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SUMMARY:ADULT SUPERVISION | SCREENING & DIRECTOR TALK
DESCRIPTION:On November 2\, Scandinavia House presents a special screening and director talk featuring Sweden’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards: the thought-provoking black comedy Adult Supervision. Director Alex Shulman will be present for a film talk and Q&A. \n“A dose of charming chaos” – Anxiety-ridden father Bill (Gustaf Skarsgard) volunteers to chaperone his daughter and her school friends on a rowdy field trip to a remote island\, desperate to repair their icy relationship. He is joined by two fellow fathers: the secretly domineering Bobo (Fares Fares) and lackadaisical Pontus (Linus Wahlgren)\, who takes a fancy to one of the camp counsellors. The men believe themselves to be up for the task of handling an unruly class. But tensions quickly escalate and their grip on the situation begins to slip. As buried memories resurface\, games turn into power struggles — and power into violence. Soon\, no one can tell: who is in charge\, and who is in danger? \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/adult-supervision-nordic-baltic-oscar-contenders/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:NORTHERN PATTERNS: LEARN TRADITIONAL ARCTIC BEADING DETAILS
DESCRIPTION:This hands-on workshop draws inspiration from the work of master bone carver Inna Eilyuvna Iadne\, whose intricate sculptures and jewelry reflect the cultural depth and artistic traditions of the Indigenous peoples of Yamal. Participants will explore Northern ornamental traditions through beadweaving\, translating symbolic patterns and storytelling elements into contemporary wearable art. \nThrough guided practice\, attendees will learn 1 to 3 beadweaving techniques and create an original jewelry piece such as earrings\, a bracelet\, or a pendant. Along the way\, they will gain insight into the symbolism\, composition\, and cultural context that inform Northern decorative arts\, as seen in Iadne’s meticulous attention to detail and narrative craftsmanship. \nThe workshop aims to develop artistic taste\, strengthen compositional thinking\, and equip participants with the skills to independently design and create meaningful handmade pieces that connect traditional heritage with modern expression. \n\nPurchase tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/northern-patterns-learn-traditional-arctic-beading-details-2/2026-11-03/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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SUMMARY:QUEEN BY BIRGITTA TROTZIG | NORDIC BOOK CLUB ONLINE
DESCRIPTION:Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! Nordic Book Club meets monthly via Zoom to discuss contemporary literature in translation. On November 3\, 2026\, we’ll discuss visionary Swedish writer Birgitta Trotzig’s mythic\, modernist classic\, Queen\, a long-awaited rediscovery now in translation by Saskia Vogel from Archipelago Books. \nBirgitta Trotzig’s 1964 novella is the story of a girl named Judit who is stubborn and singular\, distant and unyielding. She has a love of lilies. She is called Queen. Her entire world exists within Bäck\, a village in the south of Sweden so named because a brook bends through it. At the age of nine\, Judit’s mother falls ill during childbirth and passes Judit the strong little body of her brother Viktor. A sharp gleam springs forth from Viktor’s pale-blue infant eyes\, and the two are bonded for life. Together with their wordless brother Albert (one who prefers the warm silence of animals)\, Viktor\, Albert\, and Judit form a precarious family. In dark and mystical waves of language\, Judit’s inner life is awakened to the reader. She has her secrets. The Queen prizes her alias like a precious gemstone; she dreams one day that the master gardener at Trolle Ljungby Castle will select her very own flower bulbs for planting; and she holds suspicions like hot stones to her heart. When Viktor decides to emigrate to the United States\, the ground beneath Judit’s feet forever shifts. \nThe English-language discovery of Birgitta Trotzig\, one of the greatest Swedish writers of all time\, is long overdue. Her dark\, spiritual writings construct a truth and vision all her own. Trotzig’s characters are ordinary and troubled\, their lives barren and merciless\, but an otherworldly light sweeps across them\, making them stand with spectacular clarity. \nQueen is available in paperback and ebook from Archipelago Books\, Bookshop.org and other retailers. \nRegister
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/queen-by-birgitta-trotzig-nordic-book-club-online/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET | SCREENING & DIRECTOR TALK
DESCRIPTION:On November 4\, Scandinavia House presents a special screening and director talk featuring Iceland’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards: the tender\, reflective documentary The Ground Beneath Our Feet. The screening will be accompanied by a director talk with Yrsa Roca Fannberg. \n“Has a poetic eye for the small mysteries and miracles of everyday life” — The highly acclaimed documentary takes place inside Grund\, Iceland’s oldest retirement home located in Reykjavik. Rather than focusing narrowly on the end of life\, the film captures the rhythmic passage of seasons and the everyday moments — joys\, quiet routines\, small miracles\, and simple interactions. With warmth\, rich nuances and great sensitivity\, director Yrsa Roca Fannberg’s visually outstanding and reflective documentary does not only explore and celebrate the lives of the elders\, but also life itself. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-ground-beneath-our-feet-nordic-baltic-oscar-contenders/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:THE 2026 NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November continuing its tradition of bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences. The leading Baltic film festival in the U.S. will take place November 5-8\, 2026\, with in-person screenings\, filmmaker Q&As and receptions taking place at Scandinavia House in New York. \nEarly-Bird Tickets are now on sale with a $20 discount on passes and packages through October 5. In-Person Passes can be purchased for $105/$75 ASF Members (regular $125/$95 ASF Members); VIP Passes are available for $405 (regular $425). \nThe full festival lineup will be announced in late September; please check back here for details. \nASF Program Manager & NYBFF Curator Kyle Reinhart states\, “This year’s iteration of the festival features Baltic stories ranging from the great to the microscopic and focuses on attaining your dreams or enacting change even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges. Whether exploring personal subjects\, such as family life and coming of age\, or political history\, from the Soviet occupation to the present\, the filmmakers in this year’s lineup put a deeply human perspective on the struggle to achieve one’s goals\, and the beauty that often arises from perseverance.” \nPurchase Early Bird Passes
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/nybff-2026/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:IMPRESSIONS: LINOCUT | CARVED AND PRESSED WITH MARGRETHE AANESTAD
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of linocut printmaking in this workshop for adults with artist Margrethe Aanestad! Linocut is a relief printmaking technique using linoleum blocks\, which are carved with gouges\, inked with a brayer\, and pressed onto paper\, creating a mirror image of your carving that flips text and orientation. In this class\, we’ll explore the technique\, using any direction to create our own artworks. \nThis workshop is part of a 3-session series\, “Impressions: Carved & Pressed\,” focused on printmaking using various mediums; the class may be experienced individually or as part of a progression\, with 3-session bundles available. All materials are provided. No prior experience is required. (18+) \nPurchase tickets \nPurchase 3-Session Bundle
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/impressions-botanical-relief-printing-carved-and-pressed-with-margrethe-aanestad/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T183000
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SUMMARY:OPENING NIGHT: A GOODNIGHT KISS | NYBFF
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November continuing its tradition of bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences! Opening Night on Thursday\, November 5 will feature the East Coast Premiere of A Goodnight Kiss (Irena)\, with director Giedrė Žickytė present for a film talk and Q&A.  \nThe film will re-screen on Saturday\, November 7 at 12:00 PM. \nA Goodnight Kiss is an homage to a remarkable woman\, Irena Veisaitė\, and her unabating spirit. As Irena turns 92 in 2020\, birthday greetings pour in for one of Lithuania’s wisest women\, much adored in its intellectual and cultural circles. The Nazi occupation cut her childhood short at just age 13\, robbing her of her birth mother and imprisoning her in a ghetto. Then came another occupation\, by the Soviets\, which took away her “second mother\,” who had saved her from the Nazis and raised her like one of her own. Yet having survived these horrors of two of the 20th-century’s most brutal totalitarian regimes\, Irena came out on the other side\, believing in a life free of hatred.  \nSet in Vilnius\, once dubbed the Jerusalem of the North\, the film crafts a nuanced portrait of Irena as a testimony to her humanity and courage to live and forgive. Following Irena’s passing later in 2020\, Giedrė Žickytė found new ways to tell her story\, drawing on unseen testimonies and rare archives such as clandestine photos captured inside a ghetto. Woven into the narrative is music by her lifelong friend\, Estonian composer Arvo Pärt\, who dedicated his acclaimed piano piece Für Alina to Irena as a gesture of solace\, echoing Irena’s own experience of motherhood and the longing she felt for her daughter Alina during the years they were apart. \nIn today’s fracturing world\, Irena’s wisdom may be the guiding light we need. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/opening-night-a-goodnight-kiss-nybff/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261106T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261106T191500
DTSTAMP:20261001T150640Z
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SUMMARY:BALTIC ANIMATED SHORTS | NYBFF
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November\, bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences. On Friday\, November 6 at 6:30 PM\, we’ll present an evening of “Baltic Short Animations\,” highlighting unique and innovative animated films from Estonia\, Latvia and Lithuania.  \nCLEANLINESS (Tīrība) | Dir. Andrejs Brīvulis\n5 min. In Latvian with English subtitles (Latvia\, 2025) \nAn office worker’s account of his day reveals monotony broken by casual homosexual adventures\, overlaid by an obsession for personal hygiene. As night falls\, the reasons for his fixation become clear.  \nFACADE (Fassaad) | Dir. Elise Kruusel\n12:25 min. In Estonian with English subtitles (Estonia\, 2026)  \nIn an apartment building\, a variety of residents live side by side. Behind each door lies a personal secret — some darker and some stranger than they first appear. As the residents struggle to keep them hidden\, cracks begin to spread through the building’s facade.  \nFAMILY ALBUM (Šeimos albumas) | Dir. Emilija Juzeliūnaitė\n12 min. No dialogue (Lithuania\, 2026)  \nSeparated in childhood\, a brother and sister reunite on a TV show\, which gives them a picture-perfect onscreen ending. Off-camera\, they set out on their first trip together\, hoping to carry that closeness into real life. But when the cameras stop\, they must face a harder reality: how do you build a real relationship with someone who should feel like family\, but is a stranger?  \nKYIV CAKE (Kiievi tort) | Dir. Mykyta Lyskov\n22 min. In Ukrainian/Russian with English subtitles (Estonia\, 2025) \nKyiv Cake covers a fragment of Ukrainian history from 2014 to 2026 through the prism of absurdity and surrealism. When a child is born in a poor family\, the parents do everything possible to survive. Just when their crisis seems to reach its peak\, a new danger flares up.  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/baltic-animated-shorts-nybff/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:SCARECROWS | NYBFF
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November continuing its tradition of bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences! \nScreening on Friday\, November 6 in NYBFF\, director Laila Pakalniņa’s documentary Scarecrows (Putnubiedēkļi\, Latvia\, 2025) is a gripping\, 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. \nThe Riga International Airport is a paradoxical environment. In this urban citadel of travel bordered by lush forests\, meadows and bodies of water\, different species cross paths\, each with their own route. Across four seasons in Latvia\, the airport’s bird and wildlife control specialists—nicknamed “Scarecrows”—guide us through a chronicle of the flow of work and nature\, reminding us that fences are built for humans\, but cannot protect the lives of everyone and every kind. \n“A contemplative and intriguing documentary on a life less lived\, quietly hidden from the public eye\, and ignored by the travelers who need the team’s service the most” (East European Film Bulletin) \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/scarecrows-nybff/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T120000
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SUMMARY:A GOODNIGHT KISS | NYBFF
DESCRIPTION:See a screening of A Goodnight Kiss (Irena) in the the 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF). \nA Goodnight Kiss is an homage to a remarkable woman\, Irena Veisaitė\, and her unabating spirit. As Irena turns 92 in 2020\, birthday greetings pour in for one of Lithuania’s wisest women\, much adored in its intellectual and cultural circles. The Nazi occupation cut her childhood short at just age 13\, robbing her of her birth mother and imprisoning her in a ghetto. Then came another occupation\, by the Soviets\, which took away her “second mother\,” who had saved her from the Nazis and raised her like one of her own. Yet having survived these horrors of two of the 20th-century’s most brutal totalitarian regimes\, Irena came out on the other side\, believing in a life free of hatred.  \nSet in Vilnius\, once dubbed the Jerusalem of the North\, the film crafts a nuanced portrait of Irena as a testimony to her humanity and courage to live and forgive. Following Irena’s passing later in 2020\, Giedrė Žickytė found new ways to tell her story\, drawing on unseen testimonies and rare archives such as clandestine photos captured inside a ghetto. Woven into the narrative is music by her lifelong friend\, Estonian composer Arvo Pärt\, who dedicated his acclaimed piano piece Für Alina to Irena as a gesture of solace\, echoing Irena’s own experience of motherhood and the longing she felt for her daughter Alina during the years they were apart. \nIn today’s fracturing world\, Irena’s wisdom may be the guiding light we need. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/a-goodnight-kiss-nybff/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T151500
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SUMMARY:BALTIC SHORTS | NYBFF
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November\, bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences. On Saturday\, November 7\, see a program of “Baltic Shorts\,” with live-action short films from Estonia\, Latvia and Lithuania.  \nPORTRAIT OF GRANNY (Omamma) | Dir. Ieva Ozolina\n6 min. In Latvian with English subtitles (Latvia\, 2026)  \nPickles\, sweet tea\, strawberries and a warm smile. This is how we are greeted by director Ieva Ozoliņa’s grandmother\, Aina—an 88-year-young woman. Health concerns and medication\, which she jokingly calls “narcotics\,” have become inseparable parts of her everyday life. Yet Aina’s outlook on life is surprisingly light: there is no shortage of understanding\, humor\, or ability to laugh at herself and the world around her. The five phrases she uses most often are her keys to a life lived to its fullest.  \nCONCRETE KIDS (Betono vaikai) | Dir. Saulius Baradinskas\n20 min. In Lithuanian with English subtitles (Lithuania\, 2026) \nThis short film tells the story of kids who grew up in the courtyards of the Soviet apartment district of Lithuania. Lacking the attention and love of their parents\, they needed to survive and free themselves from the violence in the streets every single day. \nMY FIRST FUNERAL (Manas pirmās bēres) | Dir. Līva Klepere \n15 min. In Latvian with English subtitles (Latvia\, 20260 \nMare looks at the world with wonder and curiosity. When her family gathers to mourn a recently deceased relative\, the eight-year-old girl finds herself in an unfamiliar world\, filled with dark clothing\, unknown traditions and incomprehensible emotions. The more she sees\, the less it makes sense to her. She opts instead for the company of her relative’s dog\, hiding in a pleasantly simple\, imagined reality. \nA MICROPHONE IN THE HEAD (Mikrofon peas) | Dir. Robert Raska Ly \n12:44 min. In Estonian with English subtitles (Estonia\, 2025) \nHilja discovers that Joonas\, who died in a car accident\, is able to contact her through a haunted karaoke microphone. To move on to the afterlife\, Joonas asks his heartbroken fiancée to visit his mother and deliver a final message—that he is gay.  \nSIGNAL PATH (Signalo kelias) | Dir. Eglė Razumaitė \n20 min. In Lithuanian/German/English with English subtitles (Lithuania/Germany\, 2026) \nLiepa and her daughter move to Germany in search of ​a fresh start\, but soon have to deal with her family’s disapproval and the challenges of metropolitan life. Director Eglė Razumaitė states: “My intention with this short film was to highlight the shift in the sex industry and to ask: How do we redefine prostitution on screen? Despite societies moving toward legal and political recognition of sex workers\, we still tend to stigmatize\, discriminate against\, and violate their rights.” \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/baltic-shorts-nybff-2/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T173000
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SUMMARY:MORTEN | NYBFF
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November continuing its tradition of bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences! \nSee Ivan Pavljutskov’s Morten\, a coming-of-age film set between reality and the mystical in the Estonian countryside\, on November 7. Director Ivan Pavljutškov will be present for film talk and Q&A \nFifteen-year old Morten lives with his uncle Urmas and a one-eyed cat named Nurru in a crumbling farmhouse in an abandoned forest village. His mother works in Finland to save money for their future home\, and the boy has never heard anything about his father. Morten tries his best to hide the reality of his life from his classmates\, but finds it difficult without any money or self-confidence. What he does have is a camera—an old one that he inherited from his grandfather—and the photos he takes make him feel as if he’s at least good at something\, if not worthy of love.  \nUntil suddenly\, one day there are two people who do: Emilie\, a girl whom Morten dares to open up to for the first time in his life\, and who looks forward to meeting him more than anything. And then there’s Miia—a girl who shouldn’t be interested in someone like Morten at all\, but somehow still is. Based on Reeli Reinaus’ novel Morten\, Emilie and the Lost Worlds\, the film had its world premiere in the Special Screenings section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2026\, and has since won three awards at Italy’s Giffoni Film Festival. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/morten-nybff/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T193500
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SUMMARY:HOLY DESTRUCTORS | NYBFF
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November continuing its tradition of bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences! \nTwo powerful forces\, both driven by hunger for life\, collide in director Aistė Žegulytė’s Holy Destructors (Biodestruktoriai)\, screening Saturday\, November 7 in NYBFF. Film composer Gediminas Jakubka will be present for a film talk and Q&A. \nThis powerful documentary delves deep into the invisible world of organisms that emerge during the decay of organic matter. Biodestructors are microfungi that existed millions of years before humans\, and will likely outlive us. Their presence transforms bodies into extraordinary energy that nourishes the soil and gives rise to new life in this endless cycle. By blending archival and new footage with shots of growing fungi\, director Aistė Žegulytė takes viewers on an enigmatic journey through a microscope lens\, where humans continue to fight against time by preserving images\, bodies\, and memories. \nWinner of Best Directing Award\, IDFA Envision Competition (2025)\, Best Baltic Documentary Film\, Doc@POFF Competition at Tallinn Black Nights (2025)\, and Best Documentary at Lithuania’s Silver Crane Awards (2026). \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/holy-destructors-nybff/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:ULYA | NYBFF
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November continuing its tradition of bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences! \nThe Saturday evening screening will feature the North American Premiere of Ulya\, a biopic of legendary Latvian athlete Uļjana Semjonova\, with a film talk with director Viesturs Kairišs. Latvia’s Showcase Film at this year’s NYBFF\, the film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival and is Latvia’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. \nSoviet Union\, Latvia\, 1964. On the Paberze farm in the snowy fields in Latgale\, teenager Ulya’s height is approaching two meters at an alarming rate\, and does not seem to be stopping. So far she has found a safe haven in her village\, where she is surrounded by her loving family and helps out with farmwork. But the question gnawing at her parents (and Ulya also) is: is there a place in the world for a giant-sized girl? \nWhen her older sister Tatjana’s fiancé Pavel secretly sends Ulja’s class photo to Karbergs\, head coach of the Latvian women’s basketball team TTT\, they soon have an answer. Seeing huge potential\, Karbergs whisks the girl away to capital Riga\, where Ulya hopes to find taller houses and taller people. But on the basketball court\, her height sticks out even more – until\, with the help of her ill-mannered and foul-mouthed coach\, she discovers that the best way to avoid derision is to start playing better.  \nWith hard work comes first success. But as Ulya rises on her path towards stardom\, she must deal with the painful realization that others see her as a means for their own ends\, and that basketball may not help her quest for a normal life. As an important professional test approaches—the famous Leningrad Spartakiad—Ulya must face her own reality\, and choose what she really wants.  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/ulya-nybff/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:MY FAMILY AND OTHER CLOWNS | NYBFF
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November continuing its tradition of bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences! \nOn Sunday\, November 8\, see My Family and Other Clowns (Minu pere ja muud klounid)\, directed by Heilika Pikkov and Liina Särkinen and winner of the Special Jury Prize at Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition\, Tallinn Black Nights and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia’s Annual Prize for Best Documentary. Co-Director Liina Särkinen will be present for a film talk and Q&A. \nHaide and Toomas are a married couple\, with three children living in a tiny one-bedroom apartment in the suburb of Tallinn. They could be a perfectly ordinary family\, but there’s a catch—the parents in this family are famous clowns\, and one of the kids is autistic. Having spent 25 years building up their successful career in Estonia and abroad as Piip and Tuut\, Heide and Toomas have been entertaining thousands of children while their own kids grow up on their own. As they reach a breaking point\, they must make a decision—continue juggling their family and stage lives\, or give up their dream and save their family. Can they have it all? \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/my-family-and-other-clowns-nybff/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:BORDERLINE | NYBFF
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November continuing its tradition of bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences! \nOn Sunday\, November 8 at 2 PM\, see director Ignas Jonynas’ gripping thriller Borderline (Sienna). Lead actor Šarūnas Zenkevičius will be present for a film talk and Q&A.  \nAfter his wife’s death\, mourning 40-year-old ornithologist Vilius (Šarūnas Zenkevičius) is left alone to look after his daughter\, Urte. Driving home one day\, he accidentally hits a group of smugglers evading border control guards. Impressed by the bird-tracking GPS in Vilius’ car\, the criminals offer him a job—and seduced by the high pay and an escape from his daily struggles\, Vilius agrees. Soon he begins tracking smuggled goods across the border\, rather than migrating birds. But then one day a smuggler assigned to watch his house attacks Urte\, placing Vilius in an impossible situation. When he receives his next job\, he must make sure it won’t be his last.  \nBorderline was awarded Best Baltic Film at the PÖFF (Tallinn Black Nights) in 2025\, and actor Šarūnas Zenkevičius received the European Shooting Star at Berlinale (2025) and Best Actor for Borderline at Lithuania’s Silver Crane Awards (2026) \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/borderline-nybff/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:THE CHILD | NYBFF
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November continuing its tradition of bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences! \nOn Sunday at 4:30 PM\, see the Latvian drama The Child (Bērns). Director Linda Olte will be present for film talk and Q&A \nZane and Kaspars\, a couple in their late 30s\, seem to have it all—love\, careers\, a house and shared hobbies. But despite trying for several years\, they have been unable to have a child. After exploring clinics\, diets\, churches and healers\, Kaspars is slowly coming to terms with the idea that life can be fulfilling even without children. But for Zane—a former professional swimmer who has been trained since childhood to win—the idea of not becoming a mother is unacceptable. And with her 40s approaching\, there’s no time to waste. As she goes to grueling lengths to meet her target\, her relationship with Kaspars grows increasingly strained\, and Zane must question her role within her family and in society. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-child-nybff/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:CLOSING NIGHT: OUR ERIKA | NYBFF
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns this November continuing its tradition of bringing the best new films from the Baltic region to New York audiences! \nThe Sunday evening screening will feature the U.S. Premiere of Our Erika (Meie Erika)\, Estonia’s The Sunday evening screening will feature the U.S. Premiere of Our Erika (Meie Erika)\, Estonia’s ’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards and 2026 NYBFF Closing Night Film with a talk with director German Golub. \nOur Erika is a heartfelt\, captivating story of Estonian track bicyclist Erika Salumäe\, who fought her way from a troubled childhood in orphanages and foster homes to the highest podium level of the Olympic Games. As a child born in 1962\, Salumäe struggled with an abusive home life\, shattered dreams\, and coaches with their own agendas—not to mention the harsh and dehumanizing sports system of the former Soviet Union. Despite this\, she went on to smash world records and rack up numerous medals\, culminating in an ultimate win: the first Olympic gold medal for Estonia in 56 years after the country regained independence in 1991. Directed by German Golub\, the recipient of the coveted Student Academy Award\, Our Erika features Karolin Jürise’s star-making performance as a determined and iron-willed athlete\, and shows how every nation needs a hero—even if that nation seldom stops to ask if there is something that the hero needs.  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/closing-night-our-erika-nybff/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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