Albert Birney’s Lo-fi Fantasy Obex Drops A UK Trailer

Lightbulb Film Distribution have released the UK Trailer for lo-fi sci-fi fantasy Obex.

This is the latest indie film from Albert Birney whose last film Strawberry Mansion was a uniquely surreal oddity. Whilst that was a fluffy dystopian tale in not paying your taxes, Obex is a analogue cautionary tale.

Birney directs as well as stars in along side Callie Hernandez, Frank Mosley, plus Tyler Davis. Obex is a journey into nostalgia set in a pre-internet 1987 we follow Conor (Birney). He’s living a secluded life with his dog Sandy, when Conor starts playing the new mysterious game called ‘Obex’, his dog disappears. He must enter the world to find his dog when game and reality collide.

This won’t be for everyone, lots of Videodrome, 80’s Nostalgia and humanity’s relationships with the computer screen.
Synopsis | 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 disappears, the line between reality and gaming blurs, and Conor must enter the world of OBEX to save her.

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Obex will be released in UK and Ireland via Digital Platforms from 9th March. The film is set to make it’s UK Premiere at Glasgow Film Festival on 2nd March which is sold out.