Strange Factories
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Victor is a writer, possessed by a terrifying story, hunting for four refugee performers of a theatre destroyed in a mysterious fire. Drawn to a remote settlement founded by the mysterious Stronheim, owner of a Factory hidden deep within a dreamlike landscape, Victor finds his friends under the wing of an aristocratic noble and her child-like ward who both watch over the settlement for Stronheim. A dangerous pact is made between Victor and Stronheim. The destroyed theatre will be reconstructed, and in return, Victor must complete his story, no matter the cost. Stronhem requires it to be performed at the village Festival of Memories, where bizarre rituals are enacted by the villagers under the influence of the Factory’s hallucinogenic effluence. Following the dangerous, twisted paths to the heart of inspiration and creativity. Victor’s imagination and the fragmented memories and emotions of the performers violently collide in an act of creation that not everyone can survive. Enter into the heart of English Dreaming and engage in a live cinema encounter like no other. Explore the world of Strange Factories and experience the madness and terror of haunted cinema, as you witness the film unravel inside Stronheim's factory and its characters come to life around you to haunt you in the flesh. The ghosts of the silver screen will join you in a mysterious ritual that will align you with the ancient paths of Die Geisteweige and immerse you in a film filled with magic, obsession and mystery. Who is the infamous Stronheim? What exactly is the purpose of his hidden factory? And why have four performers fleeing from a burning theatre become enmeshed in the primal struggle of a story giving birth to itself? Strange Factories draws on ancient theatrical traditions and mystical exploration, to wrench at the heart of what it means to be human. Will you allow it to show you the wonder behind the moving pictures - the dreams of violent imagination? Will you permit FoolishPeople to conjure for you, as darkness falls, and the lights go down? Not everyone can survive the violence of Creation.
