After an incredible return to form in 2022, with sold-out audiences across all four nights, London’s most irreverent and out-there festival returns for 2023 across four nights in TWO amazing London venues: Prince Charles Cinema & The King & Queeen Pub in Fitzrovia!

2023 Schedule

Hundreds of Beavers (UK Premiere) + Mystery 35MM Trailer Show
Sunday 13th August 8:30 PM @Prince Charles Cinema | Book Tickets

Found Footage: The Texas Tapes / Beyond Shorts
Monday 14th August 7:00 PM @The King And Queen Pub | FREE ENTRY

Evrim vs. Alex / The New York TV Archive – The Finale!
Tuesday 15th August 7:00PM @The King And Queen Pub | FREE ENTRY

Stephané (UK Premiere) + Rare 35MM Trailer Reel
Wednesday 16th August 8:45 PM @Prince Charles Cinema | Book Tickets

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Hundreds of Beavers (UK Premiere) + Mystery 35MM Trailer Show

Sunday 13th August 8:30 PM @Prince Charles Cinema – Book Tickets

Director: Mike Cheslik
Stars: Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves
Runtime: 108 minutes
Country: United States
Year: 2023

Slaying audiences wherever it’s been shown, Mike Cheslik’s unhinged epic is the lovechild of Harold Lloyd and Guy Maddin – a film that needs to be experienced to be believed in its scope of silliness and insanity.

A drunken applejack salesman meets his match in hundreds of beavers when he’s set the task of delivering an obscene amount of fur in order to win the hand of his beloved in marriage – however, nothing can prepare him to facedown this most formidable enemy army: angry and determined beaves.

Combining the best of silent slapstick with outrageous visual gags, HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is a silent epic that has won the love of audiences all across the world as well as critical acclaim from filmmakers and journalists alike and Duke himself could not be prouder to be able to share the UK (!) Premiere of this unique and utterly mesmerizing film.

Also in true Duke fashion, we will be playing an unseen reel of UK Cinema trailers and discovering together what just might be on it!

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Found Footage: The Texas Tapes / Beyond Shorts

Monday 14th August @The King And Queen Pub | FREE ENTRY
Doors 7:00 PM / Show 7:30 PM

Found Footage: The Texas Tapes
Direct from Texas we’ll be taking a dive into 17 vintage VHS tapes that we returned with from our last trip there in this brand new found footage show. Expect to see musical cowboys, a house made of straw, hear about giants roaming the land, and many more oddities in this hour-long tribute to some of the most random and unexpected tapes we’ve ever unearthed! 

Beyond Shorts
A collection of mindmelters, weirdness, and impossible to categorise short-form films. What they have in common: they reside in the liminal space beyond sanity.

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Evrim vs. Alex / The New York TV Archive – The Finale!

Tuesday 15th August @The King And Queen Pub | FREE ENTRY
Doors 7:00 PM / Show 7:30 PM

Evrim vs. Alex
Another year, another showdown from the duo behind the Duke scenes – will there be odd music videos? Safety horrors? More Alex edits? The only way to discover is to join us for this unique event for sights you’ll never be able to unsee!

The New York Public Access Show -The Finale!
Join us for the final part of our New York Public Access TV tribute show, the third and final installment! 300 hours of vintage NYC Public Access footage has been unearthed, join us for this final show as we look at the last 100 hours and share the wildest clips with you. We’ll see the return of some of our favorite characters as well as meet a brand new selection of unique individuals all through the magic of Public Access. This is a fully self-contained show, don’t worry if you’ve not seen the other parts, just come along and enjoy the mayhem! 

You can watch the complete Part 1 on YouTube HERE and Part 2 HERE! Don’t worry if you don’t watch it either; this is a totally new self-contained show!

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Stephané (UK Premiere) + Rare 35MM Trailer Reel

Wednesday 16th August 8:45 PM @Prince Charles Cinema | Book Tickets

Director: Timothée Hochet, Lucas Pastor
Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, David Elliott
Runtime: 79 minutes
Country: France
Year: 2022

Tim, an aspiring short filmmaker, is trying to finish his latest magnum opus but things keep going wrong: his actors are not committed enough, his budget is nonexistent and his locations keep canceling on him. And that’s when he meets Stephané- a gruff, strange man who gives Tim the explosion effects he needed to finish the day’s shoot. Soon a grateful Tim offers Stephané a ride home, not knowing that he’s about to start off on the wildest night of his life.

To enjoy Stephané, you need to take a risk. The risk is to know nothing. Suffice it to say if enjoyed Mark Duplass’ ‘Creep’or ‘Behind the Mask: Leslie Vernon’ you are in very familiar territory but Stephané may make you gasp more than you ever thought possible. 

Outrageous, uncomfortable, and ultimately bombastic, catch what’s your future cult favorite on the big screen now.

Also playing will be a mystery reel of 35mm trailers – what’s on them? Join us as we all find out!