Co-presented by O Cinema and Oolite Arts, this micro-budget feature film screening takes place during Oolite Arts’ Cinematic Arts Residency application period, and is followed by a post-film discussion. Featuring an online free screening of “Strawberry Mansion” and followed by a post-film discussion with directors Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney & Oolite Arts Cinematic Arts Manager Danielle Bender.

The Film
In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble (Kentucker Audley) travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella “Bella” Isadora (Penny Fuller), an eccentric, aging artist. 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.