{"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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-06T21:20:00-05:00", "place": "Scandinavia House", "address": "Park Avenue 58, 10016", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": "Birds of War", "start": "2026-11-04T12:15:00-05:00", "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=585862~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769&", "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": "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"}, {"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": "9th Annual Raptorama at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["nature/animals/birds"], "description": "9th Annual Raptorama at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a free festival about the birds of prey of Jamaica Bay. The National Park Service hosts it with partners Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, American Littoral Society, New York City Bird Alliance and New York City Plover Project. Visitors can see live raptor demonstrations by the Wildlife Center of Long Island, join guided hawk walks with rangers during fall migration, and enjoy family-friendly activities at partner tables. There is also a Junior Ranger program and a raptor slideshow presentation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/9th-annual-raptorama-at-jamaica-bay-wildlife-refuge-55494/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=AEA0322C-09F2-14F6-1D0344BF0D765B18", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8930ce14750c1c3194446b6f95122de7cdfcd8dce46ed044a502e4c5b87cd2a2-600.webp"}, {"title": "Bird In Hand", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Iris Cantor Theatre", "address": "West Houston Street 38, 10012 New York", "price": "Free admission, open to all NYU students, faculty, and staff; RSVP required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/comedy-drama", "society/racism"], "description": "A screening of the feature film BIRD IN HAND followed by a Q&A panel with its producers, moderated by film programmer Caryn Coleman, founder of The Future of Film is Female. The Fusion Film Festival invites audiences to the feature debut of NYU Tisch alum Melody C. Roscher, who wrote and directed it. The film follows newly engaged Bird Rowe as she returns to her rural hometown to plan her wedding with her narcissistic hippie mother, while secretly pursuing an agenda that leads her to her mother's new neighbors, a couple trying to 'rebrand' a plantation. Inspired by Roscher's biracial experience, it weaves themes of race, belonging, and family into a bitingly comic story starring Alisha Wainwright and Christine Lahti.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/bird-in-hand-66664/", "official_url": "https://tisch.nyu.edu/film-tv/events/2026/fusion-film-festival-event--bird-in-hand-screening-and-q-a", "image": "https://noky.io/images/17153334f1d4dfdeddbde93415ae39df594df0a5db8b93549175b4cdd8e475ce-2000.webp"}]}