{"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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-07T17:45:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T19:35:00-05:00", "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). 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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": "The Ground Beneath Our Feet", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T21:30:00-05:00", "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/documentary"], "description": "Scandinavia House presents a screening of the documentary The Ground Beneath Our Feet, Iceland's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards, followed by a talk with director Yrsa Roca Fannberg. 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": "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": "La Merde! 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Bouvy's film follows an anthropomorphic excrement figure through everyday situations of discipline, rejection, and invisibility, combining grotesque humor and tenderness to examine shame as a social construct.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/la-merde-the-mole-52437/", "official_url": "https://www.e-flux.com/events/6783399/la-merde-the-mole-nbsp/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/671c6cfd380bb62ddc1ec1cc68e2448a288399bf17ce8b5919319c0f455bb9f7-2000.webp"}, {"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"}, {"title": "Scarecrows", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-06T21:20:00-05:00", "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", "nature"], "description": "A screening of the documentary Scarecrows (Putnubiedēkļi), a visually composed tale of 'runway rangers' and their encounters with beings of nature. Director Laila Pakalniņa will be present for a film talk and Q&A. The film follows the bird and wildlife control specialists of Riga International Airport—nicknamed 'Scarecrows'—who guide viewers across four seasons in Latvia through a chronicle of the flow of work and nature. The airport is a paradoxical environment where different species cross paths, and fences built for humans cannot protect the lives of everyone and every kind.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/scarecrows-55694/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/sh/films/scarecrows-nybff-2026-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/671e3602aeb3e0a2fd959297c275c740d0e2710a27b1641fc1088f58efe20676-2000.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"}, {"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": "Shungu – FAITH IN THE UNKNOWN Live Film & Score, Ruqqiyah", "start": "2026-10-30T19:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Public Records", "address": "Butler Street 233, 11217", "price": "$26.78", "price_from": "26.78", "price_to": "26.78", "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary"], "description": "Shungu – FAITH IN THE UNKNOWN Live Film & Score, Ruqqiyah presents the film 'Faith in the Unknown' with a live score at Public Records in Brooklyn, presented by Public Records. It is a 21+ event. The venue's Atrium restaurant and cocktail bar serves plant-based, globally-inspired dishes before the show.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/shungu-faith-in-the-unknown-live-film-score-ruqqiyah-55033/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea212acf4bae754752c01bca09e066663e4322e47bb545bf485679ca49461329-1200.webp"}, {"title": "MISCHIEF NIGHT SCREENING", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Alice Austen House", "address": "Hylan Boulevard 2, 10305", "price": "Suggested Donation: $10", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/horror", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "An outdoor screening of the silent film HÄXAN (1922), the last of the season, presented at the Alice Austen House. It is held by the Subterranean Cinema Club together with the Alice Austen House, with a live, semi-improvised noise score by Sludgemisers, the experimental collaboration of percussionist Nick Gutilla and multi-instrumentalist Jenno Snyder. Blending documentary and horror, the groundbreaking film explores the history of witchcraft, superstition, and the persecution of women, examining how fear and social power have shaped their treatment throughout history. Aura photography will be available, and visitors are invited to come in costume for a spooky night out.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/mischief-night-screening-50915/", "official_url": "https://aliceausten.org/events/mischief-night-screening/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/26556b1b08d1fb5fe2a1746ba2a82ee79a5302326db73f607a6283b0d5ceb9f0-2000.webp"}]}