{"title": "My Family and Other Clowns", "start": "2026-11-08T12:00:00-05:00", "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/MyFamilyandOtherClowns", "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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-08T12:00:00-05:00", "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": null, "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.balticfilmfestival.com/baltic-shorts-drama", "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": "The Child", "start": "2026-11-08T16:30:00-05:00", "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/TheChild", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A screening of the Latvian drama The Child (Bērns), followed by a film talk and Q&A with director Linda Olte. The film follows Zane and Kaspars, a couple in their late 30s who seem to have it all—love, careers, a house and shared hobbies—but have been unable to have a child despite years of trying. Kaspars slowly comes to terms with the idea that life can be fulfilling without children, but for Zane, a former professional swimmer trained to win, not becoming a mother is unacceptable. As her 40s approach and she goes to grueling lengths to meet her target, the couple's relationship grows increasingly strained and Zane must question her role within her family and in society.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-child-55702/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-child-nybff/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4eba6556ca641a5e5e1d6e067d31ff7868b10ba4913dc755be3cacdaa1a31dc0-2000.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.goelevent.com/ScandinaviaHouse/e/BalticAnimationShorts", "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 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.goelevent.com/ScandinaviaHouse/e/NordicBalticOscarContendersTheGroundBeneath", "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": "Adult Supervision", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00-05:00", "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/NordicBalticOscarContendersAdultSupervision", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/comedy/black-comedy", "society/parenting"], "description": "An evening with a screening of the black comedy Adult Supervision, followed by a film talk and Q&A. Director Alex Shulman presents the thought-provoking film, Sweden's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. It follows anxiety-ridden father Bill (Gustaf Skarsgard), who volunteers to chaperone his daughter and her school friends on a rowdy field trip to a remote island to repair their icy relationship, joined by fellow fathers Bobo (Fares Fares) and Pontus (Linus Wahlgren). As tensions escalate and buried memories resurface, games turn into power struggles — and power into violence — until no one can tell who is in charge and who is in danger.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/adult-supervision-55687/", "official_url": "https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/adult-supervision-nordic-baltic-oscar-contenders/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5781a5bf3e40f44608286b51637475ca7c0b8a50e69b85596966c17746c31866-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Scarecrows", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00-05:00", "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/Scarecrows", "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": "A Goodnight Kiss", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.goelevent.com/ScandinaviaHouse/e/AGoodnightKiss", "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": "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. 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.goelevent.com/ScandinaviaHouse/e/HolyDestructors", "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": "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", "tickets_url": "https://store.explorers.org/products/screening-stolen-children", "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": "The Baby Decision and Beyond", "start": "2026-11-08T11:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T14:00:00-05:00", "place": "Culture Lab LIC", "address": "5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA", "price": "Sliding scale: $10-$30", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://events.humanitix.com/the-baby-decision-and-beyond/tickets", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/family"], "description": "A workshop for people weighing whether to have a baby or looking for other ways to structure family in an insecure world. It is hosted by Culture Lab LIC and features journalist and author Anna Louie Sussman and Chosen Family Law Center founder Diana Adams, moderated by Gillian Morris, co-author of the blog Supernuclear. The session includes a panel discussion, small group conversations, and food and non-alcoholic beverages on arrival. Half of the proceeds go to the Chosen Family Law Center.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-baby-decision-and-beyond-52236/", "official_url": "https://events.humanitix.com/the-baby-decision-and-beyond", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f1a44e483085bcb6db2941ab617b57719cba272d27c10ce94872f381ef369b5f-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": "", "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 Architect", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "IFC Center", "address": "6th Avenue 323, 10014", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=586121~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769&", "category": "film", "tags": ["art/architecture", "film/documentary"], "description": "A screening of the documentary film MY ARCHITECT: A SON'S JOURNEY, followed by a conversation with director Nathaniel Kahn and Michael Pärt. Nathaniel Kahn's deeply personal documentary follows his search to understand his father, the Estonian-born American architect Louis Kahn. Through a journey across countries, buildings, archives, and memories, it explores the life and work of one of the 20th century's most influential architects and the son's complex relationship with the father he came to know through his work. The screening marks the 125th anniversary of Louis Kahn's birth and is co-presented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, the Ministry of Culture of Estonia, and the Arvo Pärt Centre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/my-architect-53142/", "official_url": "https://www.ifccenter.com/films/my-architect/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1545f38d59b0429ef1ce8c3bc6955c04e1608906bc9d11b4841cf2cc462cf48b-1200.webp"}]}