Strawberry Mansion
classified 12APlease note: This was screened in Sept 2022
It’s 2035, our dreams are no longer our own – they're infused with product placement and auditors assess unpaid taxes on our most private thoughts…
Mild-mannered government agent James Preble (Kentucker Audley) travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella Isadora (Penny Fuller) an eccentric, ageing artist - who hasn't been paying her taxes. Entering Bella’s vast VHS archive which contains a lifetime of dreams, Preble stumbles upon a secret that offers him a chance at love — and hope for escape.
Full of inventive dreamscapes and fanciful low-fi visual effects, Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney’s playfully surreal romantic fantasy is a uniquely crafted film, packed full of invention and a large dose of charm which is surely destined to become a cult classic.