Attempting to simply describe “Strawberry Mansion” using a quick sentence does the film an injustice. Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney have crafted a film that is strange, funny, scary, and smart. It’s an experience that you have to enjoy for yourself, perhaps with the assistance of some recreational goodies. 

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With “Strawberry Mansion” arriving in theaters this week, we’re thrilled to give our readers an exclusive look at a clip from the film, which sorta sums up all you need to know about the film in a quick bit.

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With all of the buzz surrounding the Sundance Film Festival last month and with the Berlin International Film Festival poised to begin later this month, it’s easy to miss some of the smaller films released on the regular schedule. While January failed to offer many must-see titles, February looks to offer more with films such as likely Oscar nominee “The Worst Person in the World” sharing release dates with the anticipated return of Johnny Knoxville and the gang in “Jackass Forever.” Later in the month will see another attempt to adapt a video game into a series building film, Channing Tatum’s directing debut, and the return of indie favorite Josephine Decker.

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There’s good news for Kentucker Audley‘s surreal DIY indie film, “Strawberry Mansion.” Alief has acquired international rights to the high-concept fantasy, which has its world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Music Box Films acquired the lo-fi indie for North America right after the festival, and now the distributor has released a new trailer (via Indiewire).

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“Strawberry Mansion” is written and directed by indie filmmakers Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney.

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No space is safe from the evils of monetization, insidiously prevalent marketing, advertising, and the propaganda of suggestive consumption. And in “Strawberry Mansion,” a surreal, idiosyncratic, feature-length film co-directed by Albert Birney and actor/filmmaker Kentucker Audley, the cynical, dystopian perspective says even your headspace will soon become fair game—not only for the government trying to squeeze an extra dollar out of your thinning wallet, but for those looking to exploit your dreams.

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