{"title": "Growth of the Soil", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T21:30:00-05:00", "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.goelevent.com/ScandinaviaHouse/e/NordicBalticOscarContendersGrowthoftheSoil", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama", "literature/classics"], "description": "A film adaptation of Growth of the Soil, Knut Hamsun's Nobel Prize-winning 1917 novel. Isak, a man without a past, seeks a place to settle and carves life from a barren stretch of land high above the tree line, until he meets Inger, a solitary woman shaped by resilience and quiet secrecy. Together they endure the elements and build a life and family as seasons turn, until time, hardship and desire reshape them. Director Hans Petter Moland, best known for his collaborations with Stellan Skarsgård, casts Herbert Nordrum as Isak and Asta Kamma August as Inger in this fervently realistic story of one man's battle with a rugged environment.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/growth-of-the-soil-55705/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/growth-of-the-soil-nordic-baltic-oscar-contenders/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7a1d3a0a3aadadce54f5adf7033aca59a20d45b2729868e436b513e42b5fe9f1-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T21:30:00-05:00", "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Beloved", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.goelevent.com/ScandinaviaHouse/e/FilmsFromtheFjordsBeloved", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/romance"], "description": "A screening of the drama Beloved, accompanied by a film talk, wrapping up the Films From the Fjords series. 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The film takes place inside Grund, Iceland's oldest retirement home in Reykjavik, and follows the rhythm of the seasons rather than the end of life. With warmth and sensitivity, it captures everyday moments — joys, quiet routines, small miracles, and simple interactions — celebrating the lives of the elders and life itself. A critic has praised its poetic eye for the small mysteries of everyday life.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-ground-beneath-our-feet-55689/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-ground-beneath-our-feet-nordic-baltic-oscar-contenders/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a9e026559cddcefec60eaa639316413674fd60336b7f52b36b02260ec2660cf6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Morten", "start": "2026-11-07T15:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.goelevent.com/ScandinaviaHouse/e/Morten", "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. 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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": "Fjord", "start": "2026-10-31T10:45:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "IFC Center", "address": "6th Avenue 323, 10014", "price": "", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "13.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=587114~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769&", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "Fjord is a feature film screened in a cinema in downtown Manhattan. It was directed by two-time Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu and stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve. 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Written and directed by Academy-Award winner Taika Waititi, it follows Klara (Jenna Ortega), an Artificial Friend searching for the perfect home. When Klara meets Josie (Mia Tharia), the two sense kindred spirits, and Klara's innocent wonder and loyalty begin to heal Josie's family, scarred by loss and Josie's fraught bond with her mother (Amy Adams).", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/klara-and-the-sun-66091/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6c89756595570c87bf263f89c1b3c68cf956c526f292aa1cf4ccd3e97e8711f5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Autumn Sonata", "start": "2026-11-01T21:45:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Metrograph", "address": "Ludlow Street 7, 10002 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=31232&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1#standard", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "Autumn Sonata is a film about a world-renowned concert pianist who returns home to reunite with her now-married daughter, long a distant second to her mother's career ambitions. Over an emotionally draining 24 hours, the two women exhuming old resentments and struggle towards reconciliation. It was directed by Ingmar Bergman and stars Liv Ullmann as the daughter. The pianist is played, in her final screen role, by an actress described as Sweden's most popular export before the Volvo.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/autumn-sonata-56682/", "official_url": "https://metrograph.com/film/9999005045-autumn-sonata/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/eab02369ceaa893145f1c33c800652cbbe5944ec00ccfd1de265324bf777e5cd-2000.webp"}]}