{"title": "Shakti", "start": "2026-11-16T11:45:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-16T14:00:00-05:00", "place": "LaGuardia Community College", "address": "Thomson Avenue 31-10, 11101 Long Island City", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A film screening presents \"Shakti\", a story set in Kathmandu. A single mother enrolls her nine-year-old daughter in painting lessons until the child suddenly catches a mysterious illness. When doctors cannot pin down a diagnosis, her strong-willed mother turns to a local shaman, leading mother and daughter on a path of redemption. 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Roger Ferney-Cortés leads a Collective Roll up Workshop earlier in the day. All ages are welcome, though waivers are required for anyone under 18 and kids 12 and younger must be with an adult. 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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": "zi", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Metrograph", "address": "Ludlow Street 7, 10002 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "The screening of the experimental drama \"zi\" is followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Kogonada and actors Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson, and Jin Ha, and producer Christopher Radcliff. Kogonada's fourth feature follows the title character, played by Michelle Mao, a concert violinist whose aimless peregrinations through the streets of Hong Kong are interrupted by visions of what may be either her past or future, a condition she attempts to explain to a new American acquaintance (Haley Lu Richardson) while a stranger (Jin Ha) observes the pair from a distance. A valentine to the textures and colors of the Fragrant Harbor as seen by night, featuring music by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto, the formally audacious, shot-on-the-fly film is one of unusual delicacy and reserve, whose air of mystery abides long after the credits have rolled.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/zi-56697/", "official_url": "https://metrograph.com/film/9999005068-zi/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7952eef12c2146948739e6085dfb18e7afb925b580212e0172ae0a533e363e33-2000.webp"}, {"title": "US Premieres of \"Encounters\" & \"Letters from Tibet\" + Q&A", "start": "2026-11-15T17:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Tibet House US", "address": "West 15th Street 22", "price": "$20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/politics"], "description": "The Tibet Film Festival presents the US premieres of the films \"Encounters\" and \"Letters from Tibet\" at Tibet House US. The evening includes a Q&A with the audience. The festival program brings Tibetan-themed cinema to New York viewers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/us-premieres-of-encounters-letters-from-tibet-qa-81572/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f74f462f4272508a603483b3be85360b31918391012405ed6eaaaa2bf8a93148-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Indonesian Film Festival New York 2026", "start": "2026-11-06T17:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "SVA Theater", "address": "West 23rd Street 333, 10011 New York", "price": "Ticket prices start at $15.00.", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["society/culture", "film"], "description": "The Indonesian Film Festival New York (IFFest) 2026 is a festival screening feature narratives, shorts, and documentaries at SVA Theatre. It is hosted by Indonesian Film Forum NYC and showcases Indonesian and Indonesian-American filmmakers exploring themes of family, culture, and connection. The evening opens with the film \"Pangku\", followed by a shorts program titled \"Family ties\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/indonesian-film-festival-new-york-2026-113364/", "official_url": "https://svatheatre.com/events/indonesian-film-festival-new-york-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9119aadf377a91deae4086533eaa6309c3624e5075c6e6852130af3ada5b45a6-600.webp"}, {"title": "Screening and Talk with Tith Kanitha", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Iris Cantor Theatre", "address": "West Houston Street 38, 10012 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film"], "description": "A screening of the 2014 short film Boding followed by a talk with artist and filmmaker Tith Kanitha, who will also discuss her forthcoming film Crab and contemporary Cambodian cinema's engagement with community, city, and site in Phnom Penh. She works in sculpture, installation, performance, video, and works on paper, and plays a central role in Cambodian independent cinema with the collective Anti-Archive. She will be in conversation with Jeannine Tang, Assistant Professor at NYU Performance Studies. The event is co-sponsored by the Asian Film & Media Initiative and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and is held in conjunction with Tith's fall 2026 Great Hall Exhibition at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/screening-and-talk-with-tith-kanitha-53246/", "official_url": "https://tisch.nyu.edu/cinema-studies/events/fall-2026/screening-tith-kanitha", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4c41df893ac1d67702b03395101f25cd6b614e4f02309bc525f3b979201d0b0d-600.webp"}]}