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Venue KeyPRINCIPAL VENUESBLUE Blue Waters Hotel, 175 Snell Parade, Durban – 031 260 2506/1816EKHAYA Ekhaya Multi Arts Centre, KwaMashu – 031 504 6970MUSGRAVE Ster Kinekor, Musgrave – 082 16789 (Call Centre)NOUVEAU Cinema Nouveau, Gateway Centre – 082 16789 (Call Centre)SNEDDON Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, University of KwaZulu-Natal – 031 260 2296SUNCOAST Suncoast CineCentre, Suncoast Casino, Battery Beach – 0861 246 300 (Call Centre)OTHER VENUESBAY Bay of Plenty Lawns, North Beach, Durban – 031 260 2506/1816LUTHULI Luthuli Museum, 3233 Nokukhanya Street, Groutville, KwaDukuza – 032 559 6822UPSTAIRS The Upstairs, Spiga, 200 Florida Road, Durban – 031 303 95114 34th Durban International Film Festival

THEMES AND FOCUS AREASAfrican FocusThe burgeoning African film industry will once more be represented at DIFF 2013, althoughSouth African film retains its key focus, with 12 feature films, as well as 16 documentariesand a generous helping of short films – most of them receiving their world premieres onDurban screens.This year’s opening night film is the ground-breaking African-noir Of Good Report byfilmmaker-on-the-rise Jahmil XT Qubeka. Telling the story of a serial killer obsessed withbeautiful young girls, the film expands the language of African cinema. The festival’s ClosingFilm acknowledges Angela Davis, an important figure in the African diaspora, with the filmFree Angela and All Political Prisoners, directed by Shola Lynch.High-profile South African films being showcased include Layla Fourie (which receivedits world premiere at Berlin earlier this year), The Forgotten Kingdom, which is set in themovingly beautiful landscape of Lesotho, Felix, which tells the story of a young townshipboy intent on following his dreams of being a musician and The Good Man, an intriguinglook at a globalised reality.Other local films include Everyman’s Taxi, Ian Robert’s anarchic celebration of the newSouth Africa, Andrew Worsdale’s long-awaited Durban Poison, and Khumba, the latest outingfrom Cape Town animation studio Triggerfish that won Best South African film at DIFF 2012for Adventures in Zambezia and has gone on to widespread commercial success around theworld. Blood Tokoloshe tells the disturbing story of a man who finds himself under the spellof the mythical Southern African creature, while Angel of the Skies reprises the role of SouthAfrican pilots during the Second World War. Actorholic comes from Oliver Rodger, who gaveus last year’s Copposites, and African Gothic is a US/South African co-production based onthe Reza de Wet play Diepe Grond.From further afield, DIFF 2013 presents a number of cinematic gems, most of which areengaged in expanding the language of African cinema while dealing with significant issuesaround life on the continent. Tall as the Baobab Tree, from Senegal, tells the story of a poorcouple who try to sell their daughter off into a forced marriage. Yema, from Algeria, tells themetaphoric story of how a mother’s relationship with her sons is defined by war and violence,while Virgin Margarida chronicles a dark chapter in Mozambican history. The Battle of Tabatô isa fascinating blend of history, music and surrealism while The President (Le Presidente) bends6 34th Durban International Film Festival

Sexual IdentitiesThis year DIFF acknowledges the wide diversity of sexual identities being prolifically exploredon contemporary screens, no doubt a reflection of a global trend towards a broader dialoguearound sexual difference. From Denis Côté's drama Vic+Flo Saw a Bear, which chroniclesthe relationship between an ex-convict and her much younger lover, to the documentaryValentine Road, which provides a sociological post-mortem on the death of a youngtransgender boy, to Interior. Leather Bar., which examines contemporary masculinity throughreconstructing a censored scene from the 1980 Al Pacino film Cruising, DIFF 2013 explores avery broad continuum of sexuality. Laurence Anyways tells the sprawling but immaculatelyrendered tale of a transgendered man and her female lover. Dust presents a diverse groupof siblings forced to confront their unfulfilled lives, while Two Mothers portrays the difficultyinvolved in a gay couple adopting a child in progressive Germany.In keeping with a broad acceptance of diversity, DIFF’s focus includes not only LGBTsexuality but also an exploration of heterosexuality in films such It Felt Like Love, in which ayoung girl is determined to lose her virginity and The Future in which a young girl becomesa sexual companion to a blind former action hero. One Night tells of two Cuban boys, one ofwhom has unrequited feelings for the other, as they attempt to escape across the ocean toMiami.Documentaries that deal with sexuality and gender include Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer, about therevolutionary girl group and their battle with the Russian state and I Am Divine, a biopic about thegender-bending singer and artist Divine. Born This Way is about the lives of gay and lesbian peoplein Cameroon, while 2 Menand a Wedding explores theimplications of being gay inAfrica today while exploringtwo men’s battle for theirhuman rights and dignity.Then there is the short filmAtlantic Avenue which dealswith the sexual attractionbetween a young man anda physically challengedwoman.Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer34th Durban International Film Festival 9

themes AND FOCUS AREASAmerican IndependentsWhile mainstream American cinema is often derided for dominating the global culture,the country is also home to a wealth of independent filmmakers who struggle against themonolith of Hollywood as much as filmmakers anywhere in the world. DIFF 2013 offers ashowcase of this strong strand of independent filmmaking, including Wrong, the latest filmfrom Quentin Dupieux, who gave us the DIFF cult-hit Rubber in 2011, and Spring Breakersfrom Harmony Korine, the enfant terrible of American independent cinema. Francine tellsthe small and delicately drawn story of a socially inept woman who has just come out ofprison, while The Place Beyond the Pines is the highly anticipated new drama from directorDerek Cianfrance, who gave us Blue Valentine.It Felt Like Love from Eliza Hittman, Dust from Adam Dugas and Casey Spooner and Interior.Leather Bar, co-directed by Travis Mathews and James Franco, are all fascinating Americancontributions to DIFF 2013’s ‘Sexual Identities’ theme.Zombie Fest!HalleyWith literally hundreds of zombie films currently scheduled for release around the world, DIFF2013 showcases a diverse selection of films from the current zombie wave. Headlining thismini-focus area is the long-awaited remake of the Evil Dead, which conforms in many ways tothe classic zombie genre, as does Zombie Fever 3D, one of the first zombie films from Russia,although its tongue is planted deeply in its cheek. On a more serious note, there’s the slow,mournful and thoroughly beautiful Halley, which tells of a man whose body is rotting away.Frankenstein’s Army tells of a secret Nazi lab in which all manner of strange machines havebeen stitched together with human bodies. Then there’s Harold’s Going Stiff, an ultra-dry Britishzombie comedy with a big heart.10 34th Durban International Film Festival

themes AND FOCUS AREASFeast of DocciesFidaiIn addition to the best fiction features from around the world, DIFF 2013 has a wealth ofdocumentaries to satisfy a broad spectrum of tastes and interests. And of course, there’sa strong selection from South Africa, where the documentary form is growing in statureand volume. Riaan Hendricks' The Devil’s Lair transports us deep into a claustrophobic drugden on the Cape Flats, while celebrated local documentary-maker Damon Foster gives us awindow into the life of a very special crocodile with Touching The Dragon. Angels in Exile is amoving documentary about two proud yet impoverished children who live on the streetsof Durban and The Creators pays tribute to the creative power of South Africa’s youth,including acclaimed graffiti artist Faith47. From further afield, Drama Consult tells the cannilydirected story of Nigerian entrepreneurs heading to Europe to explore the possibilitiesof economic co-operation. The Spirit of '45, from British feature director Ken Loach, looksat the contemporary relevance of the movement for social equality during the war years,while More Than Honey looks at the importance of maintaining the earth’s bee population.Algorithms presents the riveting story of blind chess players in India and Fidai is a verypersonal story set against the Algerian battle for independence.12 34th Durban International Film Festival

themes AND FOCUS AREASRadioactive WolvesWild TalkDIFF is pleased to announce that a strategic partnership has been formed with DurbanWild Talk Africa, the continent’s most respected natural history film festival and conference,which takes place at the Docklands Hotel in Durban from 23-26 July. A selection of naturalhistory films have been chosen from 445 entries from across the globe, to be screenedduring nine slots as part of the DIFF programme. These films were entered as part of DurbanWild Talk Africa’s ROSCAR Awards competition.Durban Wild Talk Africa is considered to be Africa’s key film festival and conference fornatural history and wildlife film and television programming. The event includes workshops,seminars, masterclasses, open pitching sessions, commissioners’ panels and exhibitions,and is a valuable networking forum for both local and international delegates and industryleaders. This year DWTA will include the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition to beheld at uShaka Marine World and sponsored by National Geographic, from 25 July to 25September 2013.14 34th Durban International Film Festival

SEMINARS and WORKSHOPSDIFF’s Seminars and Workshops programme covers a range of topics pertinent tothe filmmaking community and of interest to film lovers. The programme aims tocontribute to skills transfer and industry development and draws on the knowledge,skills and insights of a range of industry experts and filmmakers present at the 34th DurbanInternational Film Festival.Africa in Focus (see pages 19-23) consists of a series of panels which unpack theexperiences of filmmakers in the African continent and which highlight opportunities forinnovations and collaboration and features on the programme of the Durban FilmMarttaking place from 19 to 22 July (see pages 28-29) as well as Talent Campus Durban between19 and 23 July (see pages 26-27).These workshops are in addition to industry development programmes presented with variouskey partners, including International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Hotdocs, BerlinaleTalent Campus, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and other festival contemporaries.Partnership with the National Film and Video Foundation enables us to deliver a strandof workshops that allow the filmmaking community an opportunity to engage with thenational industry body through various panels in the programme and other targeted events.DIFF also works with key industry bodies such as the South African Guild of Editors, theDocumentary Filmmakers Association and the Writer’s Guild of South Africa in order topresent panels that speak directly to their constituencies.A long-established part of DIFF’s industry development and community outreachprogramme, many of the festival’s workshops are open and free, to professionals andpublic alike.Festival Networking EventsThe Durban International Film Festival hosts over 500 industry delegates from Africa andbeyond, offering a range of networking events aimed at fostering strategic relationships forfilm production and co-production. The Durban FilmMart has nightly functions sponsoredby partners and industry organisations while the Durban International Film Festival hostsnightly functions for selected premieres. As part of the Durban International Film Festival’smembership of the World Documentary Exchange, a breakfast meeting of selecteddocumentary producers, including the projects of the Durban FilmMart, Doc Station, visitinggrantees of the Hotdocs Blue Ice Group Fund and European producers of documentariesscreening at the Durban International Film Festival, will take place.16 34th Durban International Film Festival

Blue Waters Seminar and Workshop HubThe principal festival hub for the seminar and workshop programmes is situated at the BlueWaters Hotel, 175 Snell Parade, Battery Beach.Entry to the free open workshops and free screenings at Blue Watersrequires prior registration at the DIFF Info Desk (please bring your ID).DIFF Info DeskGeneral information and registration for free Blue Waters screenings and open workshops.Blue Waters ground floor: 08h30-17h00 daily from 19-27 July.Filmmaker LoungesDIFF Industry Lounge – Florida Room (1st Floor) – For DIFF Accredited guests only, the IndustryLounge hours are 09:00-17:00 daily (DIFF accreditation card must be displayed for access).DFM Industry Lounge – Cascades Room (Bottom Floor) – For DFM Accredited guests only,hours are 09:00-17:00 daily (DFM accreditation card must be displayed for access).Media OfficeFor media information and media accreditation contact:Sharlene Versfeld/Kwazi Ngubane – Versfeld & Associates: The Communication WorksMobile: +27 (0)83 326 3235/+27 (0)73 442 9347 • Tel: +27 (0) 31 811 5628Email: sharlene@versfeld.co.za/ Twitter @sharlvers • Skype: sharlene.versfeld/kwazi@versfeld.co.zaWebsite: www.versfeld.co.za34th Durban International Film Festival 17

SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPSCLOSED INDUSTRY PROGRAMMESThe following events are taking place during the festival but are closed except by priorapplication unless otherwise indicated. Where applicable, interested filmmakers areencouraged to apply again in 2014.6th Talent Campus DurbanFive days of workshops and networking opportunities for 40 African filmmakers from 18African countries, chosen from over 250 submissions – see page 26-27 for details.4th Durban FilmMartA film finance and co-production market which this year includes 23 projects in the FinanceForum, comprising 11 fiction features and 12 documentaries. DFM also runs masterclassesand networking sessions for which accreditation is required – see pages 28-29 for full details.18 34th Durban International Film Festival

OPEN TO PUBLIC SESSIONSOpen workshopsFriday July 19Entry to the free open workshops andfree screenings at Blue Waters requiresprior registration at the DIFF Infodesk (please bring your ID). Late entrycannot be guaranteed.Doing it All: Actors on Crossing Medium10:30 – 12:00 Venue: FontainbleauDIFF Opening Night film Of Good Report's lead actor Mothusi Magano discusses thechallenges and rewards of acting in various mediums including cinema, television,advertising and theatre.Africa in Focus: Back to Basics with Howard Thomas – Researching film and TVdata without having to pay for it14:00 – 15:00 Venue: FontainbleauThis is the first in a series of four workshops on the basics of project development,research, proposal writing and pitching. The workshops will be delivered by HowardThomas of Busvannah Communications.Africa in Focus – The Future of African Stories14:00 – 15:30 Venue: Pool Deck RoomThe Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers celebrates over 40 years of existence and looksinto the future of African cinema, examining audience development, possibilities forinter-continental co-production and industry development in the different regions.Africa In Focus – DFM Success stories15:45 – 17:00 Venue: Pool Deck RoomThe Pan African Federation of Film Makers engages with the industry on policy mattersleading their agenda, following their general congress in May. Panelists include NeilBrandt, Janet van Eerden and Mayenzeke Baza.African Eyes Launch16:30 – 18:00 Venue: FontainbleauSouth African producers Leli Maki and Marc Schwinges launch their ground- breakingtransmedia project African Eyes and call for African filmmakers to make their submissionsto this project.34th Durban International Film Festival 19

OPEN WORKSHOPSSaturday July 20Africa In Focus – NFVF Industry Engagement – SA Industry Feedback14:00 – 15:30 Venue: Pool Deck RoomThe National Film and Video Foundation reports on the state of the South African filmindustry and engages with the industry.Africa in Focus: Back to Basics with Howard Thomas – The Four Rules ofTargeting an Audience16:00 – 17:00 Venue: Pool Deck RoomThis is the second in a series of four workshops on the basics of project development,research, proposal writing and pitching. The workshops will be delivered by HowardThomas of Busvannah Communications.African Idiom – The Language of Cinema in Africa16:00 – 18:00 Venue: South Deck Room, 11th FloorA look at a selection of this year’s DIFF films which explores Africa and African cinema in newand intriguing ways. Panelists include Jahmil XT Qubeka (Of Good Report), Dorothee Wenner(Drama Consult), Joao Viana (The Battle Of Tabatô) and Gabriel Bologna (African Gothic).Sunday July 21Launch of the Zulu Coast Film Office09:00 – 10:00 Venue: FontainbleauThe newly established Zulu Coast Film Office has its official public launch today. Panelistsinclude Khosi Bhengu (Chief Operations Officer from uMhlosinga Development Agency),Noxy Mavundla (Zulu Coast Film Office Manager) and Anita Tait (Tourism Manager fromuThungulu District Municipality).Sexual Identities in the Picture10:30 – 12:00 Venue: FontainbleauA discusssion of 34th Durban International Film Festival's thematic focus on SexualIdentities in film. The festival engages with Mike Lerner (Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer);Prof. Rozena Maart (Director, Center for Critical Research on Race and Identity); Purity‘Pure‘ Mkhize (vocalist of Durban Punk Band Fruit and Veggies); and Lucia ‘Loopy’Gcina (Bassist, Fruit and Veggies).20 34th Durban International Film Festival

In Conversation with ... Distribution Lessons from Dolly Turner14:00 – 15:00 Venue: Pool Deck RoomAmerican Entertainment Marketing expert Dolly Turner, shares her insights and strategiesaround independent film distribution. This panel is presented with the support of the NFVF.Producing Documentaries14:00 – 15:00 Venue: DFM LoungeDocumentary filmmaker Mayenzeke Baza (2013 Hotdocs Blue Ice Group Fund fellow andNFVF funding recipient) in conversation with NFVF's Neiloe Whitehead.Africa in Focus: Back to Basics with Howard Thomas – Transferring What’s inYour Head to a Short Description15:30 – 16:30 Venue: FontainbleauThis is the third in a series of four workshops on the basics of project development,research, proposal writing and pitching. The workshops will be delivered by HowardThomas of Busvannah Communications.Africa In Focus: Harnessing the power of Media in Distributing your film15:45 – 16:45 Venue: Pool Deck RoomThis panel looks at the role of media in optimising the potential of your film to reach thelargest possible audiences. Panelists include Leon Van Nierop (film critic), Clive Fisher (SterKinekor), Sharlene Versfeld (Verfeld and Associates), Didi Cheeka (filmmaker and film criticfor This Day, Nigeria) and Nilesh Singh (Videovision Entertainment).Europe: A Space for Diversity in Cinema?17:00 – 18:15 Venue: FontainbleauEuropean filmmakers discuss the filmmaking environment in the continent. Panelistsinclude Dorethee Wenner (Drama Consult), Pia Marais (Layla Fourie), Phile Harrison (TheGood Man) and Mike Lerner (Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer).Monday July 22AIF: NFVF Sediba Script Development – The Journey from Idea to Screen09:00 – 10:00 Venue: Pool Deck RoomIn this panel, the National Film and Video Foundation unpack the development processfor funded projects awarded NFVF development funding.34th Durban International Film Festival 21

OPEN WORKSHOPSMeet the Funders09:30 – 11:00 Venue: FontainbleauThis panel gives filmmakers an opportunity to engage with film funds at the festival.Panelists include Nonceba Mashalaba (Department of Trade and Industry), ChristineTroestrum (World Cinema Fund/Berlinale), Stefanie McArthur (Hotdocs/Blue Ice GroupFund, Iwana Chronis (Hubert Bals fund) and Melanie de Vogt (IDFA Bertha Fund).NFVF Funding Panel11:15 – 12:30 Venue: FontainbleauThe National Film and Video Foundation engages with industry on funding. Panelists includeClarence Hamilton, Thandeka Zwana, Neiloe Whitehead, Pretty Mthiyane and Naomi Mokhele.Africa in Focus: Request for Proposals14:00 – 15:30 Venue: Pool Deck RoomA panel of film initiatives, commissioning editors and broadcasters seeking proposals fromindustry. Panelists include Kheshni Rajoc (e-tv), Zanele Mthembu (Sabido Productions), MichaelLee (African Eyes), Alexandre Singer (Kafard Films), Remi Bura (Arte), Denis Bazlin (NantesProduire de Sud), Suaad Husein (Francophone), and Vanya Talud (Paris Cinema).Transmedia Spotting – How to Identify, Structure and Promote your TransmediaProject14:00 – 15:30 Venue: FontainbleauIngrid Kopp, director of Digital Initiatives at Tribeca Institute, gives her insight into whatmakes a suitable transmedia project, gives examples of models for transmedia andconsiders ways to reach audiences. Facilitated by Marc Schwinges.Window to the World – An Insight into World Trends15:45 – 17:00 Venue: Pool Deck Room22 34th Durban International Film Festival

Representatives of film festivals' cinema, funds and organisations from across the globeshare their insights into global trends in film production, funding and co-production.Panelists include Stephanie McArthur (Hotdocs/Blue Ice Group Fund), Christine Troestrum(World Cinema Fund/Berlinale), Iwana Chronis (IFFR/Hubert Bals Fund), Dorothee Wenner(Programmer in Asia, Africa and Europe), Melanie de Vogt (IDFA), Ingrid Lill Hotgun(Barentsfilm AS), Kate Townsend (BBC), Himesh Ka (World View) and Ayuko Babu (PanAfrican Film Festival). Facilitated by Jack Chiang.Africa in Focus: Back to Basics with Howard Thomas – Getting to a WorkableBudget16:00 – 17:00 Venue: FontainbleauThis is the last in a series of four workshops on the basics of project development,research, proposal writing and pitching. The workshops will be delivered by HowardThomas of Busvannah Communications.Tuesday July 23Critics Panel: Redefining the Genre09:00 – 11:00 Venue: Pool Deck RoomMentors of the Talent Campus Durban hands-on-training programme, Talent Press, speakabout the state of film criticism in African Cinema. Panelists include Didi Cheeka, Leon vanNierop, Katarina Hederen and Espera Donouvossi (NFVF).NFVF Co-production Forum10:00 – 11:30 Venue: FontainbleauNFVF's Terrence Khumalo discusses the 2012/2013 year in co-productions.The 3-Act Screenplay Demystified with the Writers Guild of South Africa11:30 – 13:00 Venue: Pool Deck RoomWriters Eubulus Timothy and Clinton Marais take the mystery out of story structure.This panel is presented in collaboration with the Writers Guild of South Africa.Film Initiatives Open Call – Afrinolly and Girls’ Minds Think Alike:A Call for Female Filmmakers12:00 – 13:00 Venue: Fontainbleau34th Durban International Film Festival 23

OPEN WORKSHOPSFrench/Algerian production company Kafard Films launches a project for African femalefilmmakers named Girls' Minds Think Alike. Nigerian film initiative Afrinolly present theirground-breaking app and their short film competition.Music Rights in Film14:00 – 16:00 Venue: Pool Deck RoomPresented by the KZN Music Imbizo, this panel discusses processes and legal requirementsfor utilising music in a film. Panelists include Nkwenkwezi Langula (Department of Artsand Culture Archives), Victor Mampane (SAMRO) and Marljin Ntsele (iSupport MusicBusiness). Lehlogonolo ‘King Shaft’ Moropane (producer, Sonrise Entertainment).New Spaces for African Cinema14:00 – 16:00 Venue: FontainbleauThis panel highlights the work of the ReaGile project in bringing cinema to South Africatownships, as discovered in the research of the Centre for Culture and Media Studies atthe University of KwaZulu-Natal. Giving insight into grassroots cinema initiatives in EastAfrica, Frederico Oliviere discusses shock cinema, a Kenyan initiative he is affiliated with.ReaGile founder John Eschenburg and Frederico Oliviere will be in discussion with CCMS(UKZN) Masters candidate Sandisa Nyokana.Spotlight on EU Treaties16:30 – 17:30 Venue: Pool Deck Room24 34th Durban International Film Festival

Presented alongside research by the Visual Arts Network of SA and the British Council,this panel will discuss the effectiveness of co-production treaties with the EU in boostingco-production with South Africa. Joining the discussion will be representatives from theDepartment of Trade and Industry and NFVF.Mining the Visual Repository16:30 – 18:00 Venue: FontainbleauDaphney Setho of the SABC News Archives presents a workshop on how to access SABCNews Archive material for documentary and fiction films.Wednesday July 24Film and Publication Board Workshop09:00 – 10:00 Venue: Pool Deck RoomSouth African classification body, the Film and Publications Board, engages with industryon classification. Panelists include Mlimandlela Ndamase, Nthabiseng Man, DannyMorobane and Palesa Kadi.The Rise of the Zombie Film10:30 – 12:00 Venue: Pool Deck RoomThis panel looks at the rise of the zombie film and its sociological implications. Halleydirector Sebastian Hoffman (Halley) in conversation with Sarah Dawson.34th Durban International Film Festival 25

(19-23 July)6thMemetic Africa?The 6th Talent Campus Durban will bring together the creativityof 40 selected filmmakers from 18 different countries in Africa, chosen from over 250submissions, who will take part in a series of masterclasses, workshops and industrynetworking opportunities during the Durban International Film Festival. Supported by theGerman Embassy, the Goethe-Institut and the KZN Department of Economic Developmentand Tourism, Talent Campus Durban, a cooperation with Berlinale’s Talent Campus,encourages filmmakers to enhance their skills, develop collaborations and interface withthe dynamic future of the film industry in Africa and the world. The programme includesDoc Station for documentary filmmakers and Talent Press for film journalists and reviewers.The programme includes three Hands-On-Training programmes with selected Talents– Doc Station, Talent Press and Writer’s Circle. Three Doc Station participants will be partof an advance and in-situ mentorship process that will culminate in them pitching their26 34th Durban International Film Festival

4thDURBAN FILMMART(19-22 July)Now in its fourth year, the Durban FilmMart, a partnershipproject with the Durban Film Office and supported by theCity of Durban, is a film finance and co-production marketpresented in three strands – Finance Forum, Master Classes andthe Africa in Focus seminars. 23 selected African projects (11 fictionfeatures and 12 documentaries) will have an opportunity to hold one-on-one meetings withpotential financiers, co-producers and distributors in the Finance Forum.The documentary projects will also have an opportunity to pitch their projects to apanel of international commissioning editors in DOC Circle, a structured pitching forum coordinatedin association with the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA).The fiction feature programme is coordinated in association with Rotterdam InternationalFilm Festival’s CineMart. The DFM masterclass programme is open to registered delegatesonly. See www.durbanfilmmart.com for further details.28 34th Durban International Film Festival

Durban FilmMart also includes a series of Master Classes and seminars held with leadingexperts in the areas of Finance, Marketing, Distribution, Project Packaging, Co-production,New Media and other topics. Master Classes are open to all delegates of the DurbanFilmMart, who may also attend master classes in the Talent Campus Durban.Africa in Focus is a range of Durban International Film Festival seminars andpanel discussions featuring local and international filmmakers and industryexperts with a special focus on African issues and initiatives.For more information view the delegate registration processonline at the official website; www.durbanfilmmart.comTel: +27 31 311 4243 • Direct: +27 31 311 4095Fax: +27 31 311 4092 • Email: durbanfilmmart@gmail.com34th Durban International Film Festival 29

FILMS IN COMPETITIONThe festival will culminate with an Awards Night on 27 July, at which awards will beannounced for Competition Features in the following categories, all awarded bythe International Jury: Best Feature Film, Best First Feature Film, Best Direction, BestCinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress. The award for Best Film carriesa cash prize of R50,000. Cash awards of R25,000 and R20,000 are also awarded to the winnersof the Best South African Feature Film and Best First Feature Film categories respectively.Further awards are adjudicated in the following categories: Best Documentary, Best SouthAfrican Documentary, Best Short Film, Best South African Short Film, and Audience ChoiceBest Films.Additional awards include the Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award, fora film that best reflects human rights issues.30 34th Durban International Film Festival

The feature films in competition are:Closed Curtain by Jafar Panahi and Kamboziya Partovi (Iran, 2013)Fat Shaker by Mohammad Shirvani (Iran, 2013)Francine by Melanie Shatzky and Brian M Cassidy (United States, Canada, 2012)Gloria by Sebastian Lelio (Chile, Spain, 2012)Halley by Sebastian Hofmann (Mexico, The Netherlands, 2013)Laurence Anyways by Xavier Dolan (Canada, France, 2012)Layla Fourie by Pia Marais (Germany, South Africa, France, The Netherlands, 2013)Of Good Report by Jahmil XT Qubeka (South Africa, 2013)Only God Forgives by Nicolas Winding Refn (France, Denmark, 2013)Penumbra by Eduardo Villanueva (Mexico, 2013)Something Necessary by Judy Kibinge (Germany, Kenya, 2013)Sunshine Boys by Kim Tae-gon (South Korea, 2012)Tall as the Baobab Tree by Jeremy Teicher (Senegal, United States, 2012)The Battle Of Tabatô by Joao Viana (Guinea-Bissau, Portugal, 2013)The Forgotten Kingdom by Andrew Mudge (Lesotho, South Africa, 2012)The Future by Alicia Scherson (Chile, Germany, Italy, Spain, 2013)The Grandmaster by Won Kar Wai (Hong Kong SAR China, 2012)The Hunt by Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark, 2012)The Land Of Hope by Sion Sono (Japan, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Germany, 2012)The Past by Asghar Farhadi (France, Italy, 2013)Wadjda by Al-Mansour Haifaa (Saudi Arabia, Germany, 2012)Watchtower by Pelin Esmer (France, Germany, Turkey, 2012)Yema by Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria, France, 2012)Youth by Tom Shoval (Israel, Germany, France, 2013)34th Durban International Film Festival 31

OPENING FILMTHURSDAY 18 JULYOF GOOD REPORTDirected by Jahmil XT Qubeka, South Africa, 2013WORLD PREMIERE18 july 19:00 supernova; 21 july 14:15 suncoast b;24 july 20:15 SUNCOAST B; 27 JULY 18:00 EKHAYAXhosa, Zulu and Sotho with English subtitles, 104 minFilmmakers in attendanceOf Good Report does more than tell a South African story; the film altogether extends thelanguage of African filmmaking, while acknowledging the richness of global cinema. Thethird feature from South African director-on-the-rise Jahmil XT Qubeka, Of Good Report takesthe viewer on a hypnotic journey inside the mind of a mentally troubled man. The troublefor Parker Sithole begins when he meets the unquestionably beautiful Nolitha Ngubane at alocal tavern. Enthralled by her beauty, Parker experiences an ecstasy he’s never known beforeand from this mutual attraction, an illicit affair ensues. However, there’s just one problem: thebeautiful Nolitha is one of Parker’s pupils and is just sixteen years old. Parker quickly spiralsinto a deep obsession that ultimately turns to tragedy. This is a fascinating and passionateSouth African homage to classic film noir.See the short collection of films that have inspired the filmmaking career of South Africandirector Jahmil XT Qubeka in ‘The Films that Made Me’ (pages 78-79).32 34th Durban International Film Festival

closING FILMSATURDAY 27 JULYFREE ANGELA ANDALL POLITICAL PRISONERSDirected by Shola Lynch, United States, France 201227 July 18:30 Supernova; 28 July 12:00 Musgrave AEnglish, 101 minThis remarkable documentary looks at the exceptional life of activist and academic, Angela Davis,whose life and legend is intimately connected the the Black Panther movement. This grippingfilm revisits the experiences of Davis, beginning with her career in the philosophy department ofUCLA and her simultaneous life as a member of the communist party and Black Panthers, whileacknowledging her Alabama upbringing. Drawing fire for her political allegiances – labelledprovocation by the Reagan government – Davis soon became the victim of a campaign toban her from teaching in the United States. As a result, she found herself catapulted into theinternational limelight for her revolutionary beliefs. Following a series of death threats, shebought her first firearm – the first step towards a series of events that involved kidnappings andshootouts, and saw her ending up on the FBI’s ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list. Free Angela is no dry biopic– instead it unfolds dynamically through a series of intimate interviews with the woman herself,known to her supporters around the world as a symbol of freedom and people power.34th Durban International Film Festival 33

THURSDAY 18 JulyF – Features; D – Documentaries; SD – Short Documentaries19:00 OF GOOD REPORT F 104' South Africa 2013FRIDAY 19 Julysuncoast a18:00 GINGER AND ROSA F86' United Kingdom, Denmark 201220:00 THE DEVIL'S LAIR D 85' South Africa 201322:15 36 F68' Thailand 2012suncoast B09:00 MAPANTSULA F104' South Africa, United States 198718:00 SOMETHING NECESSARY F85' Germany, Kenya 201320:00 TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE(GRAND COMME LE BAOBAB) F82' Senegal, United States 201222:15 VIC+FLO SAW A BEAR(VIC ET FLO ONT VU UN OURS) F95' Canada 2013MUSGRAVE A18:00 TWO MOTHERS(ZWEI MUTTER) F75' Germany 201320:00 THE HUNT (JAGTEN) F111' Denmark 201222:30 STATE 194 D98' Israel, Palestinian Territories,United States 2012MUSGRAVE B18:00 THE GATEKEEPERS D95' Israel, France, Germany,Belgium 201220:30 HALLEY F 83' Mexico, The Netherlands 201322:30 EVIL DEAD F91' United States 2013suncoast C20:15 THE BATTLE OF TABATÔ (ABATALHA DE TABATÔ) F 80' Guinea-Bissau, Portugal 201334 34th Durban International Film Festival

SF – Short Films; W – Wavescape; – FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCEFRIDAY 19 julyELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRECinema Nouveau – Gateway18:00 DRAMA CONSULT D 80' Germany, Nigeria 201220:00 FIDAI D 83' France, Algeria, Kuwait,Qatar, China, Germany, UnitedKingdom 201216:30 REALITY F115' Italy, France 201219:00 MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN F148' Canada, United Kingdom 201222:00 THE FUTURE (IL FUTURO) F95' Chile, Germany, Italy, Spain 2013EKHAYA MULTI-ARTS CENTRE18:00 IT'S US (NI SISI) F 92' Kenya 2013BLUE WATERS HOTEL12:00 NORMAN CATHERINECURRICULUM VITAE D12' South Africa 2012LIGHT AND DARK D45' South Africa 2013supernova19:30 ONLY GOD FORGIVES F90' Denmark 201313:30 CASTING BY D89' United States 201217:00 BORN THIS WAY D82' United States, Cameroon 201334th Durban International Film Festival 35

SATURDAY 20 JULYSUPERNOVAF – Features; D – Documentaries; SD – Short DocumentariesMUSGRAVE A19:30 LAYLA FOURIE F 108’ Germany, South Africa,France, The Netherlands 2013SUNCOAST A11:45 THE LEBANESE ROCKETSOCIETY D94’ Lebanon, Qatar, France 201214:00 MOBILE HOME F95’ France, Belgium, Luxembourg201216:15 THE GOOD MAN F 75’ South Africa, United Kingdom,Ireland 201218:15 PENUMBRA F 89’ Mexico 201320:15 NO F117' Chile, United States,France 201222:30 YOUTH F107’ Israel, Germany 2013SUNCOAST B09:00 KOYAANISQATSI F86' United States 198215:00 COMRADE KIM GOES FLYING F81’ Belgium, North Korea, UnitedKingdom 201217:30 THE PRESIDENT(LE PRESIDENT) F 65’ Cameroon, Germany 201320:00 IT FELT LIKE LOVE F82’ United States 201322:00 WATCHTOWER F96’ France, Germany, Turkey 201212:00 2 MEN AND A WEDDING D 51’ South Africa 201213:30 THE LAND OF HOPE (KIBÔ NOKUNI) F134’ Japan, United Kingdom,Taiwan, Germany 201216:30 WRONG F94’ United States, France 201219:00 SPRING BREAKERS F92’ United States 201221:30 INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR. F60’ United States 2013MUSGRAVE B12:00 AFRICAN GOTHIC(DIEPE GROND) F 90’ United States, SouthAfrica 201214:00 EVERYMAN’S TAXI F 98’ South Africa 201217:00 AFRICAN METROPOLIS 110’19:30 ZOMBIE FEVER 3D F100’ Russia 201221:45 MONSOON SHOOTOUT F96’ India, United Kingdom 201236 34th Durban International Film Festival

SF – Short Films; W – Wavescape; – FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCEELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATREEKHAYA KWAMASHUSATURDAY 20 JULY14:30 ACTORHOLIC F 75’ South Africa 201216:30 I AM DIVINE D90’ United States 201318:30 IT’S US (NI SISI) F 92’ Kenya 201313:00 DRAMA CONSULT D 80’ Germany, Nigeria 201215:00 BLOOD TOKOLOSHE F 72’ South Africa 201318:00 BORN THIS WAY D82’ United States, Cameroon 2013CINEMA NOUVEAU16:45 OUTRAGE BEYOND(AUTOREIJI BIYONDO) F112’ Japan 2012BLUE WATERS HOTEL14:00 SALMA D90’ United Kingdom, India 201321:00 THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES F140’ United States 201234th Durban International Film Festival 37

SUNDAY 21 JULYSUPERNOVAF – Features; D – Documentaries; SD – Short DocumentariesMUSGRAVE A19:30 THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM F 97’ Lesotho, South Africa 2012SUNCOAST A12:00 RUST AND BONE (DE ROUILLEET D’OS) F120’ France, Belgium 201214:30 FAT SHAKER(LARZANANDEYE CHARBI) F84’ Iran 201316:30 BOMB IT 2 D 67’ United States 201018:00 THE BATTLE OF TABATÔ(A BATALHA DE TABATÔ) F 80’ Guinea-Bissau, Portugal 201320:00 ME AND YOU (IO E TE) F103’ Italy 2012SUNCOAST B09:00 QUEST FOR FIRE F100’ Canada, France, UnitedStates 201312:00 THE LOOK OF LOVE F101’ United Kingdom, UnitedStates 201314:15 OF GOOD REPORT F 104’ South Africa 201316:40 FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH:THE TOMI UNGERER STORY D98’ United States 201219:00 DUST F 80’ United States 201221:00 YEMA F90’ Algeria, France 201212:00 CLOSED CURTAIN (PARDE) F106’ Iran 201314:30 WADJDA F98’ Saudi Arabia, Germany 201217:00 BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO F92’ United Kingdom 201219:30 DURBAN POISON F 110’ South Africa 201322:00 HALLEY F 83’ Mexico, The Netherlands 2013MUSGRAVE B12:00 SUNSHINE BOYS F85’ South Korea 201214:00 CAPTAIN KANG D78’ South Korea 201216:00 MISS LOVELY F115’ India 201218:30 HAROLD’S GOING STIFF F77’ United Kingdom 201120:30 FRANKENSTEIN’S ARMY F84’ The Netherlands, UnitedStates 201338 34th Durban International Film Festival

SF – Short Films; W – Wavescape; – FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCEELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATREBAY OF PLENTY LAWNSSUNDAY 21 JULY14:00 FELIX F97’ South Africa 201316:30 ATLANTIC AVENUE SF13' France, United States 2013VALENTINE ROAD D88’ United States 201219:00 DARK SIDE OF THE LENS W6’ Ireland 2011LE FRENCH CONNEXION W7’ Namibia 2011BENDING COLORS(JORDY SMITH) W37’ South Africa, Réunion, UnitedStates, Indonesia 2012CINEMA NOUVEAU14:30 GREAT EXPECTATIONS F128’ United Kingdom 201219:30 EVIL DEAD F91’ United States 2013EKHAYA KWAMASHUBLUE WATERS HOTEL12:00 CASTING BY D89’ United States 201214:00 I AM DIVINE D90’ United States 201316:00 AFRICAN METROPOLIS 110’13:00 THE CREATORS D89’ South Africa, United States 201215:30 PENUMBRA F 89’ Mexico 201334th Durban International Film Festival 39

MONDAY 22 JULYsupernovaF – Features; D – Documentaries; SD – Short DocumentariesSUNCOAST CSCHOOLS SCREENING: SOLD OUT10:00 FELIX F97’ South Africa 2013Suncoast A18:00 ANGEL OF THE SKIES F 105’ South Africa 201322:00 ME AND YOU (IO E TE) F103’ Italy 2012Suncoast b09:00 MIDNIGHT COWBOY F113' United States 196918:00 2 WINGS MANY PRAYERS D52’ South Africa 201318:00 DARK BLOOD F86’ The Netherlands 201220:00 WADJDA F98’ Saudi Arabia, Germany 201222:15 VIRGIN MARGARIDA(MARGARIDA) F 90’ Mozambique 2012musgrave A18:00 DARK SIDE OF THE LENS W6’ Ireland 2011REVOLUTION W90’ 201220:00 YOUR PLACE IN THE CLOUDS W4’ South Africa 2012IMMERSION W140’ Australia 201220:00 FRANCINE F 74’ United States, Canada 201222:00 CAPTAIN KANG D78’ South Korea 201240 34th Durban International Film Festival

SF – Short Films; W – Wavescape; – FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCEmusgrave bEKHAYA kwamashuMONDAY 22 JULY18:00 GINGER AND ROSA F86’ United Kingdom, Denmark 201220:00 FAT SHAKER(LARZANANDEYE CHARBI) F84’ Iran 201322:00 PUSSY RIOT – A PUNK PRAYER D 90’ Russia, United Kingdom 2013cinema nouveau14:00 THE FUTURE (IL FUTURO) F95’ Chile, Germany, Italy, Spain 201318:00 REALITY F115’ Italy, France 201220:30 THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES F140’ United States 201214:00 CHICKENS CAN FLY D45’ South Africa 2011luthuli museum10:00 THE DEVIL’S LAIR D 85’ South Africa 201314:00 EVERYMAN’S TAXI F98’ South Africa 2012blue waters hotel15:00 I AM BREATHING D72’ Denmark 201217:00 FIDAI D 83’ France, Algeria, Kuwait,Qatar, China, Germany, UnitedKingdom 201234th Durban International Film Festival 41

TUESDAY 23 JULYsupernovaF – Features; D – Documentaries; SD – Short DocumentariesSUNCOAST DSCHOOLS SCREENING: SOLD OUT10:00 THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM F 97’ Lesotho, South Africa 2012suncoast a18:00 COMRADE KIM GOES FLYING F81’ Belgium, United Kingdom,North Korea 201220:00 GLORIA F105’ Chile, Spain 201222:30 MY AFGHANISTAN – LIFE INTHE FORBIDDEN ZONE D86’ Denmark, Norway 2012suncoast b09:00 RAN F162' Japan, France 198518:00 HAROLD’S GOING STIFF F77’ United Kingdom 201120:00 PENUMBRA F 89’ Mexico 201322:00 THE PRESIDENT(LE PRESIDENT) F 65’ Cameroon, Germany 2013suncoast c20:00 ONLY GOD FORGIVES F90’ France, Denmark 2013musgrave a16:00 WRONG F94’ United States, France 201218:00 THE SHAPER W5’ United Kingdom 2012SEA WORTHY W75’ Australia, New Zealand, France,Spain 200820:00 PERFECT HOLIDAY W5’ France 2012DESERT REBELS W26’ South Africa 2012NORTH OF THE SUN W46’ Norway 201222:00 THE SPIRIT OF ‘45 D94’ United Kingdom 201317:30 THE HUNT (JAGTEN) F111’ Denmark 201220:00 FRANKENSTEIN’S ARMY F84’ The Netherlands, UnitedStates 201342 34th Durban International Film Festival

SF – Short Films; W – Wavescape; – FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCEmusgrave bekhaya kwamashuTUESDAY 23 JULY17:30 YOUTH F107’ Israel, Germany 201319:45 LAYLA FOURIE F 108’ Germany, South Africa, France,The Netherlands 201322:15 DUST F 80’ United States 201215:30 NORMAN CATHERINECURRICULUM VITAE D12’ South Africa 2012LIGHT AND DARK D45’ South Africa 201318:00 MORE THAN HONEY D91’ Germany, Austria,Switzerland 2012elizabeth sneddon theatre18:30 NATURAL WORLD:QUEEN OF THE SAVANNAH D60’ United Kingdom 201120:00 ATLANTIC AVENUE SF13' France, Unites States 2013luthuli museum10:00 ANGEL OF THE SKIES F 105’ South Africa 201314:00 2 MEN AND A WEDDING D 51’ South Africa 2012VALENTINE ROAD D88’ United States 2012cinema nouveau18:00 THE FUTURE (IL FUTURO) F95’ Chile, Germany, Italy, Spain 201320:30 THE RELUCTANTFUNDAMENTALIST F128’ India, Pakistan, UnitedStates 2012blue waters hotel12:30 THE DEVIL’S LAIR D 85’ South Africa 201314:30 NO BURQAS BEHIND BARS D77’ Sweden 201234th Durban International Film Festival 43

WEDNESDAY 24 JULY F – Features; D – Documentaries; SD – Short Documentariessupernovamusgrave aSCHOOLS SCREENING: SOLD OUT10:00 KHUMBA F 90’ South Africa 2013suncoast a18:00 THE SPIRIT OF ‘45 D94’ United Kingdom 201320:30 THE ABSENT COLUMN D 7’ United States 2013ALGORITHMS D 100’ India 2012suncoast b18:00 GLORIA F105’ Chile, Spain 201220:15 OF GOOD REPORT F 104’ South Africa 201322:30 BOMB IT 2 D67’ United States 201018:00 HERE AND NOW W45’ United States 2012THIS TIME TOMORROW W65’ Mexico 201220:00 LE FRENCH CONNEXION W7’ Namibia 2011DESERT REBELS W26’ South Africa 2012STAND W45’ Canada 2012MUSGRAVE b18:00 YEMA F90’ Algeria, France 201220:00 BLOOD TOKOLOSHE F72’ South Africa 201322:30 ZOMBIE FEVER 3D F100’ Russia 2012suncoast c18:00 LAURENCE ANYWAYS F159’ Canada, France 201221:30 SOMETHING NECESSARY F85’ Germany, Kenya 201344 34th Durban International Film Festival

SF – Short Films; W – Wavescape; – FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCEELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRELUTHULI MUSEUMWEDNESDAY 24 JULY18:00 ANGELS IN EXILE D 74’ South Africa 201320:00 THE CREATORS D89’ South Africa, United States 201222:00 A RETURN TO THE SEA D4’ South Africa 2012RADIOACTIVE WOLVES D50’ Austria 2011CINEMA NOUVEAU17:30 THE RELUCTANTFUNDAMENTALIST F128’ India, Pakistan, UnitedStates 201220:30 MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN F148’ Canada, United Kingdom 201210:00 TALL AS THE BAOBABTREE (GRAND COMME LEBAOBAB) F82’ Senegal, United States 201214:00 SALMA D90’ United Kingdom, India 2013BLUE WATERS HOTEL13:00 MY AFGHANISTAN –LIFE IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE D86’ Denmark, Norway 201215:00 TOUCHING THE DRAGON D 52’ South Africa 201217:00 PUSSY RIOT – A PUNK PRAYER D90’ Russia, United Kingdom 2013EKHAYA KWAMASHU15:30 AFRICAN GOTHIC(DIEPE GROND) F 90’ United States, South Africa 201218:00 THE GATEKEEPERS D95’ Israel, France, Germany,Belgium 2012THE UPSTAIRS18:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE A SF99’20:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE B SF102’34th Durban International Film Festival 45

THURSDAY 25 JULYSUPERNOVAF – Features; D – Documentaries; SD – Short DocumentariesMUSGRAVE ASCHOOLS SCREENING: SOLD OUT10:00 TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE(GRAND COMME LE BAOBAB) F82’ Senegal, United States 2012SUNCOAST A17:30 EVERYMAN’S TAXI F98’ South Africa 201220:00 THE GRANDMASTER (YI DAIZONG SHI) F120’ Hong Kong SAR China 201222:30 INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR. F60’ United States 2013SUNCOAST B18:00 IT FELT LIKE LOVE F82’ United States 201320:00 FRANCINE F74’ United States, Canada 201222:00 TWO MOTHERS (ZWEI MUTTER) F75’ Germany 2013SUNCOAST C18:00 DARK SIDE OF THE LENS W6’ Ireland 2011BENDING COLORS (JORDYSMITH) W37’ South Africa, Réunion, UnitedStates, Indonesia 2012KUSHAYA IGAGASI(HITTING THE WAVES) W 23’ South Africa 201220:00 THE SHAPER W5’ United Kingdom 2012THE HEART AND THE SEA W85’ Australia, New Zealand, France,Spain 2012MUSGRAVE B18:00 WATCHTOWER F96’ France, Germany, Turkey 201220:15 SUNSHINE BOYS F85’ South Korea 201218:00 AFRICAN GOTHIC(DIEPE GROND) F 90’ United States, South Africa 201220:00 MOBILE HOME F95’ France, Belgium,Luxembourg 201222:15 VIRGIN MARGARIDA(MARGARIDA) F90’ Mozambique 201246 34th Durban International Film Festival

SF – Short Films; W – Wavescape; – FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCEELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRELUTHULI MUSEUMTHURSDAY 25 JULY18:00 DURBAN POISON F110’ South Africa 201320:30 HALLEY F83’ Mexico, The Netherlands 201310:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE A SF99’14:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE B SF102’CINEMA NOUVEAU18:00 OUTRAGE BEYOND(AUTOREIJI BIYONDO) F112’ Japan 2012EKHAYA KWAMASHU13:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE E SF105’15:30 THE CREATORS D89’ South Africa, United States 201217:30 THE GOOD MAN F 75’ South Africa, United Kingdom,Ireland 2012BLUE WATERS HOTEL12:30 BROKEN TAIL D58’ Ireland 201114:00 TEN QUINTILLION D10’ Australia 2012THE ANIMALCOMMUNICATOR D52’ South Africa 201215:30 TREIBJAGD(THE DRIVEN HUNT) D13’ Germany 2012A WILD DOG’S TALE D50’ Botswana, South Africa 201217:00 DRAMA CONSULT D80’ Germany, Nigeria 2012THE UPSTAIRS18:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE C SF101’20:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE D SF101’34th Durban International Film Festival 47

FRIDAY 26 JULYSUPERNOVAF – Features; D – Documentaries; SD – Short DocumentariesMUSGRAVE ASCHOOLS SCREENING: SOLD OUT10:00 IT’S US (NI SISI) F92’ Kenya 2013SUNCOAST A19:30 THE PAST (LE PASSE) F130’ France, Italy 201322:15 COSMOPOLIS F108’ France, Canada 2012SUNCOAST B20:00 THE ARCTIC GIANT D60’ Denmark 201322:00 THE LEBANESE ROCKETSOCIETY D94’ Lebanon, Qatar, France 2012SUNCOAST C18:00 MORE THAN HONEY D91’ Germany, Austria,Switzerland 201218:00 WATER FROM THE MOON W28’ 2012THIS TIME TOMORROW W65’ Mexico 2012PERFECT HOLIDAY W5’ France 201220:00 STAND W45’ Canada 2012NORTH OF THE SUN W46’ Norway 2012MUSGRAVE B16:30 RUST AND BONE(DE ROUILLE ET D’OS) F120’ France, Belgium 201219:00 THE LAND OF HOPE(KIBÔ NO KUNI) F134’ Japan, United Kingdom,Taiwan, Germany 201222:00 SUNSHINE BOYS F85’ South Korea 201248 34th Durban International Film Festival

SF – Short Films; W – Wavescape; – FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCEELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATREBLUE WATERS HOTELFRIDAY 26 JULY18:00 JEPPE ON A FRIDAY D 83’ South Africa, Canada 201220:15 NO BURQAS BEHIND BARS D77’ Sweden 2012CINEMA NOUVEAU20:30 THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES F140’ United States 2012EKHAYA KWAMASHU15:30 SHORT FILM PACKAGE G SF101’18:00 ACTORHOLIC F75’ South Africa 201211:30 THE ABSENT COLUMN D 7’ United States 2012ALGORITHMS D 100’ India 201214:00 AMAZING GRACE D5’ Zambia 2013THE UNLIKELY LEOPARD D50’ Botswana 201215:15 STATE 194 D98’ Israel, Palestinian Territories,United States 201217:30 I AM DIVINE D90’ United States 2013LUTHULI MUSEUM10:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE C SF101’12:00 FELIX F 97’ South Africa 2013THE UPSTAIRS18:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE E SF105’20:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE F SF97’34th Durban International Film Festival 49

SATURDAY 27 JULYSUPERNOVAF – Features; D – Documentaries; SD – Short DocumentariesSUNCOAST C18:30 FREE ANGELA AND ALLPOLITICAL PRISONERS D101’ United States, France 2012SUNCOAST A12:00 GRAVITY D 28’ South Africa 2012I AM BREATHING D72’ Denmark 201216:00 THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM F97’ Lesotho, South Africa 201218:30 TWO MOTHERS(ZWEI MUTTER) F75’ Germany 201321:00 VIC+FLO SAW A BEAR (VIC ETFLO ONT VU UN OURS) F95’ Canada 2013SUNCOAST B12:00 TALL AS THE BAOBABTREE (GRAND COMME LEBAOBAB) F82’ Senegal, United States 201214:00 JEPPE ON A FRIDAY D 83’ South Africa, Canada 201217:30 IT FELT LIKE LOVE F82’ United States 201319:30 FRANKENSTEIN’S ARMY F84’ The Netherlands, UnitedStates 201321:30 HAROLD’S GOING STIFF F77’ United Kingdom 201111:45 36 F68’ Thailand 201213:30 THE PAST (LE PASSE) F130’ France, Italy 201316:30 ME AND YOU (IO E TE) F103’ Italy 201219:00 MOBILE HOME F95’ France, Belgium,Luxembourg 201221:30 MISS LOVELY F115’ India 2012SUNCOAST D14:30 CHICKENS CAN FLY D45’ South Africa 2011MUSGRAVE A12:00 IT’S US (NI SISI) F92’ Kenya 201314:30 GLORIA F105’ Chile, Spain 201219:30 ONE NIGHT (UNA NOCHE) F90’ Cuba, United Kingdom, UnitedStates 201222:00 COSMOPOLIS F108’ France, Canada 201250 34th Durban International Film Festival

SF – Short Films; W – Wavescape; – FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCEMUSGRAVE BCINEMA NOUVEAUSATURDAY 27 JULY12:00 SOMETHING NECESSARY F85’ Germany, Kenya 201314:30 KHUMBA F90’ South Africa 201316:30 LAYLA FOURIE F108’ Germany, South Africa, France,The Netherlands 201319:00 MONSOON SHOOTOUT F96’ India, United Kingdom 201222:30 ZOMBIE FEVER 3D F100’ Russia 2012ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE13:00 ORANIA D94’ Germany, South Africa 201215:15 FELIX F 97’ South Africa 201317:30 LAURENCE ANYWAYS F159’ Canada, France 201220:45 OUTRAGE BEYOND(AUTOREIJI BIYONDO) F112’ Japan 201214:00 GREAT EXPECTATIONS F128’ United Kingdom 201217:30 MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN F148’ Canada, United Kingdom 201220:30 EVIL DEAD F91’ United States 2013EKHAYA KWAMASHU13:00 TOUCHING THE DRAGON D52’ South Africa 201218:00 OF GOOD REPORT F 104’ South Africa 2013BLUE WATERS HOTEL11:30 THE BEAUTY OF THEIRRATIONAL D6’ South Africa 2012BIDDER 70 D72’ United States 201214:45 SHORT FILM PACKAGE D SF101’17:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE H SF100’THE UPSTAIRS18:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE G SF101’20:00 SHORT FILM PACKAGE H F100’34th Durban International Film Festival 51

SUNDAY 28 JULYSuncoast AF – Features; D – Documentaries; SD – Short DocumentariesSuncoast C12:00 THE LOOK OF LOVE F101’ United Kingdom, UnitedStates 201314:30 NO F117' Chile, United States, France 201217:00 GRAVITY D 28’ South Africa 2012ORANIA D94’ Germany, South Africa 201220:00 FAT SHAKER(LARZANANDEYE CHARBI) F84’ Iran 201322:00 SPRING BREAKERS F92’ United States 201214:30 VIC+FLO SAW A BEAR(VIC ET FLO ONT VU UN OURS) F95’ Canada 201317:00 DUST F80’ United States 201219:00 FRANCINE F74’ United States, Canada 201221:30 FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH:THE TOMI UNGERER STORY D98’ United States 2012Suncoast B12:00 THE GATEKEEPERS D95’ Israel, France, Germany,Belgium 201214:30 THE GOOD MAN F75’ South Africa, United Kingdom,Ireland 201216:15 BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO F92’ United Kingdom 201219:00 THE LAND OF HOPE(KIBÔ NO KUNI) F134’ Japan, United Kingdom,Taiwan, Germany 201222:00 PUSSY RIOT – A PUNK PRAYER D90’ Russia, United Kingdom 2013MUSGRAVE A12:00 FREE ANGELA AND ALLPOLITICAL PRISONERS D101’ United States, France 201214:30 ACTORHOLIC F75’ South Africa 201216:30 THE HUNT (JAGTEN) F111’ Denmark 201219:00 THE GRANDMASTER(YI DAI ZONG SHI) F120’ Hong Kong SAR China 201221:30 DARK BLOOD F86’ The Netherlands 201252 34th Durban International Film Festival

SF – Short Films; W – Wavescape; – FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCEMUSGRAVE BCINEMA NOUVEAUSUNDAY 28 JULY12:00 CLOSED CURTAIN (PARDE) F106’ Iran 201314:30 KHUMBA F90’ South Africa 201317:00 ONE NIGHT (UNA NOCHE) F90’ Cuba, United Kingdom, UnitedStates 201219:00 INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR. F60’ United States 201320:30 EVIL DEAD F91’ United States 201313:00 MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN F148’ Canada, United Kingdom 201216:00 GREAT EXPECTATIONS F128’ United Kingdom 201221:30 THE PLACE BEYOND THEPINES F140’ United States 2012EKHAYA KWAMASHU10:30 SHORT FILM PACKAGE F SF97’13:00 THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM F97’ Lesotho, South Africa 2012ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE14:00 NO BURQAS BEHIND BARS D77’ Sweden 201216:00 ANGELS IN EXILE D 74’ South Africa 201315:30 MORE THAN HONEY D91’ Germany, Austria,Switzerland 201218:00 NORMAN CATHERINECURRICULUM VITAE D12’ South Africa 2012LIGHT AND DARK D45’ South Africa 201334th Durban International Film Festival 53

FEATURE FILMS36d. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit,19 JULY 22:15 SUNCOAST A; 27 JULY 11:45 SUNCOAST CThailand, 2012In 36, a location scout named Sai visits various sites, taking numerous photographs with anart director she has just met. On assignment to find buildings with the look and feel of thepast, Sai and Oom’s mission takes them to the wreckage of a Vietnam War-era ‘love hotel,’where the Buddhist notion of impermanence becomes part of the conversation. When Sai'smemory stick fails her two years later, she finds herself longing for Oom and their experiencetogether. Filmed in 36 shots, this arresting first film is spell-binding in its languid rhythmsand promises a bright future for Thai director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit. African Premiere.Thai with English subtitles, 68 minACTORHOLICd. Oliver Rodger, South Africa,20 JULY 14:30 SNEDDON; 26 JULY 18:00 EKHAYA;201228 JULY 14:30 MUSGRAVE AFrom writer-director Oliver Rodger, who gave us last year’s side-splitting body-switchcomedy Copposites, comes this dryly comedic film about a frustrated actor. Fed up ofbeing type-cast and overlooked for epic film roles, Ramesh Dhoni decides to re-invent thevery foundations of acting – and thus ensure his fame/immortality – through a new andcontroversial reality show in which he secretly fakes his own death and has a camera crewfollow his family through their grief. This engagingly offbeat local comedy will appealto fans of the dead-pan humour of The Office and Curb Your Enthusiasm. World Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, 75 minAFRICAN GOTHIC (DIEPE GROND)d. Gabriel Bologna, United States, 20 JULY 12:00 MUSGRAVE B; 24 JULY 15:30 EKHAYA;South Africa, 201225 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST CThis dramatic thriller is set on a desolate rural farm in South Africa, and follows the livesof two lovers who have allowed their farm to fall to ruin by rejecting reality and creatingan eerie fantasy world. When they are visited by a lawyer from the city, he becomes theobject of their perverse games and is forced into joining in the madness. African Gothic isbased on Diepe Grond, the critically-acclaimed Afrikaans-language play by South Africanplaywright Reza de Wet, who died early last year. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish and Afrikaans with English subtitles, 90 min54 34th Durban International Film Festival

ANGEL OF THE SKIESd. Christopher-Lee Dos Santos,22 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST A; 23 JULY 10:00 LUTHULISouth Africa, 2013When Britain declares war against Germany, Flt. Officer Earl Kirk, a young South African pilot,volunteers to serve in the Royal Air Force, leaving behind his pregnant fiancé to serve the BritishEmpire. While flying in combat over Europe, Kirk and the RAF crew are confronted with the harshrealities of life and death as their bomber slowly falls from the skies over Northern Germany.After crash landing, Officer Kirk and his surviving crew are chased by the German SS. With theenemy hot on their heels, Kirk must find a way to get back home to South Africa. World Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish and German with English subtitles, 105 minBERBERIAN SOUND STUDIOd. Peter Strickland, United Kingdom,21 JULY 17:00 MUSGRAVE A; 28 JULY 16:15 SUNCOAST B2012In this darkly macabre tribute to the power of sound in cinema, a British sound technicianis brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film, which we neversee but only ever hear. The nightmarish task slowly takes over the sound technician’spsyche, forcing him to confront his own past. The result is a disturbing stylistic tour deforce into the nocturnal landscape of cinema that is also a precise and persuasive studyof personal breakdown. Berberian Sound Studio is a masterfully made film that will pleaseaudio experts, cinephiles and horror fans alike. African Premiere.English and Italian with English subtitles, 92 minBLOOD TOKOLOSHEd. Jordan Harland, South Africa, 2013 20 JULY 15:00 EKHAYA; 24 JULY 20:00 MUSGRAVE BWhen strange attacks plague the women of a local township, the region’s leaders are at a lossto defend them. At the same time Mthunzi, a shrewd businessman, is becoming wealthier andmore popular with the ladies – and something is clearly amiss. Mthunzi has been controlling atokoloshe to fulfil his greedy desires, but in his greed he breaks the golden rule of maintainingcontrol over the beast and it goes on a dark and violent rampage. Blood Tokoloshe is a uniquelyAfrican horror-thriller experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, Zulu and Sotho with English subtitles, 72 min34th Durban International Film Festival 55

FEATURE FILMSCLOSED CURTAIN (PARDE)d. Jafar Panahi, Kamboziya21 JULY 12:00 MUSGRAVE A; 28 JULY 12:00 MUSGRAVE BPartovi, Iran, 2013Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Script at Berlin this year, this latest film from bannedIranian director Jafar Panahi was shot secretly at Panahi’s own beachfront villa on theCaspian Sea. One night during a thunderstorm, Melika and her brother Reza break intothe villa occupied by a writer-in-hiding. The writer demands that they leave, but Rezastates that his sister is suicidal and then leaves her there. Melika’s presence unsettles thewriter, sending him into a paranoid state, but things become even more surreal when filmdirector Jafar Panahi and other film crew members appear in the villa. African Premiere.Persian with English subtitles, 106 minCOMRADE KIM GOES FLYINGd. Kim Gwang Hun, NicholasBonner, Anja Daelemans, Belgium, 20 JULY 15:00 SUNCOAST B; 23 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST AUnited Kingdom, North Korea, 2012Filmed in North Korea and co-directed by Kim Gwang-hun from North Korea, NicholasBonner from the UK and Anja Daelemans from Belgium, this outrageous and intriguingfilm tells the story of an adult coal miner and acrobat who is discovered by the nationaltrapeze team. But Comrade Kim's dreams of becoming a trapeze artist are crushed by thearrogant trapeze star Pak Jang Phil, who believes miners belong underground and notin the air. The first European-North Korea coproduction, Comrade Kim Goes Flying marksa milestone in film history thanks to the passionate determination of its three directors.African Premiere.Korean with English subtitles, 81 minCOSMOPOLISd. David Cronenberg, France,26 JULY 22:15 SUNCOAST A; 27 JULY 22:00 MUSGRAVE ACanada, 2012Based on Don deLillo’s novel, this latest film from David Cronenberg chronicles a singlenight in the life of Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson), a 28-year-old financial golden boy whodreams of living in the civilisation that will follow in the wake of the chaotic decay aroundhim. As he is driven across Manhattan in a stretch limousine on his way to get a haircut,his dark dreams of the future turn in on themselves, and Packer’s reality slowly dissolves.Lyrical, with a hint of terror, Cosmopolis is both an elegiac praise poem to an acceleratedreality and a foreboding lament on humanity’s future. African Premiere.English, 108 min56 34th Durban International Film Festival

DARK BLOODd. George Sluizer, The Netherlands,22 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST C; 28 JULY 21:30 MUSGRAVE A2012This final film from River Phoenix was left unfinished when the actor died of drug-relatedcauses in the middle of production. Now completed, two decades later, with the help of digitaltechnology, this beautifully acted and superbly photographed film is a startling reminder ofPhoenix’s intense and unpredictable talent. The film tells the story of Boy, a widower livingout his days on a nuclear testing site. Meanwhile, Harry and Buffy are travelling on a secondhoneymoon across the Arizona desert. When their car breaks down, Buffy walks off into the darkand finds herself on the doorstep of Boy, through whose veins dark blood flows. African Premiere.English, 86 minDURBAN POISONd. Andrew Worsdale, South Africa,21 JULY 19:30 MUSGRAVE A; 25 JULY 18:00 SNEDDON2013Twenty-seven years after his UCLA graduate thesis film Shot Down was banned in his homecountry and went on to festival acclaim and cult status, writer-director Andrew Worsdale returnswith this noir romance set among the marginalised white underclass. Inspired by the true storyof Charmaine Phillips and Piet Grundlingh, this riveting film follows a police investigation of fourmurders and charts the doomed romance of the outlaw lovers. Durban Poison is an exposé of arelationship between two lovers whose passionate affair self-destructed in an orgy of violenceand earned them the infamy of being South Africa’s version of ‘Bonnie and Clyde.’ World Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceAfrikaans and English with English subtitles, 110 minDUSTd. Adam Dugas, Casey Spooner, 21 JULY 19:00 SUNCOAST B; 23 JULY 22:15 MUSGRAVE B;United States, 201228 JULY 17:00 SUNCOAST CDust is the story of an eccentric family in crisis. Unable to move forward or functionallycommunicate, three siblings collide with their older brother and their own myopic worldview,with tragicomic results. The film follows siblings Lynn, Baker and Margaret Marie as they copewith the news that their oldest brother Coke plans to move into the family home with his newwife. As things progress, all four siblings find themselves confronted with their inability to copewith life. Loosely inspired by Chekhov’s Three Sisters, Dust wears the influences of Andy Warhol,John Waters and Rainer Fassbinder proudly on its sleeves. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, 80 min34th Durban International Film Festival 57

FEATURE FILMSEVERYMAN’S TAXId. Ian Roberts, South Africa, 201258 34th Durban International Film Festival20 JULY 14:00 MUSGRAVE B; 22 JULY 14:00 LUTHULI;25 JULY 17:30 SUNCOAST AEveryman’s Taxi is a wacky road trip into the new South Africa. Set in 1989, just as NelsonMandela leaves Robben Island and FW de Klerk unbans the ANC, the film introduces us toDexter (Ian Roberts), a middle-aged white South African man. After winning a fortune ona gambling tip, Dexter buys a taxi and smashes the windscreen in revenge for the tormentcaused to him by taxi drivers on South Africa’s roads. However, when a tear forms in oneof the taxi’s light clusters, Dexter takes pity on it and decides to take it on a trip around arapidly transforming South Africa. World Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, Xhosa and Afrikaans with English subtitles, 98 minEVIL DEAD19 JULY 22:30 MUSGRAVE B; 21 JULY 19:30 NOuVEAU;d. Fede Alvarez, United States, 201327 JULY 20:30 NOuVEAU; 28 JULY 20:30 MUSGRAVE BHeading this year’s Zombie Fest! mini-focus, Evil Dead is a remake of the much-loved classicB-grade 1981 horror flick of the same name. Directed by Fede Alvarez, this latest renditionreprises the original story in which five twenty-something friends find themselves holed upin a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon updormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession,until only one is left intact to fight for survival. A must for fans of the series, Evil Dead is astylish and worthy homage that never feels like parody. African Premiere.English, 91 minFAT SHAKER (LARZANANDEYE CHARBI)21 JULY 14:30 SUNCOAST A; 22 JULY 20:00 MUSGRAVE B;d. Mohammad Shirvani, Iran, 201328 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST AThis surreal exercise in absurdism from Iranian director Mohammad Shirvani introducesus to a particularly odd father and son. The older man (Levon Haftvan) is obese, unhealthyand oppressive in his dealings with his son (Navid Mohammadzadeh), who is deaf andmute. In a series of cryptic and strangely hypnotic episodes, a tyrannical paternalism isrevealed, one that has long since hardened into a closed circuit of mutual pain. Boldly andunabashedly experimental, but also deliberately obscure and frustratingly structured, thefilm challenges audiences to engage with its strange filmic language. Fat Shaker won theTiger Award in Rotterdam earlier this year. African Premiere.Dari and Persian with English subtitles, 84 min

FELIXd. Roberta Durrant, South Africa, 21 JULY 14:00 SNEDDON; 22 JULY 10:00 SUPERNOVA;201326 JULY 12:00 LUTHULI; 27 JULY 15:15 SNEDDONThis charming South African film tells the story of 14-year-old Felix Xaba, a small fellowwith big dreams of becoming a saxophonist – just like his late father. In the meantime,he does mean business with a pennywhistle, but even that is too much for his put-uponmother Lindiwe who thinks jazz is the devil’s music. But when Felix leaves his townshipfriends to take up a scholarship at an elitist private school, he defies his mother and looksfor help from two aging members of his father’s former band in order to help him preparefor the school jazz concert. World Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish and Xhosa with English subtitles, 97 minFRANCINEd. Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy, 22 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST B; 25 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST B;United States, Canada, 201228 JULY 19:00 SUNCOAST CFrancine tells the story of a woman whose alienation from society finds expression in herdeep love for animals, particularly the ever-increasing number of cats with whom sheshares her dishevelled apartment. The film follows ex-con Francine as she tries to adjust tolife in a small lakeside town, a task that seems like it might become easier when she gets theopportunity to work at a local vet. But instead Francine grows increasingly isolated from thecommunity and begins seeking intimacy in the most unlikely of places. Written with greatcare and restraint, Francine is a small shimmering jewel of a film. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, 74 minFRANKENSTEIN’S ARMYd. Richard Raaphorst, The21 JULY 20:30 MUSGRAVE B; 23 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST C;Netherlands, United States, 2013 27 JULY 19:30 SUNCOAST BFrankenstein’s Army takes place towards the end of World War II, as Russian soldiers stumbleacross a secret Nazi lab which has unearthed the journal of Dr Viktor Frankenstein. Thescientists have used the legendary Frankenstein’s work to assemble an army of supersoldiersstitched together from mechanical devices and the body parts of their fallencomrades – the disturbing results of a desperate Hitler’s last ghastly ploy to escape defeat.Visually inventive in the extreme, the film feels remarkably fresh considering its cast ofrotting corpses. One part freak-show, one part exploitation flick, Frankenstein’s Army is ahigh-fidelity B-grade midnight movie classic. African Premiere.English, 84 min34th Durban International Film Festival 59

FEATURE FILMSGINGER AND ROSAd. Sally Potter, United Kingdom,19 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST A; 22 JULY 18:00 MUSGRAVE BDenmark, 2012From the masterful directorial hand of Sally Potter, comes this story about inseparablefriends Ginger (Elle Fanning) and Rosa (Alice Englert) who grow up in 1960s London inthe shadow of the Cold War. They discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream oflives bigger than the constrained, frustrated domesticity of their mothers’. But the twogirls are also very different from each other; Ginger is drawn to poetry and protest, whileRosa teaches Ginger the way of nicotine, french kissing and prayer. A near-flawless film,beautifully shot, exquisitely edited and deeply felt, Ginger and Rosa is another remarkabletriumph for Potter. African Premiere.English, 86 minGLORIAd. Sebastian Lelio, Chile, Spain, 23 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST A; 24 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST B;201227 JULY 14:30 MUSGRAVE ASantiago resident Gloria (Paulina García) is a 58-year-old-divorcée. Her children have all lefthome but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. Determined to defy old age andloneliness, she rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification– which only leads to repeated disappointment and enduring emptiness. But when Gloriameets Rodolfo, an ex-naval officer seven years her senior, she begins to imagine the possibilityof a permanent relationship. Directed with great power and sensitivity, Gloria won García theSilver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin this year. African Premiere.Spanish with English subtitles, 105 minGREAT EXPECTATIONSd. Mike Newell, United Kingdom, 21 JULY 14:30 NOuVEAU; 27 JULY 14:00 NOuVEAU;201228 JULY 16:00 NOuVEAUThis latest rendition of the frequently adapted Dickens classic comes from highly respecteddirector Mike Newell who, armed with a superb screenplay and impeccable performances,goes some way to challenging David Lean’s 1946 benchmark version. Featuring HelenaBonham Carter as the eccentric Miss Havisham who spitefully plots revenge on men withEstella (Holliday Grainger) as her weapon, the film focuses on the love story between Estellaand apprentice blacksmith Pip (Jeremy Irvine), a humble orphan who suddenly becomesa gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor, but who never manages to liberatehimself from the criminal clutches of Magwitch (Ralph Fiennes). African Premiere.English, 128 min60 34th Durban International Film Festival

HALLEYd. Sebastian Hofmann, Mexico, 19 JULY 20:30 MUSGRAVE B; 21 JULY 22:00 MUSGRAVE A;The Netherlands, 201325 JULY 20:30 SNEDDONThis haunting drama from first-time writer-director Sebastian Hofmann tells the storyof a security guard named Beto (Alberto Trujillo) working in a Mexico City gym, whowithdraws into isolation as his body is slowly consumed by a mysterious sickness.Every day Beto is surrounded by vibrant, healthy bodies while his own body is slowlyrotting away – despite his attempts to inject himself with embalming fluid. Yet despiteBeto’s gradual decay, Hofmann never treats the strange and disturbing condition of hisprotagonist with anything less than respect. This darkly beautiful first film was nominatedfor the Tiger Award at Rotterdam this year. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceSpanish with English subtitles, 83 minHAROLD’S GOING STIFFd. Keith Wright, United Kingdom, 21 JULY 18:30 MUSGRAVE B; 23 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST B;201127 JULY 21:30 SUNCOAST BElderly Harold Gimble is suffering from a frightening new disease that is turning him,along with a large proportion of British men – the disease does not affect women – intoa member of the undead. As the first recorded sufferer in the UK, Harold is placed underthe care of buxom nurse Penny and the two swiftly form a close friendship. But after anexperimental new treatment fails, Harold’s condition deteriorates and he ends up on therun from a group of vigilantes who are out for blood. Harold’s Going Stiff is an instant cultclassic that playfully inverts the parameters of the zombie genre. African Premiere.English, 77 minINTERIOR. LEATHER BAR.d. Travis Mathews, James20 JULY 21:30 MUSGRAVE A; 25 JULY 22:30 SUNCOAST A;Franco, United States, 201328 JULY 19:00 MUSGRAVE BInterior. Leather Bar. occupies a particularly unusual space between fiction anddocumentary in its exploration of contemporary masculinity. Co-directed by JamesFranco and Travis Mathews, the film is a reconstruction of a censored segment fromthe controversial 1980 Al Pacino film Cruising, intercut with interviews with actors andfilmmakers during the making of the reconstruction. Over the course of a single day,Franco and Mathews gathered together a band of straight and gay actors to reconstructtheir imagining of the 40 minutes that were excised from the original film and which wereset in a leather bar. Interior. Leather Bar. is the fascinating and provocative result.English, 60 min34th Durban International Film Festival 61

FEATURE FILMSIT FELT LIKE LOVEd. Eliza Hittman, United States,201362 34th Durban International Film Festival20 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST B; 25 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST B;27 JULY 17:30 SUNCOAST BFrom writer-director Eliza Hittman comes this remarkably assured and psychologicallyperceptive debut about a young girl who is intent on losing her virginity. Lila is a teenagegirl who is desperate to keep up with the activities of her sexually active best friend Chiara.When she hears Chiara talk about how the brutish Sammy will sleep with anyone, Lila seesher chance to close the experience gap between them. Featuring a perfectly calibratedperformance from Gina Piersanti as Lila, this rawly unsentimental coming-of-age tale isevocatively shot, sharply written and precisely and engagingly directed. African Premiere.English, 82 minIT’S US (NI SISI)19 JULY 18:00 EKHAYA; 20 JULY 18:30 SNEDDON;d. Nick Reding, Kenya, 201326 JULY 10:00 SUPERNOVA; 27 JULY 12:00 MUSGRAVE AIt’s Us portrays a typical Kenyan community consisting of a harmonious muddle of tribes,intermarriages, and extended families. Then, one day, rumours begin to spread, mistrustsuddenly takes hold and people are identified as belonging to different tribes. Caughtin this ripple effect, old friends begin to turn on each other and, in a matter of days, thebonds and alliances that are the foundation of the community are severed. Despite itsjoyous vibrancy, It's Us is a film that deals with vitally important issues, both in Kenya, stillrecovering from the violence of 2008, and beyond. World Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceSwahili with English subtitles, 92 minKHUMBAd. Anthony Silverston, South Africa, 24 JULY 10:00 SUPERNOVA; 27 JULY 14:30 MUSGRAVE B;201328 JULY 14:30 MUSGRAVE BIn this latest outing from Cape Town’s Triggerfish animation studio – who gave us lastyear’s DIFF award-winning Adventures in Zambezia – a half-striped zebra named Khumba,who is rejected by his insular and superstitious herd, embarks on a daring quest to earnhis stripes. Along the way, Khumba encounters a colourful range of characters whoteach him that diversity is essential for survival and that one’s difference can, in fact, beone’s strength. The spirit of The Lion King meets the humour of Chicken Run in this quirkycoming-of-age quest straight from the heart of southern Africa. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, 90 min

LAURENCE ANYWAYSd. Xavier Dolan, Canada, France,201224 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST C; 27 JULY 17:30 SNEDDONThis latest film from DIFF favourite Xavier Dolan tells the sprawling story of a long-termrelationship between a male-to-female trans-sexual named Laurence and her lover Fred.This ambitious and elegantly orchestrated love story about their decade-long struggle tomaintain a passionate romance in the face of creeping hostility from friends, family andsociety is gorgeously rendered and told with honesty and compassion. With his latestouting, Dolan has toned down on his own cool quotient to provide an intimate portrait ofa loving relationship that transcends the boundaries of society. African Premiere.English and French with English subtitles, 159 minLAYLA FOURIEd. Pia Marais, Germany, South Africa,France, The Netherlands, 201320 JULY 19:30 SUPERNOVA; 23 JULY 19:45 MUSGRAVE B;27 JULY 16:30 MUSGRAVE BLayla Fourie tells the harrowing and riveting story of a young single mother in South Africawho receives a job assignment as a polygraph operator with a company specialising in liedetectors and security. But when she becomes involved in a fatal car accident on herway to her new workplace, Layla becomes a suspect herself. As she becomes more andmore entangled in a web of lies and deceit, she realises that an acknowledgement of thetruth could lead to the loss of her son. The result is an intellectually ambitious drama bestdescribed as an existential thriller.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, 108 minME AND YOU (IO E TE)21 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST A; 22 JULY 22:00 SUNCOAST A;d. Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy, 201227 JULY 16:30 SUNCOAST CAfter having almost abandoned directing in the face of encroaching old age, BernardoBertolucci, now wheelchair-bound, delivers his first film in over a decade with theshimmering jewel that is Me and You. The film tells the story of an introverted teenagerwho tells his parents he is going on a ski trip, but instead spends the week in isolationin his basement, escaping society’s pressure and dealing with a surprise visit from hissister who is going through heroin withdrawal. With a flawless script and immaculatelyconvincing performances, Bertolucci marshalls his considerable forces with shrewddirection and his always sumptuous visual style. African Premiere.Italian with English subtitles, 103 min34th Durban International Film Festival 63

FEATURE FILMSMIDNIGHT’S CHILDRENd. Deepa Mehta, Canada, United 19 JULY 19:00 NOuVEAU; 24 JULY 20:30 NOuVEAU;Kingdom, 201227 JULY 17:30 NOuVEAU; 28 JULY 13:00 NOuVEAUAt the stroke of midnight on August 15th, 1947, as India declares independence fromGreat Britain, two babies are switched at birth by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. And soit is that Saleem Sinai, the bastard child of a beggar woman, and Shiva, the only son ofa wealthy couple, are fated to live the destinies meant for each other in a world that isradically different to the one which birthed them. This stirring, beautifully filmed andhighly personal history of India from Deepa Mehta, perfectly captures the epic complexityof Salman Rushdie’s celebrated novel. African Premiere.English, Hindi and Urdu with English subtitles, 148 minMISS LOVELYd. Ashim Ahluwalia, India, 2012 21 JULY 16:00 MUSGRAVE B; 27 JULY 21:30 SUNCOAST CSet in the sordid world of Bombay’s exploitation-film industry during the late 1980s, MissLovely tells the devastating story of two brothers named Sonu and Vicky who producesleazy horror films. When Sonu decides that he's going to try to take their businessupmarket by making a true Bollywood style romance, Vicky starts to see his profit marginshrinking and steps on his younger sibling with every chance he gets. Nonetheless,Sonu begins casting his dream venture, titled ‘Miss Lovely’, but in the process he meets abeautiful ingénue named Pinky, and things start to fall apart. African Premiere.Hindi with English subtitles, 115 minMOBILE HOMEd. François Pirot, France, Belgium, 20 JULY 14:00 SUNCOAST A; 25 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST C;Luxembourg, 201227 JULY 19:00 SUNCOAST CHaving broken up with his girlfriend and left his job, Simon returns to the small countryvillage where he grew up and rekindles his relationship with his old friend Julien. Not yetprepared to settle down, the two unemployed thirty-year-olds decide to resurrect theirteenage dream of an adventure on the open road and buy a mobile home. Their trip isdelayed for various reasons but they decide to live in the vehicle anyway and get migrantworkat a local timber operation. This directorial debut from screenwriter François Pirot isimbued with a wide-eyed charm tinged with skepticism and bathed in humanity.French with English subtitles, 95 min64 34th Durban International Film Festival

MONSOON SHOOTOUTd. Amit Kumar, India, UnitedKingdom, 201220 JULY 21:45 MUSGRAVE B; 27 JULY 19:00 MUSGRAVE BThis brashly styled exploitation picture is a violent thriller set on the mean streets ofMumbai. Featuring rule-breaking, bone-breaking cops, the film tells the story of Adi, anidealistic rookie cop who works for the brutal and violent Khan who believes in shootingfirst and not bothering to ask questions later. When he gets involved in a tense shootoutwith a gangster named Shiva in the middle of the driving monsoon rain, the soured anddisillusioned Adi is paralysed with indecision since he can’t tell which set of events andconsequences he wants to trigger. African Premiere.Hindi with English subtitles, 96 minNOd. Pablo Larráin, Chile, United20 JULY 20:15 SUNCOAST A; 28 JULY 14:30 SUNCOAST AStates, France, 2012In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet was forced, due to internationalpressure, to call for a referendum on his presidency and whether he could extend hisrule for another eight years. In response, opposition leaders persuaded a brash, youngadvertising executive, Rene Saavedra (Gael Garcia Bernal), to spearhead their campaignfor the ‘No’ vote. Against all odds, with scant resources and under scrutiny by the despot’sminions, Saavedra and his team devised an audacious plan to win the election and setChile free. Both pointedly political and highly personal, No is a concise study of how weare manipulated from all sides by the media. African Premiere.Spanish with English subtitles, 117 minOF GOOD REPORT (OPENING FILM)d. Jahmil XT Qubeka, South Africa, 18 JULY 19:00 SUPERNOVA; 21 JULY 14:15 SUNCOAST B;201324 JULY 20:15 SUNCOAST B; 27 JULY 18:00 EKHAYAThis third film from South African director Jahmil XT Qubeka tells the sombre tale of a smalltownhigh-school teacher with a penchant for young girls. The result is an hypnoticallyengaging journey into the soul of a mentally troubled man. The trouble for Parker Sitholebegins when he meets the undeniably gorgeous Nolitha Ngubane at a local tavern.Captivated by her beauty, an illicit affair ensues. However, there’s just one problem: Nolithais one of Parker’s pupils and is just sixteen years old. Parker quickly spirals into a deepobsession that ultimately becomes violent and unquenchable. World Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceXhosa, Zulu and Sotho with English subtitles, 104 min34th Durban International Film Festival 65

FEATURE FILMSONE NIGHT (UNA NOCHE)d. Lucy Mulloy, Cuba, United27 JULY 19:30 MUSGRAVE A; 28 JULY 17:00 MUSGRAVE BKingdom, United States, 2012Stuck in Havana, Raul dreams of escaping to Miami. Accused of assault, he appeals tohis friend Elio to help him reach the forbidden world across the ocean. One night, thetwo young men come face-to-face with the biggest challenge of their lives. But Elio’scommitment is tested when he is torn between protecting his sister and his own desireto escape, while his unrequited feelings for Raul add further complications. Marked by avibrant evocation of Havana street life and excellent performances, the film pulsates withthe restless energy of youth as the three teens prepare to make the dangerous journeyto Florida.Spanish with English subtitles, 90 minONLY GOD FORGIVESd. Nicolas Winding Refn, France,19 JULY 19:30 SUPERNOVA; 23 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST DDenmark, 2013In this latest film from the team that gave us Drive, Ryan Gosling plays Julian, a respectedfigure in the Bangkok criminal underworld who runs a Thai boxing club as well as asmuggling ring, together with his brother Billy. When Billy is suddenly murdered inrevenge for the death of an underage prostitute, matriarchal crime-lord Crystal (KristinScott Thomas) arrives from London to bring back the body of her favourite son and forcesJulian into settling the score with his brother’s killers. Heading for the ultimate showdown,Julian descends into the electric neon night of the famous red-light city. African Premiere.English and Thai with English subtitles, 90 minOUTRAGE BEYOND (AUTOREIJI BIYONDO)20 JULY 16:45 NOuVEAU; 25 JULY 18:00 NOuVEAU;d. Takeshi Kitano, Japan, 201227 JULY 20:45 SNEDDONThis latest outing from DIFF favourite Takeshi Kitano is a sequel to Outrage, the hardboiledJapanese auteur’s 2010 yakuza thriller. Outrage Beyond chronicles a ruthless battlefor power as several yakuza clans vie for the favour of the head family in the Japaneseunderworld. When the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organised crime, theyakuza and the authorities try to out-manoeuvre each other, escalating into a full scaleconfrontation of brutal proportions. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has nowbecome a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond. African Premiere.Japanese with English subtitles, 112 min66 34th Durban International Film Festival

PENUMBRAd. Eduardo Villanueva, Mexico, 20 JULY 18:15 SUNCOAST A; 21 JULY 15:30 EKHAYA;201323 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST BDelicately poised between fiction and documentary, Penumbra provides a window into the lifeof a poor and aged couple waiting for death in the sparsely populated border area betweenthe Mexican coastal provinces of Jalisco and Colima. Adelelmo and Dolores fill their days withthe rituals of routine and the day-to-day struggle for survival in a world populated by spiritsand defined by faith in nature itself. Beautifully picturesque and grounded in a profoundsense of realism, Penumbra feels like a very painterly documentary, but is in fact a fictionfeature. Penumbra was nominated for the Tiger Award at Rotterdam this year. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceSpanish with English subtitles, 89 minREALITYd. Matteo Garrone, Italy, France,19 JULY 16:30 NOuVEAU; 22 JULY 18:00 NOuVEAU2012Italian director Matteo Garrone follows his acclaimed crime epic Gomorrah (DIFF 2009)with this scathing but compassionate comedy about reality TV. Set in a vibrant and vividlyrealised Neapolitan neighbourhood, Reality tells the story of a charming and affablefishmonger named Luciano who suddenly decides that he wants to appear on the Italianversion of the television programme Big Brother. Luciano soon starts driving friendsand family crazy with his delusions of impending fame. As his obsession with the showaccelerates, he leads himself down a rabbit hole of skewed perceptions and paranoia untilhis very reality begins to spiral out of control. African Premiere.Italian with English subtitles, 115 minRUST AND BONE (DE ROUILLE ET D’OS)d. Jacques Audiard, France,21 JULY 12:00 SUNCOAST A; 26 JULY 16:30 MUSGRAVE BBelgium, 2012From masterful writer-director Jacques Audiard, comes this story of a struggling singlefather who helps a beautiful whale trainer recover her will to live in the wake of a terribleaccident that leaves her confined to a wheelchair. One night Ali meets the radiantStephanie and slips her his number after dropping her off safely at home. ThoughStephanie is an unlikely prospect, when she is robbed of her legs in a terrible accident,she finds herself reaching out in desperation to Ali – a man devoid of pity but blessed withan enormous love of life.French with English subtitles, 120 min34th Durban International Film Festival 67

FEATURE FILMSSOMETHING NECESSARYd. Judy Kibinge, Germany, Kenya, 19 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST B; 24 JULY 21:30 SUNCOAST C;201327 JULY 12:00 MUSGRAVE BDirected by Kenyan filmmaker Judy Kibinge and produced by German filmmaker TomTykwer, Something Necessary is the latest film from One Fine Day Films. The film chroniclesan intimate moment in the lives of two people from very different sides of history. Anne isstruggling to rebuild her life in the wake of the violence which swept through Kenya afterthe 2007 elections. Joseph, a troubled gang member who participated in the violence, isdrawn to Anne, seemingly in search of redemption. Both of them need something thatonly the other can give in order to move beyond the painful memories of their pasts.Swahili with English subtitles, 85 minSPRING BREAKERSd. Harmony Korine, United States,20 july 19:00 Musgrave a; 28 july 22:00 suncoast A2012Long-time DIFF favourite Harmony Korine, returns with this wryly celebratory chronicle ofAmerican sorority culture. Brit (Ashley Benson), Candy (Vanessa Hudgens), Cotty (RachelKorine) and Faith (Selena Gomez) have been best friends since grade school. Now they livetogether in a college dorm and are hungry for adventure. Easily Korine’s most accessiblefilm thus far, Spring Breakers keeps its distance from its protagonists just far enough toprovide a taste of the director's strangely upbeat nihilism, while staying sufficiently closeto provide a sense of intimacy and camaraderie amid their relentless shallowness. SpringBreakers was nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice last year. African Premiere.English, 92 minSUNSHINE BOYS21 JULY 12:00 MUSGRAVE B; 25 JULY 20:15 MUSGRAVE B;d. Kim Tae-gon, South Korea, 201226 JULY 22:00 MUSGRAVE BSunshine Boys tells the story of a single night out in 1999, when two high school buddies,Sang-won and Seung-jun, set out on a road trip to visit their mutual friend Min-Wookwho has just begun his first day of leave after a year in military service. The three friendshave not seen each other since graduation and they now find themselves at very differentpoints in their lives, looking at an increasingly uncertain world from new perspectives.The result is a highly memorable film that perfectly captures the liminal space betweenadolescence and adulthood. African Premiere.Korean with English subtitles, 85 min68 34th Durban International Film Festival

TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE (GRAND COMME LE BAOBAB)d. Jeremy Teicher, Senegal, United 19 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST B; 24 JULY 10:00 LUTHULI;States, 201225 JULY 10:00 SUPERNOVA; 27 JULY 12:00 SUNCOAST BTall as the Baobab Tree is an engaging and accessible film that tackles the alarming subjectof forced child marriage. Featuring a cast of local villagers, the film follows a family as theygo through financial struggles that are so severe that their father decides to sell 11-yearoldDebo into an arranged marriage. With her sister’s future at stake, Coumba must comeup with a plan to make enough money for her family and to save her younger sisterfrom the tragedy of forced marriage. Infused with humanity and deep compassion, thisinspiring debut film suggests a strong future for director Jeremy Teicher. African Premiere.Wolof with English subtitles, 82 minTHE BATTLE OF TABATÔ (A BATALHA DE TABATÔ)d. Joao Viana, Guinea-Bissau,19 JULY 20:15 SUNCOAST C; 21 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST APortugal, 2013In The Battle of Tabatô, first-time feature director João Viana explores music, magic and postcolonialangst in Guinea-Bissau. Fatu, who teaches at the local university, is about to get marriedto a well-known musician in Tabatô, a village where everyone makes music. Her father hasreturned home to Guinea-Bissau from Portugal to attend her wedding but on the way there,it becomes apparent that his return has unearthed the buried trauma of his experiencesas a soldier in the colonial war decades earlier. Viana’s low-budget labour of love is a raw butluminescent gem of a film that shifts the discourse of African filmmaking. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceMandinka with English subtitles, 80 minTHE FORGOTTEN KINGDOMd. Andrew Mudge, Lesotho, South 21 JULY 19:30 SUPERNOVA; 23 JULY 10:00 SUPERNOVA;Africa, 201227 JULY 16:00 SUNCOAST A; 28 JULY 13:00 EKHAYAOne of the first films to be set in Lesotho, The Forgotten Kingdom tells the story of a young mannamed Atang who reluctantly leaves the hustle of Johannesburg to embark on a journey tohis ancestral land to bury his estranged father in the remote, mountainous village where hewas born. Stirred by memories of his youth, Atang falls in love with his childhood friend, Dineo,now a radiant young school teacher. Through her, he is drawn toward the mystical beauty andhardships of the people and land he had forgotten. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceSesotho with English subtitles, 97 min34th Durban International Film Festival 69

FEATURE FILMSTHE FUTURE (IL FUTURO)d. Alicia Scherson, Chile, Germany, 19 JULY 22:00 NOuVEAU; 22 JULY 14:00 NOuVEAU;Italy, Spain, 201323 JULY 18:00 NOuVEAUThis dark and moody Italian-language film from Chilean filmmaker Alicia Schersonmaintains a careful balance between intimacy and exploitation. Based on Roberto Bolaño’snovel Una Novelita Lumpen, the film tells the story of newly orphaned siblings Bianca(Manuela Martelli) and Tomas (Luigi Ciardo) who try to establish something resemblinga normal life in their parents’ apartment in Rome. But when Bianca meets a blind formeraction hero named Maciste (Rutger Hauer) and becomes his paid romantic companion, theequilibrium in the young household becomes more than a little disturbed. The Future wasnominated for the Grand Jury prize at Sundance this year. African Premiere.English and Italian with English subtitles, 95 minTHE GOOD MANd. Phil Harrison, South Africa,20 JULY 16:15 SUNCOAST A; 25 JULY 17:30 EKHAYA;United Kingdom, Ireland, 2012 28 JULY 14:30 SUNCOAST BThe Good Man from UK director Phil Harrison tells two parallel stories which intersect inunexpected ways. Michael is a young Irishman whose life is looking up on all fronts. Hehas a family he loves, good friends and a promising career. Sifiso, meanwhile, is a bright,sharp teenager living in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town – althoughhe is hoping for a place at university and a brighter future. When their stories collide, theirimpact on each other’s lives is far greater than either could have imagined. Elegant in itssimplicity, The Good Man is a sobering meditation on our globalised reality. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish and Xhosa with English subtitles, 75 minTHE GRANDMASTER (YI DAI ZONG SHI)d. Wong Kar Wai, Hong Kong SAR25 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST A; 28 JULY 19:00 MUSGRAVE AChina, 2012From Chinese master Wong Kar Wai, The Grandmaster is an epic action feature basedon the life of legendary kung-fu master, Ip Man, the man who taught Bruce Lee andpopularised the Wing Chun kung fu style around the world. Spanning the tumultuousRepublican era in the early 20th century which followed in the wake of China’s lastdynasty, and whose backdrop of war, chaos and violence gave birth to the golden ageof Chinese martial arts, the film takes place in a range of visually stunning locations.Featuring virtuoso performances from Tony Leung and Ziyi Zhang, The Grandmaster is abreathtakingly executed piece of cinema. African Premiere.Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese with English subtitles, 120 min70 34th Durban International Film Festival

THE HUNT (JAGTEN)d. Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark, 19 JULY 20:00 MUSGRAVE A; 23 JULY 17:30 SUNCOAST c;201228 JULY 16:30 MUSGRAVE AThis latest film from Thomas Vinterberg is a remarkably precise account of a man falselyaccused of child abuse. Lucas lives a lonely life, still recovering from his divorce. His life slowlygets better as he finds love, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an impulsivelie which spirals violently out of control and sends the small community in which he lives intoa state of collective hysteria. As the lie spreads and grows, Lucas is forced to fight a lonely fightfor his life and dignity. The Hunt won Mads Mikkelsen the Best Actor Award at Cannes last year.African Premiere.Danish with English subtitles, 111 minTHE LAND OF HOPE (KIBÔ NO KUNI)d. Sion Sono, Japan, United20 JULY 13:30 MUSGRAVE A; 26 JULY 19:00 MUSGRAVE B;Kingdom, Taiwan, Germany, 2012 28 JULY 19:00 SUNCOAST BThe Onos and Suzukis are neighbours in a backwater town in a fictional Nagashimaprefecture in Japan whose routine lives are short-circuited by a nuclear meltdowntriggered by an earthquake. The Suzukis are abruptly evacuated to a shelter but, in anarrative twist that exposes the absurdity of the government’s arbitrary policies, the Onosare left alone because their home lies inches outside the danger-zone’s 20-kilometreradius. The first fully fictional cinematic depiction of Japan in the aftermath of theFukushima nuclear disaster, The Land of Hope courageously cuts to the quick with thismoving story of the experiences of two families. African Premiere.Japanese with English subtitles, 134 minTHE LOOK OF LOVEd. Michael Winterbottom, United21 JULY 12:00 SUNCOAST B; 28 JULY 12:00 SUNCOAST AKingdom, United States, 2013This latest film from prodigious DIFF regular Michael Winterbottom, tells the outrageoustrue story of British porn baron and property tycoon Paul Raymond, who was namedBritain’s richest person in the early 1990s. Steve Coogan provides a remarkable centralperformance, presenting Raymond in all of his complexity, a man who is both admirableand deplorable and who is forced to deal with seeing his daughter fall apart under theinfluence of drugs. Set against the tatty glamour and shallowness of the porn world, anddirected with immaculate precision by Winterbottom, The Look of Love is devastatingproof that money can’t buy happiness. African Premiere.English, 101 min34th Durban International Film Festival 71

FEATURE FILMSTHE PAST (LE PASSE)d. Asghar Farhadi, France, Italy, 2013 26 JULY 19:30 SUNCOAST A; 27 JULY 13:30 SUNCOAST CThe Past comes from masterful director Asghar Farhadi whose A Separation won both theBest Foreign Picture Oscar this year as well as Best Film at DIFF in 2012. The Past picks upalmost exactly where A Separation left off, with a husband and wife divided by a literalpartition, both barely able – or willing – to communicate. The location, though, has shiftedfrom Tehran to Paris, and this time round the spouses, Ahmad and Marie, are alreadyestranged and about to formalise a split that has long since come to pass. The result isanother work of intensely moving neo-realism from this gifted director. African Premiere.French and Italian with English subtitles, 130 minTHE PLACE BEYOND THE PINESd. Derek Cianfrance, United States, 20 JULY 21:00 NOuVEAU; 22 JULY 20:30 NOuVEAU;201226 JULY 20:30 NOuVEAU; 28 JULY 21:30 NOuVEAUThe highly anticipated new drama from director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine)precisely and powerfully explores the consequences of motorcyclist Luke’s (AcademyAward nominee Ryan Gosling) fateful decision to commit a crime in order to support hischild. The incident leads to him being targeted by policeman Avery (Bradley Cooper), andthe two men become locked in a tense collision course which will have a devastatingimpact on both of their families in the years to come. Bleak and rawly energetic, The PlaceBeyond the Pines will haunt your dreams with its compelling narrative. African Premiere.English, 140 minTHE PRESIDENT (LE PRESIDENT)d. Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Cameroon,20 JULY 17:30 SUNCOAST B; 23 JULY 22:00 SUNCOAST BGermany, 2013In this intelligently rendered mix of mockumentary and drama, the disappearance ofthe President of Cameroon a few days before the elections is a sign that the ‘spectre’ hastaken over. Young people are becoming restless, intellectuals are debating national issues,prisoners are making political plans and people are asking difficult questions. With this film,which contains the stories of succession, independence and revolution, director Jean-PierreBekolo presents a very different African narrative, one which attempts to interrupt notionsof genre, not just by mixing fiction and reality but also in its treatment of form and imagery.Filmmakers in attendanceFrench with English subtitles, 65 min72 34th Durban International Film Festival

THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALISTd. Mira Nair, India, Pakistan, United23 JULY 20:30 NOuVEAU; 24 JULY 17:30 NOuVEAUStates, 2012The Reluctant Fundamentalist tells the story of Changez, a young Pakistani man whochases corporate success on Wall Street, only to find himself embroiled in a conflictbetween his American Dream and the enduring call of his homeland. For Changez,American-style success seems well within his grasp, complete with a smart and gorgeousartist girlfriend, Erica. But when the Twin Towers are attacked, a cultural divide begins tocrack open between them and his dreams slip into the realm of nightmares. With greatperformances and masterful direction from Mira Nair, the film is a powerfully sustainedportrait of a man adrift in a world gone mad.English and Urdu with English subtitles, 128 minTWO MOTHERS (ZWEI MUTTER)d. Anne Zohra Berrached, Germany,201319 JULY 18:00 MUSGRAVE A; 25 JULY 22:00 SUNCOAST B;27 JULY 18:30 SUNCOAST ADespite the progressive nature of German society, it is still very difficult for gay womenin Germany to have children. Two Mothers follows the relationship between lesbiancouple Katja (Sabine Wolf) and Isabella (Karina Plachetka) as they attempt to have a childthrough in vitro fertilisation and their uphill battle to find a sperm bank that is prepared tooffer its services to same-sex couples. Infused with compassion and intelligence, directorAnne Zohra Berrached carves a new space between the categories of documentary andfiction film, one in which there is space for multiple truths. African Premiere.German with English subtitles, 75 minVIC+FLO SAW A BEAR (VIC ET FLO ONT VU UN OURS)19 JULY 22:15 SUNCOAST B; 27 JULY 21:00 SUNCOAST A;d. Denis Côté, Canada, 201328 JULY 14:30 SUNCOAST CThis latest film from Canadian director Denis Côté offers a raw but precise account of therelationship between Vic, who has recently been released from prison, and Flo, her youngerfemale lover. In search of peace and quiet, they move to a secluded Canadian forest but Flo’sdevotion to Vic is tested by her desire for the bright lights of the city as well as by fleetingattractions to men in the area. Featuring superb performances from Pierrette Robitaille andRomane Bohringer, the emotional currents of this beautiful and disturbing film will resonatewith anyone who has been in a difficult but passionate relationship. African Premiere.French with English subtitles, 95 min34th Durban International Film Festival 73

FEATURE FILMSVIRGIN MARGARIDA (MARGARIDA)d. Licinio Azevedo, Mozambique, 2012 22 JULY 22:15 SUNCOAST C; 25 JULY 22:15 SUNCOAST CFrom prolific Mozambican director Licinio Azevedo comes this account of a dark chapterin Mozambique’s history. Set in 1975, as revolution sweeps the country, the newly installedgovernment takes it upon themselves to eradicate all the traces of colonialism, includingprostitution. And so the army rounds up all the women they suspect of such ‘colonialist’habits and sends them to re-education camps to become ‘new women.’ Among them isthe shy and tender 16-year-old Margarida, who is defiantly a virgin and whose presenceat the camp changes everything, revealing to the women that their new masters are noless brutal than their former colonisers.Filmmakers in attendancePortuguese with English subtitles, 90 minWADJDAd. Al-Mansour Haifaa, Saudi21 JULY 14:30 MUSGRAVE A; 22 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST CArabia, Germany, 2012Set in Saudi Arabia, Wadjda focuses on the experiences of a young girl who challengesher country’s traditions. Wadjda is a young girl living in a suburb of Riyadh who wearsConverse All-Stars and is determined to raise enough money to buy a bike. But thisseemingly innocuous ambition is politically loaded in a society that sees bicycles asdangerous to a girl’s virtue. Like its protagonist, the film challenges traditions and pushesboundaries, in the process producing a powerful feel-good movie about a conservativeculture in transformation. In a country where cinemas are banned and women cannotdrive or vote, Wadjda is a major achievement. African Premiere.Arabic with English subtitles, 98 minWATCHTOWERd. Pelin Esmer, France, Germany,20 JULY 22:00 SUNCOAST B; 25 JULY 18:00 MUSGRAVE BTurkey, 2012Watchtower tells the spare, simple story of a man and a woman seeking refuge from the world;Nihat in the confined splendour of a remote forest fire tower, Seher in her room at a rural busstation. When their lives collide, they are both forced to battle with the ghosts of their past andthe relentless tug of conscience. Set against the luscious, fog-wrapped hills of the region, and thetall verdant trees of the forested landscape, Watchtower is a small and movingly frank piece ofcinema. Watchtower was nominated for the Tiger Award at Rotterdam this year. African Premiere.Turkish with English subtitles, 96 min74 34th Durban International Film Festival

WRONGd. Quentin Dupieux, United States,20 JULY 16:30 MUSGRAVE A; 23 JULY 16:00 MUSGRAVE AFrance, 2012Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber – about a renegade killer-tire – was one of the cult hits of DIFF2011. With his latest film Dupieux moves even further into surrealist territory as he tellsthe story of Dolph Springer, who wakes up early one morning in his suburban home tofind that his dog has gone missing. Framed with the same gothic beauty as his previousouting, Wrong is an unnerving and engaging descent into strangeness and uncertainty.Sumptuously filmed and lovingly directed, Dupieux’s depiction of a life gone Wrong isanother gorgeous entreaty into absurdity. The film was nominated for the Grand JuryPrize at Sundance last year. African Premiere.English, 94 minYEMAd. Djamila Sahraoui, Algeria,21 JULY 21:00 SUNCOAST B; 24 JULY 18:00 MUSGRAVE BFrance, 2012Yema opens with Ouardia preparing her son Tarek’s body for burial. She’s confinedto her home and the adjacent area by a one-handed guard who takes orders from hissuperior. Gradually it’s revealed that the superior is in fact Ouardia’s younger son, amujahideen fighter who she blames for the death of Tarek. It transpires that the youngerbrother also stole Tarek’s wife, further embittering their disconsolate mother. Beautifullyphotographed, Yema (which means ‘mother’) has the look and feel of an ancient classic.The film won the FIPRESCI prize for best director at Dubai last year.Arabic with English subtitles, 90 minYOUTHd. Tom Shoval, Israel, Germany,20 JULY 22:30 SUNCOAST A; 23 JULY 17:30 MUSGRAVE BFrance, 2013Yaki and Shaul are two teenage Israeli brothers living with their economically strugglingparents in a small apartment in a satellite town of Tel Aviv. Like all Israeli boys of hisage,Yaki has recently been drafted into the defence force. On his first weekend of leave,the family welcomes him home with great pride, but the brothers don’t waste any timeon novelties and immediately execute their plan to kidnap a beautiful young woman. Buttheir kidnap plan goes far from smoothly. Featuring riveting performances from real-lifebrothers, this quirky debut from Israeli director Tom Shoval is a complex exploration ofthe impact of violence on society. African Premiere.English and Hebrew with English subtitles, 107 min34th Durban International Film Festival 75

FEATURE FILMSZOMBIE FEVER 3Dd. Kirill Kemnits, Russia, 201220 JULY 19:30 MUSGRAVE B; 24 JULY 22:30 MUSGRAVE B;27 JULY 22:30 MUSGRAVE BZombie Fever 3D is one of the first of the current wave of zombie films to emerge fromRussia. When a meteor hits the earth and starts spreading a very familiar-lookinginfection, things soon turn into a bloodbath, with everyone in danger of being torn apartby hordes of infectious zombies. More problematic still, the zombies can smell humanfear from miles away. As the zombie-to-human ratio gets out of hand, a group of friendsgradually come to understand that the only way to survive is to eliminate their fear.Fueled by vodka and heavy drugs, they join a special-forces veteran in the mother of allzombie wars. African Premiere.English and Russian with English subtitles, 100 min76 34th Durban International Film Festival

THE FILMS THAT MADE MEKoyaanisqatsid. Godfrey Reggio, United States, 1982 20 JULY 09:00 SUNCOAST BA spotlight on five classicfilms that have inspired thefilmmaking career of SouthAfrican director, Jahmil XTQubeka.Koyaanisqatsi is a movie that entirely abandons the conventional notion of a plot. Consistingsimply of a collection of beautifully photographed scenes, the film’s subject matter has ahighly environmental theme but any sense of narrative is provided exclusively by associationsmade by the viewer. Set to a soundtrack by Philip Glass, the film opens on ancient nativeAmerican cave drawings, with the chant ‘Koyaanisqatsi’ – a Hopi term for ‘life out of balance’ –constantly being repeated. The film progresses from purely natural environments to nature asaffected by man, and finally to man’s own artificially-constructed environment.English, 86 minMapantsulad. Oliver Schmitz, South Africa, United19 JULY 09:00 SUNCOAST BKingdom, 1987This South African classic from master director Oliver Schmitz stars Thomas Mogotlane asPanic, a small-time thief in Apartheid-era South Africa who spends the greater part of hislife in jail, where he refuses to knuckle under to the racially motivated sadism of his whitecaptors. Inevitably, Panic becomes caught up in the growing anti-apartheid struggle andhas to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system. Co-writtenby Schmitz and Mogotlane, Mapantsula is both a haunting portrait of an individualinextricably caught up in a social system as well as a devastating study of the system itself.English, Zulu, Southern Sotho and Afrikaans with English subtitles, 104 minMidnight Cowboyd. John Schlesinger, United States, 1969 22 JULY 09:00 SUNCOAST BIn Midnight Cowboy, a naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on thestreets of New York City. Dreaming of an easy life as a fantasy cowboy stud, cheerful Texasinnocent Joe Buck heads to New York City to be a gigolo, but he quickly discovers thathustling isn’t what he thought it would be. Midnight Cowboy became one of the majorfinancial and artistic hits of 1969, winning Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director,and for Waldo Salt’s inspired screenplay. The film is an exquisite time capsule packed withdark social and political commentary.English and Italian with English subtitles, 113 min34th Durban International Film Festival 77

THE FILMS THAT MADE MEQuest for Fired. Jean-Jacques Annaud, Canada,21 JULY 09:00 SUNCOAST BFrance, United States, 1981Set 80,000 years in the past, Quest for Fire tells the story of a primitive human tribe. Atthe beginning of the film, they are huddled around a natural fire source for comfortand survival. When that source is extinguished, tribesmen Naoh, Amoukar and Gaw aresent out into the prehistoric wilderness on a ‘quest for fire.’ The film convincingly createsthe prehistoric world, constructing its characters within the context of their limitedknowledge of the world, and aided by novelist Anthony Burgess, who developed a simplelanguage for the ancient tribes.Ulam (invented language), 100 minRand. Akira Kurosawa, Japan, France, 1985 23 JULY 09:00 SUNCOAST BJapanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s King Lear is a storyof greed, lust for power, and, ultimately, revenge. The Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji – theLear counterpart – has decided to step aside to make room for the younger blood of histhree sons, Taro, Jiro, and Saburo, his only wish being to live out his years as an honouredguest in the castle of each of his sons in turn. This 160-minute historical epic won severalinternational awards, but it was not a hit in Japan, and it would be five more years beforeKurosawa would be able to finance another picture.Japanese with English subtitles, 162 min78 34th Durban International Film Festival

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DOCUMENTARIES2 MEN AND A WEDDINGd. Sara Blecher, South Africa, 2012 20 JULY 12:00 MUSGRAVE A; 23 JULY 14:00 LUTHULIAcross Africa, attitudes have recently hardened towards gay people, encouraged largely byUS-based Christian evangelical groups. In countries such as Burundi, Sudan, Nigeria andUganda, homosexuality is a criminal offence; in some countries it is even punishable bydeath. 2 Men and a Wedding focuses on Steven and Tiwonge, two gay lovers whose publicengagement ceremony in Blantyre, Malawi, at the end of 2009 resulted in them beingsentenced to 14 years of imprisonment. This is a story that unpacks the implications ofbeing gay in Africa and two men’s fight for their human rights and dignity. World Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, 51 minALGORITHMSd. Ian McDonald, India, 2012 24 JULY 20:30 SUNCOAST A; 26 JULY 11:30 BLUEA group of boys dream of becoming chess masters, but this is no ordinary chess and theseare no ordinary players. Algorithms ventures beyond the surface of the lives of three blindyoung men who challenge far more than their opponents, but further, stand as a challengeto the ocular-centric world, as we witness their blindness emerging as a difference ratherthan a disability. Filmed over three years, Algorithms is a true breakthrough in the worldof the traditional sports documentary, as we move fluidly between the personal andphilosophical, meditating on the very nature of perception through chess; a game thatrequires more foresight than it does eyesight. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam with English subtitles, 100 minANGELS IN EXILEd. Billy Raftery, South Africa, 2013 24 JULY 18:00 SNEDDON; 28 JULY 16:00 SNEDDONFacing the constant threat of violence, rape, trafficking abductions and death, Durban’sstreet children truly have little hope and usually find themselves resorting to drugs andcrime. Director Billy Raftery steps over the imaginary line that divides their world from therest of the city’s, by spending eight years focusing on two of these children, Zulieka andAriel. Having witnessed their entire adolescence, this intimate portrait depicts a fight forsurvival against not only the dangers of the street, but also the haunting memories of thepast that led them there in the first place. Narrated by Charlize Theron.Filmmakers in attendanceZulu with English subtitles, 74 min80 34th Durban International Film FestivalThe festival presents a challenging, enlighteningand inspiring programme of documentaries thatprovide insight into the diverse realities of theworld in which we live. The programme illuminatesa vast array of topical issues and presents multipleperspectives from a myriad of contexts.

BOMB IT 2d. Jon Reiss, United States, 2010 21 JULY 16:30 SUNCOAST A; 24 JULY 22:30 SUNCOAST BThe follow-up to the ground-breaking Bomb It, Bomb It 2 ventures where no documentaryon street art has gone before and guides us through the underground graffiti scene in placeslike the West Bank, Tel Aviv, Jakarta, Copenhagen, and Singapore. The film takes us on anexploration of the incredibly diverse richness of styles and ideas that surround graffiti andstreet art culture throughout the world, especially in places where most people probablydon’t even think it exists. This film is a celebration of one of the most vibrant art movementsin the contemporary world and one that is subject to a lot of misunderstanding.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, 67 minBORN THIS WAYd. Deb Tullmann, Shaun Kadlec, UnitedStates, Cameroon, 201319 JULY 17:00 BLUE; 20 JULY 18:00 EKHAYAVisiting the country on tourist visas, debut feature-length directors Shaun Kadlec and DebTullmann had to resort to guerrilla methods to bring you this compelling portrait of the gayand lesbian underground in Cameroon – a country in which homosexuality carries a penaltyof up to five years in prison. With portrayals of discrimination that vary from the ridiculousto the dangerous and horrific, this film presents the human stories and experiences in thelives of members of the LGBT community. This sensitive and insightful film unpicks theconnections between the colonial spread of Christianity in Africa and modern homophobia,while remaining optimistic about small advances in achieving acceptance and equality.English and French with English subtitles, 82 minCAPTAIN KANGd. Won Ho-yeon, South Korea, 2012 21 JULY 14:00 MUSGRAVE B; 22 JULY 22:00 SUNCOAST BThe life of Korean fisherman Captain Kang changed forever twenty years ago when helost both of his legs. Refusing to stop doing what he has always done, he continues withhis fishing work, finding strength in the help he gets from his supportive family. Withspectacular visuals, we learn about a man whose body is beginning to grow tired, whowonders about his future and dreams about the past and a life that he once had. A storyabout regret, loss, and finding inner strength, Captain Kang looks at how the soul can scaras easily as the body. African Premiere.Korean with English subtitles, 78 min34th Durban International Film Festival 81

DOCUMENTARIESCASTING BYd. Tom Donahue, United States, 2012 19 JULY 13:30 BLUE; 21 JULY 12:00 BLUECasting By is an entertaining documentary that puts a spotlight on the unsung heroes offilmmaking – the casting directors – and takes us on a fast-paced journey through the lasthalf-century of Hollywood history from an entirely new perspective. Pioneers like MarionDougherty and Lynn Stalmaster were radicals whose exquisite taste and pure intuitionhelped to put the final nail in the coffin of the old studio system, and helped to usher inthe New Hollywood with movies like Midnight Cowboy and The Graduate. Tom Donahuecombines personal narratives from actors and directors with archival material to reconstructthe untold tale of Hollywood’s most invisible and unheralded profession. African Premiere.English, 89 minCHICKENS CAN FLYd. Paulene Abrey, Luaan Hong,South Africa, 201122 JULY 14:00 EKHAYA; 27 JULY 14:30 SUNCOAST D“In life there is not much difference between 27 and 67, the big thing is to make everysecond count. Not the second before or the second thereafter, it’s this very second thatcounts – the living second.” These are the words of the remarkable South African artistPieter van der Westhuizen, who from a very young age realised that he was not quite cutout for this world, and as a child began rendering a more suitable world for himself throughimages. With aptly artful cinematography, this delightfully simple and touching workopens up a channel for insight into the inner machinery of an artist’s mind. World Premiere.Afrikaans with English subtitles, 45 minDRAMA CONSULTd. Dorothee Wenner, Germany, 19 JULY 18:00 SNEDDON; 20 JULY 13:00 EKHAYA;Nigeria, 201225 JULY 17:00 BLUEIn Dorothee Wenner’s Drama Consult, we journey on an adventure trip through an era ofglobalisation with a group of five Nigerians. The protagonists are real-life businessmenfrom Lagos: an experienced spare parts dealer, a real estate developer and a young,ambitious shoe manufacturer. Accompanied by two go-getter business consultants, thegroup travels to Germany. Their mission? The acquisition of German business partnersand investors. An enthralling Africa to Europe expedition from a Nigerian perspective.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish and Dutch with English subtitles, 80 min82 34th Durban International Film Festival

FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH: THE TOMI UNGERER STORYd. Brad Bernstein, United States, 2012 21 JULY 16:40 SUNCOAST B; 28 JULY 21:30 SUNCOAST CThis award-winning documentary tells the exceptional story of renegade children’s illustratorand author, Tom Ungerer, and his lifelong adventure in pushing the boundaries of societythrough his subversive art. Blending documentary with distinctive animation drawn from 70years’ worth of work, this magnificent film uses the backdrop of twentieth century history toconjure the details of an incredible and controversial life; a man who gave voice to revolutionaryideas during one of the United States’ most interesting historical moments. This ground-breakingfilm is a truly captivating account of artistic impulse and the cost of pursuing it. African Premiere.English and French with English subtitles, 99 minFIDAId. Damien Ounouri, France, Algeria,Kuwait, Qatar, China, Germany, 19 JULY 20:00 SNEDDON; 22 JULY 17:00 BLUEUnited Kingdom, 2012This beautifully executed non-fiction feature relates the story of Med El Hadi Benadouda,the great-uncle of the filmmaker and a Fidaï (or mujahideen soldier without a uniform)during the Algerian Revolution against French oppression. Revisiting the places whereBenadouda once carried out his missions, the two attempt to re-enact some of hisexperiences. As much concerned with the revolutionary FLN movement as it is withthe effect of memory on the film's protagonist and his large family, this elegant filmcounterposes the reality of past atrocities and the gentleness of an old man’s family life. Anoteworthy addition to Arabic documentary filmmaking. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceArabic and French with English subtitles, 83 minFREE ANGELA AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS (CLosing film)d. Shola Lynch, United States,27 JULY 18:30 SUPERNOVA; 28 JULY 12:00 MUSGRAVE AFrance, 2012Drawing fire for her political allegiances – labelled as provocation by the Reagan government– young UCLA professor, Angela Davis soon became the victim of a campaign to disallow herfrom teaching. She was catapulted into the international limelight for her subversive beliefs andher association with the Communist Party and Black Panthers. Following death threats, Davisbought her first firearm, the first step in a series of events that involved kidnappings, shoot outs,and her ending up on the FBI’s ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list. This remarkable and gripping film unfoldsthrough a series of intimate interviews with the iconic woman herself. African Premiere.English, 101 min34th Durban International Film Festival 83

DOCUMENTARIESGRAVITYd. Jared Hinde, South Africa, 2012 27 JULY 12:00 SUNCOAST A; 28 JULY 17:00 SUNCOAST AFrom young Durban film student Jared Hinde comes Gravity, a fast-paced, energetic downhillracing documentary, which explores the exhilarating speeds of riders whose moves defygravity. Local riders Tiaan, Greg, Tim and Travis bike through trails of rubble to the fresh soundsof a variety of local bands and musicians, including Coals of Juniper, Gary Thomas, Isochronousand The Kiffness. Slow motion shots of tyres skidding and the suspension working combine withclose-up shots to create a lively scene just up the alley of any adrenalin junkie. World Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, 29 minI AM BREATHINGd. Emma Davie, Morag McKinnon,22 JULY 15:00 BLUE; 27 JULY 12:00 SUNCOAST ADenmark, 2012Working in the delicate no man’s land between life and death, I Am Breathing ventures to thevery perimeters of what we understand it to mean when we say we’re alive. Neil Platt goesfrom being a healthy, young father to being completely paralysed from the neck down,within a single year. He meditates on his state throughout his slow degeneration as a resultof Motor Neuron Disease. Memories, impressions and raw human emotion intertwine in thisheart-wrenching raw engagement with mortality by a man who is staring death squarelyin the face, all the while retaining the very vital qualities of dignity, humour and honesty.English, 72 minI AM DIVINEd. Jeffrey Schwarz, United States, 20 JULY 16:30 SNEDDON; 21 JULY 14:00 BLUE;201326 JULY 17:30 blueJohn Waters has acquired cult status amongst young and trendy audiences of today, butvery few of these younger fans are likely to know the story of the humble Harris GlennMilstead, a tubby, teased kid from Baltimore and his miraculous transformation into thesuperstar drag icon, Divine. I Am Divine tells the story of this internationally recognised museof Waters, who rejected his status as marginalised outsider and courageously flew in theface of notions of beauty, gender and sexuality – fast becoming royalty of the underground.A naughty and affectionate portrait of a sweet young kid making a daring journey of selfdiscovery.African Premiere.English, 90 min84 34th Durban International Film Festival

JEPPE ON A FRIDAYd. Shannon Walsh, Arya Lalloo,26 JULY 18:00 SNEDDON; 27 JULY 14:00 SUNCOAST BSouth Africa, Canada, 2012Every neighbourhood has a story. This is Jeppe’s. Shot by a team of up-and-comingSouth African directors, Jeppe on a Friday is a rollicking look at a diverse group of peoplesurviving a changing African metropolis. Each accomplished in their own right, thedirector duo Lalloo and Walsh, along with their team of young filmmakers, spend oneday following five very distinctive characters, painting a cityscape, framing a communitypulsating with life and bound together by the common everyday struggle, laughter andlove and the discovery of how to live with, or apart, from each other. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, 83 minLIGHT AND DARK19 JULY 12:00 BLUE; 23 JULY 15:30 EKHAYA;d. Paulene Abrey, South Africa, 201328 july 18:00 ekhayaNorman Catherine is an unusual, interesting and provocative artist. Born in South Africa,Catherine’s work is recognised all over the world. Light and Dark travels back in timediscovering how the past impacted on Catherine’s work and how he still manages to makesubtle comments about present day situations. It is a curiously unusual and entertainingdocumentary; a classic depiction of the artist at work. World Premiere.English, 45 minMORE THAN HONEYd. Markus Imhoof, Germany, Austria, 23 JULY 18:00 EKHAYA; 26 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST C;Switzerland, 201228 JULY 15:30 EKHAYAEinstein once said: “If bees ever die out, mankind will have only four years left to live.”In the past five years, billions of honeybees simply vanished for reasons still obscure– however, more than one third of our food production depends on pollination byhoneybees. Dazzlingly artful, this award-winning film is no ordinary nature documentary.Without bees, we will die. But, between pesticides, antibiotics and monoculture, theextinction of bees becomes increasingly likely – something that would be a catastrophefor global food security. Visually captivating, with mesmerising macro cinematography ofthe bees themselves, high speed cameras burrow, hover and zip around with a vividnessthat is nothing short of entrancing. African Premiere.English, German, Swiss German and Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles, 91 min34th Durban International Film Festival 85

DOCUMENTARIESMY AFGHANISTAN – LIFE IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONEd. Nagieb Khaja, Denmark, Norway,23 JULY 22:30 SUNCOAST A; 24 JULY 13:00 BLUE2012Danish/Afghan filmmaker Nagieb Khaja journeys to Kabul, taking with him a sports bagfull of video cameras on a mission that soon reveals itself to be far more difficult thananticipated. Nagieb’s goal is to document the ‘real’ Afghanistan. He smuggles the camerasout of the protected district which shields international journalists from the lives of theordinary civilian population and makes his way to the villages, where the inhabitantsbegin documenting their own lives. The result is a deeply authentic image of life in thebattered country. African Premiere.Danish and Pashto with English subtitles, 86 minNO BURQAS BEHIND BARSd. Nima Sarvestani, Sweden, 201223 JULY 14:30 BLUE; 26 JULY 20:15 SNEDDON;28 JULY 14:00 SNEDDONAfghan woman Sima was married at ten, and bore five children before she was twenty toan abusive husband who had already murdered another of his wives and their child. Herpunishment for fleeing? Fifteen years, along with her children, in the appalling TakharPrison in which four cells house forty women and their children. This is one of the mostrestrictive environments in the world, but here, they also need not wear the burqas thatordinarily covers Afghan women from head to toe. With nothing left to lose, we begin tosee the unique identities of strong women who would be faceless and voiceless in theirdaily lives outside. African Premiere.Dari with English subtitles, 77 minNORMAN CATHERINE CURRICULUM VITAE19 JULY 12:00 BLUE; 23 JULY 15:30 EKHAYA;d. Paulene Abrey, South Africa, 201228 JULY 18:00 EKHAYANorman Catherine Curriculum Vitae is a mix of ghoulish animation, live action and stockfootage used to bring to life the canvas of the artist’s young life. Coloured by vividimagination and a uniquely offbeat style, the film illustrates events from his formative years– such as swallowing mothballs thinking they were sweets – against a backdrop of SouthAfrican and world events. Intriguing and humourous, this is a complicated film about acomplicated man. World Premiere.English, 12 min86 34th Durban International Film Festival

ORANIAd. Tobias Lindner, Germany, SouthAfrica, 201227 JULY 13:00 SNEDDON; 28 JULY 17:00 SUNCOAST AOrania, South Africa. This reserve situated in the Northern Cape – whose 800 inhabitantsare solely white Afrikaans people – was bought in 1991. In this eye-opening documentary,German filmmaker Tobias Lindner embarks on a journey to a community that intentionallylives and works in isolation from people who are not white Afrikaners. The people ofOrania refuse to be part of the ‘Rainbow Nation’; instead seeking to preserve a ‘culturalhomeland’ where they feel secure. A provocative documentary that explores the fine linebetween self-determination and discrimination.English and Afrikaans with English subtitles, 94 minPUSSY RIOT – A PUNK PRAYERd. Maxim Pozdorovkin, Mike Lerner, 22 JULY 22:00 MUSGRAVE B; 24 JULY 17:00 BLUE;Russia, United Kingdom, 201328 JULY 22:00 SUNCOAST BIn winter 2011, in spite of months of protest, Vladimir Putin was controversially returned to theRussian presidency. In March 2012, three members of the all-female art and punk rock collectivein Moscow, Pussy Riot, were arrested and tried after performing forty seconds of the anti-Putinanthem “Mother Mary! Banish Putin!” News of the women’s arrest travelled quickly and theircase found sympathisers around the world. Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin have created acaptivating and distressing film that dissects the way in which the Pussy Riot saga is a symptomof a broader culture clash in Putin’s Russia. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceRussian with English subtitles, 90 minSALMAd. Kim Longinotto, United Kingdom,20 JULY 14:00 BLUE; 24 JULY 14:00 LUTHULIIndia, 2013Kim Longinotto is the multiple award-winning director of films such as Rough Aunties and PinkSaris (winner of awards at Cannes, Sundance and DIFF amongst others), and her new film isa story of rare achievement in the face of adversity. At the age of 13, Salma was locked up byher family for 25 years, forbidden from studying, and forced into an arranged marriage. Duringthis time, she was able to keep her sanity thanks to the power of words. She began secretlycomposing poetry on scraps of paper and smuggling them out to a publisher, becoming afamous Tamil poet from within the confines of her limited existence. African Premiere.Tamil with English subtitles, 90 min34th Durban International Film Festival 87

DOCUMENTARIESSTATE 194d. Dan Setton, Israel, PalestinianTerritories, United States, 201288 34th Durban International Film Festival19 JULY 22:30 MUSGRAVE A; 26 JULY 15:15 BLUE“I believe one day, we will look at each other as human to human. Not as Palestinian toIsraeli or Jewish to Muslim to Christian... And if we start to look on the human side, we willtotally have a different understanding about the conflict,” says Palestinian blogger MadjBiltaji in this cogent and informative film. State 194 takes a thorough look into the worldof the very diverse men and women who are working to seize an historic opportunityto resolve the Middle East conflict by implementing a two-state solution. The film alsoexamines the obstacles that may destroy the most promising opportunity for peace inyears. African Premiere.English, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles, 98 minTHE ABSENT COLUMNd. Nathan Eddy, Filipe Lima, UnitedStates, 201224 JULY 20:30 SUNCOAST A; 26 JULY 11:30 BLUEModern architecture and the battle for its value in the world, is brought into sharp focus inthis intriguing film. Directed by journalist Nathan Eddy, the film examines the battle for thepreservation of the former Prentice Women’s Hospital in downtown Chicago, designed bythe master modern architect, Betrand Goldberg. The Absent Column chronicles the battlebetween preservation groups and the owner of the building, Northwestern University,which intends to demolish this unique modernist building. The stage seems set for whatsome preservationists believe will be a defining moment in the fight to preserve modernarchitecture. World Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, 7 minTHE CREATORSd. Laura Gamse, Jacque de Villiers,South Africa, United States, 201221 JULY 13:00 EKHAYA; 24 JULY 20:00 sneddon;25 JULY 15:30 EKHAYAThe Creators is an award-winning documentary that reinforces the transforming powerof artistic expression. Weaving through the lives of Faith47 (graffiti artist), Warongx (afroblues),Emile YX? (hip-hop), Sweat.X (glam rap), Blaq Pearl (spoken word) and MthethoMapoyi (opera), this documentary delves into subversive art and explores just howit fuels the many clashing and merging cultures in South Africa. The Creators not onlyhighlights the imperceptible histories and journeys that connect us to one another, butalso awakens the possibility of art navigating the divide.English, Afrikaans and Xhosa with English subtitles, 89 min

THE DEVIL’S LAIRd. Riaan Hendricks, South Africa, 201319 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST A; 22 JULY 10:00 LUTHULI;23 JULY 12:30 BLUEAgeing gangster Braaim is a drug dealer and the leader of the gang, The Nice Time Kids. In thisverite-style film, we dive deep into the constrictive, claustrophobic space of a Mitchell’s Pleingang leader whose plans for escaping a life of poverty have still not, and probably never will,come to fruition. A pacy, gritty ride through the underworld of a deadly turf war that doesn’tgive in to the sensationalist glamour of the ‘gangster’. Rather the film offers a mature reflectionon the relationship between poverty and freedom that surprises the viewer with its intimateportrayal of a world of despair, entrapment, contrasts, and unceasing hope.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish and Afrikaans with English subtitles, 85 minTHE GATEKEEPERSd. Dror Moreh, Israel, France,Germany, Belgium, 201219 JULY 18:00 MUSGRAVE B; 24 JULY 18:00 EKHAYA;28 JULY 12:00 SUNCOAST BAcademy Award-nominated, The Gatekeepers relates the story of the Israeli Shin Bet fromthe perspective of six former heads of Israel’s secretive internal security service. Combininginterviews with rich archival material and animation, this astonishing film investigates therole that the group have played in Israel’s security, from the Six-Day War to the present day.With remarkable frankness, the six men discuss their highs and lows, strategies, tactics andmorality in a seemingly irreconcilable conflict driven by stubborn politicians that may seeIsrael winning battles, but losing in the long run. Characterised by a visceral urgency andseriousness as well as technical excellence, this is an important, complex and illuminating film.English and Hebrew with English subtitles, 95 minTHE LEBANESE ROCKET SOCIETYd. Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas,20 JULY 11:45 SUNCOAST A; 26 JULY 22:00 SUNCOAST BLebanon, Qatar, France, 2012In this fresh and captivating documentary, acclaimed directors Joana Hadjithomas and KhalilJoreige uncover a fascinating forgotten fragment of space-age history. During the periodbetween 1960 and 1966, a group of Lebanese students, experts and army personnel, led byan intriguing mathematics professor named Manoug Manougian, began building ever morepowerful rockets under the auspicious banner of ‘The Lebanese Rocket Society’. The filmfollows the story of a group of inspired researchers whose imaginations are ignited by theglobal space race. Based around a quirky, accidentally unearthed fact about Middle Easternhistory, this is an amazing, unexpected film that will appeal to the dreamer inside everyone.English and Arabic with English subtitles, 94 min34th Durban International Film Festival 89

DOCUMENTARIESTHE SPIRIT OF ‘45d. Ken Loach, United Kingdom, 2013 23 JULY 22:00 MUSGRAVE A; 24 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST AThis new documentary offering from acclaimed features director Ken Loach looks backnostalgically on the era in the UK immediately after WWII and the spirit of unity thatcarried Britons through the years of conflict and inspired a vision of a fairer society. Thefilm not only looks back at the founding moment of the welfare state and the subsequentnationalisation of most areas of public life by the Labour government of the late forties,but also follows through to the failure of Thatcherism to deliver on these ideals. Tenderand humane, this grounded documentary does an admirable job of reminding us of whatthe socialism of the past has to teach modern politics.English, 94 minTOUCHING THE DRAGONd. Damon Foster, Craig Foster, SouthAfrica, 201290 34th Durban International Film Festival24 JULY 15:00 BLUE; 27 JULY 13:00 EKHAYAAccomplished nature documentarian and underwater cinematographer Roger Horrocks heardlegends of men supposedly ‘calling’ wild crocodiles out of the river and a crocodile shamanwho can swim and ride on the back of a giant crocodile without being eaten, and though thestories sound unlikely, he believes that he too has experienced first-hand the ways in whichthese ancient reptiles are possible of showing emotion. Feeling a deep connection to crocodiles,he is compelled to investigate these stories further, in the hope of meeting ‘Chito’, the crocodileshaman. This thrilling documentary stands as a precious record of a unique moment in theconnection between humans and nature, which will never again be seen on film. World Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, 52 minVALENTINE ROADd. Marta Cunningham, United21 JULY 16:30 SNEDDON; 23 JULY 20:00 SNEDDONStates, 2012In 2008, eighth-grader Larry King began experimenting with alternative gender identity,wearing make-up and high-heeled shoes to school. Just before Valentine’s Day, heconfessed to having a crush on jock, Brandon McInerney. Embarrassed by the proposition,McInerney the following day shot King twice point blank in the back of the head duringa class lesson on ‘tolerance.’ This bravely nonpartisan film delves into the beliefs andprejudices of a society that simmers with tension over issues of homophobia, racismand gun control, and explores the tragedy of two troubled boys from equally damagedhomes seeking no more than a sense of belonging, and in so doing, exposing the deepvulnerability that invariably lies behind acts of intolerance. African Premiere.English, 88 min

AFRICAN METROPOLIS20 JULY 17:00 MUSGRAVE B; 21 JULY 16:00 BLUEIn this vibrant, teeming project, seven African directors each explore their own AfricanMetropolis: the legendary cities of Abidjan, Cairo, Dakar, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagosand Nairobi. The seven directors were selected among 40 entries and launched theirshort films under the project title African Metropolis. The festival screening includes thefollowing short films:HOMECOMINGd. Jim Chuchu, Kenya, 2013, Short FilmBEREAd. Vincent Moloi, South Africa, 2013, Short FilmNZETE YA LIBOKAd. Carol Maloba, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2013, Short FilmTHE LINE-UPd. Folasakin Iwajomo, Nigeria, 2013, Short FilmTHE CAVEd. Ahmed El Ghoneimy, Egypt, 2013, Short FilmTO REPEL GHOSTSd. Philipe Lacôte, Ivory Coast, 2013, Short FilmTHE OTHER WOMANd. Marie Ka, Senegal, 2013, Short FilmWorld PremiereFilmmakers in attendance34th Durban International Film Festival 91

WILD TALK DOCUMENTARIES2 WINGS MANY PRAYERSd. Lloyd Ross, South Africa, 2013 22 JULY 18:00 Suncoast bTwo friends with a love for aviation and adventure decide to design and build their ownaircraft. As if this isn’t challenge enough, they also want to attempt to fly the little singleengine two-seater around the world. Technically, attempting to fly around the world insuch an aircraft may just be possible, but without doubt it would be a high-risk endeavourthat most pilots would classify as insanity. The compelling characters of James and Mikeadd a rare element to this amazing journey. Through their eyes we’re taken on an edgeof-the-seatadventure around the world.English, 52 minA RETURN TO THE SEAd. Otto Whitehead, Lauren De Vos, South24 JULY 22:00 SNEDDONAfrica, 2012Lauren De Vos is a marine researcher working on a project called BRUVS, the firstcomprehensive survey of the fish and sharks of False Bay. She’s focused on communicatingher science to the public in order to increase their understanding of and affinity forthe environment around them. “As conservationists, a first step is to inspire a sense ofwonderment in the beauty and diversity that is our wilderness heritage.”English, 4 minA WILD DOG’S TALEd. Richard Matthews, Brad Bestelink,25 JULY 15:30 BLUEBotswana, South Africa, 2012This is the true story of a female African wild dog that befriended a number of otherpredators and is helping to raise jackal pups in the Okavango Delta. Once there wereplenty of wild dogs living on Mombo Island in the delta but competition from hyenasand lions decimated the packs. Today only one lonely female dog remains. Her name isSolo. Solo benefits from her friendships as the jackals are forever alert to approachingdanger. But when a pack of wild dogs suddenly appears Solo has to choose – stay withher adopted family or join her own kind.English, 50 min92 34th Durban International Film Festival

AMAZING GRACEd. Rowan Pybus, Zambia, 2013 26 JULY 14:00 BLUEAmazing Grace is a documentary film that follows the lives of conservation activists livingand working in Livingstone, Zambia, who are trying to curb the rampant deforestation inthe area. The film follows their heartfelt efforts to create micro nurseries, shift mindsets,approach government on their exorbitant electricity prices, and ignorant consumersbuying rare wood that add to the destruction of Zambia’s forests. This is an everymanstory that focuses on Lloyd, a charcoal burner turned tree planter who joins forces withlike-minded individuals from Zambia and South Africa on a journey of conservation in aspectacularly beautiful part of Southern Africa that is losing its forests at an alarming rate.English, 5 minBIDDER 70d. Beth Gage, George Gage, UnitedStates, 201227 JULY 11:30 BLUEJust before the Bush administration ended, a parting gift was offered to their pals inthe energy industry. On December 19, 2008, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)auctioned off hundreds of thousands of pristine acres surrounding Utah’s treasurednational parks for oil and gas exploitation. Environmental groups protested politely, butone University of Utah student, Tim DeChristopher, entered the BLM auction, was offeredbidder’s paddle #70 and by the time he put his hand down, had won 22,000 acres ofglorious red-rock for 1.8 million dollars with no intention to pay or drill.English, 72 minBROKEN TAILd. John Murray, Colin Stafford-Johnson,25 JULY 12:30 BLUEIreland, 2011One of the world’s leading tiger cameramen, Colin Stafford-Johnson, travels through Indiapiecing together the extraordinary journey of Broken Tail – one of the planet’s most famouswild tigers. Broken Tail was the most charismatic tiger cub he’d ever seen in Ranthambhore,one of India’s premier wild tiger reserves. But then without warning, Broken Tail (now agedthree) disappeared. On a spectacular odyssey across Rajasthan, Colin travels by horsebackretracing Broken Tail’s last journey, exploring why he abandoned his home and above all,revealing important truths about India’s last wild tigers.English, 58 min34th Durban International Film Festival 93

WILD TALK DOCUMENTARIESNATURAL WORLD: QUEEN OF THE SAVANNAHd. Verity White, United Kingdom, 2011 23 JULY 18:30 SNEDDONThe Queen African Honeybee rules the savannah – even elephants panic at the buzzing ofher hive. This drama recreates the life of the queen and her colony as they fight to survive.Ground-breaking close-up photography reveals a bee-eye view of their world; from thequeen murdering her sisters to fighting off giant invaders and eventually migrating acrossthe savannah to the great Mount Kenya.English, 60 minRADIOACTIVE WOLVESd. Klaus Feichtenberger, Austria, 2011 24 JULY 22:00 SNEDDON26 April 1986: On this day, the Ukrainian city of Chernobyl became the scene of the worstnuclear power plant disaster in history – over 150 000 people were evacuated. A quarterof a century later, a camera crew ventures into the contaminated no man’s land nearthe triangular border between Belarus, Russia and the Ukraine. Before the catastrophicmeltdown, the Chernobyl area was almost empty of wolves. Now, undisturbed byhumans, it harbours the largest and densest wolf population in Europe.English, 50 minTEN QUINTILLIONd. Romilly Spiers, Australia, 2012 25 JULY 14:00 BLUETen Quintillion features a tiny garden and the creatures that rely on its existence to survive.Through bugs-eye-view exploration this menial location comes alive, the creatures withinfascinating and the entire microcosm beautiful. An intimacy is created with creatures thatare normally disregarded, each becoming a unique, alluring character. However, theharmonious nature of this tiny world balances on a knife point and it takes very little tothrow it into disarray.No dialogue, 10 minTHE ANIMAL COMMUNICATORd. Craig Foster, Swati Thiyagarajan,25 JULY 14:00 BLUESouth Africa, 2012What if you could talk to animals and have them talk back to you? Anna Breytenbachhas dedicated her life to what she calls inter-species communication. She sends detailedmessages to animals through pictures and thoughts. She then receives messages ofremarkable clarity from the animals. Anna can feel the scars hidden under a monkey’sfur, wild birds land on her shoulders, fish gather around her when she swims and wildunfamiliar baboons lie on her body as if she is one of their own. This is the first featuredocumentary films on the art of animal communication.English, 52 min94 34th Durban International Film Festival

THE ARCTIC GIANTd. Adam Schmedes, Denmark, 2013 26 JULY 20:00 suncoast bThe film reconstructs a whale’s life for more than 200 years – as a calf, learning everythingfrom his mother: his first mating; the constant struggle to avoid the whalers’ harpoonsand sharp lances; the amazing song of the bowhead whale, the sounds of the sea, withsudden change brought by the invention of the steam ship, so nature’s own sounds arenot the only sounds our whale hears; the depth charges of the First World War; beingdeclared an endangered species in 1935, and the first animal in the world to receive suchprotection to the present day.English, 60 minTHE BEAUTY OF THE IRRATIONALd. Dean Leslie, South Africa, 2012 27 JULY 11:30 BLUERyan Sandes, a South African ultra-runner, returns to the claustrophobic open space ofthe Fish River Canyon in Namibia to run the five-day, 84km Fish River Canyon Hiking Trailin the fastest time possible. Namibia is the one ultra-marathon location that has troubledRyan. In 2009, he was disappointed by his second place finish in a 250km stage racethrough the canyon and the Namib Desert. The Beauty of the Irrational is the story of anunusual man, following his heart, as Ryan returns to the Canyon and completes the runself-supported in a record time of 6 hours and 57 minutes.English, 6 minTHE UNLIKELY LEOPARDd. Beverly Joubert, Dereck Joubert,Botswana, 201226 JULY 14:00 BLUEThe Unlikely Leopard by filmmakers and conservationists Dereck and Beverly Joubert,follows an awkward and often comical young male leopard from when he is just a fewweeks old until he ventures out on his own and makes his first significant kill. It’s a comingof-agestory of a young male reluctant to ‘leave home’ where food and companionshiparrive at his feet every few days from a diligent and tolerant mother. When her mate finallycomes back, he has to venture out into Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Will he survive?English, 50 minTREIBJAGD (THE DRIVEN HUNT)d. Christiane Hitzemann, Germany, 2012 25 JULY 15:30 BLUEOn her first driven hunt a young huntress aims to shoot her first red stag – with disastrousconsequences for her relationship to the leader of the hunt, her dad.German with English subtitles, 13 min34th Durban International Film Festival 95

SHORT FILMSThe festival presents an exciting array of 47 short films from around the world,including 18 from South Africa. We invite you to dig into this feast for your eyesand mind at the main short film hub, The Upstairs at Durban’s Spiga, as well asother venues around Durban.PACKAGE A24 JULY 18:00 UPSTAIRS; 25 JULY 10:00 LUTHULINgutuThe Encounter (La Rencontre)The HajjiMercy (Laska)Hitch HikeCircusPACKAGE B24 JULY 20:00 UPSTAIRS; 25 JULY 14:00 LUTHULIHis To KeepAdamtHaunted SoulsMother's SongSpiralBobbyPACKAGE C25 JULY 18:00 UPSTAIRS; 26 JULY 10:00 LUTHULIListen To Your Weeping Heart (Écoute S'ilPleut)ReleaseFear (Uvalo)All Souls' Day (Swieto Zmarlych)The Brave UnseenElvis: The Lonely Hunter Of Circle BeachPACKAGE D25 JULY 20:00 UPSTAIRS; 27 JULY 14:45 BLUEParadise RoadHarlinnBilk (Zechpreller)Until I Know (Bis Ich Es Weiss)‏(ةتس)‏ SixBear TrapPACKAGE E25 JULY 13:00 EKHAYA; 26 JULY 18:00 UPSTAIRSProp (Stut)Letting GoThe Road WarriorMore Than Two Hours (Bishtar Az DoSaat)The Bucket (Libhaketi)The Long Way DownPACKAGE F26 JULY 20:00 UPSTAIRS; 28 JULY 10:30 EKHAYAMan From The SouthNantesDialemi (She’s Having Fun) Dialemi (ElleS'amuse)LuminarisUnder The Pillow (Bajo La Almohada)A Shot At The Big TimeRhino Full Throttle (Nashorn Im Galopp)PACKAGE G26 JULY 15:30 EKHAYA; 27 JULY 18:00 UPSTAIRSKwaku AnanseSein KampfGreg's First DayJean PantTryDavid's Tour (Il Tour di Davide)PACKAGE H27 JULY 17:00 BLUE; 27 JULY 20:00 UPSTAIRSArmed ResponseVanishing PointKeeping Up AppearancesKanye Kanye96 34th Durban International Film Festival

A SHOT AT THE BIG TIMEPACKAGEd. Stephen de Villiers, South Africa , 2013After a young small-town musician called Jimmy receives a call-up to the army, he has tochoose between following the rules or following his heart.English with Afrikaans subtitles, 12 minADAMTd. Zelalem Woldemariam, Ethiopia, 2013A young Ethiopian composer and drummer deals with a traumatic experience from hischildhood, when a deaf spirit appears in his life and inspires him to channel his memoriesin a new direction.Amharic with English subtitles, 18 minALL SOULS’ DAY (SWIETO ZMARLYCH)d. Aleksandra Terpinska, Poland, 2012In this sensitive and subtle film, a young girl celebrates her 18 th birthday on the Day of theDead, while she deals with family, loss and what’s truly important.Polish with English subtitles, 18 minARMED RESPONSEd. Donovan Graham, South Africa, 2012A real breath of fresh air, Armed Response is a mockumentary set in a small private securitycompany that takes an affectionate look at contemporary South African living. Gritty, realand downright hilarious, this sitcom pilot breaks new comedic ground.English, Xhosa and Afrikaans with English subtitles, 25 minATLANTIC AVENUEd. Laure de Clermont, France, United States, 21 July 16:30 Sneddon;201323 July 20:00 SneddonAtlantic Avenue introduces us to a young male prostitute who sparks aninfatuation in the wheelchair-bound Celeste. Initially Jeremiah is too focusedon his business to notice, but this changes when Celeste returns as a customerand asks him to be her first love.English, 13 min34th Durban International Film Festival 97FBCH

SHORT FILMSBEAR TRAPd. Ceara McEvoy, South Africa, 2013When the endearing, quirky Alice meets the shy Ayden, they spend an enchanting nighttogether, but this eccentric love story has a very dark twist in its tail.English, 14 minBILK (ZECHPRELLER)d. Marc Roessler, Germany, 2012The hostess of a fancy restaurant finds herself regretting her lack of faith in her fellowhumans when it comes back to haunt her.German with English subtitles, 9 minBOBBYd. Mehdi M. Barsaoui, Tunisia, 2013A young boy and a little dog become the best of friends, but the boy’s devoutly religiousfather does not approve.Arabic with English subtitles, 19 minCIRCUSd. Pablo Ramón, Spain, 2011In this slightly Beckettian scene, two men consider their options for the future after havingbeen laid off as a result of the economic recession.Spanish with English subtitles, 8 minDAVID’S TOUR (Il TOUR DI DAVIDE)PACKAGEd. Nicola Sersale, Italy, United Kingdom, 2012What begins as a run-of-the-mill tour around the city of Rome, abandons its interest in thecity in favour of matters of the heart.English and Italian with English subtitles, 12 minDDBAG98 34th Durban International Film Festival

DIALEMI (SHE’S HAVING FUN)DIALEMI (ELLE S’AMUSE)d. Nadine Otsobogo, Gabon, 2013In his home by the sea, a solitary sculptor is inspired by his muse, a mysterious beautywho never stays long.French with English subtitles, 21 minELVIS: THE LONELY HUNTER OF CIRCLE BEACHd. Matt Hulse, United States, 2012In a barren, post-apocalyptic wasteland, only the most durable life forms can survive. Onesuch species faces not only the harshest of environments but also the most vicious ofpredators.English, 5 minFEAR (UVALO)d. Akona Matyila, South Africa, 2012A claustrophobic and moody experimental piece that deals with the question of the bodyin space.No Dialogue, 3 minGREG’S FIRST DAYd. Scott Otto Anderson, Australia, 2012Greg’s first day at a new job turns out to seem like the last day of the rest of his life, nothanks to the cynical mentoring of a now-ex-colleague.English, 13 minHARLINNPACKAGEd. Greg Bakker, South Africa, 2012The year is 2014 and Harlinn, an average Joe to the outside eye, is dealing with havinggone through ‘cross-species transformation’, but is finding humanity more than he hadbargained for.English, 29 minFCCGD34th Durban International Film Festival 99

SHORT FILMSHAUNTED SOULSd. Godwin Otwoma , Uganda, 2013In post-conflict Northern Uganda, a former child soldier and captive wife Grace Apotto,tries to rebuild her life. But the past refuses to release her and her extraordinary sense willhave to keep her one step ahead.English, 32 minHIS TO KEEPd. Amirah Tajdin, Kenya, 2013His to Keep looks poetically at the consequences of Kenya’s struggle for freedom as seenthrough the heartbreaking words of a Mau Mau veteran.Swahili with English subtitles, 15 minHITCH HIKEd. Matthew Saville, New Zealand, 2012A teenage boy on a personal pilgrimage learns that you can never judge a book by its cover.English, 12 minJEAN PANTd. Rowen Smith, South Africa, 2013Sensitive high school swimming coach Neelsie fights against the tough guy rugby coach forthe affections of the pretty new teacher, but doesn’t see what is right under his nose.Afrikaans with English subtitles, 12 minKANYE KANYEPACKAGEd. Miklas Manneke, South Africa, 2012In this surreal romantic comedy, two teenagers fall in love across the line that hasdivided their community since the sixties. A cunning scheme hatched by a mischievousboy ensures that their story resonates in every villager’s heart. Nominated for a StudentAcademy Award.Xhosa with English subtitles, 24 minBBAGH100 34th Durban International Film Festival

KEEPING UP APPEARANCESd. Thea Small, South Africa, 2012A young man must help his mother deal with the death of his father in a most unusual way.English, 12 minKWAKU ANANSEd. Akosua Adoma Owusu, Ghana, Mexico, United States, 2013Infused with the richness of Ghanaian mythology, Kwaku Ananse combines elements ofautobiography with the West African fable of a trickster spider-man to show us that thereare two sides to every coin.Akan with English subtitles, 26 minLETTING GOd. Daniel McCauley, South Africa, 2012In this intimate surrealist tale, an old mother learns that family, love and tolerance aremore valuable than being normal.English, 11 minLISTEN TO YOUR WEEPING HEART (ÉCOUTE S’IL PLEUT)d. Clary Demangeon, France, 2012Ana is six years old when her sister, Katina, falls seriously ill. To preserve Ana from theemotional strain, her mother sends her to spend a week in the country with hergrandparents. But we find that children can be very perceptive in this moving portraitof loss.French with English subtitles, 32 minLUMINARISPACKAGEd. Juan Pablo Zaramella, Argentina, 2011In this gorgeous stop-motion short with light at its heart, a factory worker has higheraspirations.No dialogue, 6 minHGECF34th Durban International Film Festival 101

SHORT FILMSMAN FROM THE SOUTHd. Jean-Paul Moodie, South Africa, 2012A classic thriller inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s interpretation of Roald Dahl’s story of thesame name, Man from the South exposes the dark underbelly of the city of Cape Town.English and Afrikaans with English subtitles, 11 minMERCY (LASKA)d. Eliza Subotowicz, Poland, 2012Veronica and her daughter arrive in a small town. Veronica has a plan but first she needsto ask someone for help from Thomas, the local priest. Their meeting, however, takes anunexpected turn.Polish with English subtitles, 18 minMORE THAN TWO HOURS (BISHTAR AZ DO SAAT)d. Ali Asgari, Iran, 2013Issues of morality become a matter of life and death for a young couple seeking help inthe early hours of the morning.Persian with English subtitles, 15 minMOTHER’S SONGd. Zippy Kimundu, Singapore, 2012When a mysterious old woman offers a song at her father’s funeral, a woman discoverssome unexpected things about his history.Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles, 13 minNANTESPACKAGEd. Rene Van Rooyen, South Africa, 2012Danielle returns to her family farm to get away from a history that she cannot escape.After a mysterious experience at a neighbouring farm, she must decide whether to movetoward the future, or stay in the past forever.Afrikaans with English subtitles, 25 minFAEBF102 34th Durban International Film Festival

NGUTUd. Felipe Del Olmo, Daniel Valledor, Spain, 2012Ngutu sells newspapers in the street, but is not very successful. In an effort to improvebusiness he begins carefully observing passers-by.Spanish with English subtitles, 4 minPARADISE ROADd. Jean Barker, South Africa, 2012Janelle and Mark meet when they both lose their dogs in a summer storm. At first, they fightover space for their ‘Lost Dog’ posters, but soon decide to work together in their search.English, 9 minPROP (STUT)d. Adriaan de la Rey, Armand Fourie, South Africa, 2012A hulk of a rugby prop in a small Free State town has to deal with the consequences of his ownstrength and aggression; at once an asset to his community and a danger to those he loves.Afrikaans with English subtitles, 22 minRELEASEd. Sofia de Fay, South Africa, 2012Two men’s battle to lay claim to the heart of a beautiful woman endures for twelve longyears. Ultimately, neither of them comes out the winner.English, Sotho and Zulu with English subtitles, 14 minRHINO FULL THROTTLE (NASHORN IM GALOPP)PACKAGEd. Erik Schmitt, Germany, 2013This delightful animation-cross-live-action film shows us Berlin through the psychedelicallyvivid imagination of Bruno as he seeks the soul of the city – its idiosyncratic essence thatgoes unnoticed by most. What he finds, though, is love.German with English subtitles, 15 minADECF34th Durban International Film Festival 103

SHORT FILMSSEIN KAMPFd. Jakob Zapf, Germany, 2013A story of pride, repression and redemption, Sein Kampf tells the tale of a boy under theinfluence of his neo-Nazi brother. He is forced to confront his personal beliefs during aface-off at school after listening to the words of an Auschwitz survivor.German with English subtitles, 17 min‏(ةتس)‏ SIXd. Bahaa el Gamal, Egypt, 2013Love can be a deadly gamble, and in Six, an elegant, tightly-wound drama about a marriedcouple, this threat becomes a literal reality.Arabic with English subtitles, 19 minSPIRALd. Dylan Bosman, South Africa, 2013This intense non-linear drama deals with the psychological interior life of a grieving man.English, 6 minTHE BRAVE UNSEENd. Duan Myburgh, South Africa, 2012A growing number of South African lesbian women are being raped to supposedly‘cure’ them of their homosexuality. The Brave Unseen deals with the ordeal of a youngpolicewoman whose community refuses to accept her way of life.English, 30 minTHE BUCKET (LIBHAKETI)PACKAGEd. Ico Costa, Mozambique, Portugal, 2012Set in the Inhambane district of Mozambique, The Bucket tells the story of a young boy,Vivaldo, who is afraid to go home without his bucket of peanuts.Creole and Portuguese with English subtitles, 18 minGDBCE104 34th Durban International Film Festival

THE ENCOUNTER (LA RENCONTRE)d. Jon Rabaud, Mauritius, 2012Seventeen-year-old Dim and his friend Alex bunk school to escape the urban landscapeand relax besides a river. Sometimes, though, your best friend can turn out to be yourenemy.Creole and French with English subtitles, 18 minTHE HAJJId. Zwelethu Radebe, South Africa, 2012When Hassen returns home from a pilgrimage to Mecca, he receives a phone call from hisestranged brother who is ill and would like to see him. Based on a short story by AhmedEssop, The Hajji is a tale of brotherly love and betrayal.English, 40 minTHE LONG WAY DOWNd. Yasser Howaidy, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, 2012There are many levels of racial tension in the diverse UAE, and beginning with a chanceencounter between two men, The Long Way Down gets right to the bottom of the issue.English, 13 minTHE ROAD WARRIORd. Brian Mitchell, South Africa, 2012Two boxers from two different worlds become unlikely friends along the path to the worldchampionships. The only thing standing in their way is each other.English, Zulu and Afrikaans with English subtitles, 28 minTRYPACKAGEd. Joel Haikali, Namibia, 2012In this multiple-narrative drama, plots interweave as two families discover the meaning ofwealth, power and life, and that, at the end of the day, every person is equal.English, 24 minAAEEG34th Durban International Film Festival 105

SHORT FILMSUNDER THE PILLOW (BAJO LA ALMOHADA)PACKAGEd. Isabel Herguera, Spain, 2012This warm but moving animated documentary allows the voices and drawings of a groupof children who live in a clinic in India to tell us about some of the treasures and dreamsthey keep hidden under their pillows.English and Spanish with English subtitles, 9 minUNTIL I KNOW (BIS ICH ES WEISS)d. Peter Baranowski, Germany, 2013A boy tampers with the mechanisms on the bike of a girl at his school after being daredby some of his classmates. A subsequent attack of concern for her safety leads him on hertrail, and an unexpected journey.German with English subtitles, 23 minVANISHING POINTd. Abhijit Mazumdar, India, 2012Part road movie, part ghost story, this mysterious film tells the story of two friends andfilmmakers, Aurko and Sachin, as they venture into rural Maharashtra looking for an oldbus stop. But they find more than they could ever have expected.English, Hindi and Marathi with English subtitles, 40 minFDH106 34th Durban International Film Festival

WAVESCAPE SURF FILM FESTIVALBENDING COLORS (JORDY SMITH)108 34th Durban International Film Festivalwww.wavescapefestival.co.zad. Kai Neville, South Africa, Reunion,21 JULY 19:00 BAY; 25 JULY 18:00 MUSGRAVE AHawaii, Indonesia, 2012In signature Kai Neville style, Bending Colors threads serious surf action with vibrant creativeflair and a solid soundtrack as it candidly reveals the personality of South Africa’s prodigalson, Jordy Smith. We watch him go from teen sensation to world superstar throughinterview and archival footage. Shot with super hi-tech cam technology in the bending bluehues of Indonesia, Reunion, South Africa and Hawaii over the course of a year, the story ofJordy is your answer. Then there’s the surfing. Oh my hat, there is the surfing.English, 37 minDARK SIDE OF THE LENSd. Mickey Smith, Ireland, 201121 JULY 19:00 BAY; 22 JULY 18:00 MUSGRAVE A;25 JULY 18:00 MUSGRAVE AFeaturing astounding cinematography, Smith gives us a glimpse inside his mind. Heshows us with these beautiful moving pictures why he spends countless hours fightingoff hypothermia, nursing injuries and braving heavy swells.English, 6 minDESERT REBELSd. Adrian Charles, South Africa, 2012 23 JULY 20:00 MUSGRAVE A; 24 JULY 20:00 MUSGRAVE AFamed Durban big wave hellman Josh Redman mentors young Cape surfers Max Armstrongand Aviyele Ndamase as they drive up to Namibia to surf the sledgehammer coils of SkeletonBay; that roiling barrel that makes us explode with mind-surf visions. A coming-of-age SouthAfrican story with an easy, eloquent narrative, and a fascinating profile of the wave itself.English, 26 minHERE AND NOWd. Nathan Myers, Taylor Steele,24 JULY 18:00 MUSGRAVE AUnited States, 2012This film was shot around the world in one day. More than 25 filmmakers and surfersworked in unison to document the world of surfing in a single 24-hour period: May2, 2012. From world champs like Kelly Slater and Stephanie Gilmore to free spirits likeDave Rastovich, Ozzy Wright and Alex Knost, this project brings together shapers,photographers, legends, beginners, third world, first world and surf world. Some scoredbig. Others couldn’t find a ripple. It’s all part of the surfing experience.English, 45 min

IMMERSIONd. Tim Bonython, Australia, Tahiti, 2012 22 JULY 20:00 MUSGRAVE AYour breath will implode by the kadooff of an exploding bomb on death-defying slabs.Your senses will be soaked in the world’s most isolated, notorious and picturesque surfingspots. Your fear will jolt upright like a nerve touched raw by a steel spike. Some of theheaviest waves ever seen on the big screen, plus a collective of chapters on wave-ridingdisciplines from body boarding to SUPing. An epic compilation of surfing’s very core thattook seven years of interviews and filming to create.English, 140 minKUSHAYA IGAGASI (HITTING THE WAVES)d. Omelga Mthiyane, South Africa,201325 JULY 18:00 MUSGRAVE AKushaya Igagasi, which means ‘hitting the waves’, is a documentary that tells a story offour guys – Sihle (20), Andile (20), Shorty (19) and Lucky (23) – who as youngsters endedup on the streets due to different reasons. It shares their lives and the challenges theyface on the streets and their love for surfing. The documentary will serve to highlight theplight of street kids and show that there is a brighter and safer future for them.English, 23 minLE FRENCH CONNEXIONd. Jimmy Graham, Namibia, 2011 21 JULY 19:00 BAY; 24 JULY 20:00 MUSGRAVE AFrench pro surfers rip the rolling dredge monsters of Skeleton Bay to the deeply satisfyingdubstep beat of the quintessential surf porn soundtrack, Mt Eden Dubstep by Sierra Leone. Kiff!English, 6 minNORTH OF THE SUNd. Inge Wegge, Jørn Nyseth Ranum,Norway, 201223 july 20:00 musgrave a; 26 july 20:00 musgrave aTwo mullets with Nordic roots gestate for nine cold, dark, winter months on a remote,Arctic island off the coast of Northern Norway. On an isolated bay, edged by the vastpotential of the Atlantic Ocean, Inge and Jørn build a cabin from the flotsam that the seadelivers to them along this icy shore as they prepare for the endless darkness of winter.When food runs low, they forage for freebies in the local store. The boys bring stoke,humour and two essential items: their surfboards.Norwegian with English subtitles, 46 min34th Durban International Film Festival 109