Journal Gazette: Hobnobben Film Festival opens Thursday with celebration of Indiana filmmaking

Corey McMaken | The Journal Gazette Oct 7, 2022 

“Sweet Disaster,” written by Ruth Toma and directed by Laura Lehmus, will be screened Oct. 14 after the Hobnobben awards ceremony.

The seventh Hobnobben Film Festival kicks off Thursday with a night celebrating Hoosier filmmaking.

The festival’s opening night features a reception with catering from Banh Mi Pho Shop, a block of short films by Indiana filmmakers and a screening of “It Happened One Weekend,” a feature-length romantic comedy shot mostly in Indianapolis. The Zac Cooper movie won the Best of Hoosier Lens Award and the Audience Award for Narrative Feature at the 2022 Indy Film Festival.

The opening night short films are “The Water’s Edge,” “Encore,” “The Brewing,” “First Day Creeps,” “Two Soles” and “The Colorful Mind of Jayce Dean Parker.”