HiveFest: Ogden’s International Film Festival is scheduled to return for its third year on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, according to a September 23 report. The event will be held at the Allred Theater within Weber State University’s Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts.
Doors for the festival are scheduled to open at 6:30 p.m., with film screenings beginning at 7 p.m. For the 2026 festival, Dustin Bessire, Hive Fest Ops & Outreach Coordinator, stated that approximately 200 films were entered. From those entries, 18 films will be shown during the viewing evening on Oct. 2.
Bessire noted that the festival has experienced significant growth since its inception. Originally established by a group of seven or eight film and digital media students, the event has expanded to include community partners and sponsors. The festival organizers aim to incorporate HiveFest into the Weber State curriculum starting next year to provide digital media students the opportunity to run a festival and learn the professional process.
The festival has grown from a small student club project into a larger event. In its second year, the festival doubled in size and attracted approximately 300 attendees. Bessire mentioned that the festival focuses on providing a platform for first-time and student filmmakers alongside emerging voices.
More information regarding HiveFest: Ogden’s International Film Festival can be found at https://filmfreeway.com/HiveFest/.
