May 1 to May 3

OBEX (2025)

DeBartolo Performing Arts Center 100 Performing Arts Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 (574) 631-2800

Overview

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.

Event Dates

Friday, May 1, 2026 - 7:00 PM

Saturday, May 2, 2026 - 7:00 PM

Sunday, May 3, 2026 - 4:00 PM

Upcoming Dates

  • Saturday, May 2 to Monday, May 4
  • Sunday, May 3 to Tuesday, May 5