Film Screening and Q&A with Director Celia Novis

Event details Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026 Time: 5:30 PM Location: Hayden Hall, Room 100 (Auditorium) Type: Arts / Performance About this event Thursday, October 15th, 2:00-3:30 pm, Hayden 100 “Once Upon a Place” (2021) is the story of LA NACIONAL, a unique building in New York responsible for welcoming thousands of Spanish immigrants to the United States during its more than 150 years of existence. The building tells its surprising and unknown story in first person. Founded in 1868, LA NACIONAL survives as the last vestige of the old New York neighborhood known as “Little Spain,” the largest enclave of Spanish immigrants in the U.S. And it witnessed the rise and fall of New York as the home of the American dream, living through both the golden age of “Little Spain” and the hard times that wiped out the community. The film received more than 15 awards worldwide. Her work as a producer and director has also reached platforms including HBO and Movistar+, earning international recognition, with an Emmy Award nomination among its accolades Cèlia Novis is an award-winning Spanish filmmaker and screenwriter whose work spans Spain and the United States. Her work explores stories of identity, migration and cultural memory, as well as the profound relationship between people and the natural world they inhabit. Through an intimate and visually driven approach how cultures travel across borders and how our connection to the land becomes part of who we are Official event details: https://inside.manhattan.edu/calendar.php?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D1447332050