Directed by Albert Birney
With Albert Birney, Callie Hernandez, Frank Mosley
Not Rated, 90 minutes
Hailed as Eraserhead meets Zelda, this new whatsit is set on pre-internet 1987 where Conor and his dog Sandy live a life of seclusion, lost in the slow-rendering graphics of early Macs and televisions aglow with late night horror movie marathons. But when he begins playing OBEX, a new and mysterious, state-of-the-art computer game, he finds himself trapped in a low-tech, but high-stakes analog hellscape as the line between reality and game blurs. Audacious and uncanny, writer-director-actor Albert Birney's OBEX is a delightfully skewed lo-fi fantasy. Shot in striking black and white, this surreally nostalgic nightmare revisits the dawn of personal computing to reflect on the loneliness of our always-online present day.
With Albert Birney, Callie Hernandez, Frank Mosley
Not Rated, 90 minutes
Hailed as Eraserhead meets Zelda, this new whatsit is set on pre-internet 1987 where Conor and his dog Sandy live a life of seclusion, lost in the slow-rendering graphics of early Macs and televisions aglow with late night horror movie marathons. But when he begins playing OBEX, a new and mysterious, state-of-the-art computer game, he finds himself trapped in a low-tech, but high-stakes analog hellscape as the line between reality and game blurs. Audacious and uncanny, writer-director-actor Albert Birney's OBEX is a delightfully skewed lo-fi fantasy. Shot in striking black and white, this surreally nostalgic nightmare revisits the dawn of personal computing to reflect on the loneliness of our always-online present day.
Event Dates
Friday, May 1, 2026 - 7:00 PM
Saturday, May 2, 2026 - 7:00 PM
Sunday, May 3, 2026 - 4:00 PM