Hobnobben 2023 Schedule is Live
The full film lineup for the 2023 Hobnobben Film Festival is now live! Film descriptions, showtimes, sponsorship information and more can be viewed on the website. The in-person festival runs October 19-22. The virtual arm of the festival, which allows attendees to view films online, runs from October 19-31.
Festival passes are also available for purchase. Single day passes are $30 each, except for Opening Night (Thursday, October 19) which is only $15. A 4-day pass is $60. You can purchase individual tickets to the in-person festival by checking out our schedule and clicking on buy in-person tickets for the film block you’d like to see.
New this year, Hobnobben is offering a Deluxe VIP Pass that provides all-access admission to the in-person festival, the virtual festival, all workshops, and the filmmaker green room, as well as a free t-shirt, poster, and one popcorn and fountain drink each day. General admission tickets are also available.
All festival films will be shown at Fort Wayne Cinema Center, 437 E. Berry St. The virtual festival can be accessed here.
This year’s festival features a record number of 144 films from 30 countries in 27 languages. More than 20% of the films have an Indiana connection, and the festival’s Opening Night will screen a block of 13 shorts from local and Indiana filmmakers followed by the feature Liminal: Indiana in the Anthropocene, which will have a live score performance by Metavari.
“We are proud that Hobnobben Film Festival’s Opening Night Celebration can showcase the remarkable talent of our local filmmakers,” said Amanda Hille, festival co-chair. “This festival is not just about movies; it's a celebration of the creativity, passion, and storytelling that thrives within our own Hoosier community, and we are so excited to share that celebration with our Fort Wayne community and beyond.”
Other festival highlights include an Awards Ceremony on Friday night, followed by a screening of Everybody Wants to Be Loved, a heartwarming film centered around a mother, a daughter, and a therapist. The story follows the mother as she navigates a chaotic day filled with overwhelming patient appointments, disagreements with her daughter, and attempts to assist her challenging mother, all while striving to find time for a follow-up medical appointment.
This year, Hobnobben has film blocks featuring Ukrainian films and Iranian films. On Friday, the Iranian Filmmaker Showcase will feature nine short films, all with female leads, that provide a powerful window into the intricacies of Iranian society and often untold and silenced stories. On Saturday, Stories from Ukraine, a block of three short films, will provide a deeper understanding of the war's impact on civilians and the resilience it takes to rebuild. A panel conversation will follow the screening of these three Ukrainian films.
On Saturday, the Hobnobben schedule features Greener Pastures, a full-length film that offers an intimate look at the day-to-day lives of four small, multigenerational family farms over the course of four years, examining the various farm stressors, policies and politics that farmers must maneuver to survive, connecting the dots between mental health, industrialization, food production, and climate change.
Hobnobben 2023 will close on Sunday with a screening of No No Girl. This narrative feature-length film is about a multigenerational Japanese-American family exploring the impacts of the US incarceration of citizens in WWII on their current life.
The Hobnobben Film Festival, now in its eighth year, showcases diverse stories and voices that are typically excluded from the mainstream film industry, offering a one-of-a-kind festival that invites participants to see themselves on screen — and be seen by others. The festival is supported by local sponsors and community members and is an annual fundraiser for Fort Wayne Cinema Center, a not-for-profit arts organization founded in 1976.
