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IMPUNITYJyoti Mistry, South Africa, 2015 18 July 14:15 Musgrave 6;26 July 14:00 ElangeniThe who’s who of South Africa’s new politically connected elite is gathering to celebrate theengagement party of Zanele Majola, a minister’s daughter, to Lifa Mapufo, a rising politicalstar at an exclusive safari lodge. An open truck of delighted tourists makes a grisly discoveryduring the morning game drive: the mauled remains of Zanele’s ravaged corpse in thepristine beauty of the African wilderness. Two young lovers, Derren and Echo, waiters at thesafari lodge, are brought in for questioning. Their complicity in the Zanele’s murder seemsobvious and Dingane Fakude from Special Crimes Unit, arrives to investigate the murder,hoping for a swift conviction in order to protect his politically powerful masters. But thingsare not as they appear. South African PremiereEnglish, Afrikaans, Zulu with English subtitles, 88 minIT WAS A BETTER TOMORROW (C'ETAIT MIEUX DEMAIN)Hinde Boujemaa, Tunisia, 2012 18 July 14:15 Suncoast 8;21 July 16:15 ElangeniThe revolution is here Aida, is driven by the desire to escape and find refuge for herselfand her children. She hopes to rebuild her life, to walk away from her disadvantagedneighbourhood and never look back. She ignores the historical events surrounding therevolution; she is convinced that it is a blessing. South African PremiereArabic with English subtitles, 111 minTHE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERNadav Lapid, Israel, France, 2014 24 July 17:30 Suncoast 7In a world that does not appreciate artists and where sensitive souls don’t stand a chance, apoetry-loving kindergarten teacher discovers a child poet and decides to take it upon herselfto nurture him, to save his greatness from the world, to salvage him from the banal, themediocre and the crude – to save him from life itself. It is the story of a female Don Quixote,who strives to save the world through the poetry of a child, and of a pensive child who hasno desire to be saved. African PremiereHebrew with English subtitles, 120 min36th Durban International Film Festival61