PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA | SATURDAY 24 AUGUST | 21:00

HAPPY FACE

Director: Alexandre Franchi | 2018 | 97 mins.
With: E.R. Ruiz, Cindy Nicholsen, David Roche, Dawn Shaw. Canada

DUKE @ FRIGHTFEST – UK PREMIERE – One of the breakout titles of the year after premiering at Slamdance, ‘HAPPY FACE’ is there to remind you that sometimes real horrors lie much closer than we ever thought about.

The story of a handsome teenager who deforms his face and attends a support group for disfigured people. and in turn, changes all their lives…for good and bad…HAPPY FACE is the kind of film that makes you leave the cinema reeling – funny, dark, ugly, brilliant and frightening in all the right ways, this story will shake you to your core. Based on autobiographical events, HAPPY FACE throws down the gauntlet to challenge the way we view the world & each other and in the process transforms the concept of a genre film – do no miss the UK Premiere of this standout title that has been wowing audiences across the festival circuit and what the critics have called ‘haunting’ and disquieting’.

An ode to outsiders, to people who left excluded and those of us who feel different to the rest of the world, HAPPY FACE is a film that will appeal to even the most ardent of genre fans.

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PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA | SATURDAY 24 AUGUST | 22:45

DUKE MITCHELL FILM PARTY

Featuring a mystery line-up of super-special guests and an assortment of trailers & found video ephemera!

DUKE @ FRIGHTFEST – There’s no party like a film party and to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of FrightFest, the Duke is back in town for…one…more…time.

The Duke team has once again scoured the Earth to find for your pleasure the weirdest pieces of film & cinema ever to have flashed into our eyeballs. Add to this mix some very SPECIAL guests, endless give away, the brilliant trailers and more and what you have is the greatest 2 hours in cinema ANYONE can ask for.

With a bigger room, a bigger screen and an even bigger capacity for madness, ‘DUKE MITCHELL FILM PARTY’ is the only place to be on a late night Saturday at FrightFest!

PLEASE NOTE: No alcohol purchased outside the Prince Charles Cinema (PCC) can be brought into this event.  There will be security and bag searches; however, the PCC bar will be open late, and you are welcome to bring drinks bought there into the cinema.