FILMS FROM THE FAROE ISLANDS — VIRTUAL SCREENINGS
Presented in Faroe Islands Culture Days, see virtual screenings of some of the best contemporary film from the Faroe Islands in "Fog-Swept Cinema"!
2024
ANTIQUITY BY HANNA JOHANSSON
Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On June 11, we'll be discussing ANTIQUITY by Hanna Johansson, a queer Lolita story of desire, power, obsession, observation, and taboo out now in translation by Kira Josefsson.
THE TOWER AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD BY WILLIAM HEINESEN
Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On May 7, we will be reading THE TOWER AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by Faroese author William Heinesen.
D FOR DAUGHTER
Join us to learn about D IS FOR DAUGHTER, a new photobook by Stockholm-based artist Elina Birkehag out now from D.A.P./Artbooks!
HERNMARCK TAPESTRIES AT HUDSON YARDS
Tapestry artist Helena Hernmarck discusses her tapestries commissioned for Hudson Yards with moderator Matilda McQuaid.
EASTER PRIX-FIXE
Celebrate Easter with a prix-fixe special at Björk Café!
SONGS OF NORDIC LANDS AND ISLES
Celebrate the music of the Faroe Islands on May 17 with a performance by Colin Levin & Evan Fein!
SHAME ON DRY LAND
See SHAME ON DRY LAND (dir. Axel Petersén, Sweden, 2023), a "tight and engrossing thriller" set within Malta's Swedish expat community, on April 10!
EXODUS
See EXODUS (Sweden), a gripping new drama about the global migration crisis as seen through the eyes of a jaded smuggler and the innocent young girl he takes under his wing.