{"title": "American Doctor", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/war"], "description": "Scandinavia House presents a screening of the documentary American Doctor, a Danish qualifier for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. The film follows three prominent physicians — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian — united by a shared calling to confront injustice and uphold their oath to save lives. Dr. Thaer Ahmad is measured and strategic, Dr. Mark Perlmutter is blunt and wears his heart on his sleeve, and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is media-savvy and prolific. Filmed in on-the-ground vérité scenes, it traces their journey from a Gazan hospital under siege to the halls of Congress, as they fight to keep a promise to their Palestinian colleagues and patients to continue the struggle in the United States.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/american-doctor-71753/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/american-doctor-nordic-baltic-oscar-contenders/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3d94b0b698830e4fd2894b9ca3d9937b6d983eb41b8ae858ad3598148ab4c5fc-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "INSIDE GAZA | SCREENING & FILM TALK WITH REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS", "start": "2026-11-15T14:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/war"], "description": "INSIDE GAZA | SCREENING & FILM TALK is a screening of the documentary Inside Gaza, followed by a film talk and Q&A with its director. Scandinavia House presents the event in partnership with Reporters Without Borders. The documentary offers a rare firsthand account from journalists who lived and reported from inside the Gaza conflict, directed by Hélène Lam Trong, who collaborates with the journalists who recorded the footage. Drawing on hundreds of hours of footage, photographs and reporting, reporters Mai Yaghi and Adel El-Zaanun and photojournalists Mohammed Abed and Mahmud Hams recount from exile a war that has become the deadliest on record for the press.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/inside-gaza-screening-film-talk-with-reporters-without-borde-71750/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/inside-gaza-screening-film-talk-with-reporters-without-borders/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6dcc9998ac799836a1af0543e24d95704722afbe84a0d0e2509fd3bf836e04e2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "One Man's Fight to Survive", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Millennium Film Workshop", "address": "Wilson Avenue 167, 11237", "price": "From $5.00 to $10.00", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/queer"], "description": "A benefit documentary screening with a conversation with journalist Afeef Nessouli. In the documentary, Nessouli shares the story of ES and his daily challenges in Gaza to secure healthcare amidst the ongoing genocide. ES reflects on his early life, discovering his identity, and living as a queer man in Palestine. The screening is also a fundraiser for ES, who is attempting to move to Cairo to attain adequate healthcare, with tickets going towards the fundraiser.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/one-mans-fight-to-survive-81366/", "official_url": "https://www.millenniumfilm.org/event-details/queer-disabled-and-hiv-positive-in-gaza-one-mans-fight-to-survive", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3fa34d07171803e54fa66b4d9179e390f80d0902819600f01354f96828d18ed9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Maybe Tomorrow", "start": "2026-11-17T12:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-17T14:00:00-05:00", "place": "CUNY Graduate School of Journalism", "address": "West 40th Street 219, 10018 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/war"], "description": "A screening of the documentary “Maybe Tomorrow,” presented by Alia Malek, director of the International Reporting Program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. The film comes from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab, co-directed with her childhood friend Wafa Mustafa. It follows Wafa’s journey of grief, hope, and exile as she risks everything to uncover her father’s fate. Al-Kateab and Mustafa will hold a Q&A after the screening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/maybe-tomorrow-106727/", "official_url": "https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/film-screening-maybe-tomorrow/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cd1d1e6c6fab8669313e74001bc37db7626bd35eb9d4f4d381fa58e008147448-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Making America: Immigrant Stories", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The New School", "address": "", "price": "$10 General Public; free to students, faculty and non-profit staff and members.", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/migration"], "description": "An evening of five documentary short films celebrating immigrants and first-generation Americans, shown at The New School in New York City. It is presented by The Institute on Race, Power & Political Economy at The New School together with DOC NYC, as a partner screening of the DOC NYC Film Festival with Creatively Speaking. The films include 'Sole', 'Sonia', 'The Deli', 'Gaza Friends Club' and 'La Tierra del Valor (The Home of the Brave)', portraying unsung heroes whose courage and determination exemplify the American promise. A question-and-answer session with the filmmakers follows the screening, moderated by Karen McMullen of DOC NYC.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/making-america-immigrant-stories-88354/", "official_url": "https://event.newschool.edu/makingamericaimmigrantstories", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e6c1727a490da9796b3dd090309ee955bb86ed44d50878adc97b80c567e03bbc-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Birds of War", "start": "2026-11-05T12:15:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "IFC Center", "address": "6th Avenue 323, 10014", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/war"], "description": "Birds of War is a documentary that spans 13 years of revolution, war and exile, from besieged Aleppo to a London newsroom. It follows Lebanese journalist Janay Boulos and Syrian activist and cameraman Abd Alkader Habak as they relive their war reporting and unexpected love story through a vast personal trove of archives. The film is directed by Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak, who also appear as its subjects.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/birds-of-war-53134/", "official_url": "https://www.ifccenter.com/films/birds-of-war/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/78d7aa16fbee9b33cf3ae26ff615c3c60a993b6e1213ad03cd9cc9aab9ca4e3d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Naza", "start": "2026-11-05T10:55:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "IFC Center", "address": "6th Avenue 323, 10014", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/war", "history"], "description": "Naza is a documentary screening at a Manhattan movie theater. It was made by the Israeli filmmakers and journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. Through secret nighttime conversations on Tel Aviv rooftops with the people who designed and ran them, it reveals the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. The film grew out of investigative reporting published by The Guardian with +972 Magazine and Local Call.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/naza-53163/", "official_url": "https://www.ifccenter.com/films/naza/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2353edfbcaae389f8181e65c82015ad3c6e59dbef4e939ffb0262ba57283f4b1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Screening of “Death & Taxes” with Filmmaker Justin Schein", "start": "2026-11-08T06:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Temple Emanuel", "address": "Benedict Avenue 2000, 10462", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/inequality"], "description": "A screening and discussion of the documentary Death & Taxes. Director Justin Schein, who has made character-driven documentaries for more than 30 years, joins the event. The film explores wealth, inequality, and the American Dream through the personal story of a father and son divided over what kind of inheritance to leave their children and country.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/screening-of-death-taxes-with-filmmaker-justin-schein-114031/", "official_url": "https://emanuelnyc.org/calendar/mens-club-brunch-and-a-screening-of-death-taxes-with-filmmaker-justin-schein/?occurrence=2026-11-08", "image": "https://noky.io/images/16dc2aaa802abdcd4cf656a6cceb8f1321a789a509b2c6cc85fcffb3d71e6d08-2000.webp"}, {"title": "threeASFOUR: Full Circle", "start": "2026-11-13T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-14T12:00:00-05:00", "place": "Film Forum", "address": "West Houston Street 209", "price": "$12.00 Member, $18.00 General", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["art/fashion", "film/documentary"], "description": "A screening of the documentary threeASFOUR: FULL CIRCLE, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Sean Ono Lennon and its subjects, moderated by Rosanna Arquette. The film marks Lennon's documentary directorial debut and centers on Gabi Asfour, Angela Donhauser, and Adi Gil, founders of the fashion house threeASFOUR. Hailing from Lebanon, the U.S.S.R., and Israel, the trio blends cutting-edge technologies with couture craftsmanship to promote international, intercultural, and interspecies unity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/threeasfour-full-circle-66473/", "official_url": "https://filmforum.org/events/event/threeasfour-full-circle-november-13", "image": "https://noky.io/images/91ab53a3d58cbc5aba93bbc23a83f7d855214ba21762d1f030eb3df08aceabe6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Other Israel Film Festival: Screening & Talkback at BHS", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Brooklyn Heights Synagogue", "address": "Remsen Street 131, 11201 Brooklyn", "price": "BHS Members may inquire with the office for a code for 20% off tickets.", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "film/documentary"], "description": "Brooklyn Heights Synagogue hosts a screening of the film Split followed by a talkback. It takes place in partnership with Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan's The Other Israel Film Festival. The documentary tells the story of the Mixed Cities in Israel, where Jews and Arabs live side by side. It is told through residents' perspectives, set against the historical backdrop of the past 75 years, from 1948 until today, and features a talkback with co-director Shady Srour.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-other-israel-film-festival-screening-talkback-at-bhs-51654/", "official_url": "https://www.bhsbrooklyn.org/bhs-events/the-other-israel-film-festival-screening-talkback-at-bhs", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c04f73a7e4d1ea48a715d417471541d46263458376912479570dc582fba1dfd1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Stolen Children", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "The Explorers Club", "address": "East 70th Street 46, 10021 New York", "price": "$20 for Members, $35 for the General Public", "price_from": "35.50", "price_to": "35.50", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/crime"], "description": "An in-person screening of the new film Stolen Children, followed by a question-and-answer session with its makers. The film, directed by Explorers Club Fellow Martyna Wojciechowska and Jowita Baraniecka, follows a journalistic investigation into the disappearances of numerous children in Georgian hospitals throughout the 1990s. Wojciechowska, an award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker and explorer, will be present. The visit and presentation are organized and sponsored by Piotr Chmielinski, the first man to paddle the entire length of the Amazon River, with a beer and wine reception before the film.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/stolen-children-56563/", "official_url": "https://www.explorers.org/calendar-of-events/screening-stolen-children/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9ce4f90e4739b889e2d905cf32ef303abf7a4c366f46accb96152ac0d33d01a9-600.webp"}, {"title": "5 Short Films Supported by the Displacement Film Fund Hosted by Cate Blanchett with Maryna Er Gorbach and Mo Harawe in person", "start": "2026-11-11T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T12:00:00-05:00", "place": "Film Forum", "address": "West Houston Street 209", "price": "$12.00 Member, $18.00 General", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/short-film", "society/migration"], "description": "A New York premiere screening of five short films from the Displacement Film Fund, presented in two programs. The fund, co-founded and led by actor and producer Cate Blanchett to champion and fund the work of displaced filmmakers, will be hosted by Blanchett together with the Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The shorts are directed by Maryna Er Gorbach (Ukraine), Shahrbanoo Sadat (Afghanistan), Hasan Kattan (Syria), Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran), and Mo Harawe (Somalia-Austria), and tell stories of displacement, exile, and adaptation, from a hypnosis ritual for a Ukrainian veteran to a writer reclaiming a new language in exile. Filmmakers Maryna Er Gorbach and Mo Harawe appear in person at each program.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/5-short-films-supported-by-the-displacement-film-fund-hosted-93579/", "official_url": "https://filmforum.org/events/event/displacement-film-fund-november-11", "image": "https://noky.io/images/86e38413782f78995b2668b35af5f12038566b5a3593d88e656bd184ec8c0b1b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Other Israel: New Perspectives Film Festival", "start": "2026-11-05T08:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T21:00:00-05:00", "place": "Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan", "address": "Amsterdam Avenue 334, 10023 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "film/documentary"], "description": "New Perspectives is a film festival presenting cinema that offers an in-depth look into Israeli and Palestinian societies and underrepresented populations within Israel. It grew out of the Other Israel Film Festival, founded in 2007 to inspire conversation and change the landscape of the American Jewish community. Through films, panels, and events, it takes a deeper look into the complexities of Israeli society, including a spotlight on underserved populations, providing a platform for important conversations.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/other-israel-new-perspectives-film-festival-53800/", "official_url": "https://www.mmjccm.org/events/film-other-israel-new-perspectives-film-festival", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2f0e4724c96f457f93fb80ee3962084cc75d5e312ec4220a61bea508f610b634-2000.webp"}]}