NYBFF: See the World Through Baltic Eyes, Virtual

The Fourth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2021 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings on November 3-14. This year, the festival will feature eleven feature films and one TV series with three International premieres, four North American premieres and one U.S. premiere, two New York premieres, and one East Coast premiere. Filmmakers will be present at a number of the premieres to participate in Q&As after the screenings.

The festival will kick off on Wednesday, November 3 at Scandinavia House (58 Park Ave., NYC) with the East Coast premiere of Goodbye Soviet Union (Estonia, Finland), a playful, nostalgic, and thought-provoking comedy that follows the life and misadventures of Johannes and his eccentric Ingrian-Finnish family in the waning days of the Estonian Soviet Republic. Lauri Randla’s debut feature won the Audience Award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival last year.

The film perfectly embodies this year’s festival theme: Adaptation and Resistance. Jūle Rozīte, the festival’s Head of Programs, states: “These past two years have thrown us all off course and forced us to rethink our daily routines, expectations, and future plans. But this is not the first time in recent history that the Baltic States have had their daily lives turned upside down. And by delving deeper into these stories maybe we can learn a thing or two.”

Movie line-up and ticket info see here: https://www.balticfilmfestival.com/2021-line-up