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SUMMARY:MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE\, DOG APARTMENT AND EEVA: THREE BALTIC ANIMATED OSCAR CONTENDERS
DESCRIPTION:On January 10 at 7 PM\, join us for a special screening of My Love Affair with Marriage (Mans laulību projekts\, Latvia/USA/Luxembourg\, 2022)\, with a film talk by director Signe Baumane! Returning this fall and winter\, the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series features films chosen for Oscar nominations at the 96th Annual Academy Awards\, including My Love Affair with Marriage\, a contender for Best Animated Feature Film. Also\, see two award-winning Estonian animated shorts\, Dog Apartment (Koerkorter\, Estonia\, 2022) and Eeva (Eeva\, Estonia\, 2022) starting at 6 PM! \n6pm-Screening of EEVA and DOG APARTMENT\n6:30pm-Film Talk with Priit Tender\n7pm-Screening of MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE\n8:45pm-Film Talk with Signe Baumane \n\nEEVA \nShort film | Estonia/Croatia | 2022 | 16 minutes | Estonian with English subtitles\n\nDirected by Morten Tšinakov and Lucija Mrzljak\, Eeva begins at the eponymous character’s husband’s funeral\, where the rain\, the tears and the wine are flowing. As Eeva struggles to comprehend her widowhood\, her grieving is complicated by several woodpeckers\, a couple of crazy dreams and a bunch of raucous guests. Eeva has been shortlisted for Best Animated Short Film at the 96th Academy Awards. \n\nDOG APARTMENT \nShort film | Estonia | 2022 | 14 minutes |  Estonian with English subtitles  \nInspired by a poem by the beloved Estonian poet Andres Ehin\, director Priit Tender’s Dog Apartment is an absurdist delight and a stunning work of stop-motion puppetry. In a cruel twist of fate\, cosmopolitan ballet dancer Sergei is deported to a Soviet collective farm in the dreary countryside. His banal surroundings and the senselessness of his labor give way to alcoholism\, ennui and altercations with the local farm animals. And that’s not all—his apartment building is animated by the spirit of a real\, living\, barking dog. Dog Apartment has been shortlisted for Best Animated Short Film at the 96th Academy Awards.  \n\nMY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE \nFeature film | Latvia/USA/Luxembourg | 2022| 108 minutes | English \n“A heady\, wildly entertaining personal exploration of the chemical nature of romance” (ReelReviews) — My Love Affair with Marriage tells the story of Zelma (voiced by Dagmara Dominczyk) and her Biology (voiced by Michele Pawk). From an early age\, songs and fairytales convinced Zelma that Love with a capital “L” would solve all her problems. The rules for how to behave and dress in order to achieve happiness — i.e.\, to attract the attention of the opposite sex — are clear\, but the other girls in her class can play the part much better. There is\, however\, always a dissatisfied voice within Zelma questioning what she is told: quiet at first\, the voice grows ever louder\, and the more she tries to conform\, the more her body resists. Although she goes through several relationships and travels to different countries\, always accompanied by a singing Greek chorus\, she can never outrun her biology or her heritage. \nExecutive produced by Matthew Modine (who also provides the voice of Zelma’s second husband\, Bo)\, My Love Affair with Marriage is an unusual\, dryly humorous animated\, coming-of-age story for adults of all ages. \n“A moody\, unpredictable tale of love and loss\, stuffed with vivid metaphors\, Soviet period detail and pedagogical sequences about the physiology of love” (Natalia Winkelman\, New York Times) \n“With its fine mix of dark humor\, healthy anger and self-compassion\, this portrait of the artist as a young woman is the work of an inspired filmmaker\, and it was worth the wait” (Sheri Linden\, Hollywood Reporter) \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/my-love-affair-with-marraige/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:GODLAND
DESCRIPTION:“Absolutely breathtaking…both terrifying and beautiful” (Austin Chronicle) — join us for a special screening of the stunning psychological epic Godland (Iceland\, 2022)\, now shortlisted for the Oscar Award for Best International Feature Film! Continuing through January\, the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series features screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete at the 96th Annual Academy Awards. \n\n\nReligion and brute animal nature battle one another amid the beautifully forbidding landscapes of remote late 19th-century Iceland in this drama following Danish priest Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove)\, who makes the perilous trek to the nation’s southeastern coast with the intention of establishing a church. There\, the arrogant man of God finds his resolve tested as he confronts the harsh terrain\, temptations of the flesh\, and the reality of being an intruder in an unforgiving land. What unfolds is a transfixing journey into the heart of colonial darkness attuned to both the majesty and terrifying power of the natural world. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/godland-2/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:SONGS OF EARTH | NORDIC & BALTIC OSCAR CONTENDERS
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of Songs of Earth (dir.  Margreth Olin\, Norway\, 2023) in the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House! The series returns this year with screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for Best International Feature Film\, including this year’s candidate for Norway. \n“A remarkable\, poetic meditation” (Vox) — a stunning documentary about life\, mortality\, and humanity’s place within nature\, Songs of Earth was made over the course of a year that director Margreth Olin spent with her elderly father in his ancestral home of Oldedalen. Olin’s father becomes our guide to the majestic fjord-carved river valley — having lived in Oldedalen for most of his 85 years\, he shares his deeply felt connection to a landscape that we learn to be both bountiful and unforgiving. Executive produced by Liv Ullmann and Wim Wenders\, Olin’s breathtaking footage of primordial elements — wild mountains\, calving glaciers\, and bustling wildlife — propels profound\, existential conversations between parent and child. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/songs-of-earth-nordic-baltic-oscar-contenders/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:MY FREEDOM | NORDIC & BALTIC OSCAR CONTENDERS
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of My Freedom (dir. Ilze Kunga-Melgaile\, Latvia\, 2023) in the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House! The series returns this year with screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film\, including this year’s candidate for Latvia. \nBased on historical events\, My Freedom takes place in perestroika-era Latvia\, a time when the winds of change are blowing. The freethinking and charismatic Alicija\, a Latvian of Polish extraction\, is blissfully married to Ilgvars\, a conservatively minded professor of mathematics. Despite her husband’s concerns\, Alicija becomes active in the anti-Soviet Popular Front\, a movement still relegated to the underground. When her friends and peers encourage her to run for a seat in the Latvian Supreme Council\, Alicija receives an anonymous letter threatening to upend her life and her marriage. Unsure of who to trust\, she must consider the question: love or independence? \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/my-freedom-nordic-baltic-oscar-contenders/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:APOLONIA\, APOLONIA | SCREENING & DIRECTOR TALK
DESCRIPTION:“An impressively idiosyncratic\, far-reaching work…” (Variety) — see Danish filmmaker Lea Glob’s fascinating portrait of an artist as a young woman\, Apolonia\, Apolonia (Denmark/Poland\, 20223)! Returning this November and December\, the New York Baltic Oscar Contenders series features films chosen for Oscar nominations at the 96th Annual Academy Awards. The director will be present for a talk about her film\, which has been selected as a contender for Best Documentary Feature Film. \nWhen Lea Glob first met (and filmed) Apolonia Sokol in 2009\, she appeared to be leading a storybook life. The talented young painter was born in an underground theater in Paris and grew up in an artists’ community — the ultimate bohemian existence — later studying in her 20s at the Beaux-Arts de Paris\, one of the most prestigious art academies in Europe. Over the next 13 years\, Glob continued to film the charismatic Apolonia\, as a special bond developed between the two young women. In the resulting documentary\, we see a young woman trying to find her place in the art world: one who is confident in her talent\, but does not always find herself on an easy path. Apolonia soon learns that women painters have to make more sacrifices and overcome greater obstacles than their male counterparts do\, a lesson that applies both herself and her longtime friend Oksana Shachko\, one of the founders of the feminist action group Femen. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/apolonia-apolonia-screening-director-talk/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T210000
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: ROSE — SCREENING & DIRECTOR TALK
DESCRIPTION:*This event is now SOLD OUT.* \nOn November 17\, see the moving new Danish drama Rose (France/Denmark\, 2023)\, with a film talk and Q&A by director Niels Arden Oplev! \nRose is the story of two sisters\, Inger (Sofia Gråbøl) and Ellen (Lena Maria Christensen)\, and how their relationship is challenged on a highly anticipated coach trip to Paris. In the late summer of 1997\, Ellen and her husband Vagn (Andres W Berthelsen) arrive at an institution in Northern Denmark to pick up Ellen’s mentally ill sister Inger for a trip to France. When Inger announces her struggles with schizophrenia to their coach group\, the sisters are faced with pity from some and discrimination from others; among those is the teacher Skelbæk (Søren Malling)\, who declares himself the champion of normality\, and his young son Christian (Luca Reichardt Ben Coker)\, whose child’s curiosity and innocence leads him to develop a friendship with Inger that only grows fonder the closer they get to Paris. \nOn arrival\, however\, it soon becomes clear that Inger holds many secrets\, including an ability to speak French fluently and rescue her group on several occasions\, but also a hidden agenda concerning a figure from her past — Jacques (Jean-Pierre Lorit)\, her first love who left her when she was young. In the city where it all began\, Inger separates from the guided tour and ultimately involves the entire group in her hunt for answers\, leading to self-discovery\, conflict\, and reconciliation. Hailed as “refreshing…with fully fleshed out characters all of whom have their own journeys to undertake” (Eye for Film)\, Rose is a film about being able to love and care for each other in spite of our differences\, and not judging a book by its cover.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/rose-screening-director-talk/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:GODLAND: SCREENING & FILM TALK WITH HLYNUR PÁLMASON
DESCRIPTION:“Absolutely breathtaking…both terrifying and beautiful” (Austin Chronicle) — join us for a special screening of the stunning psychological epic Godland (Iceland\, 2022) with director Hlynur Pálmason on November 15! Returning this November and December\, the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series features screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film\, including this year’s candidate for Iceland. A film talk and Q&A with director Hlynur Pálmason will follow the screening. \n\nReligion and brute animal nature battle one another amid the beautifully forbidding landscapes of remote late 19th-century Iceland in this drama following Danish priest Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove)\, who makes the perilous trek to the nation’s southeastern coast with the intention of establishing a church. There\, the arrogant man of God finds his resolve tested as he confronts the harsh terrain\, temptations of the flesh\, and the reality of being an intruder in an unforgiving land. What unfolds is a transfixing journey into the heart of colonial darkness attuned to both the majesty and terrifying power of the natural world.\nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/godland/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:OPPONENT — SCREENING & FILM TALK
DESCRIPTION:“A gripping story about masculinity and family values” (Collider) — join us for a special screening of the Swedish social thriller Opponent (Motståndaren\, Sweden/Norway\, 2022) with director Milad Alami on November 14! Returning this November and December\, the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series features screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film\, including this year’s candidate for Sweden. A film talk and Q&A with director Milad Alami will follow the screening.  \nIn the aftermath of a devastating rumor\, Iranian wrestler Iman (Payman Maadi)\, his wife Maryam (Marall Nasiri)\, and their daughters Asal (Nicole Mehrbod) and Sahar (Diana Farzami) have been forced to flee Iran\, leading them to a run-down hotel in northern Sweden where they live as refugees. Despite feeling powerless\, Iman tries to maintain his role as the family patriarch\, and to increase their chances of asylum\, he breaks a promise to his wife and joins the local wrestling club in hopes of trying out for Sweden’s national team. But as old rumors start to resurface\, Iman’s fear and desperation begin to take hold. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/opponent-screening-film-talk/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:*THIS SCREENING IS NOW SOLD OUT* \nThe 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November with the best new films from the Baltic region! This year’s lineup includes Anna Hints’s poignant documentary Smoke Sauna Sisterhood\, which has been selected as Estonia’s contender for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. The film will screen in-person only at Scandinavia House on November 12 at 7 PM. \nSmoke Sauna Sisterhood intimately delves into the cultural tradition of Vana-Võromaa’s smoke saunas in South Estonia (which are included in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list) and how they are unique spaces for healing and community. The film draws inspiration from the smoke saunas’ historical role in childbirth\, where women gather to share secrets\, connecting family and friends to cleanse the body and — more importantly — the soul\, inside a place of peace of contemplation.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/smoke-sauna-sisterhood-new-york-baltic-film-festival/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:THE POET — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:The 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November with the best new films from the Baltic region! This year’s lineup includes the North American Premiere of The Poet (Poetas\, dir. Giedrius Tamoševičius & Vytautas V. Landsbergis\, Lithuania\, 2022)\, which follows the journey of a disgraced poet in post-war Lithuania who is recruited by the KGB to infiltrate a partisan group. The film will screen in-person at Scandinavia House on November 12 at 4:15 PM and virtually from November 13-19. \nA talented poet (Donatas Želvys)\, who has been expelled from the Lithuanian Soviet Writers’ Union for his anti-Soviet writings\, is recruited by the NKVD (later the KGB) in post-war Lithuania\, and offered a chance to regain his elite status among Soviet writers in exchange for making contact with a group of forest-dwelling partisans. As a newly appointed teacher in a remote village\, he grapples with his tarnished reputation\, as children recite his coerced verses praising the Soviet regime while wary locals test his loyalties. His life takes a profound turn when an old friend leads him to the underground bunker of the Dainava resistance platoon\, where he’s tasked with writing hopeful verses to inspire the oppressed. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-poet-new-york-baltic-film-festival/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231112T140000
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SUMMARY:CRIME SOLVING FOR BEGINNERS — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:The 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November with the best new films from the Baltic region! This year’s lineup includes the International Premiere of Armands Zvirbulis’s Crime Solving for Beginners (Krimināllieta iesācējam\, Latvia/Lithuania\, 2022)\, a gripping Baltic Noir series set within the turbulent landscape of post-Soviet Latvia. *The first two episodes of the seven-episode TV series will screen at Scandinavia House on November 12; all episodes of the series will be available to stream virtually from November 13-19 for both in-person and virtual ticketholders.* \nIn 1995\, Latvia is freshly liberated from Soviet control\, yet still grappling with the remnants of its past. On the same day that the nation destroys a significant Soviet symbol\, a popular nationalist MP’s aide is brutally murdered\, revealing a political conspiracy in his wake. Through three intertwining plotlines\, we meet three protagonists navigating the event and the complexities of this new era — including a young investigator unraveling the web of power dynamics\, a released career criminal\, and the formidable Natalia Nolle\, whose KGB-trained mind has influenced politicians. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/crime-solving-for-beginners-new-york-baltic-film-festival/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:SLOW — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:The 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November with the best new films from the Baltic region! This year’s lineup includes Marija Kavtaradzė’s Slow (Lithuania/Spain/Sweden\, 2023)\, a moving film exploring the unconventional relationship that develops between a contemporary dancer and a sign language interpreter\, which has been selected as Lithuania’s contender for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. The film will screen in-person only at Scandinavia House on November 11 at 8:15 PM. \nIn this poignant and visually captivating film\, contemporary dancer Elena (Greta Grinevičiūtė) crosses paths with sign language interpreter Dovydas (Kęstutis Cicėnas)\, with whom she makes an immediate and effortless connection. As they slowly get to know one another\, their relationship transitions from platonic to romantic\, marked by an unwavering commitment to respecting each other’s unique needs. When Dovydas confides in Elena about being asexual\, their journey becomes an exploration of sacrifice\, compromise\, and the boundaries of generosity within a relationship. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/slow-new-york-baltic-film-festival/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:SOVIET MILK — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:The 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November with the best new films from the Baltic region! This year’s lineup includes the International Premiere of Ināra Kolmane’s Soviet Milk(Mātes piens\, Latvia/Belgium\, 2023)\, a poignant exploration of resilience and sacrifice set against the backdrop of Soviet-occupied Latvia from 1945-89. The film will screen in-person at Scandinavia House on November 11 at 6 PM and virtually from November 12-19. \nIn this gripping tale based on Nora Ikstena’s bestselling novel\, Soviet Milk chronicles the life of Astra (Maija Doveika)\, a talented young doctor whose life unravels in her defiant struggle against the totalitarian regime of occupied Soviet Latvia. Stripped of her career\, her joy for life\, and even her maternal instincts (resulting in her denying her baby breast milk)\, Astra finds herself adrift in a repressive society — until her teenage daughter Nora (Rūta Kronberga) and intersex friend Jesse (Zane Bierande) begin to emerge as her steadfast allies. As Nora and Jesse begin to navigate the same oppressive landscape seeking truth and purpose\, they form a tight-knit support system to aid Astra’s battle with her overwhelming depression. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/soviet-milk-new-york-baltic-film-festival/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:MELCHIOR THE APOTHECARY: THE EXECUTIONER'S DAUGHTER — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:The 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November with the best new films from the Baltic region! This year’s lineup includes the North American Premiere of the third film in the series Melchior the Apothecary\, The Executioner’s Daughter (Apteeker Melchior. Timuka tütar\, dir. Elmo Nüganen\, Estonia/Germany/Latvia/Lithuania\, 2023). The in-person screening of The Executioner’s Daughter will take place at Scandinavia House on November 11; the first two films\, Melchior the Apothecary (Apteeker Melchior\, 2022) and The Ghost (Viirastus\, 2022)\, will be available to stream virtually beginning November 10\, followed by The Executioner’s Daughter screening virtually from November 12. \nBased on Indrek Hargla’s bestselling Apothecary Melchior Estonian historical mystery book series\, Elmo Nüganen’s film trilogy follows the apothecary Melchior Wakenstede (Märten Metsaviir) as he solves crimes in medieval Tallinn. In The Executioner’s Daughter\, screenwriters Hargla\, Nüganen\, and Olle Mirme adapt events from Apothecary Melchior and the Hangman’s Daughter with new and exciting twists and turns. When Melchior’s wife Keterlyn (Gabriele Amine Ahwazian) witnesses a brutal attack\, the unknown young man is saved but has lost his memory\, and does not know who he is nor how he ended up in Tallinn. When a ring found at the scene leads Melchior to the night brotherhood\, the bizarre troupe who performed on Fair Day also raise questions; and frightening signs suggest that not only is the recovering victim still in danger\, but also Melchior and Keterlyn. At the same time\, the pope’s envoy\, known as a ruthless witch-hunter\, arrives in the city. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/melchior-the-apothecary-the-executioners-daughter-new-york-baltic-film-festival/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:REMEMBER TO BLINK — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:The 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November with the best new films from the Baltic region! On November 8\, see the North American Premiere of Remember to Blink\, Austėja Urbaitė’s captivating drama exploring cultural conflicts amid the intricacies of human behavior. \nHaving adopted two Lithuanian children\, French couple Leon (Arthur Igual) and Jacqueline (Anne Azoulay)\, who live in a beautiful house in the French mountains\, enlist young Lithuanian student Gabriele (Dovile Kundrotaite) to serve as an interpreter and nanny. When the children arrive\, however\, their idyllic façade of their new family arrangement gives way to underlying tensions and cultural clashes — the couple might not be familiar with their adopted children’s origins\, leading to conflicts and misunderstandings\, and unearthing the complexities of parenthood and culture. \nDirector Austėja Urbaitė’s debut is a thought-provoking exploration of the subtle dynamics of what it means to become a family. The film skillfully unveils the characters’ multifaceted and irrational traits\, weaving a tapestry of relationships that question the boundaries of culture and identity\, and exposes a form of “Neo-colonialism” reflecting broader cultural conflicts. Urbaitė deftly employs unpredictability of her characters with nuanced performances to maintain viewer engagement\, while cinematographer Julius Sičiūnas juxtaposes the serene natural surroundings with the mounting tension within the confined household. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/remember-to-blink-new-york-baltic-film-festival/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:COLLECTIVE — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:The 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November with the best new films from the Baltic region! This year’s lineup includes Collective (Kolektīvs\, Lativa\, 2023)\, a film anthology that revolves around the participants of the Latvian Song and Dance Festival\, a cherished cultural tradition thriving in the Baltic states.  The film will screen in-person at Scandinavia House on November 10 at 8 PM and virtually from November 11-19. \nDrawing inspiration from real-life events\, this anthology features six directors\, chosen for their distinctively different artistic styles and body of work. Fervor (Degsme\, dir. Aik Karapetian) crafts a mystical tale of sacrifice within a dance ensemble. Gaismas Pils (dir. Edgars Kaupers) presents a gripping and one-of-a-kind perspective on the historic events of 1985\, focusing on the bravery of countless choir singers. The slightly farcical film Manwhore and Fish (Maukurs un zivs\, dir. Papa Chi) challenges the tradition of choirs “buying” good voices\, while Frolova’s Method (Frolovas metode\, dir. Oskars Rupenheits) takes a delightful and humorous approach\, exploring the quirky world of a young\, nervous choir conductor with shaking hands. Pigs in Buckwheat (Cūkas driķos\, dir. Marta Elīna Martinsone) offers a fresh and empathic view on what happens behind the scenes of the main dance concert\, and the vibrant and colorful Latvian musical Kristīne (dir: Mārtiņš Grauds) paints a tale of jealousy and rivalry between two choir collectives. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/collective-new-york-baltic-film-festival/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:MACHINA FAUST — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:The 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November with the best new films from the Baltic region! This year’s lineup includes Kaupo Kruusiauk’s documentary Machina Faust\, offering an unfiltered look at the life of Estonian composer\, saxophonist and feminist Maria Faust. The film will screen in-person at Scandinavia House on November 10 at 6 PM and virtually from November 11-19. \nMachina Faust delves into the whirlwind of composer and saxophonist Maria Faust’s unbridled creativity and fearless artistry\, capturing her dynamic journey over the course of three years and highlighting the creation of works centered on women’s struggles\, while also shedding light on her own complicated relationship with musician Ned Ferm. Despite her resilience and artistic accomplishments\, Faust’s personal life is candidly laid bare\, revealing her battles with trauma and domestic violence and the challenges she’s faced as a woman in the music industry. Faust’s openness about her experiences\, including abuse and inequality\, adds a powerful layer of authenticity to the film\, while shedding light on societal hurdles that women continue to navigate. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/machina-faust-new-york-baltic-film-festival/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE?
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, November 9\, 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF)  will present a special evening in support of Ukraine. The program will feature a screening of the short documentary What Would You Take? (Mille Sina võtaksid\, dir. Heilika Pikkov\, Estonia\, 2023\, 23 min.)\, followed by a panel moderated by Andrew Horodysky (Ukrainian Institute of America) with director Heilika Pikkov\, painter Lesia Khomenko\, and Katherine Carl\, and will conclude with a concert by Estonian musician Maria Faust. \nHome. Your home. Your place. Your memories. Your belongings. In the blink of eye\, it’s gone. Heilika Pikkov’s What Would You Take? tells the stories of 12 people from Ukraine who suddenly had to leave their home\, taking only the bare essentials and a cherished belonging that speaks to their life. \nAfter the screening\, Andrew Horodysky will moderate a panel exploring how to support Ukrainian culture today. Estonian composer and saxophonist Maria Faust will end the evening with a performance.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/14579/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: REMEMBER TO BLINK — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. \nThe 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November with the best new films from the Baltic region! In our Opening Night Celebration on November 8\, see the North American Premiere of Remember to Blink\, Austėja Urbaitė’s captivating drama exploring cultural conflicts amid the intricacies of human behavior. \nHaving adopted two Lithuanian children\, French couple Leon (Arthur Igual) and Jacqueline (Anne Azoulay)\, who live in a beautiful house in the French mountains\, enlist young Lithuanian student Gabriele (Dovile Kundrotaite) to serve as an interpreter and nanny. When the children arrive\, however\, their idyllic façade of their new family arrangement gives way to underlying tensions and cultural clashes — the couple might not be familiar with their adopted children’s origins\, leading to conflicts and misunderstandings\, and unearthing the complexities of parenthood and culture. \nDirector Austėja Urbaitė’s debut is a thought-provoking exploration of the subtle dynamics of what it means to become a family. The film skillfully unveils the characters’ multifaceted and irrational traits\, weaving a tapestry of relationships that question the boundaries of culture and identity\, and exposes a form of “Neo-colonialism” reflecting broader cultural conflicts. Urbaitė deftly employs unpredictability of her characters with nuanced performances to maintain viewer engagement\, while cinematographer Julius Sičiūnas juxtaposes the serene natural surroundings with the mounting tension within the confined household.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/opening-night-film-remember-to-blink-new-york-baltic-film-festival/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:NINJABABY
DESCRIPTION:This fall at Scandinavia House\, experience Nordic comedy at its darkest with “Svart Humor”! “If there’s a dead body in Denmark\, someone is going to make a joke about it\,” director Anders Jensen once said; Nordic comedies are as known for their deadpan\, dry wit as for their occasionally noir subject matter\, celebrating the “svart/sort” (dark) side of life’s hilarities. \nThe series concludes November 9 with “an uncompromisingly brilliant comedy about unwanted pregnancy\,” Ninjababy (dir. Yngvild Sve Flikke\, Norway\, 2021)! Rakel (Kristine Kujath Thorp) discovers she is six months pregnant after a not-so-romantic one-night stand. At age 23\, she is absolutely not ready to be a mother\, but since abortion is no longer an option\, adoption is the only answer. \n\n\nOut of the drawings in her notebook\, the Ninjababy — “who thinks it can just hide in there\, have a good time and sneak out nine months later” — appears as an animated character\, putting up a fight for his own future. Rakel has to navigate between what she thinks is best for herself and what’s best for the baby — but could it be the same thing? \nBased on the comic novel “Fallteknikk” by Inga Sætre (who has also created the animation in the film) and winner of Best European Comedy at the 2021 European Film Awards and a Crystal Bear at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival\, Ninjababy is a moving and fun film about growing up and the paradox of how unprepared one can be for pregnancy — even at one’s most fertile age. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/ninjababy/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT:  THE PROMISED LAND
DESCRIPTION:*THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT* \nOn November 1\, join us for a special screening and film talk of the new epic The Promised Land\, selected as Denmark’s contender for Best International Feature for the 2024 Academy Awards\, with director Nikolaj Arcel and Mads Mikkelsen! Nikolaj Arcel and Mads Mikkelsen will hold a film talk and Q&A following the screening. \nIn 18th century Denmark\, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) — a proud\, ambitious\, but impoverished war hero — sets out to tame a vast\, uninhabitable land on which seemingly nothing can grow. He seeks to start farming crops\, build a colony in the name of the King\, and gain a noble title for himself. This beautiful but forbidding area also happens to be under the rule of the merciless Frederik De Schinkel\, a preening nobleman who realizes the threat Kahlen represents to his power. Struggling against the elements and local brigands\, Kahlen is joined by a couple who has fled the clutches of the rapacious De Schinkel. As this group of misfits begins to build a small community in this inhospitable place\, De Schinkel swears vengeance\, and the confrontation between him and Kahlen promises to be as violent and intense as these two men. An official selection at  Venice International Film Festival\, Toronto International Film Festival\, and others\, Niklaj Arcel’s (Oscar®-nominated for A Royal Affair) sweeping film has been hailed as “the kind of ravishing\, rousing epic we don’t really get much of anymore” (Bilge Ebiri\, New York Magazine). \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-promised-land-screening-film-talk/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:MY SAILOR\, MY LOVE
DESCRIPTION:“A poignant and achingly moving tale of love and loss” — on September 15\, see Finnish filmmaker Klaus Härö’s My Sailor\, My Love at Scandinavia House! \nHoward (James Cosmo) is a widowed sailor living alone on the coast of Ireland. As he struggles to care for himself\, his daughter\, Grace (Catherine Walker) hires Annie (Bríd Brennan) to help out around the house. Though Howard initially rejects this imposition\, Annie’s charm and gentle care win him over\, and the two fall in love. But where Annie’s large and loving family welcomes Howard into their lives\, the new relationships only serve to illuminate the depth of pain and hurt between Howard and Grace\, who is facing challenges of her own. As her resentment tears at an otherwise idyllic love story\, they must learn to heal wounds of the past. \n\n\nA windswept drama deftly balances a universal family saga with a tender and timeless romance\, My Sailor\, My Love is “filled with sage wisdom and vulnerable people struggling to do the best that they can even when they are at their worst…a lovely indie” (San Jose Mercury News). \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/my-sailor-my-love-cinema-at-scandinavia-house/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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