Scrap Metals’ comedy love letter to New York‘s retired MetroCard, its rise and the city’s characters

A discarded MetroCard defends its legacy to a New York that has moved on, recalling its rise since 1994 and the colourful characters it carried through the city.

A witty, 16mm-shot love letter to New York, told by an unlikely narrator: the city's freshly retired MetroCard.

Winner of Best New York Short at Tribeca 2026, director duo Scrap Metals – Michael Gugger and Varvara Kanellakopoulou – gives voice to one of New York City’s most iconic objects, the MetroCard, for the comedy short Insuf

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