Cinema Center celebrates a decade of Hobnobben Film Festival

Alix Watson / Cinema Center

89.1 WBOI | By Brianna Datta-Barrow

Published October 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM EDT

Brianna Datta-Barrow: I'm joined now by Alix Watson, director of Hobnobben Film Festival, and Amanda Hille, board secretary for the Hobnobben Film Festival. Thank you both for being here.

Amanda Hille: Thank you for having us.

Alix Watson: Thank you so much for having us.

Brianna Datta-Barrow: So congratulations, and how does it feel to be celebrating a decade of the Hobnobben Film Festival?

Alix Watson: It feels really good.

Amanda Hille: It does. I honestly cannot believe that we've been ten years strong, but this year, I think we are going to be bigger and better than ever.

Alix Watson: I think our programming keeps getting stronger every single year as well. It's just, we keep getting amazing films from all over the world to showcase at the festival. This year, five over five hundred films were submitted-