Film
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GREAT SCOTT The Young Friends of Film at Lincoln Center honor the actor and director Campbell Scott.Mr. Scott’s new film, “The Dying Gaul,” is screened, and a black-tie event follows. Tonight, 8 p.m., screening at Walter Reade Theater, 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, party at Kaplan Penthouse, 212-875-5630, $175 general, $125 members.
NORDIC NIGHT Nils Gaup’s “Ofelas/Veiviseren” (“Pathfinder”) (1987), the next film screened in a series of Norwegian cinema classics, was the first film to be made in the Sami language. Set against frozen landcapes, it recreates a 12thcentury legend about a boy forced to act as guide for a gang of Tchides marauders who have killed his family. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., between 37th and 38th streets, 212-847-9746, $8 general, $6 members. Note: The film is in Sami with English subtitles.
NAUGHTY SHORTS The “most vile, shocking, and offensive material” from the 5-year history of the Arlene’s Grocery Picture Show is screened. The taboo-busting evening offers short films that have been banned from other film festivals. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave. at 2nd Street, 212-505-5181, $8 general, $6 seniors and students, $5 members.
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