHORTS | NYBFF", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T15:15:00-05:00", "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/shop/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/short-film"], "description": "\"BALTIC SHORTS | NYBFF\" is a program of live-action short films from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, shown as part of the 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF). The festival is presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, which brings the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences. The shorts program includes PORTRAIT OF GRANNY (Omamma) by Ieva Ozoliņa, about her 88-year-old grandmother Aina's light-hearted outlook on life despite health concerns; CONCRETE KIDS (Betono vaikai) by Saulius Baradinskas, about kids who grew up in the courtyards of Lithuania's Soviet apartment districts and had to survive street violence without their parents' love; MY FIRST FUNERAL (Manas pirmās bēres) by Līva Klepere, in which eight-year-old Mare finds a funeral incomprehensible and takes refuge with the relative's dog; A MICROPHONE IN THE HEAD (Mikrofon peas) by Robert Raska, in which a dead man contacts his fiancée through a haunted karaoke microphone to deliver a final message; and SIGNAL PATH (Signalo kelias) by Eglė Razumaitė, about Liepa and her daughter moving to Germany for a fresh start while facing family disapproval and metropolitan challenges, a film the director says highlights the shift in the sex industry and asks how to redefine prostitution on screen.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/baltic-shorts-nybff-55696/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/sh/films/baltic-shorts-nybff-2026-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d8d4fc5b7554b9c8402378db4304595483bb10d61e80998a25f055ab3a9a2fc3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "BALTIC ANIMATED SHORTS | NYBFF", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-06T19:15:00-05:00", "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/shop/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/animation"], "description": "BALTIC ANIMATED SHORTS | NYBFF is an evening of short animated films from the Baltic region. It is part of the 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF), presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, which brings the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences. The program highlights unique and innovative animated works from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, including CLEANLINESS (Tīrība) by Andrejs Brīvulis, FACADE (Fassaad) by Elise Kruusel, FAMILY ALBUM (Šeimos albumas) by Emilija Juzeliūnaitė and KYIV CAKE (Kiievi tort) by Mykyta Lyskov.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/baltic-animated-shorts-nybff-55693/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/baltic-animated-shorts-nybff/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7304f84fab70d0b5389eab95404ca884835782d069b5c1c8c3717400839abafa-2000.webp"}, {"title": "THE 2026 NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "In-Person Passes $105/$75 ASF Members (regular $125/$95); VIP Passes $405 (regular $425)", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/shop/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film", "history"], "description": "The 2026 New York Baltic Film Festival is the leading festival of new films from the Baltic region in the United States. It is presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, where in-person screenings, filmmaker Q&As and receptions are held. This year's lineup, curated by ASF Program Manager Kyle Reinhart, brings Baltic stories about attaining dreams and enacting change in the face of great challenges. The films explore personal subjects such as family life and coming of age, as well as political history from the Soviet occupation to the present, putting a deeply human perspective on perseverance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-2026-new-york-baltic-film-festival-55690/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/nybff-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6a5088c74ac0a88c2a22510d21151e9f24da0271a45f84016b7e6cb1cc6f5e3e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-02T12:00:00-05:00", "place": "Film Forum", "address": "West Houston Street 209", "price": "$12.00 Member, $18.00 General", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "https://filmforum.org/support/more/membership", "category": "film", "tags": ["society/politics/russia", "film/documentary", "history/exile"], "description": "A screening of Chapters 4-5 of MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART II – EXILE followed by a question-and-answer session. Filmmaker Julia Loktev appears with her subjects, exiled Russian journalists Ksenia Mironova and Elena Kostyuchenko, and the session is moderated by filmmaker Kirsten Johnson. Ksenia Mironova reports on political prisoners, Ukrainians affected by Russia's invasion, and repression of human rights in Russia. Elena Kostyuchenko was a longtime investigative journalist at Novaya Gazeta covering corruption, LGBTQ rights, environmental issues, and the war in Ukraine.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/my-undesirable-friends-part-ii-exile-66471/", "official_url": "https://filmforum.org/events/event/my-undesirable-friends-part-ii-exile-november-1-420", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5758e0fd8dec5f4ff4fda56c831a45bdeb2294192ee1a4bf95305dd8a2dffb5c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Morten", "start": "2026-11-07T15:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T17:30:00-05:00", "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/shop/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/coming-of-age-drama"], "description": "MORTEN | NYBFF is a film screening with a talk and Q&A with director Ivan Pavljutškov, presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America. It shows Ivan Pavljutskov's Morten, a coming-of-age film set between reality and the mystical in the Estonian countryside, part of the 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival. Fifteen-year-old Morten lives with his uncle and a one-eyed cat in an abandoned forest village, hiding his life from classmates until two people show interest in him. Based on Reeli Reinaus' novel, the film premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2026 and won three awards at Italy's Giffoni Film Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/morten-55697/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/morten-nybff/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/745f4b5788d819ad71fcd2ed939f8354305190a82e33e84de56d02240d096c65-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Holy Destructors", "start": "2026-11-07T17:45:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T19:35:00-05:00", "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/shop/", "category": "film", "tags": ["science/biology/microbiology", "film/documentary"], "description": "A screening of the documentary film Holy Destructors (Biodestruktoriai), followed by a film talk and Q&A with film composer Gediminas Jakubka. It is directed by Aistė Žegulytė and is part of the 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America. The documentary delves into the invisible world of organisms that emerge during the decay of organic matter: biodestructors, microfungi that existed millions of years before humans and will likely outlive us, transforming bodies into energy that nourishes the soil and gives rise to new life. Blending archival and new footage with shots of growing fungi, the film takes viewers on an enigmatic journey through a microscope lens, where humans fight against time by preserving images, bodies, and memories; it won Best Directing at IDFA (2025), Best Baltic Documentary Film at Tallinn Black Nights (2025), and Best Documentary at Lithuania's Silver Crane Awards (2026).", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/holy-destructors-55698/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/sh/films/holy-destructors-nybff-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b2049dbbfb0992dc43057365766dff7ad83631ba2bbf61c8fdb9847ac4846df8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Because One Ought: Celebrating a Japanese Story of Courage, Hope, and Renewal", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-02T22:00:00-05:00", "place": "Congregation Sherith Israel", "address": "Central Park West, New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/holocaust", "music/classical", "religion/jewish"], "description": "A first-of-its-kind music and storytelling evening celebrating a Japanese story of courage, hope, and renewal. Congregation Shearith Israel and the Japan Society present the event, honoring Chiune Sugihara and Setsuzo Kotsuji, Japanese heroes who risked their careers and safety to help Jews escape the Nazis during the Holocaust. The program features moderator Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, Ambassador Satoshi Katahira, cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper, Sugihara expert Takaharu Furue, and author Jundai Yamada. Members are invited, with RSVP requested by October 26.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/because-one-ought-celebrating-a-japanese-story-of-courage-ho-52188/", "official_url": "https://www.shearithisrael.org/events/because-one-ought/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bdec20fd21e30679e17f732a21ebdd574c15236aa5125f95046663b775db8fff-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Spread the Light: Kristallnacht Commemoration", "start": "2026-11-08T16:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Park Avenue Synagogue", "address": "East 87th Street 50, 10128", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/holocaust", "religion/jewish"], "description": "Spread the Light: Kristallnacht Commemoration is an evening marking the 88th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. It brings together Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem, author and professor Dara Horn, and NBC 4 New York anchor Adam Kuperstein for a discussion on history and the challenges facing the Jewish people. Cantor Schwartz and Broadway performer Steven Skybell will perform. Park Avenue Synagogue hosts it in partnership with Yad Vashem USA Foundation and other New York City institutions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/spread-the-light-kristallnacht-commemoration-54688/", "official_url": "https://pasyn.org/events/2026-27/adult-engagement/november/spread-the-light-kristallnacht-commemoration/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/25e52a74b4593c8e351279316704c84c9a5d30697cf963e4c1704a170ca7b5e2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Let's Keep This Conversation to a Minimum", "start": "2026-11-02T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "IFC Center", "address": "6th Avenue 323, 10014", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.ifccenter.com/films/mouse/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/short-film"], "description": "A short film that shows four tiny portraits of Clara Schumann, Cicero, Martha Graham and Franz Kafka through the eyes of laughter. It was made by Maira Kalman and Alex Kalman. The screening is followed by a conversation with the filmmakers and a signing of Maira Kalman's new book, Joy. The filmmakers say they are amazed at how wonderful and terrible things are at the exact same time.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/lets-keep-this-conversation-to-a-minimum-53131/", "official_url": "https://www.ifccenter.com/films/lets-keep-this-conversation-to-a-minimum/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8d2121824286cab0fcae785fad5f5fbf7704c302e72a21a7472350d69c228f7b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "My Family and Other Clowns", "start": "2026-11-08T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T13:50:00-05:00", "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/shop/", "category": "film", "tags": ["stage/theatre/clowning", "film/documentary"], "description": "A documentary screening with a talk and Q&A, part of the 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America. 'My Family and Other Clowns' (Minu pere ja muud klounid), directed by Heilika Pikkov and Liina Särkinen, follows Haide and Toomas, a married couple with three children in a tiny one-bedroom apartment in a Tallinn suburb who are famous clowns known as Piip and Tuut, with one of their kids autistic. After 25 years entertaining thousands of children while their own kids grow up on their own, they reach a breaking point and must decide whether to keep juggling family and stage lives or give up their dream to save their family. Co-Director Liina Särkinen will be present for a film talk and Q&A; the film won the Special Jury Prize at the Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition, Tallinn Black Nights, and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia's Annual Prize for Best Documentary.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/my-family-and-other-clowns-55700/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/sh/films/my-family-clowns-nybff-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f5d54fb04756c9c5b9e0ccd3bc1245ca2ad343993c6d25f90d27b99a5fe1efb9-2000.webp"}]}