2019 Hobnobben Film Festival Sunday Schedule

October 11 - 17, 2019


Sunday: 10:00 AM - 10:55 AM• Spectator Lounge

Family-Friendly Animations

A family-friendly block of five animated shorts with topics ranging from feline dominion, encounters with UFOs, taking time to follow the best cookie recipe, an epic battle for mayor, and a greenhouse disaster.


Sunday: 10:15 AM - 11:55 AM• Main Theater

American Dreaming

Two powerful films. Onward Ever highlights the benefits of riverfront development in Indiana, while Owned: A Tale of Two Americas examines the U.S. housing economy, the history of segregation, and who really benefits from the American Dream.


Sunday: 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM • Spectator Lounge

Body Swap

A high strung business woman switches places with a laid-back slacker. Now, they must content with each other’s lives before finding the true meaning of love: loving yourself, making the other person better, and two people becoming one. Quite literally.


Sunday: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM• Main Theater

Serving Others

Unheard stories and unique people. The two films in this block serve as a powerful reminders of the power of decency and compassion.


Sunday: 1:00 PM - 1:55 PM• Spectator Lounge

Define “Us“

A delightful block of rom-com and rom-com adjacent shorts. First-date mishaps, communication barriers, and growing family struggles are all featured in this fun selection of six films.


Sunday: 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM • Spectator Lounge

Skin: The Movie

When a socially awkward Midwestern woman inherits a porn studio, she plans to take the money and run – until her dead father and a band of misfits force her to face her fears and learn that misfits are people, too.


Sunday: 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM • Main Theater

Day of the Western Sunrise

In June 1955, the Japanese tuna trawler Daigo Fukuryu Maru (Lucky Dragon No. 5) accidently encountered an early hydrogen bomb test conducted by the U.S. Day of the Western Sunrise is a beautifully animated documentary that follows three survivors of this encounter. Their story is a reminder that people have the ability to make decisions for both good and ill, and those decisions can affect generations.


Sunday: 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM • Spectator Lounge

Whores on Film + Unsolicited

Whores on Film explores depictions of sex workers in cinema through the gaze of sex workers themselves, while Unsolicited examines how a woman’s initial excitement of getting a text message can quickly turn sour. 🍆


Sunday: 5:00 PM - 6:20 PM• Main Theater

Confronting Borders

Borders may separate us, but humanity and kindness connect us all in these three compelling short films.


Sunday: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM• Spectator Lounge

Sometimes You Gotta Slay

Desperate situations can lead to extreme measures. This quartet of shorts showcases women who refuse to relinquish control of their lives. Bullies, abusers and abductors, beware…


Sunday: 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM • Main Theater

Last Call

Last Call follows a suicidal alcoholic on the anniversary of his son’s death. When he attempts to call a crisis hotline, a misdial connects his with a single mother working as the night janitor at a local community college. The split screen showcases a life-changing conversation.