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SUMMARY:On the Arctic Edge — Artists Explore the Far North
DESCRIPTION:Opening October 21 at Scandinavia House\, On the Arctic Edge — Artists Explore the Far North presents three contemporary photo-based artists whose work traverses the regions of the Arctic Circle to probe themes ranging from time and memory\, to landscape and the built environment\, to science and mythology\, to our changing climate: Marion Belanger\, Clare Benson\, and Steve Giovinco. Each artist is an ASF Fellow having received financial support from the American-Scandinavian Foundation from funds donated by Scandinavian Seminar \nPhotographer and Interdisciplinary artist Clare Benson’s series Until There Is No Sun is a poetic investigation of the Arctic’s duality: the relationships between light and seeing\, earth and sky\, science and ancient myth. Over the span of nearly a year living in the far north of Arctic Sweden\, Benson worked alongside space physicists\, Sami indigenous reindeer herders\, and scientist studying the eyes of Arctic reindeer to capture photographs\, videos\, and collected artifacts\, exploring how weather and time have worn and carved a world that slowly turns its back to the light. Included in the exhibition\, the video work A Thousand Suns is a time-lapse capture of images made by an All-Sky Camera looking up through the roof of the Swedish Institute for Space Physics (IRF) in Kiruna. Photographs on view include her Seasonal Adaptations in the Eyes of Arctic Reindeer\, which portray how Arctic reindeer adapt to extreme changes in sunlight through a shift in their tapetum lucidum\, a mirror-like tissue behind the retina.  \nMarion Belanger photographs the cultural landscape\, particularly where geology and the built environment intersect\, exploring concepts of persistence and change and ways that boundaries demarcate differences. A recipient of awards including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship\, whose photographs are included in many permanent collections including the Library of Congress\, her series Rift/Fault studies shifting land-based tectonic edges of the North American Continental Plate in Iceland and California.  \nExamining their unpredictable and uncontainable behavior — immune to any human efforts of control — Belanger’s series pairs images from the Mid-Atlantic Rift in Iceland with those captured along the San Andreas Fault\, allowing for a dialogue between the wild and the contained\, the fertile and the barren\, the geologic and the human\, in a way that questions the uneasy relationship between geological force\, and the limits of human enterprise. Published in the 2017 monograph Rift/Fault (Radius Books)\, author and art critic Lucy Lippard writes in her introduction that Belanger “comments on the visible and the invisible\, acknowledgement and denial\, examining\, in the process\, the ‘dangerous disconnect\,’ where so-called ordinary lives play out in the shadows of potential cataclysm.” \nNYC-based fine-art photographer Steve Giovinco’s lyrical night landscapes in the recent series Inertia look at the land\, ice\, and communities of Southern Greenland. An MFA graduate from Yale University School of Art whose work is collected by museums including the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, Giovinco traveled to locations including Narsarsuaq\, a small remote town lying in the shadow of glaciers\, to capture vast scarred landscapes; shrinking icebergs and ice floes; desolate villages; and four hundred-year-old Norse ruins; all marked with minimal traces of human intervention. Photographed through the hours of changing light at dawn\, twilight\, or nighttime the vistas are haunted\, luminous\, magical and at times devastating. \nEach artist is an ASF Fellow having received financial support from the American-Scandinavian Foundation\, which since it began over a century ago has awarded over 5\,500 fellowships and grants to Americans and Scandinavians. This exhibition is made possible due to the generosity of the Inger G. & William B. Ginsberg Support Fund\, the Virginia Barron Tayloe Bequest\, the Bonnier Family Fund for Contemporary Art and the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation. \nAbout the Artists\nClare Benson is a photographer and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores themes of family history\, tradition\, science\, and mythology. She received her MFA from the University of Arizona and her BFA from Central Michigan University. In 2014-15 she was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Arctic Sweden\, where she worked alongside space scientists and indigenous Sami reindeer herders. Her first book The Shepherd’s Daughter was published in 2017 by Photolucida\, in receipt of the Critical Mass Book Award. Benson’s work has been featured in exhibitions\, screenings\, and publications across the U.S. and internationally. \nMarion Belanger is interested in the concepts of persistence and change\, and in the way that boundaries demarcate difference\, particularly in regards to the land. She has been the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship\, a John Anson Kittredge Award\, an American Scandinavian Fellowship\, Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowships\, and has been an artist in residence at the MacDowell Colony\, at the Atlantic Center for the Arts\, at the Virginia Center for the Arts and at Everglades National Park. \nMarion Belanger earned her MFA from the Yale University School of Art where she was the recipient of both the John Ferguson Weir Award and the Schickle-Collingwood Prize\, and a BFA from the College of Art & Design at Alfred University. Her photographs are included in many permanent collections including the Library of Congress\, the National Gallery of Art\, the Yale University Gallery of Art\, the New Orleans Museum of Art and the International Center of Photography. \nSteve Giovinco is a New York City-based fine-art photographer\, who focuses on creating images of couples with himself and lyrical night landscapes. His work is collected by many museums\, including the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, has exhibited widely in galleries and received his MFA from Yale University School of Art. His new photo series Inertia looks at the land\, ice and communities in Southern Greenland including the tiny remote town Narsarsuaq\, population 158\, which lies in the shadow of glaciers. \n  \nThis exhibition is made possible due to the generosity of the Inger G. & William B. Ginsberg Support Fund\, the Virginia Barron Tayloe Bequest\, the Bonnier Family Fund for Contemporary Art and the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.
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SUMMARY:New York Baltic Film Festival 2022
DESCRIPTION:The Fifth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings on November 2-13. Theatrical screenings and events including director talks and Q&As will take place at Scandinavia House in New York from November 2-6. The online version will once again be available to viewers in the U.S. via Scandinavia House’s Elevent streaming platform  from November 4-13. \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online; in-person film screenings will take place in Victor Borge Hall. Ticketing info and a full lineup will be announced closer to the date; check back for more details in the coming months. \nAbout the NYBFF\nEstablished in 2018\, the New York Baltic Film Festival is presented and organized by Scandinavia House in collaboration with the Consulate General of Estonia\, Consulate General of Lithuania\, and Daris Delins\, former Honorary Consul for Latvia in New York and founder of the festival. \nFinancial support for the festival comes from the Estonian Film Institute\, National Film Center of Latvia\, and Lithuanian Film Center\, with additional sponsorship by the Lithuanian Culture Institute\, Lithuanian Foundation\, Embassy of Latvia in Washington D.C.\, Permanent Mission of Latvia to the U.N. in New York\, American Latvian Association\, and the PBLA Culture Fund.
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SUMMARY:My Father the Spy
DESCRIPTION:The Fifth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings on November 2-13! From November 2 through 6\, in-person screenings and events will take place at Scandinavia House in New York\, presented in accordance with new COVID-19 safety guidance and protocols. Following the success of last year’s festival\, the online version will once again be available to viewers all across the U.S. via the Elevent streaming platform November 4-13. \nOn November 4 through November 13\, see My Father the Spy (dir. Jaak Kilmi & Gints Grūbe\, 2019\, Documentary). As a young Soviet student in 1978\, Ieva could not have predicted that a holiday visit to her father\, Imants Lešinskis — working in the Soviet mission at the United Nations in New York City — would irreversibly split her life in two. Entangled in a dark spy game\, Ieva was forced to leave her former life behind\, never to see her mother or her homeland of Latvia again. In order to find herself and understand the game she unwittingly became part of\, Ieva sets out on a journey into the past to confront family secrets\, lies\, and betrayal. \nThis film will only be offered as a virtual screening. Tickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above. \n \nAbout the Directors\nEstonian director Jaak Kilmi graduated from Tallinn University where he majored in film directing. He has (co-)directed and produced a string of award-winning short films\, a number of documentaries\, and two feature films\, which have received international recognition. He is well known for his socio-critical films that deal with the Soviet era and its repercussions on today’s life. His most recognized films include: documentary fiction Disco & Atomic War (2009)\, and My Father the Spy (2019) and the feature films Revolution of Pigs (2004)\, and Came to Visit (1997). \nGints Grūbe worked extensively in media before setting up his own company\, Mistrus Media in 2000. He has been a scriptwriter\, producer\, and director for more than 10 documentaries. His productions have included Escaping Riga (2014)\, the war drama The Chronicles of Melanie (2016)\, Emīlija. Queen of the Press (2021)\, and January (2022)\, which won Best International Film at the Tribeca Film Festival. \nAbout the NYBFF\nEstablished in 2018\, the New York Baltic Film Festival is presented and organized by Scandinavia House in collaboration with the Consulate General of Estonia\, Consulate General of Lithuania\, and Daris Delins\, former Honorary Consul for Latvia in New York and founder of the festival. \nFinancial support for the festival comes from the Estonian Film Institute\, National Film Center of Latvia\, Lithuanian Film Center\, and the Edhard Corporation with additional sponsorship by the Estonian American National Council\, Lithuanian Culture Institute\, Lithuanian Foundation\, Consulate General of Estonia in New York\, Embassy of Latvia in Washington D.C.\, Permanent Mission of Latvia to the U.N. in New York\, Consulate General of Lithuania in New York\, American Latvian Association\, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia\, the PBLA Culture Fund\, and Sondra Litvaitytė. \nOrganizers & Sponsors
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/my-father-the-spy/
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SUMMARY:Rocks in My Pockets
DESCRIPTION:The Fifth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings on November 2-13! From November 2 through 6\, in-person screenings and events will take place at Scandinavia House in New York\, presented in accordance with new COVID-19 safety guidance and protocols. Following the success of last year’s festival\, the online version will once again be available to viewers all across the U.S. via the Elevent streaming platform November 4-13. \nStreaming on November 4 through November 13\, see Rocks in My Pockets (Akmeņi manās kabatās\, dir. Signe Baumane\, USA/Latvia\, 2014\, Narrative). In Latvia in the 1920s\, Anna falls in love with an adventurous entrepreneur 30 years her senior. But with marriage comes jealousy\, and the entrepreneur hides Anna away in the forest\, where she bears him eight children. Years later\, Signe\, a young artist\, asks her father how her grandmother died… An animated feature that is a highly personal statement about the director’s struggle with depression\, Rocks in My Pockets is set against the backdrop of Baumane’s grandmother’s life\, with the first part touching on the difficult living conditions in Latvia during the Soviet and German occupations in order to focus on those members of the family suffering from the inherited illness. \nWithout ever becoming insincere\, the filmmaker approaches the gloomy topic with color and humor. \nThis film will only be offered as a virtual screening. Tickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above. \n \nAbout the Director\nSigne Baumane is a Latvian-born\, Brooklyn-based  filmmaker\, artist\, writer\, and animator. She has made 17 award-winning animated shorts but is best known for her first animated feature Rocks in my Pockets\, which premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2014. Baumane’s new animated feature My Love Affair With Marriage fuses animation with music\, theater\, science\, photography\, three-dimensional sets and traditional hand-drawn animation.  \nBaumane is a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow in Film for New York Foundation for the Arts. She has a degree in Philosophy from Moscow State University. \nAbout the NYBFF\nEstablished in 2018\, the New York Baltic Film Festival is presented and organized by Scandinavia House in collaboration with the Consulate General of Estonia\, Consulate General of Lithuania\, and Daris Delins\, former Honorary Consul for Latvia in New York and founder of the festival. \nFinancial support for the festival comes from the Estonian Film Institute\, National Film Center of Latvia\, Lithuanian Film Center\, and the Edhard Corporation with additional sponsorship by the Estonian American National Council\, Lithuanian Culture Institute\, Lithuanian Foundation\, Consulate General of Estonia in New York\, Embassy of Latvia in Washington D.C.\, Permanent Mission of Latvia to the U.N. in New York\, Consulate General of Lithuania in New York\, American Latvian Association\, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia\, the PBLA Culture Fund\, and Sondra Litvaitytė. \nOrganizers & Sponsors
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SUMMARY:New York Baltic Film Festival — Virtual Cinema
DESCRIPTION:The Fourth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings! Virtual films in the festival will once again be available to viewers all across the U.S. via the Elevent streaming platform November 4-13. \nVirtual screenings of all films will be available following their premieres at Scandinavia House and remain available to stream through November 13.  To download viewing instructions and an FAQ\, please click here. \nVIRTUAL SCHEDULE \nBeginning Friday\, November 4\nHomo Sovieticus (dir. Ivo Briedis\, Latvia/Lithuania/Czechia\, 2021\, Documentary)\nRocks in My Pockets (Akmeņi manās kabatās\, dir. Signe Baumane\, USA/Latvia\, 2014\, Narrative)\nMy Father the Spy (dir. Jaak Kilmi & Gints Grūbe\, 2019\, Documentary)\nMariupolis (dir. Mantas Kvedaravičius\, Ukraine/Lithuania/Germany/France\, 2016\, Documentary) \nBeginning Saturday\, November 5\nSandra Gets a Job (dir. Kaupo Kruusiauk\, Estonia\, 2021\, Narrative)\nPilgrims (Piligrimai\, dir. Laurynas Bareiša\, Lithuania\, 2021\, Narrative) \nBeginning Sunday\, November 6\nLame-Os (dir. Marta Elina Martinsone\, Latvia/Czech Republic\, 2021\, Narrative)\nBurial (Kapinynas\, dir. Emilija Škarnulytė\, Lithuania/Norway\, 2022\, Documentary)\nThe Sleeping Beast (Tagurpidi torn\, dir. Jaak Kilmi\, Estonia/Latvia\, 2022\, Narrative)\nSongs for a Fox (Dainos Lapei\, dir. Kristijonas Vildžiūnas\, Lithuania/Latvia/Estonia\, 2021\, Narrative) \nBeginning Sunday\, November 6\nu.Q. (dir. Ivar Murd\, Estonia\, 2021\, Documentary)\nTree of Eternal Love (Kiik\, kirves ja Igavese Armastuse Puu\, dir. Meel Paliale\, Estonia\, 2021\, Narrative)
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SUMMARY:Lame-Os
DESCRIPTION:The Fifth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings on November 2-13! From November 2 through 6\, in-person screenings and events will take place at Scandinavia House in New York\, presented in accordance with new COVID-19 safety guidance and protocols. Following the success of last year’s festival\, the online version will once again be available to viewers all across the U.S. via the Elevent streaming platform November 4-13. \nOn November 5\, see Lame-Os (dir. Marta Elina Martinsone\, Latvia/Czech Republic\, 2021\, Narrative). It’s 1999 and the millennium is fast approaching. Three high school students Sarmīte (Asnāte Sofija Rožkalne)\, Sveta (Ludmila Karpova)\, and Katrīna (Katrīna Dambeniece) are tired of being made fun of by their classmates and decide that something needs to change — so in typical teenage fashion they decide to become the most popular girls in school. Drawing inspiration from the best of ’90s Hollywood films and TV series\, the friends make a plan: the only way to achieve popularity is to get the coolest guys as their prom dates!\n\nFollowing a classic ’90s format reinterpreted from a contemporary Baltic point of view\, Lame-os is an irreverent\, pop-infused musical with a heart\, and a nostalgic look back at a not-so-distant past.  \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; film screenings will take place in Victor Borge Hall. \nVirtual screenings of this film will take place from November 5-13. To read more and purchase virtual passes\, please click here. \n \nAbout the Director\nMarta Elīna Martinsone has studied theater and film directing and worked as a theater director and director’s assistant. She has directed two short films\, and her graduation film\, Viesturs Kairišs iznāk no meža received the National Film Award for Best Student Film.  \nShe was co-writer and assistant director on two feature films: 1906 and Nearby. Lame-os is her feature film debut. \nAbout the NYBFF\nEstablished in 2018\, the New York Baltic Film Festival is presented and organized by Scandinavia House in collaboration with the Consulate General of Estonia\, Consulate General of Lithuania\, and Daris Delins\, former Honorary Consul for Latvia in New York and founder of the festival. \nFinancial support for the festival comes from the Estonian Film Institute\, National Film Center of Latvia\, Lithuanian Film Center\, and the Edhard Corporation with additional sponsorship by the Estonian American National Council\, Lithuanian Culture Institute\, Lithuanian Foundation\, Consulate General of Estonia in New York\, Embassy of Latvia in Washington D.C.\, Permanent Mission of Latvia to the U.N. in New York\, Consulate General of Lithuania in New York\, American Latvian Association\, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia\, the PBLA Culture Fund\, and Sondra Litvaitytė. \nOrganizers & Sponsors
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SUMMARY:Burial
DESCRIPTION:The Fifth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings on November 2-13! From November 2 through 6\, in-person screenings and events will take place at Scandinavia House in New York\, presented in accordance with new COVID-19 safety guidance and protocols. Following the success of last year’s festival\, the online version will once again be available to viewers all across the U.S. via the Elevent streaming platform November 4-13. \nOn November 5\, see Burial (Kapinynas\, dir. Emilija Škarnulytė\, Lithuania/Norway\, 2022\, Documentary). A python slithers and curls over the abandoned control room of “Chernobyl’s Big Sister” — the decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania — interpreting the plant’s radioactive core as an unleashed monster\, one that will slither through time for millions of years. From Etruscan ruins and sunken cities to the most modern of underground repositories\, artist and director Emilija Škarnulytė examines different ways in which humanity has attempted to bury the immortal. Burial is a gentle meditation on nuclear waste that examines burial traditions\, and material and ritual heredity as it traces fresh and old scars that have been left on our geographical and cultural landscapes. \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; film screenings will take place in Victor Borge Hall. \nVirtual screenings of this film will take place from November 6-13. To read more and purchase virtual passes\, please click here. \n \n”Škarnulytė has her own personal angle on the nuclear dilemma and displays it in a powerfully visceral way in the closing sequences\, this time opting for imagination over technical perfection.” (Cineuropa) \nAbout the Director\nEmilija Škarnulytė is an artist and filmmaker. Working between documentary and the imaginary\, Škarnulytė makes films and immersive installations exploring deep time and invisible structures\, from the cosmic and geologic to the ecological and political. She is the winner of the 2019 Future Generation Art Prize and represented Lithuania at the XXII Triennale di Milano. Recent solo exhibitions include Tate Modern (2021)\, Kunsthaus Pasquart (2021)\, and the National Gallery in Vilnius (2021). \nHer films are in the IFA\, Kadist Foundation and Centre Pompidou collections and have been screened at the Serpentine Gallery\, MoMA in New York\, and numerous film festivals. She is a founder and co-director of Polar Film Lab\, and a member of artist duo New Mineral Collective. \nAbout the NYBFF\nEstablished in 2018\, the New York Baltic Film Festival is presented and organized by Scandinavia House in collaboration with the Consulate General of Estonia\, Consulate General of Lithuania\, and Daris Delins\, former Honorary Consul for Latvia in New York and founder of the festival. \nFinancial support for the festival comes from the Estonian Film Institute\, National Film Center of Latvia\, Lithuanian Film Center\, and the Edhard Corporation with additional sponsorship by the Estonian American National Council\, Lithuanian Culture Institute\, Lithuanian Foundation\, Consulate General of Estonia in New York\, Embassy of Latvia in Washington D.C.\, Permanent Mission of Latvia to the U.N. in New York\, Consulate General of Lithuania in New York\, American Latvian Association\, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia\, the PBLA Culture Fund\, and Sondra Litvaitytė. \nORGANIZERS & SPONSORS
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SUMMARY:The Sleeping Beast
DESCRIPTION:The Fifth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings on November 2-13! From November 2 through 6\, in-person screenings and events will take place at Scandinavia House in New York\, presented in accordance with new COVID-19 safety guidance and protocols. Following the success of last year’s festival\, the online version will once again be available to viewers all across the U.S. via the Elevent streaming platform November 4-13. \nOn November 5\, see the North American premiere of The Sleeping Beast (Tagurpidi torn\, dir. Jaak Kilmi\, Estonia/Latvia\, 2022\, Narrative). On a small Estonian housing estate\, 10-year-old Kristjan (Nils Jaagup England) is the leader of his gang of friends. To while away the sleepy summer days\, the children amuse themselves by exploring an abandoned estate\, getting up to various mischief typical of their age. Though they are once chased away by the elderly security guard Elmar (Andres Lepik)\, the children choose to ignore him as well as their parents’ concerns about the dangers of the estate\, and return – a decision that leads to an accident. Kristjan is now faced with a moral dilemma – does he go against his friends and help Elmar\, or does he keep quiet and maintain the status quo? The Sleeping Beast is a gritty tale about childhood\, and how naivety and innocence are pitted against questions of morality and responsibility. \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; film screenings will take place in Victor Borge Hall. \nVirtual screenings of this film will take place from November 6-13. To read more and purchase virtual passes\, please click here. \n \nAbout the Director\nEstonian director Jaak Kilmi graduated from Tallinn University where he majored in film directing. He has (co-)directed and produced a string of award-winning short films\, a number of documentaries\, and two feature films\, which have received international recognition. He is well known for his socio-critical films that deal with the Soviet era and its repercussions on today’s life. His most recognized films include: documentary fiction Disco & Atomic War (2009)\, and My Father the Spy (2019) and the feature films Revolution of Pigs (2004)\, and Came to Visit (1997). \nAbout the NYBFF\nEstablished in 2018\, the New York Baltic Film Festival is presented and organized by Scandinavia House in collaboration with the Consulate General of Estonia\, Consulate General of Lithuania\, and Daris Delins\, former Honorary Consul for Latvia in New York and founder of the festival. \nFinancial support for the festival comes from the Estonian Film Institute\, National Film Center of Latvia\, Lithuanian Film Center\, and the Edhard Corporation with additional sponsorship by the Estonian American National Council\, Lithuanian Culture Institute\, Lithuanian Foundation\, Consulate General of Estonia in New York\, Embassy of Latvia in Washington D.C.\, Permanent Mission of Latvia to the U.N. in New York\, Consulate General of Lithuania in New York\, American Latvian Association\, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia\, the PBLA Culture Fund\, and Sondra Litvaitytė. \nORGANIZERS & SPONSORS
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-sleeping-beast/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:Songs for a Fox
DESCRIPTION:The Fifth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings on November 2-13! From November 2 through 6\, in-person screenings and events will take place at Scandinavia House in New York\, presented in accordance with new COVID-19 safety guidance and protocols. Following the success of last year’s festival\, the online version will once again be available to viewers all across the U.S. via the Elevent streaming platform November 4-13. \nOn November 5\, see Songs for a Fox (Dainos Lapei\, dir. Kristijonas Vildžiūnas\, Lithuania/Latvia/Estonia\, 2021\, Narrative). Twenty-something rock musician Dainius (Lukas Malinauskas) has gone to the deep countryside to hide away in a secluded\, dome-shaped house surrounded by swamps to mourn the recent death of his wife\, Justine (Agnese Cīrule). To cope with his sorrow\, Dainius immerses himself into the art of lucid dreaming\, something Justine had been interested in. While she had kept a meticulous diary of her nighttime journeys\, for Dainius the fascination lies in his hope of being able to meet her one more time. Inspired by the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice\, the film’s fantastical story combines weird dreams with heart-wrenching loss\, featuring includes newly recorded songs written for the film by director Kristijonas Vildžiūnas’ cult band Šiaurės kryptis. \n“Outstanding\, and the icing on the cake is the presence of an engaging score.” (Cineuropa) \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; film screenings will take place in Victor Borge Hall. \nVirtual screenings of this film will take place from November 6-13. To read more and purchase virtual passes\, please click here. \n \nAbout the Director\nKristijonas Vildžiūnas was born in Vilnius in 1970. Before starting his studies at the Lithuanian Music Academy Film Directing Department (1991-1997)\, he was fond of architecture and painting. In the early 90s he was also a songwriter and a lead vocalist of the popular Lithuanian alternative rock band “Šiaurės kryptis” (North Direction)\, which he re-banded in 2015 to produce songs for two of his films including Songs For a Fox. \nKristijonas Vildžiūnas studied at the Lithuanian Music Academy Film Directing Department (1991-1997). In the early ‘90s\, he was also a songwriter and a lead vocalist of the popular Lithuanian alternative rock band “Šiaurės kryptis” (North Direction)\, who also produced songs for Songs For a Fox. \nAbout the NYBFF\nEstablished in 2018\, the New York Baltic Film Festival is presented and organized by Scandinavia House in collaboration with the Consulate General of Estonia\, Consulate General of Lithuania\, and Daris Delins\, former Honorary Consul for Latvia in New York and founder of the festival. \nFinancial support for the festival comes from the Estonian Film Institute\, National Film Center of Latvia\, Lithuanian Film Center\, and the Edhard Corporation with additional sponsorship by the Estonian American National Council\, Lithuanian Culture Institute\, Lithuanian Foundation\, Consulate General of Estonia in New York\, Embassy of Latvia in Washington D.C.\, Permanent Mission of Latvia to the U.N. in New York\, Consulate General of Lithuania in New York\, American Latvian Association\, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia\, the PBLA Culture Fund\, and Sondra Litvaitytė. \nORGANIZERS & SPONSORS
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/songs-for-a-fox/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:Sisters
DESCRIPTION:The Fifth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings on November 2-13! From November 2 through 6\, in-person screenings and events will take place at Scandinavia House in New York\, presented in accordance with new COVID-19 safety guidance and protocols. Following the success of last year’s festival\, the online version will once again be available to viewers all across the U.S. via the Elevent streaming platform November 4-13. \nOn November 5\, see Sisters (Māsas\, dir. Linda Olte\, Latvia/Italy\, 2022\, Narrative). Anastasija (Emma Skirmante) and Diāna (Gerda Aljēna) are sisters living in a Latvian orphanage. When they hear that an American family wants to adopt them\, Diāna cannot wait to move to the States\, while her older sister is hesitant: she is still holding out hope that their biological mother\, Alla (Iveta Pole)\, will return to take care of them and create the stability they both need so much. But when Alla does eventually come back into the girls’ lives — and Anastasija does everything she can to establish a relationship with her — their mother has plans of her own. \nA thoughtful reflection on the experiences of Latvian “system children” caught between foreign adoption and the desire to find their biological parents\, Sisters is a confident first film from director Linda Olte\, with a talented cast adding convincing depth. \nThis film will only be offered as an in-person screening. Tickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; film screenings will take place in Victor Borge Hall. \n \nAbout the Director\nLinda Olte is a Latvian director\, writer\, and editor and is currently focusing on social issues\, especially on families and children. Olte’s work on the documentary My Father the Banker (2015) earned her a National Film Award for Best Editing. After many years of working in Latvian Television on several successful programs\, series\, and shorts\, Sisters (2022) will be her feature debut. Olte is currently developing her next feature film The Child. \nAbout the NYBFF\nEstablished in 2018\, the New York Baltic Film Festival is presented and organized by Scandinavia House in collaboration with the Consulate General of Estonia\, Consulate General of Lithuania\, and Daris Delins\, former Honorary Consul for Latvia in New York and founder of the festival. \nFinancial support for the festival comes from the Estonian Film Institute\, National Film Center of Latvia\, Lithuanian Film Center\, and the Edhard Corporation with additional sponsorship by the Estonian American National Council\, Lithuanian Culture Institute\, Lithuanian Foundation\, Consulate General of Estonia in New York\, Embassy of Latvia in Washington D.C.\, Permanent Mission of Latvia to the U.N. in New York\, Consulate General of Lithuania in New York\, American Latvian Association\, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia\, the PBLA Culture Fund\, and Sondra Litvaitytė. \nOrganizers & Sponsors
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/sisters/
LOCATION:NY
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