{"title": "New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF)", "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": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/festival", "history"], "description": "The New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) is a film festival at Scandinavia House in New York City, now in its ninth year. It is presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America. The festival showcases films from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, countries that have been producing motion pictures since 1910. Through the latest productions and selected classics, it offers audiences in New York and across the U.S. a chance to enjoy the best in Northern European filmmaking and see the world through Baltic eyes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/new-york-baltic-film-festival-nybff-89385/", "official_url": "https://www.balticfilmfestival.com/?mc_cid=6bafd28df3&mc_eid=UNIQID", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6a5088c74ac0a88c2a22510d21151e9f24da0271a45f84016b7e6cb1cc6f5e3e-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/animation/short-film"], "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": "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", "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": "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", "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": "NEW YORK DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2026", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Cinema Village", "address": "East 12th Street 22, 10003", "price": "", "price_from": "17.00", "price_to": "17.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary"], "description": "The New York Documentary Film Festival 2026 brings documentary films to the big screen at Cinema Village, a movie theater on East 12th Street in downtown Manhattan. Documentary filmmakers from around the world trust the festival, known as NYDFF, to showcase their powerful stories. It offers audiences a chance to see nonfiction storytelling from many countries in one place. The venue sits in the heart of the city, easy to reach for an evening of documentaries.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/new-york-documentary-film-festival-2026-51951/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/147fb7ad55be0cef869d02035c2edffd8d7e451de1b659990e524840932d2cfe-2000.webp"}, {"title": "BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVAL 2026", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Cinema Village", "address": "East 12th Street 22, 10003", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["film"], "description": "The Big Apple Film Festival is a film festival screening independent films from the New York City film community as well as specially selected films from across the country and around the world. The festival honors filmmakers and writers who have played an influential role in the growth of independent filmmaking, through festival screenings and screenplay contests, and presents awards in various categories in filmmaking and screenwriting. It has been named by MovieMaker Magazine among the '50 Fests Worth the Entry Fee' and the '25 Coolest Fests in the World', and by Film Freeway among the 'Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/big-apple-film-festival-2026-51952/", "official_url": "https://www.bigapplefilmfestival.com/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e7d4bb5dd3ca183bbe39a66f869cc9b1781b3dbe0e1dbd7b7017e5e1d45f07d1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "New Italian Cinema Events", "start": "2026-11-07T16:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["occasion/festival", "film"], "description": "New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) is a festival bringing contemporary Italian films to New York City audiences. The N.I.C.E. Italian Film Festival returns for its 36th edition, celebrating the best of contemporary Italian cinema with a new selection of films, fresh perspectives, and compelling stories. The event is free and open to the public, with reservations required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/new-italian-cinema-events-67346/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d7e137031d92439d9937a487d78ce205841f51d45db3ba3842872e069a3d5e73-2000.webp"}, {"title": "KAFFNY Infinite Cinema 20th Annual", "start": "2026-11-07T15:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "SVA Theater", "address": "West 23rd Street 333, 10011 New York", "price": "Ticket prices start at $20.00", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["occasion/anniversary", "film"], "description": "A festival program marking 20 years of KAFFNY Infinite Cinema, held at SVA Theater. It is hosted by KAFFNY Infinite Cinema and celebrates groundbreaking Korean and global diaspora cinema. The day brings historic classics, avant-garde video art, and modern documentaries, exploring the cultural intersections of New York City and global third-culture cinema. Screenings of short films with Q&A sessions run across three blocks, closing with a toast to 20 years.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/kaffny-infinite-cinema-20th-annual-56266/", "official_url": "https://kaffny.org/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ccda3b07be65338d2082811e1941a556407a9953608786a08f02f8ab235d763c-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", "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": "Video Art and Experimental Film Festival 2026", "start": "2026-11-13T00:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Cinema Village", "address": "East 12th Street 22, 10003", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "14.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["art/media-art/video-art", "film/experimental"], "description": "The Video Art and Experimental Film Festival 2026 is a four-day festival of film and contemporary video art held at Cinema Village. Now in its 16th year, the Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (VAEFF) presents innovative and provocative works in genres ranging from animation, dance, music videos and fashion films to documentary and visual narratives. The festival aims to redefine the boundaries of cinematic expression and captivate New York City audiences.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/video-art-and-experimental-film-festival-2026-51956/", "official_url": "https://videoart.net/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/defd84bb1ff32fa74adb528c25e1a2e06116096b2b48f4129f4bdd13ae020461-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Ground Beneath Our Feet", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary"], "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": "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", "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"}]}