2022 Hobnobben Film Festival Schedule

A woman must decide if she wants to see her ailing mother for one last time, despite fears it could change her perception of their relationship.

While playing a jam session for old times' sake, two friends explore their future.

A short, abstract dance film about being pulled apart and putting yourself back together.

A human girl is a new barista at a coffee shop for monsters and she finds it more difficult than expected.

In a world of pairs, Lenny, the left sneaker, discovers individuality in a world where individuality doesn't exist.

A film about a boy whose portrait comes to life and leads him to see life through a more colorful eye. Sponsored by: Christi Hille & Nick Ferran

Mireyita lives alone in her parent's house. She attempts to reach out to her siblings, but none of them show up.

Will a grieving widower, struggling to cope, find peace through the hidden letters his wife left behind?

On the day of fruit picking, the gardener notices while resting that someone is stealing the fruits.

After a home invasion gone wrong, a young man must pretend to be the grandson of the elderly and amnesia-stricken homeowner.

Abandoned by her husband and clinging to the past, Susana finds the desire to live again from an unlikely acquaintance.

A visual adaptation of poems about gender, sexual orientation, blackness and feminism through the eye of a gay director from the homophobic African country of Nigeria.

Filled with doubt over the judgments of those closest to him, the protagonist must work against the clock to achieve his goal, knowing that one’s true identity is what matters most.

A queer activist renounces their sexuality and embraces a new faith in the turbulent ocean of Indian politics.

A short documentary about a transgender boy who took his own life after struggling with the bureaucracy surrounding hormone replacement therapy assignment.

Although Daniel de la Rosa comes from a family of baseball prestige, he has never appreciated the sport. But on the day of his Uncle's ascendance into the Hall of Fame as the first Dominican player in the league, Daniel is forced to embark on a journey through time that sees him (with the help of new friends) restore his family’s legacy and rewrite baseball history.

A woman with a fanatical husband tries to make a better future for her daughter.

When a kind-hearted prison officer (Oscar Isaac) is transferred to the letter room, he soon gets involved in an inmate’s personal affairs. Also starring Alia Shawkat. Sponsored by: Claire Brown

In quarantine, after a complicated game of husband and wife, the man disguises himself as the woman and begins the experience of living like her.

A man should be afraid of the subservient woman. The "subservient" is a one-take short film of a friendly party.

After a young British mother loses her leg in a work accident, her whole family struggles to cope. Based on a true story.

An autistic Palestinian man is mistaken for a terrorist when he tries to help a little girl on the beach at the Dead Sea.

A couple goes to a gene-editing clinic to design their first child, hoping the kid will have the successful and happy life that has eluded them.

After taking control of her ship from her AI companion, a space captain must make repairs before it's too late.

A man wakes up in a realm between life and death. Dazed and afraid, he discovers there's more to his life (and death) than he ever could've imagined.

Three astronauts, stranded in a spaceship with an alien corpse, have to find a way to survive without food.

Sam learns that time travelers have erased his family tree. Can he and his cousin find a way to save their family?

A pair of lovers, one of whom is a humanoid, go to a robot repair shop to have their relationship mended.

A man is thrown into a trash container from the future. In his frantic search for the exit, he runs into a mysterious man who will make him doubt the origin of his own existence.

Every night, The Censor and his team moderate Yoko's dreams. Tonight nothing happens, as planned.

A high school debater has extreme anxiety over an upcoming tournament.

A woman from Bangkok feels alienated by the comparatively soporific pace of San Francisco until a bike restored from a dumpster changes everything.

As Little Red Riding Hood wanders through the forest, she senses that something is stalking her.

Three different perspectives on Chick-fil-A's opposition to the LGBTQIA+ community.

Two friends go on a walk to share memories and reconnect.

An animated short about asexuality that explores the experience of feeling different, as well as the isolation, confusion, self-loathing (and also self-love and joy) that difference can create.

A man copes with his loneliness by befriending a piñata.

An homage to Shakespeare in three minutes. Artful depictions of the Bard's best plays with images that flow beautifully together. Sponsored by: Christoff & Christoff Attorneys

A glimpse beneath the surface of a relationship bonded by books, whales and love.

This screen dance mixes performance and visual art to represent the chaos of the cosmos and the wonder of the vast universe.

A poetic animated exploration of love needs to be looked after daily as a plant. Love is a constant work in progress; It is a process, not a result. Meanwhile, the most important thing is to cherish the here and now – don't worry too much about things that haven't happened or might happen.

A man recounts the breaking of his father's spirits.

A young woman struggles with her inability to communicate with her boyfriend. Faced with an ultimatum, she takes a journey that inspires her to write him a song.

A worm finds a city inside an apple, but must escape the fascist government drones inside.

A hungry bunny bites off more than he can chew.

Being eaten is the lifelong dream of Zucchini. But when he's left to rot, he learns a surprising lesson about life.

A couple's quest to outdo each other's pranks may lead to the most outrageous calamity of all. Starring Rose Byrne.

This is a theory (or conspiracy) concerning the sudden rise and fall of an eccentric student who finds success as a soft drink inventor at the expense of his father’s approval.

After critical Prince Gnarly meets a scrappy fairy godmother, he is granted three wishes. Why do they always end badly?

When the Mayor of Booneville turns up dead, Detective Humphrey Trowell uncovers a thick web of lies.

The joy of music is celebrated in this short film about a placement exam for street musicians in Turkey.

Keeping tabs on an Iranian defector becomes a complicated game of cat and mouse for a spy in Paris.

From producer Jamie Lee Curtis comes a chilling short story about a woman involved in a delivery scam that grows increasingly strange. Starring Allison Tolman (Fargo).

The thoughts of a passenger before her plane crashes in the jungle.

A "manual" for sellers of milk cartons in supermarkets, featuring scenes of a potential seller's life stories.

Five people and a skunk are united by an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci about his tenure in the Trump White House.

A novitiate nun discovers a West African man who claims to have swum across the Atlantic Ocean to America.

In Burma, two lovers awaken on February 1, 2021, oblivious to the military coup that has occurred.

After the 2021 military coup, a Burmese teen and his friend form a media action group and start their own revolution.