Director: Albert Birney Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Albert Birney, Callie Hernandez, Frank Mosley, Paisley Isaacs, Tyler Davis
“Eraserhead meets The Legend of Zelda in a Black-and-White, Cicada-Plagued Sci-Fi Trip” – Indiewire
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.
About the filmmaker:
Albert Birney is an independent filmmaker and artist known for his idiosyncratic, lo-fi approach to storytelling and his fascination with interior worlds, imagination, and emotional vulnerability. Working largely outside traditional industry structures, Birney has developed a distinctive voice that blends handmade aesthetics, surreal humor, and deeply personal themes.
His films often explore loneliness, escapism, and the porous boundary between fantasy and reality, using inventive visuals and sound design to place audiences directly inside his characters’ minds. With Obex, Birney continues this exploration, crafting an intimate and unsettling portrait of isolation shaped by memory, obsession, and self-created mythologies.
Across his work, Albert Birney has emerged as a singular figure in contemporary American independent cinema—one committed to experimentation, emotional honesty, and the expressive possibilities of truly independent filmmaking.
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