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Australian High Commission, South Africa DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL n its landmark 30th year the DIFF presents over 200 screenings at I27 venues across the Durban district. Including numerous award-winners, the line-up of cutting edge feature fi lms is supplemented by a prime selection of topical documentaries (pages 54-65) and short fi lms (pages 66-79). See pages 5-8 for an overview of festival themes, focus areas and special events.

The festival also off ers free fi lmmaker workshops, industry seminars and public discussion forums for professionals, aspirants and interested public. See pages 9-14 and also look out for live music events.

As part of the initiative to make cinema more widely available and accessible, the DIFF presents screenings in township areas where cinemas are non-existent. Apart from daily screenings at long-time DIFF partner venue Ekhaya Multi-Arts Centre in KwaMashu, the outreach programme this year takes place at a range of venues across the city and surrounding areas.

This pocket-book programme is your key to the festival, containing short synopses of all the fi lms, and the all-important schedule of venues and screening times.

In addition, because most of the fi lms are premiere showings in this country and so new that people may not yet have heard of them, the fi lm pages on www.cca.ukzn.ac.za off er helpful hints to guide viewers. Further detail is contained in the festival catalogue obtainable at principal cinema venues during the festival.

For more information telephone the Centre for Creative Arts on 031 260 2506 or 031 260 1816 or 031 260 1704

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 1 VENUE KEY

PRINCIPAL VENUES EKHAYA Ekhaya Multi Arts Centre, KwaMashu – 031 504 6970 MUSGRAVE Ster Kinekor, Musgrave – 082 16789 (Call Centre) NOUVEAU Cinema Nouveau, Gateway – 082 16789 (Call Centre) ROYAL Royal Hotel, First Floor, 267 Anton Lembede Street (Smith Street) – 031 260 2506 SNEDDON Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre – 031 260 2296 SUNCOAST Nu Metro CineCentre, Suncoast Casino, Battery Beach – 031 328 3333

OTHER VENUES BAT BAT Centre, BAT Hall – 031 332 0451 BAY Bay of Plenty Lawns, North Beach, Durban – 031 260 2506 CFAD Centre for Fine Art, Animation and Design, 201 Salbany House, 50 Albany Grove – 031 305 2480 DOROTHY Dorothy Nyembe Hall, 19 Grammer Road, Cato Crest, Mayville – 083 493 8719 FOLWENI Folweni Learning Centre, M35 Road, next to Folweni Police Station – 074 267 1387 FOOTSHACK Mobile screening venue – 073 515 1308/083 263 9503/072 629 6299 GLEN Glenover Secondary School, 36 Glenover Road, Westcliff , Chatsworth – 072 671 2901 INANSEM Inanda Seminary School, M25 Machobeni, Inanda Mission, Inanda – 031 510 1011 JAZZ Centre for Jazz, Howard College Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal – 031 260 3385 KZNSA KZNSA Gallery, 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood – 031 202 3686 LUTHULI Luthuli Museum, 3233 Nokukhanga Street, Groutville, KwaDukuza – 032 559 6822 MANDENI Sibusisiwe Community Hall, No 2 Kingfi sher Road, Mandeni – 032 456 8200/ 072 703 0643 MTB Room E142, Memorial Tower Building, Howard College Campus (UKZN) – 031 260 2505 NELSO Nelson Mandela Youth Centre, Chatsworth Circle Rd, Chatsworth – 031 401 4191/083 981 3506 NTOWN Inanda Newtown 'C' Hall, next to Dube Village Mall, Inanda – 078 259 8831 NZUMA Ntuzuma ‘H’ Hall, H Section, next to Senzokwethu High School, Ntuzuma – 078 259 8831 OHLANGE Ohlange Secondary School, M25 Inanda Main Road, behind Ohlange Library – 083 745 5255 SPIGA La Scarpetta, Spiga D’oro, 200 Florida Road, Morningside, Durban – 031 303 2231 WOW WOW Family Resource Centre, Austerville Drive, Wentworth – 079 584 4313 YMCA YMCA, 82 Diakonia Ave, Durban – 083 683 8297/031 305 4496

2 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 BOOKING INFORMATION

CINEMA NOUVEAU GATEWAY NU-METRO CINECENTRE Gateway Theatre of Shopping SUNCOAST Contact and phone bookings: 20 Battery Road, Marine Parade 082 16789 Contact and phone bookings: 031 328 3333 Ticket Price: R25 Advance Computicket/Teleticket bookings: 086 1100 220 ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE Ticket Price: R20 Mazisi Kunene Avenue University of KwaZulu-Natal STER KINEKOR MUSGRAVE Contact: 031 260 2296 115 Musgrave Road, Durban (No phone bookings through the theatre. Contact and phone bookings: 082 16789 For advance bookings, contact Computicket/ Ticket Price: R25 Teleticket: 086 110 0220. The Sneddon Theatre box offi ce opens one hour before LA SCARPETTA, SPIGA D'ORO each screening) 200 Florida Road Ticket Price: R25 Contact: 031 303 2231 Students: R10 on presentation of university Ticket Price: R20 for the night's screening. student card (Student discount does-not apply at any of the other festival venues.)

Screenings at all other venues are free of charge

ENQUIRIES: Contact the Durban International Film Festival 031 260 2506 or 031 260 1816 or 031 260 1704 (during offi ce hours) Full programme details: www.cca.ukzn.ac.za

Programme subject to change.

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 3 4 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 THEMES AND FOCUS AREAS

FOCUS AREAS FRENCH FOCUS While the French have always had a strong presence at DIFF, 2009 is a particularly fi ne year to focus on French cinema, given the slew of excellent fi lms available for selection this year, covering a gamut of styles and themes. Laurent Cantet’s gritty and realistic The Class, winner of the Cannes Palmes d’Or, sits alongside the period drama Coco Before Chanel, Anne Fontaine’s sumptuous fi lm about the legendary designer (played beautifully by Audrey Tautou). Rachid Bouchareb, a festival favourite, returns with London River, a prize-winner in Berlin, which takes a tender look at two parents from very diff erent backgrounds searching for their respective children following the London underground bombings in 2005. Philippe Lioret’s masterful Welcome is about getting to London – a young Iraqi refugee arrives in Calais determined to swim the channel in order to meet his true love. It is impossible, but a meeting with a swimming instructor provides him with hope. Julie Delpy who charmed with her 2007 directorial debut 2 Days In Paris, returns with the very dark The Countess in which she herself plays a legendary countess who is said to have bathed in the blood of virgins in order to preserve her looks. France is also heavily involved in co-productions and this year French co-productions include Three Monkeys, the new masterpiece by the Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, The Absence, a powerful tale of fi lial responsibility by Senegal’s Mama Keita, the legendary Dardenne brothers’ Lorna’s Silence (Belgium) and the Palestinian fi lms Salt Of This Sea by Annemarie Jacir and Pomegranates and Myrrh by Najwa Najjar. Together these fi lms show French cinema in fi ghting form.

The French Focus is supported by Unifrance, The French Institute of South African and the French Embassy.

INDIAN VISIONS From India, the festival is proud to present several new talents. The fi ne actress, Nandita Das is well known for her sublime performances in, amongst many others, Fire, Earth and Before The Rains, and she makes her directorial debut with Firaaq, a powerful condemnation of religious violence. Also a debut, The Damned Rain by Satish Manwar is a stirring fi lm about Indian farmers driven to suicide by debts and drought. The third Indian debut is very diff erent. The hilarious Tamil Western Quick Gun Murugan by Shashanka Ghosh is wickedly clever and riotously funny, as we follow our vegetarian hero Murugan as he tries to save the world from a non-veg villain. Alongside these striking new talents, we have two established fi lmmakers. Priyadarshan is well known for his

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 5 commercial hits, but his Kanchivaram is a politically-charged and poetic fi lm about a poor weaver who is determined to marry off his daughter in a silk sari, even if that means he has to steal a single thread each day for many years. The great Bengali fi lmmaker, Rituparno Ghosh, will present the World Premiere of his new fi l m After Words, starring Bipasha Basu and Prosenjit, which looks at the troubled relationship between a reckless poet and his anxious wife.

AFRICA IN MOTION Fittingly for its 30th edition, DIFF 2009 opens with the Durban fi lm My Secret Sky (Izulu Lami), Madoda Ncayiyana’s debut feature, a moving fi lm on the life of street children, featuring some incredible performances by the child actors. The festival also proudly presents the debut feature of a great new talent, 25-year-old South African Oliver Hermanus, who brings the World Premiere of his Shirley Adams to DIFF. Set on the Cape Flats, Shirley Adams is an unfl inching portrait of a mother determined to make some sort of life for her paralysed son. Also from Durban is the charming For Better For Worse, a romantic comedy by Naresh Veeran and starring Raeesa Mahomed as the young Indian professional whose mother is determined to get her married. Intonga by JJ Van Rensburg is the inspirational tale of a young boy who develops confi dence through boxing. In Revel Fox’s Long Street, also a World Premiere, a talented young singer struggles to escape her life of drug addiction and fi nds inspiration in a singer who has survived her share of strife. Busi Mhlongo gives a powerful performance as the inspirational songstress. Two South African co-productions that have made waves around the world also appear at the festival. Steve Jacobs’ adaptation of JM Coetzee’s Disgrace has won awards around the world, while Anthony Fabian’s Skin, based on the true story of a girl who looks black being born to white parents in apartheid South Africa, has been a worldwide festival hit. From elsewhere on the continent, the festival features Kenyan Wanuri Kahiu’s assured feature debut, From A Whisper, which looks at the repercussions of the terrorist attack on the US Embassy in Kenya. Mama Keita’s The Absence is set in Senegal and focuses on the return of a successful scientist from Paris who fi nds that his sister has turned to prostitution and that all is not well in the land of his birth. Legendary Nigerian director, Tunde Kelani, makes his fi rst visit to DIFF with Arugba, his penetrating study of tradition and corruption in contemporary Nigerian society. Africa and South Africa are also well-represented in the documentary selection at this year's festival. Ramadan Suleman returns to DIFF with Zwelidumile his exceptional portrait of one of South Africa’s most exceptional and unsung fi ne artists. In the impeccably researched Cemetery Stories, Malian director Cherif Keita traces the connections between the legendary fi rst president of the ANC, John Dube, and Americans William and Idabelle Wilcox, a pair of long-forgotten 19th-century renegade missionaries. The absolutely harrowing Iseta: Behind The Roadblock tells

6 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 the story of the only known footage of actual killing in the Rwandan Genocide, an incredible fact considering the genocide left almost one million people slaughtered. The Manuscripts of Timbuktu, by Zola Maseko, is a poetic and visually stunning docu-drama about the history of these legendary manuscripts and the city of Timbuktu as seen through the life of one of Africa’s greatest scholars, Ahmed Baba. The powerful and Sundance-winning Rough Aunties reveals Amanzimtoti- based Operation Bobbi Bear, a diverse group of women bound together by a commitment to helping abused children. Sacred Places (Lieux Saints) is Jean-Marie Teno’s (Cameroon) compelling meditation on fi lmmaking, art, African cinema, identity, globalisation, popular culture, and business in contemporary Africa. The short fi lm form is an ideal medium in these resource-strapped times for cinema. DIFF again provides a platform for African and South African fi lmmakers and, in seven carefully programmed and themed packages, includes an incredible 39 South African and 10 African short fi lms. Keep an eye out for the Durban Short Film Challenge which invited local fi lmmakers to make a fi ve minute fi lm in two weeks around two themes. The 12 winners have won a screening at DIFF. Other highlights include Akin Omotoso’s fantastic Jesus and the Giant, which was shot on a digital stills camera with over 7 000 photographs stitched together to form movement, and Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Sharing Day, a musical drama on the response of the youth to the impact of HIV on their communities.

PALESTINIAN PERSPECTIVES Palestine has been much in the news as peace constantly eludes the region. Despite the harshness imposed on ordinary Palestinian people, Palestine is a hotbed of creativity, expressed convincingly here in the form of three very diff erent feature fi lms. Najwar Najjar’s Pomegranates and Myrrh begins with the arrest of a Palestinian farmer on dubious charges and marries the political with the emotional as the farmer’s wife grows closer to a handsome young choreographer who is working with her dance troupe. Annemarie Jacir’s Salt Of This Sea has a Palestinian-American visit Palestine to fi nd that the money in her grandfather’s bank account has disappeared. She sets out to rob the bank, and falls in love in the process. Rashid Masharawi’s patient Laila’s Birthday follows for a day a Palestinian judge who is forced to work as a taxi driver to make ends meet.

WAVESCAPES SURF FILM FESTIVAL Wavescapes Surf Film Festival exhibits the culture of wave riding at its most expressive and creative. Wending our way across the world to surf a wealth of waves this year, the programme off ers a foamy mixture of topics, from a cinematic interrogation of the minds of pro surfers in a quick-fi re burst of adrenal overload on the world championship tour to the premiere of the home- grown movie A Perfect 10, the story of 10 years of Red Bull Big Wave Africa from the jaws of the Dungeons slab. Check you on the lawns at the Bay of Plenty, Sunday 26 July, or at Suncoast Casino, Monday 27 July to Friday 1 August. www.wavescapes.co.za

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 7 THEMES SPOTLIGHT ON SPORTS DIFF presents three extraordinary feature documentaries on sporting icons. Tyson, directed by the acclaimed James Toback, is a stylistically inventive and intimate portrait of a completely mesmerizing Mike Tyson. In Maradona By Kusturica, two-time Palme D’or winner Emir Kusturica celebrates the incredible story of Diego Maradona. Utterly revealing, this is a must for soccer fans. Reg Park – The Legend is a candid portrait of the three-time Mr Universe who is one of the greatest bodybuilders ever to have participated on the world stage and directed by South African Richard Noseworthy. The 2010 Soccer World Cup is arguably the most momentous occasion in South Africa since the end of Apartheid. The documentary Farenheit 2010 – Warming Up For The World Cup In South Africa, examines in critical detail the organising of the event and questions its relevance to ordinary South Africans.

MUSIC ON FILM/FILMS ON MUSIC The strong music strand in this the festival includes Emma Franz’s compelling Intangible Asset No. 82 about a jazz drummer and his search for an elusive South Korean grandmaster musician. Roger Lucey’s Aria Del Africa is about the resurgence of interest in opera amongst young African singers. Nora, a performance fi lm of the life of dancer Nora Chipaumire, features music by Zimbabwean legend Thomas Mapfumo. The Silver Fez is a captivating look at the intense rivalry of the Cape Malay music scene. Two Senegalese legends Yande Codou and Youssou N’dour can be seen in Yandé Codou, The Griot Of Senghor and Youssou N’dour: I Bring What I Love respectively. 80-year old Yandé Codou Sène is one of the last remaining singers of polyphonic Sérère poetry. I Bring What I Love chronicles N’dour’s tribulations and eventual triumph when his religious album, Egypt, that was at fi rst branded blasphemous in Senegal, wins a Grammy award and full acceptance.

ECO-LENS The global climate crisis informs fi ve documentaries in this year’s festival. The Foster Brothers’ epistemologically revolutionary The Nature Of Life addresses climate change from a unique African perspective and showcases innovative local solutions. H20IL examines the massive oil sands extraction project in Canada and the destructive eff ect it has on water resources. Water, or the lack of it, also informs The Lake That Was, which traces Iran’s Lake Urmia from its heyday as a tourist destination to it’s present demise. Poison Fire is an indictment of almost fi fty years of oil exploitation and environmental destruction in the Niger Delta. The other Foster Brothers’ fi lm in the festival, Ice Man, documents the extraordinary physiological and psychological journey of Lewis Pugh’s record-breaking long distance swims in the freezing waters of both the south and north poles, the epicentres of the destructive eff ects of climate change. Its Up 2 U is a critical look at the profi teering Western agrarian industry. A must see is the multiple-award winning Saving Luna, about a baby killer whale who, separated from his family, seeks human social interaction – much to the Canadian government’s disapproval. An insightful and moving look at the ethical dilemmas of bridging the gap between species.

8 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND SPECIAL EVENTS Anniversaries at DIFF The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) is celebrating 30 Years, National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is celebrating 10 Years, and DIFF’s fi rst and continuous screening partner for 30 years, Avalon Cinema, is celebrating 70 years. To add to this long list of anniversaries is the 100 year anniversary, on July 29, of the opening of the fi rst cinema in Durban called the Electric Cinema. This milestone is being celebrated in partnership with the National Film, Video and Sound Archives and Durban University of Technology, with a special South African Department of Arts, Culture and National Film, Video and Sound Archives exhibition shown in the Royal Hotel Boardroom alongside the DIFF’s Royal Hotel workshops, seminar and screening venues. And if this wasn’t enough celebration, the Royal Hotel, site of our many workshops and a new screening venue for DIFF, is also celebrating 100 years of its Royal Grill, which opened on the same day as Electric Cinema.

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) will be present throughout the festival. Durban Film Offi ce will be present throughout the festival. National Film, Video and Sound Archives of South Africa will be present throughout the festival with a special exhibition and presentations. Workshop and Special Events Venue Key BAY: Bay of Plenty Lawns, North Beach – MTB: Room E142 Memorial Tower Building, 031 260 2506/031 260 1816 Howard College Campus (UKZN) – 031 260 2505 CFAD: Centre for Fine Art, Animation and ROYAL: Royal Hotel Conference Rooms. Design, 201 Salbany House, 50 Albany 1st Floor Royal Hotel, Anton Lembede Street Grove – 031 305 2480 (Smith Street) – 031 260 2506/031 260 1816 EKHAYA: Ekhaya Theatre, KwaMashu – ROYAL-BR – Boardroom Conference Room 031 266 2595 ROYAL-GAR(A)- Garden Room A HAVANA: Havana Grill Restaurant, Suncoast Conference Room Casino, Suncoast Boulevard Marine Parade ROYAL-GAR(B)- Garden Room B Conference Room – 031 260 2506/031 260 1816 ROYAL-MR: Marine Conference Room JAZZ: Centre for Jazz, Howard College ROYAL-PA: Prince Alfred Conference Room Campus, University of KwaZuku-Natal – VEGA: Vega the Brand School Westville 031 260 3385 Campus – 031 266 2595

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 9 Closed Workshops and Special Events CLOSED EVENTS Friday 24 July 09h00 – 11h00 Venue: ROYAL-MR NFVF 10 Year Celebration and Vision 2022 Press Conference: Closed to public (open to accredited fi lmmakers and media) Presentations by NFVF’s Eddie Khalipha Mbalo (CEO) and others. Media enquires: [email protected] AVC Workshop For First Time Filmmakers: The Audio Visual Centre (UKZN) conducts an intensive four-day Video Production Workshop for fi rst timers from local community organisations. Now in its eighth year this workshop covers camera technique, composition scripting and video editing and will be augmented with inputs by visiting fi lmmakers. 2nd Talent Campus Durban – see page 15 for details. Mtutuzeli Matshoba is hosting an in-depth workshop for Indigenous Language Scriptwriters. SPECIAL EVENTS

July 24 – August 1 daily 09h00 – 18h00 Venue: ROYAL-BR National Film, Video and Sound Archives History of South African Film Special Exhibition: Hosted by South African Department of Arts, Culture and National Archives.

Schools Programme: The Durban International Film Festival will host a Schools Programme in partnership with the INK (Inanda, Ntuzuma, KwaMashu) ABM (Area Based Management) department of the eThekwini Municipality. Two thousand learners from the INK area will get an opportunity to attend a fi lm screening at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre.

The Centre for Civil Society (UKZN) is running a series of community screenings with expert facilitation throughout Durban.

Footshack: look out for this mobile cinema venue popping up in a neighbourhood near you.

Prisons Programme: The Centre for Creative Arts has conducted a community outreach workshop programme with the Durban Correctional Services Department at the Westville Prison for the past six years. As part of this partnership, the Durban International Film Festival will host screenings of selected fi lms at the Medium B, Youth Centre and Female Centre at Westville Prison.

10 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 Open to Public Sessions Contact details: 031 260 2506, unless otherwise stated (Events are free and open to the public unless stated) Friday 24 July 10h00 – 12h00 Venue: ROYAL-GAR(B) Casting and Acting – What Does A Director Look For? An interactive session with Madoda Ncayiyana (director, Izulu Lami (My Secret Sky)). Friday July 24 12h00 – 14h00 Venue: ROYAL-MR Film and Music – The Marriage That Works: Revel Fox (director, Long Street), Emma Franz (director, Intangible Asset No. 82), Roger Lucey (director, Aria Del Africa), Lloyd Ross (director, The Silver Fez). Facilitated by Nishlyn Ramanna (journalist, Sunday Tribune). Saturday 25 July 10h30 – 11h30 Venue: ROYAL-MR Filmmakers in Conversation: Shashanka Ghosh (director, Quick Gun Murugan), Prashant Pethe (director, The Damned Rain), Najwa Najjar (director, Pomegranates and Myrrh). Facilitated by Niren Tolsi (journalist, Mail&Guardian). Saturday 25 July 13h00 – 14h30 Venue: ROYAL-GAR(B) African Film Initiatives and Networks: Peter Anders (Head of Programmes, Sub Sahara-Africa, Goethe-Institute Johannesburg), and Stephen Chigorimbo (Regional Secretariat, FEPACI). Facilitated by Peter Rorvik (director, Durban International Film Festival). Saturday 25 July 15h00 – 16h30 Venue: ROYAL-GAR(B) Solutions To Film Finance: Presentations from local and international fi lm funding bodies, Africa Carribean Pacifi c (ACP), the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and NFVF. Facilitated by Jyoti Mistry (co-producer, Long Street). Saturday 25 July 16h45 – 17h30 Venue: ROYAL-GAR(B) DFO Industry Review – A Report Back: A presentation by Martin Cuff and Toni Monty (Acting CEO, DFO). Sunday 26 July 09h30 – 10h15 Venue: ROYAL-PA KZN Film Collectives: Andile Buwa (Black African Cinema Regeneration Movement), Scelo Mamle (Madifa), Tiny Mungwe (Durban Film Society), Sthembile Ngcobo (Isintu Filmmakers Collective). Facilitated by Lauren Rosenberg (Durban International Film Festival). Sunday 26 July 10h30 – 16h00 Venue: JAZZ Phuzamoya Dream Centre Day: Introduction by Dr Ian Player. Discussions and the screening of director Peter Ammann’s Healing in Two Worlds (Jung, Jungian Psychology and African Traditional Healing), and DIFF’s White People Also Dream: the Shamanic Journey of a Sangoma. Filmmakers in attendance. Enquiries: 082 295 7328

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 11 Sunday 26 July 10h30 – 11h45 Venue: ROYAL-PA Copyright – What Filmmakers Should Know: Debbie Lazarus (Entertainment Law Consultant).

Sunday 26 July 12h00 – 13h30 Venue: ROYAL-PA State of the Industry: Rehad Desai (producer/director, Uhuru), Eddie Mbalo (NFVF), Toni Monty (DFO), Bhekizizwe Petersen (producer, Zwelidumile) and KZN Department of Economic Development and Industry Representatives. Facilitated by Liza Aziz (Fineline Production).

Sunday 26 July 14h00 – 15h00 Venue: ROYAL-PA Distribution Strategies: Sanjeev Singh (Director Acquisitions, Distribution and Exhibitions - Videovision Entertainment); Neil Brandt (producer, Sea Point Days), Florian Schattauer (producer, Long Street).

Sunday 26 July 15h15 – 17h00 Venue: ROYAL-PA Post-Production Work-Shop – Master Your Film To Ensure Distribution: Covering digital intermediates, VFX post and integration, fi lm recording, sound post, deliveries and formats for deliveries. Presented by Tracey Williams (Director of Post Production, Refi nery).

Sunday 26th July 18h00 Venue: Bay Wavescapes Surf Film Festival open air fi lm screening of Fly in the Champagne.

Monday 27 July Venue: CFAD ANIMATION DAY 1: The Art of Animation 10h00 – 12h00 The basics of animation: Drawing for animation and painting for animation. Led by Nanda Soobben and Zayne Nakamura. 12h00 – 13h45 Panel discussion based on fi rst session. 14h00 – 16h00 Screening of animated fi lms: Post, Chick, Strings, Signals, Painting Paradise, Me And My Monster, Bryum & Kapok, plus CFAD animation selection. Filmmakers in attendance.

Monday 27 July 12h00 – 14h00 Venue: Ekhaya Imagination Lab Documentary Filmmaking Workshop: Screening of documentary Sacred Places (Lieux Saints) and discussion with director Jean-Marie Teno.

Monday 27 July 15h00 – 16h30 Venue: ROYAL-PA Meet the Filmmakers – Stories from the Creative Path: Edwin (director, Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly), Oliver Hermanus (director, Shirley Adams), Wanuri Kahiu (director, From a Whisper), Uberto Pasolini (director, Machan), Joe Lawlor (director, Helen). Facilitated by Akin Omotoso (producer, director, Jesus and the Giant).

12 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 Monday 27 July 18h15 – 19h15 Venue: HAVANA Book Launch of Zulu Love Letter by Ramadan Suleman and Bhekizizwe Peterson. Hosted by WITS University Press.

Tuesday 28 July Venue: CFAD ANIMATION DAY 2: The Life of An Animator 10h00 – 12h00 Toon Boom Session 1: The education of an animator, the diff erent jobs within animation, and the future of the animation industry. Specifi c demonstrations and presentations will focus on Toon Boom Animation Technology: Story Board Pro, Digital Pro and Animate Pro. 12h00 – 14h00 Toon Boom Session 2: Audience Participation and interaction. Computers will be made available for workshop.

Tuesday 28 July 09h30 – 11h30 Venue: MTB CCMS, UKZN Event: Screening of: There Is No Antenna, Jesus And The Giant, The Greedy Lords Of The Jungle, Delroy Kincaid, The Piggy Bank That I Found. Followed by a lecture, New Media And Socio-Political Commentary, by Boulou Ebanda de B’béri (visiting professor, Centre for Culture and Media Studies [UKZN]).

Tuesday 28th July 10h00 – 12h00 Venue: ROYAL-PA Part 1 of 2: Public Pitch Training/Modelling the Sell: Filmmakers and producers share the ins and outs of professional pitching. Attendees of this session may be invited to apply to present a practice pitch in the afternoon session (space dependent).

Tuesday 28 July 12h00 – 14h00 Venue: Ekhaya Imagination Lab Documentary Filmmaking Workshop: Screening of documentaries Aria Del Africa, Welcome to My Paradise and discussion with directors Roger Lucey and Rhonda Klevansky.

Tuesday 28 July 14h00 – 16h00 Venue: ROYAL-PA Part 2 of 2: Public Pitch Training/Modelling the Sell: Selected participants from morning pitching workshop pitch to a panel of professionals. (Open to those who attended the morning session).

Wednesday 29 July 09h30 – 11h30 Venue: MTB CCMS, UKZN Event: Screening of: Goodbye Thokoza, Tumelo, Waramustseho! Followed by a lecture called Cinema, Memory, And Ethics, by Boulou Ebanda de B’béri (visiting professor, Centre for Culture and Media Studies [UKZN]). Wednesday 29 July 10h00 – 12h00 Are You the Next Talent? Talent Campus Berlin and Talent Campus Durban presentation on how to become a Talent with Christine Tröstrum (Project Manager of the Berlinale Talent Campus), Monica Rorvik and Zuki Vutela (Talent Campus Durban) and various Talents.

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 13 Wednesday 29 July 12h00 – 14h00 Venue: Ekhaya Imagination Lab Documentary Filmmaking Workshop: Screening of documentary Tribes and Clans and discussion with director Ntokozo Mahlalela. Wednesday 29 July 14h00 – 16h00 Venue: ROYAL-PA From the Manuscripts of Timbuktu to the 100 Years of Electric Cinema in Durban: Zola Maseko (director, Manuscripts of Timbuktu), Mikhail Peppas (Durban University of Technology) and Cherif Keita (director, Cemetery Stories: A Rebel Missionary in South Africa). A historical discussion, facilitated by Brenda Kotze (Assistant Director, Department of Arts and Culture, National Film, Video and Sound Archives). Thursday July 30 10h00 – 12h00 Venue: ROYAL-PA So You Wanna Be A Scriptwriter? South African script professionals and Writer’s Guild of South Africa National Council members demystify the fi lm and scriptwriting process. Thursday July 30 14h30 – 16h30 Venue: Vega Stories from the Creative Path: Tunde Kelani (director, Arugba), Tyrone Mackay (director, A Wake) and For Better or For Worse director Naresh Veeran and scriptwriter-actress Raeesa Mahomed. Facilitated by Vega, The Brand School Creative Navigators. Friday July 31 10h00 – 12h00 Venue: ROYAL-PA The Working Scriptwriter in South Africa: South African script professionals and Writer’s Guild of South Africa National Council members discuss professional issues, share their experiences and give practical advice. Friday July 31 13h00 – 13h30 Venue: ROYAL-PA The Filmmakers Guide into the Classifi cation of Films by the Film and Publication Board of South Africa. Friday July 31 14h00 –15h30 Venue: ROYAL-PA More Stories from the Creative Path: Rituparno Ghosh (director, After Words), Mama Keita (director, The Absence), Nandita Das (director, Firaaq). Facilitated by Peter Machen. Saturday August 1 09h00 – 11h00 Venue: ROYAL-PA 1:2 Writer’s Guild of South Africa KZN Branch AGM. Saturday August 1 10h00 – 13h00 Venue: ROYAL-PA 4:5 Protecting Your Creation: Department of Arts and Culture, National Film, Video and Sound Archives gives a hands on presentation on protecting fi lm productions. How to best store fi lm, and methods to protect digital material. Saturday August 1 14h00 – 15h30 Venue: ROYAL-PA NFVF Bursaries, SEDIBA and SPARK: Pretty Mthiyane (NFVF) presents on the many NFVF supported opportunities for training and professional development in South Africa.

14 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 TALENT CAMPUS 2nd TALENT CAMPUS DURBAN 24th to 28th July 2009

alent Campus Durban is an intensive fi ve-day programme of workshops and seminars that Twill be delivered by fi lm professionals, academics and intellectuals. In addition to specifi c activities off ered by the Campus, the selected talents will have the opportunity to attend fi lms and events at the 30th Durban International Film Festival.

Under the theme "Roots and Shoots: Creating a New African Cinema", participating fi lmmakers will benefi t from both theoretical and practical approaches to the art of fi lm. Talent Campus Durban is held in cooperation with the Berlinale Talent Campus, the seventh edition of which formed part of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in February this year. The Berlinale has in recent years exported the Talent Campus concept to selected festivals in other countries. Currently, apart from the main event in Berlin, Talent Campus takes place in Buenos Aires, Guadalajara and Sarajevo, and it is a considerable privilege and sign of success of our fi rst campus, that DIFF has been invited to again host a Talent Campus in South Africa. This provides DIFF with an opportunity to expand its existing training programmes with an established global initiative that brings a group of promising, new African fi lmmakers together with seasoned professionals.

The call for entries to the Talent Campus Durban again targeted African fi lmmakers living in Africa, and the selection committee had a formidable choice of talents. In this period of economic upheaval the Talent Campus Durban, with its 40 participants representing 21 countries, validates the art of African creativity with its strength of diversity.

Talent Campus Durban is a partnership project between the Durban International Film Festival in cooperation with the Berlinale Talent Campus, Berlin International Film Festival, and is supported by the German Embassy in South Africa, the Goethe Institute and the Department of Economic Development, KwaZulu-Natal.

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 15 FILMS IN COMPETITION

The festival will culminate with an Awards Night on 1 August, at which awards will be announced for Competition Features in the following categories, all awarded by the International Jury: Best Feature Film, Best First Feature Film, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress. The award for Best Film carries a cash prize of R30 000. Cash awards of R10 000 are also awarded to the winners of the Best South African Feature Film and Best First Feature Film categories. Further awards are adjudicated in the following categories: Best Documentary, Best South African Documentary, Best Short Film, Best South African Short Film, and Audience Choice Best Film. Additional awards include the Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award, for a fi lm that best refl ects human rights issues.

The feature fi lms in competition are: 1. The Absence (L’absence) by Mama Keita (Senegal/France 2009) 2. Be Calm And Count To Seven by Ramtin Lavafi pour (Iran 2008) 3. Blind Pig Who Wants To Fly (Babi Buta Yang Ingin Terbang) by Edwin (Indonesia 2008) 4. Calimucho by Eugenie Jansen (Netherlands 2008) 5. The Damned Rain by Satish Manwar (India 2008) 6. An Education by Lone Scherfi g (UK 2009) 7. Firaaq by Nandita Das (India 2008) 8. From A Whisper by Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya 2008) 9. Goodbye Solo by Ramin Bahrani (USA 2008) 10. Heaven On Earth by Deepa Mehta (Canada 2008) 11. Helen by Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor (UK/Ireland 2008) 12. London River by Rachid Bouchareb (UK/France/Algeria 2009) 13. Long Street by Revel Fox (South Africa 2009) 14. Machan by Urberto Pasolini (Germany/Italy/Sri Lanka 2008) 15. My Secret Sky (Izulu Lami) by Madoda Ncayiyana (South Africa 2008) 16. No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti by Leon Dai (Taiwan 2008) 17. Pomegranates and Myrrh (Al-Mor Wa Al Rumman) by Najwa Najjar (France/Germany/Palestine/UK 2009) 18. Samson & Delilah by Warwick Thornton (Australia 2009) 19. Shirley Adams by Oliver Hermanus (South Africa 2008) 20. Skin by Anthony Fabian (South Africa/UK 2008) 21. Treeless Mountain by So Yong Kim (South Korea/USA 2008) 22. Welcome by Philippe Lioret (France 2009)

16 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 OPENING NIGHT FILM MY SECRET SKY (IZULU LAMI) Directed by Madoda Ncayiyana CF 96’ South Africa 2008 Zulu with English subtitles 23 Suncoast 19h00; 25 Sneddon 18h00; 29 Ekhaya 18h00; 31 Sneddon 11h00 Filmmakers in attendance AFRICAN PREMIERE

When ten year old Thembi and her eight year old brother, Khwezi are left alone in their rural homestead after their mother's death, all they have to remember her by is the traditional Zulu mat that she hoped to enter in a craft competition in the city. The children decide to take the mat to Durban but when they arrive in the city, their troubles escalate. Filmed in eThekwini and based on the experiences of the city's homeless children, My Secret Sky is a heartrending tale of suff ering and redemption.

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 17 FRIDAY 24 JULY CF – COMPETITION FEATURE; PF – PANORAMA FEATURE; DOC – DOCUMENTARY; NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST A NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST B

1800 LAILA'S BIRTHDAY PF 1800 ICE MAN DOC 70' The Netherlands/Palestine/Tunisia 52' South Africa 2009 2008 NATURE OF LIFE DOC 52' South Africa 2009 2000 LONG STREET CF 90' South Africa 2009 2015 POMEGRANATES AND MYRRH Filmmaker in attendance (AL-MOR WA AL RUMMAN) CF 95' France/Germany/Palestine/UK 2008 15 22 NATIVE DANCER PF Filmmaker in attendance 87' Kazakhstan/Russia/France/Germany 2008 2215 THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE DOC 100' USA 2008

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1830 YOUSSOU N'DOUR: I BRING WHAT I 1800 INTONGA PF LOVE DOC 107' South Africa 2009 102' France/Senegal 2008 Filmmakers in attendance

2030 HELEN CF 79' UK/Ireland 2008 Filmmaker in attendance

2215 LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (LÅT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN) PF 115' Sweden 2008

18 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 S.DOC – SHORT DOCUMENTARY; S – SHORT; W – WAVESCAPES FRIDAY 24 JULY ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE CINEMA NOUVEAU GATEWAY

1800 THE SILVER FEZ DOC 1830 INTANGIBLE ASSET NO. 82 DOC 87' South Africa 2008 90' Australia/Japan 2008 Filmmakers in attendance Filmmakers in attendance

2015 LONDON RIVER CF 2030 TULPAN PF 90' UK/France/Algeria 2009 100' Germany/Kazakhstan/Poland/ Russia/Switzerland 2008 2215 THE SKY CRAWLERS (SUKAI KURORA) PF 122' Japan 2008

ROYAL HOTEL OTHER SCREENINGS

1500 SHORTS 1: ...OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT S SIBUSISWE COMMUNITY HALL, MANDENI 1100 SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES S 1700 YANDÉ CODOU, THE GRIOT OF SENGHOR (YANDÉ CODOU, LA 1300 SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA S GRIOTTE DE SENGHOR) DOC 00 52' Senegal/France 2008 15 SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND S Filmmakers in attendance 1800 NOLLYWOOD BABYLON DOC 74' Canada 2008 LA SCARPETTA, SPIGA D'ORO 2000 SHORTS 1: ...OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT S Filmmakers in attendance

2200 SOUTH S.DOC 29' South Africa 2008 Filmmakers in attendance NORA S.DOC 35' UK/Mozambique/US 2008

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 19 SATURDAY 25 JULY CF – COMPETITION FEATURE; PF – PANORAMA FEATURE; DOC – DOCUMENTARY; NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST A NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST B 95' CANADA 200895' CANADA 2008 1400 LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (LÅT DEN 1400 GIVE US THIS DAY DOC RÄTTE KOMMA IN) PF 78' South Africa/USA 2009 115' Sweden 2008 Filmmaker in attendance

1600 QUICK GUN MURUGAN PF 1600 WRONG ROSARY (UZAK IHTIMAL) PF 97' India 2008 90' Turkey 2009 Filmmaker in attendance 1800 WHITE LION PF 1800 SKIN CF 90' South Africa 2009 107' South Africa/UK 2008 Filmmaker in attendance Filmmaker in attendance 2000 SHIRLEY ADAMS CF 2015 HEAVEN ON EARTH CF 92' South Africa 2008 106' Canada 2008 Filmmaker in attendance

2230 HUNGER PF 2215 ACHILLES AND THE TORTOISE 96' UK/Ireland 2008 (AKIRESU TO KAME) PF 119' Japan 2008

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1400 SAVING LUNA DOC 1200 TODAY THE HAWK TAKES ONE 94' Canada 2008 CHICK DOC 72' Swaziland/USA 2008 1600 POMEGRANATES AND MYRRH (AL-MOR WA AL RUMMAN) CF 1500 FINDING OUR VOICES – STORIES OF 95' France/Germany/Palestine/UK 2008 AMERICAN DISSENT DOC Filmmaker in attendance 70' USA 2008

1800 THE CLASS (ENTRE LES MURS) PF 1800 MARADONA BY KUSTURICA DOC 128' France 2008 90' Spain/France 2008

2030 WELCOME CF 110' France 2009

2245 WEST OF PLUTO PF 95' Canada 2008

20 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 S.DOC – SHORT DOCUMENTARY; S – SHORT; W – WAVESCAPES SATURDAY 25 JULY ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE CINEMA NOUVEAU GATEWAY

1400 TYSON DOC 1400 LORNA'S SILENCE (LE SILENCE DE 90' USA 2008 LORNA) PF 105' Belgium/France/Germany/Italy 2008 1600 SUNRISE/SUNSET: DALAI LAMA 14 (RASSVET/ZAKAT: DALAI LAMA 14) 1600 STILL WALKING PF DOC 114' Japan 2008 72' Russia 2008 1815 CHE (PART 1): THE ARGENTINE PF 1800 MY SECRET SKY (IZULU LAMI) CF 129' France/Spain/USA 2008 96' South Africa 2008 00 Filmmakers in attendance 21 CHE (PART 2): THE GUERILLA PF 131' France/Spain/USA 2008 2030 AN EDUCATION CF OTHER SCREENINGS 95' UK 2009 INANDA NEWTOWN C HALL 15 22 ANTICHRIST PF 1100 SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON S 104' Denmark 2009 Filmmaker in attendance

NTUZUMA 'H' HALL ROYAL HOTEL 1500 SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND S Filmmaker in attendance 1100 SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES S Filmmaker in attendance WOW FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE, WENTWORTH 1300 SOUTH S. DOC 1730 IT'S UP 2 U S.DOC 29' South Africa 2008 13' Germany 2008 Filmmakers in attendance POISON FIRE S.DOC SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 2 28' Tanzania/Nigeria 2008 S. DOC H2OIL DOC Filmmaker in attendance 75' Canada 2009 Filmmaker in attendance 1500 TRIBES AND CLANS DOC 53' South Africa 2008 LA SCARPETTA, SPIGA D'ORO Filmmaker in attendance 2000 SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS S Filmmaker in attendance 1700 SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA S Filmmaker in attendance 2200 SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA S Filmmaker in attendance

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 21 SUNDAY 26 JULY CF – COMPETITION FEATURE; PF – PANORAMA FEATURE; DOC – DOCUMENTARY; NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST A NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST B 95' CANADA 200895' CANADA 2008 1200 LAILA'S BIRTHDAY PF 1200 BABAJI, AN INDIAN LOVE STORY DOC 70' The Netherlands/Palestine/Tunisia 90' The Netherlands 2008 2008 1400 CEMETERY STORIES: A REBEL 1400 HEAVEN ON EARTH CF MISSIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA DOC 106' Canada 2008 54' South Africa/USA 2008 Filmmaker in attendance 1600 QUICK GUN MURUGAN PF 00 97' India 2008 16 SEA POINT DAYS DOC 90' South Africa 2008 1800 THREE MONKEYS (ÜÇ MAYMUN) PF Filmmaker in attendance 109' France/Italy/Turkey 2008 1815 SHIRLEY ADAMS CF 2015 THE DAMNED RAIN CF 92' South Africa 2008 100' India 2008 Filmmakers in attendance Filmmaker in attendance 2030 FROM A WHISPER CF 2230 LORNA'S SILENCE (LE SILENCE DE 79' Kenya 2008 LORNA) PF Filmmaker in attendance 105' Belgium/France/Germany/Italy 2215 WHITE LIGHTNIN' PF 2008 84' UK 2008 STER KINEKOR MUSGRAVE EKHAYA KWAMASHU

1200 INTANGIBLE ASSET NO. 82 DOC 1200 SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 2 90' Australia/Japan 2008 S. DOC

1400 PRINCE OF BROADWAY PF 1500 SOUTH S.DOC 110' USA 2008 LOT 29' South Africa 2008 NORA S.DOC 00 16 TREELESS MOUNTAIN CF 35' UK/Mozambique/USA 2008 89' South Korea/USA 2008 1800 SHORTS 1. . .OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT S 00 18 SACRED PLACES (LIEUX SAINTS) DOC Filmmaker in attendance 90' France/Burkina Faso 2008 Filmmaker in attendance

2015 IL DIVO PF 117' France/Italy 2008

22 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 S.DOC – SHORT DOCUMENTARY; S – SHORT; W – WAVESCAPES SUNDAY 26 JULY ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE CINEMA NOUVEAU GATEWAY

1200 H2OIL DOC 1200 TYSON DOC 75' Canada 2009 88' USA 2008 Filmmaker in attendance 1400 MARADONA BY KUSTURICA DOC 1400 THE LAST THAKUR PF 90' France/Spain 2008 81' Bangladesh/UK 2008 1600 THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE DOC 1600 INTONGA PF 100' USA 2008 107' South Africa 2009 00 Filmmakers in attendance 18 HELEN CF 79' UK/Ireland 2008 1830 CRIME – IT'S A WAY OF LIFE PF Filmmaker in attendance 93' South Africa 2009 00 Filmmakers in attendance 20 TULPAN PF 100' Germany/Kazakhstan/Poland/ 2030 FOR BETTER FOR WORSE PF Russia/Switzerland 2008 100' South Africa 2009 Filmmakers in attendance

ROYAL HOTEL OTHER SCREENINGS

1100 SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 1 BAT CENTRE HALL S.DOC 1300 GIVE US THIS DAY DOC NORA S.DOC 78' South Africa/USA 2009 35' UK/Mozambique/US 2008 Filmmaker in attendance

1330 SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON S CENTRE FOR JAZZ, UKZN Filmmaker in attendance 1500 WHITE PEOPLE ALSO DREAM: THE SHAMANIC JOURNEY OF A 30 15 ARIA DEL AFRICA DOC SANGOMA DOC 59' South Africa 2008 49' South Africa 2008 Filmmaker in attendance Filmmakers in attendance 1700 THE SILVER FEZ DOC See Special Events pages 87' South Africa 2008 BAY OF PLENTY LAWNS Filmmakers in attendance 1800 Wavescapes Opening Film: FLY IN THE CHAMPAGNE W 55' USA 2009

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 23 MONDAY 27 JULY CF – COMPETITION FEATURE; PF – PANORAMA FEATURE; DOC – DOCUMENTARY; NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST A NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST B 95' CANADA 200895' CANADA 2008 1800 SALT OF THIS SEA PF WAVESCAPES 109' France/Palestine 2008 1800 WELCOME TO MY PARADISE W 22' South Africa/USA 2009 15 20 LOOKING FOR ERIC PF Filmmaker in attendance 116' France/UK 2009 THE GLACIER PROJECT W 2230 ANTICHRIST PF 48' USA 2009 104' Denmark 2009 1945 ZWELIDUMILE DOC 130' South Africa 2009 Filmmakers in attendance

WAVESCAPES 2230 BLACK PEOPLE DON'T SWIM W 47' South Africa 2008 MUSICA SURFICA W 46' Australia 2008

STER KINEKOR MUSGRAVE EKHAYA KWAMASHU

1800 LONG STREET CF 1200 SACRED PLACES (LIEUX SAINTS) DOC 90' South Africa 2009 70' Cameroon/France 2009 Filmmaker in attendance Filmmaker in attendance See Special Events pages 2015 WELCOME CF 110' France 2009 1500 NOLLYWOOD BABYLON DOC 74' Canada 2008

1800 FROM A WHISPER CF 79' Kenya 2008 Filmmaker in attendance

24 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 S.DOC – SHORT DOCUMENTARY; S – SHORT; W – WAVESCAPES MONDAY 27 JULY ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE CINEMA NOUVEAU GATEWAY

SCHOOLS SCREENING: SOLD OUT 1830 YOUSSOU N'DOUR: I BRING WHAT I 1100 THE SEVEN OF DARAN – THE LOVE DOC BATTLE OF PAREO ROCK PF 102' France/Senegal 2008 86' The Netherlands 2008 2030 THE SICILIAN GIRL (LA SICILIANA Filmmaker in attendance RIBELLE) PF 1830 ROUGH AUNTIES DOC 110' Italy/France 2008 90' UK 2008 Filmmaker in attendance Filmmakers in attendance 2030 SAMSON & DELILAH CF 101' Australia 2009 ROYAL HOTEL OTHER SCREENINGS

1100 TRIBES AND CLANS DOC INANDA SEMINARY SCHOOL 53' South Africa 2008 0930 CEMETERY STORIES: A REBEL Filmmaker in attendance MISSIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA DOC 54' South Africa/USA 2008 00 13 SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND S Filmmaker in attendance Filmmaker in attendance OHLANGE SECONDARY SCHOOL 1500 SEA POINT DAYS DOC 1430 CEMETERY STORIES: A REBEL 90' South Africa 2008 MISSIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA DOC Filmmaker in attendance 54' South Africa/USA 2008 Filmmaker in attendance 1700 SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS S Filmmaker in attendance CENTRE FOR FINE ART, ANIMATION AND DESIGN 00 LUTHULI MUSEUM 14 POST S 13' Germany 2008 CHICK S 5' Poland 2008 1015 TODAY THE HAWK TAKES ONE CHICK STRINGS S 5' South Africa 2009 DOC SIGNALS S 5' Switzerland 2008 72' USA/Swaziland 2008 PAINTING PARADISE S 6' Germany 2008 ME AND MY MONSTER S 1400 YANDÉ CODOU, THE GRIOT OF 3' Switzerland 2008 SENGHOR (YANDÉ CODOU, LA BRYUM & KAPOK S 12' USA/Germany 2009 GRIOTTE DE SENGHOR) DOC CFAD S 10' South Africa 2009 52' Senegal/France 2008 See Special Events pages

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 25 TUESDAY 28 JULY CF – COMPETITION FEATURE; PF – PANORAMA FEATURE; DOC – DOCUMENTARY; NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST A NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST B 95' CANADA 200895' CANADA 2008 1800 CALIMUCHO CF WAVESCAPES 93' Netherlands 2008 1800 ON A RAIL: EUROPE W 24' USA 2009 00 20 FIRAAQ CF OUT THERE W 101' India 2008 55' USA 2008 Filmmaker in attendance 2000 INSIDE TEAHUPOO W 00 22 THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD 35' USA 2008 (JOHEUNNOM NABBEUNNOM WATERMAN W ISANGHANNOM) PF 55' USA 2008 139' South Korea 2008 2200 CRIME – IT'S A WAY OF LIFE PF 93' South Africa 2009 Filmmakers in attendance

STER KINEKOR MUSGRAVE EKHAYA KWAMASHU

1830 PRANZO DI FERRAGOSTO PF 1200 ARIA DEL AFRICA DOC 75' Italy 2008 59' South Africa 2008 Filmmaker in attendance Filmmaker in attendance WELCOME TO MY PARADISE W 30 20 THE ABSENCE (L'ABSENCE) CF 21' South Africa/USA 2009 84' Senegal/France 2009 See Special Events pages Filmmaker in attendance 1500 SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA S Filmmaker in attendance

1800 TYSON DOC 90' USA 2008

26 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 S.DOC – SHORT DOCUMENTARY; S – SHORT; W – WAVESCAPES TUESDAY 28 JULY ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE CINEMA NOUVEAU GATEWAY

SCHOOLS SCREENING: SOLD OUT 1830 NATIVE DANCER PF 1100 SAVING LUNA DOC 87' Kazakhstan/Russia/France/Germany 94' Canada 2008 2008

1800 THE CLASS (ENTRE LES MURS) PF 2030 TREELESS MOUNTAIN CF 128' France 2008 89' South Korea/USA 2008

East Coast Radio Special Screening 2045 LOOKING FOR ERIC PF 116' France/UK 2009

ROYAL HOTEL OTHER SCREENINGS

1100 NATURE OF LIFE DOC GLENOVER SECONDARY SCHOOL 52' South Africa 2009 1030 BABALWA'S STORY DOC 45' South Africa 2008 1300 ICE MAN DOC 52' South Africa 2008 MTB E142, HOWARD COLLEGE CAMPUS 930 THERE IS NO ANTENNA HERE S 00 15 ISETA – BEHIND THE ROADBLOCK 11' Iran 2008 DOC JESUS AND THE GIANT S 60' Rwanda/Kenya 2008 13' South Africa 2008 1700 WHITE PEOPLE ALSO DREAM: THE GREEDY LORDS OF THE THE SHAMANIC JOURNEY OF A JUNGLE S SANGOMA DOC 7' Kenya 2009 49' South Africa 2008 DELROY KINCAID S 8' Canada 2008 THE PIGGY BANK THAT I FOUND S 7' Iran 2008 LUTHULI MUSEUM See Special Events pages 1000 SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON S Filmmaker in attendance 1400 CEMETERY STORIES: A REBEL MISSIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA DOC 54' South Africa/USA 2008 Filmmaker in attendance

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 27 WEDNESDAY 29 JULY CF – COMPETITION FEATURE; PF – PANORAMA FEATURE; DOC – DOCUMENTARY; NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST A NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST B 95' CANADA 200895' CANADA 2008 1800 IL DIVO PF 1800 THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TIMBUKTU DOC 117' France/Italy 2008 90' South Africa 2009 Filmmakers in attendance 2015 MACHAN CF 105' Germany/Italy/Sri Lanka 2008 WAVESCAPES Filmmaker in attendance 2000 PERFECT TEN W SOLD OUT 2230 THE COUNTESS PF 47' South Africa 2009 94' France/Germany 2009 2215 ON A RAIL: EUROPE W 24' USA 2009 OUT THERE W 55' USA 2008

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1800 ARUGBA PF 1200 TRIBES AND CLANS DOC 97' Nigeria 2008 53' South Africa 2008 Filmmaker in attendance Filmmaker in attendance See Special Events pages 2030 UNMADE BEDS PF 93' UK 2009 1500 SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND S Filmmaker in attendance Filmmaker in attendance

1800 MY SECRET SKY (IZULU LAMI) CF 96' South Africa 2008 Filmmakers in attendance

28 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 S.DOC – SHORT DOCUMENTARY; S – SHORT; W – WAVESCAPES WEDNESDAY 29 JULY ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE CINEMA NOUVEAU GATEWAY

SCHOOLS SCREENING: SOLD OUT 1830 BLIND PIG WHO WANTS TO FLY 1100 THE SEVEN OF DARAN – THE (BABI BUTA YANG INGIN TERBANG) CF BATTLE OF PAREO ROCK PF 77' Indonesia 2008 86' The Netherlands 2008 Filmmaker in attendance Filmmaker in attendance 2030 HUNGER PF 1800 THREE MONKEYS (ÜÇ MAYMUN) PF 96' UK/Ireland 2008 109' France/Italy/Turkey 2008

2030 DISGRACE PF 129' Australia/South Africa 2008

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1100 ARIA DEL AFRICA DOC MTB E142, HOWARD COLLEGE CAMPUS 57' South Africa 2008 0930 GOODBYE THOKOZA S 1300 THE MODERN TIMES SHOP DOC 13' South Africa 2008 80' France/Reunion 2008 TUMELO S 1500 FINDING OUR VOICES: STORIES OF 20' South Africa 2008 AMERICAN DISSENT DOC WARAMUTSEHO! S 70' USA 2008 22' Cameron/Belgium/France 2008 1700 IT'S UP 2 U S.DOC See Special Events pages 13' Germany 2008 H2OIL DOC 75' Canada 2009 LUTHULI MUSEUM

1015 BABALWA'S STORY DOC 45' South Africa 2008 1415 THE MODERN TIMES SHOP DOC 80' France/Reunion 2008

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 29 THURSDAY 30 JULY CF – COMPETITION FEATURE; PF – PANORAMA FEATURE; DOC – DOCUMENTARY; NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST A NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST B 95' CANADA 200895' CANADA 2008 1800 THE DAMNED RAIN CF WAVESCAPES 100' India 2008 1800 WELCOME TO MY PARADISE W Filmmaker in attendance 21' South Africa/USA 2009 BLACK PEOPLE DON'T SWIM W 15 20 AFTER WORDS (SHOB CHORITRO 47' South Africa 2008 KALPONIK) PF 105' India 2008 2000 ONE TRACK MIND W Filmmaker in attendance 36' USA 2008 THE GLACIER PROJECT W 30 22 THE SICILIAN GIRL (LA SICILIANA 55' USA 2009 RIBELLE) PF 110' Italy/France 2008 2200 THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD DOC Filmmaker in attendance 85' USA 2009

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1800 THE ABSENCE (L'ABSENCE) CF 1200 SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS S 84' Senegal/France 2009 00 Filmmaker in attendance 18 THE SILVER FEZ DOC 87' South Africa 2008 2030 GOODBYE SOLO CF 91' USA 2008 Filmmaker in attendance

30 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 S.DOC – SHORT DOCUMENTARY; S – SHORT; W – WAVESCAPES THURSDAY 30 JULY ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE CINEMA NOUVEAU GATEWAY

SCHOOLS SCREENING: SOLD OUT 1830 BE CALM AND COUNT TO SEVEN CF 1100 WHITE LION PF 89' Iran 2008 90' South Africa 2009 Filmmaker in attendance 1800 FAHRENHEIT 2010 – WARMING UP 2030 NO PUEDO VIVIR SIN TI CF FOR THE WORLD CUP IN SOUTH 85' Taiwan 2008 AFRICA DOC Filmmaker in attendance 90' Australia/South Africa 2009 Filmmakers in attendance

2030 GENOVA PF 94' UK 2008

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1100 SHORTS 1: . . .OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT S KZNSA GALLERY 1800 INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! 00 13 SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES S BUKA! KYK! S 1500 SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON S Filmmaker in attendance

1700 SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS S 2000 DURBAN SHORT FILM CHALLENGE S Filmmakers in attendance

NELSON MANDELA YOUTH CENTRE LUTHULI MUSEUM 1900 GIVE US THIS DAY DOC 78' South Africa/USA 2009 1000 THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TIMBUKTU DOC 90' South Africa 2009 Filmmaker in attendance

1400 ZWELIDUMILE DOC 112' South Africa 2009

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 31 FRIDAY 31 JULY CF – COMPETITION FEATURE; PF – PANORAMA FEATURE; DOC – DOCUMENTARY; NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST A NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST B 95' CANADA 200895' CANADA 2008 1800 KANCHIVARAM PF WAVESCAPES 117' India 2008 1800 INSIDE TEAHUPPO W 35' USA 2008 15 20 COCO BEFORE CHANEL (COCO FLY IN THE CHAMPAGNE W AVANT CHANEL) PF 55' USA 2009 105' France 2009 2000 MUSICA SURFICA W 15 22 THE COUNTESS PF 46' Australian 2008 94' France/Germany 2009 PERFECT TEN W 47' South Africa 2009

2200 MARADONA BY KUSTURICA DOC 90' France/Spain 2008

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1800 SAMSON & DELILAH CF 1500 SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON S 101' Australia 2009 Filmmaker in attendance Filmmaker in attendance 1800 ARUGBA PF 2000 UNMADE BEDS PF 97' Nigeria 2008 93' UK 2009 Filmmaker in attendance Filmmaker in attendance

2215 AN EDUCATION CF 95' UK 2009

32 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 S.DOC – SHORT DOCUMENTARY; S – SHORT; W – WAVESCAPES FRIDAY 31 JULY ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE CINEMA NOUVEAU GATEWAY

SCHOOLS SCREENING: SOLD OUT 1830 PRANZO DI FERRAGOSTO PF 1100 MY SECRET SKY (IZULU LAMI) CF 75' Italy, 2008 96' South Africa 2008 Filmmaker in attendance

1800 REG PARK – THE LEGEND DOC 2030 LONDON RIVER CF 82' South Africa 2009 90' UK/France/Algeria 2009 Filmmaker in attendance 2000 FIRAAQ CF 101' India 2008 Filmmaker in attendance 2215 THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD (JOHEUNNOM NABBEUNNOM ISANGHANNOM) PF 139' South Korea 2008

ROYAL HOTEL OTHER SCREENINGS

1100 THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TIMBUKTU YMCA DOC 1200 ISETA – BEHIND THE ROADBLOCK DOC 90' South Africa 2009 56' Rwanda 2008 Filmmaker in attendance SACRED PLACES (LIEUX SAINTS) DOC 70' Cameroon/France 2009 1300 INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! S LA SCARPETTA, SPIGA D'ORO 1500 SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND S 2000 DURBAN SHORT FILM CHALLENGE S Filmmakers in attendance 1730 SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA S 2200 INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! LUTHULI MUSEUM BUKA! KYK! S 1000 SHORTS 1:. . .OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT S Filmmaker in attendance DOROTHY NYEMBE HALL 1800 SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES S 00 13 FAHRENHEIT 2010-WARMING UP NORA S.DOC FOR THE WORLD CUP IN SOUTH 35' UK/Mozambique/US 2008 AFRICA DOC 90' Australia/South Africa 2009 Filmmaker in attendance

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 33 SATURDAY 1 AUGUST CF – COMPETITION FEATURE; PF – PANORAMA FEATURE; DOC – DOCUMENTARY; NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST A NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST B

1200 SUNRISE/SUNSET: DALAI LAMA 14 1200 MACHAN CF (RASSVET/ZAKAT DALAI LAMA 14) 105' Germany/Italy/Sri Lanka 2008 DOC 00 72' Russia 2008 14 THE DAMNED RAIN CF 100' India 2008 1400 PRINCE OF BROADWAY PF Filmmaker in attendance 110' USA 2008 1615 AFTER WORDS (SHOB CHORITRO 1615 BE CALM AND COUNT TO SEVEN CF KALPONIK) CF 89' Iran 2008 105' India 2008 Filmmaker in attendance Filmmaker in attendance

1800 FOR BETTER FOR WORSE PF 1815 BLIND PIG WHO WANTS TO FLY 100' South Africa 2009 (BABI BUTA YANG INGIN TERBANG) CF Filmmakers in attendance 77' Indonesia 2008 Filmmaker in attendance 2015 QUICK GUN MURUGAN PF 00 97' India 2008 20 THREE MONKEYS (ÜÇ MAYMUN) PF 109' France/Italy/Turkey 2008 15 22 KANCHIVARAM PF 2215 AN EDUCATION CF 117' India 2008 95' UK 2009

NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST SUPERNOVA EKHAYA KWAMASHU

CLOSING FILM 1200 ROUGH AUNTIES DOC 1800 WHATEVER WORKS PF 90' UK 2008 92' USA 2009 1400 ICE MAN DOC 52' South Africa 2009 NATURE OF LIFE DOC 52' South Africa 2009 SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 1 S. DOC

1800 CRIME – IT'S A WAY OF LIFE PF 93' South Africa 2009

34 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 S.DOC – SHORT DOCUMENTARY; S – SHORT; W – WAVESCAPES SATURDAY 1 AUGUST ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE CINEMA NOUVEAU GATEWAY

1200 YOUSSOU N'DOUR: I BRING WHAT I 1200 STILL WALKING PF LOVE DOC 114' Japan 2008 102' France/Senegal 2008 1415 LORNA'S SILENCE (LE SILENCE DE 1400 SALT OF THIS SEA PF LORNA) PF 109' France/Palestine 2008 105' Belgium/France/Germany/Italy 2008 1615 NO PUEDO VIVIR SIN TI CF 15 16 CALIMUCHO CF 85' Taiwan 2008 93' Netherlands 2008 Filmmaker in attendance 1815 WEST OF PLUTO PF 1800 DISGRACE PF 95' Canada 2008 129' Australia/South Africa 2008

2015 COCO BEFORE CHANEL (COCO 2030 GENOVA PF AVANT CHANEL) 94' UK 2008 105' France 2009 ROYAL HOTEL 2230 THE COUNTESS PF 1100 BABAJI, AN INDIAN LOVE STORY DOC 94' France/Germany 2009 72' The Netherlands 2008 1300 REG PARK – THE LEGEND DOC STER KINEKOR MUSGRAVE 82' South Africa 2009 1200 THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE DOC Filmmakers in attendance 100' USA 2008 1500 NOLLYWOOD BABYLON DOC 1400 THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD DOC 74' Canada 2008 85' USA 2009 1700 ROUGH AUNTIES DOC 00 16 GOODBYE SOLO CF 90' UK 2008 91' USA 2008 Filmmaker in attendance OTHER SCREENINGS 1800 SKIN CF FOLWENI LEARNING CENTRE 107' South Africa/UK 2008 1000 SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS S 2000 THE SKY CRAWLERS (SUKAI KURORA) PF 122' Japan 2008 WOW FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE 30 2230 LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (LÅT DEN 17 BABALWA'S STORY DOC RÄTTE KOMMA IN) PF 45' South Africa 2008 115' Sweden 2008 GOD LOVES SINNERS S. DOC 18' South Africa 2008

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 35 SUNDAY 2 AUGUST CF – COMPETITION FEATURE; PF – PANORAMA FEATURE; DOC – DOCUMENTARY; NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST A NU METRO CINECENTRE  SUNCOAST B 95' CANADA 200895' CANADA 2008 1115 THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD 1200 FIRAAQ CF (JOHEUNNOM NABBEUNNOM 101' India 2008 ISANGHANNOM) PF 00 139' South Korea 2008 14 LAILA'S BIRTHDAY PF 70' The Netherlands/Palestine/Tunisia 1400 SAMSON & DELILAH CF 2008 101' Australia 2009 1600 THE LAST THAKUR PF 1600 KANCHIVARAM PF 81' Bangladesh/UK 2008 117' India 2008 1800 SHIRLEY ADAMS CF 1815 NATIVE DANCER PF 92' South Africa 2008 87' Kazakhstan/Russia/France/Germany 00 2008 20 WHITE LIGHTNIN' PF 84' UK 2008 2000 WELCOME CF 110' France 2009

STER KINEKOR MUSGRAVE EKHAYA KWAMASHU

1200 HELEN CF 1200 INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! 79' UK/Ireland 2008 BUKA! KYK! S

1400 WRONG ROSARY (UZAK IHTIMAL) 1400 H2OIL DOC PF 75' Canada 2009 90' Turkey 2009 1800 YANDÉ CODOU, THE GRIOT OF 1600 TULPAN PF SENGHOR (YANDÉ CODOU, LA 100' Germany/Kazakhstan/Poland/ GRIOTTE DE SENGHOR) DOC Russia/Switzerland 2008 52' Senegal/France 2008

2000 LONDON RIVER CF 90' UK/France/Algeria 2009

36 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 S.DOC – SHORT DOCUMENTARY; S – SHORT; W – WAVESCAPES SUNDAY 2 AUGUST ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE CINEMA NOUVEAU GATEWAY

1200 CHE (PART 1): THE ARGENTINE PF 1200 GENOVA PF 129' France/Spain/USA 2008 94' UK 2008

1500 CHE (PART 2): THE GUERILLA PF 1400 SAVING LUNA DOC 131' France/Spain/USA 2008 94' Canada 2008

1800 LOOKING FOR ERIC PF 1600 THE SEVEN OF DARAN – THE 116' France/UK 2009 BATTLE OF PAREO ROCK PF 86' The Netherlands 2008 2030 WHATEVER WORKS PF 92' USA 2009 1800 THE CLASS (ENTRE LES MURS) PF 128' France 2008

2030 ACHILLES AND THE TORTOISE (AKIRESU TO KAME) PF 119' Japan 2008

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 37 FEATURES

THE ABSENCE (L’ABSENCE) 28 Musgrave 20h30; 30 Musgrave 18h00 d. Mama Keïta, Senegal/France 2009 CF In The Absence Adama returns to Dakar from France after fi fteen years when he receives a telegram that his grandmother is ill. But there is nothing wrong with her and the telegram is just a means of getting him to return home. Adama has no intention of staying in Dakar, however, and increasingly feels like a foreigner. But when he is forced to open his eyes to the realities of Dakar, and the fact that his sister is a prostitute, he must decide whether to continue to be defi ned by his absence. Part social commentary, part thriller, The Absence is a delicate portrait of contemporary Senegal. Filmmaker in attendance. French with English subtitles, 35mm, 84 min

ACHILLES AND THE TORTOISE (AKIRESU TO KAME) d. Takeshi Kitano, Japan 2008 PF 25 Suncoast B 22h15; 02 Nouveau 20h30 Festival favourite Takeshi Kitano (Hana Bi, Dolls, Zatoichi) returns to DIFF with the fi nal fi lm in his trilogy which explores his own multiple identities as a famous actor and fi lmmaker. Based on the Greek paradox that the runner Achilles can never catch up with a tortoise who has a head start, Kitano provides a portrait of an obsessive artist who is forever unable to catch up with his dreams. Beautifully shot and fi lled with black humour, this meditation on the creation of both the self and art is another piece of brilliance from one of contemporary cinema’s most gifted and prolifi c fi lmmakers. Japanese with English subtitles, 35mm, 119 min

AFTER WORDS (SHOB CHORITRO KALPONIK) d. Rituparno Ghosh, India 2008 PF 30 Suncoast A 20h15; 01 Suncoast B 16h15 After Words tells the story of Radhika (Bipasha Basu) and Indranil (Prosenjit), a married couple in crisis. Indranil, a poet and an engineer, pays little attention to his wife and to his fi nancial responsibilities. This drives Radhika into the arms of photographer Shekhar. An unexpected tragedy forces Radhika to learn new things about Indranil and their relationship through his poetry, whose words infuse the fi lm with romance and lyricism. A complex story told with simplicity and elegance, this is another triumph for one of the masters of Bengali cinema. Filmmaker in attendance. Bengali with English subtitles, 35mm, 105 min

38 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 ANTICHRIST 25 Sneddon 22h15; 27 Suncoast A 22h30 d. Lars von Trier, Denmark 2009 PF By far the most controversial fi lm at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Antichrist is a no-holds barred journey into hell; Lars von Trier’s grisly and highly personal take on the horror fi lm. A grieving couple (Willem Defoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg) retreats to ’Eden’, their isolated cabin in the woods, where they hope to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse. Gainsbourg won the Best Actress prize in Cannes for her remarkably brave performance. Defi nitely not for the sensitive. English, 35mm, 104 min

ARUGBA 29 Musgrave 18h00; 31 Ekhaya 18h00 d. Tunde Kelani, Nigeria 2008 PF In a small town in south-western Nigeria, the local king makes much publicised statements against corruption while instituting economic reforms and embracing foreign investors. But the reforms don’t appear to be trickling down to the people and the king trusts no-one and has a weakness for women. Meanwhile, preparations are being made for a traditional ritual involving a young virgin – the Arugba of the title. With superb performances from some of Nigeria’s leading actors, Arugba is a beautifully executed fi lm which functions as an allegory for contemporary Nigeria and the gulf between tradition and modernity. Filmmaker in attendance. Yoruba with English subtitles, Video, 97 min BE CALM AND COUNT TO SEVEN 30 Nouveau 18h30; 01 Suncoast A 16h15 d. Ramtin Lavafi pour, Iran 2008 CF This impressive debut from Ramtin Lavafi pour takes place in an isolated fi shing village in Southern Iran. With no fi sh left in the sea, the local economy has shifted to smuggling goods and sometimes people. When the father of a fearless young man named Moto leaves on a smuggling trip, Moto has to provide for his mother and his sister using the only means available. With dynamic cinematography and beautifully observed, Be Calm is ample evidence of a shining new talent on the Iranian scene. Winner of a Tiger award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. Filmmaker in attendance. Farsi with English subtitles, Video, 89 min BLIND PIG WHO WANTS TO FLY (BABI BUTA YANG INGIN TERBANG) d. Edwin, Indonesia 2008 CF 29 Nouveau 18h30; 01 Suncoast B 18h15 Blind Pig Who Wants To Fly is set in Indonesia and is concerned with the cultural assimilation of the Chinese minority and the prejudices and exploitation they often face. The fi lm follows several people, all of whom are linked in some way to a Chinese girl named Linda, and many of whom suff er from cultural identity crises. By turns sad, absurd and darkly funny, this unsettling fi lm is directed by the singularly named Edwin, well known in Indonesia for his music videos and short fi lms. This idiosyncratic debut is an engaging and considered triumph. Filmmaker in attendance. Indonesian with English subtitles, 35mm, 77 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 39 CALIMUCHO 28 Suncoast A 18h00; 01 Sneddon 16h15 d. Eugenie Jansen, Netherlands 2008 CF Calimucho follows the trials and tribulations of a small family circus that is struggling to stay afl oat fi nancially. The fi lm revolves around performer Dicky and her relationship with Willy and his son by her late sister. But her growing attraction to a Moroccan tent builder threatens to upset the fragile equilibrium, and as she spends more and more time with him, she comes to face drastic choices in balancing her loyalty to her family and the circus and the desire for her own freedom. With beautifully acted naturalism, Calimucho resonates with the absurd Felliniesque beauty of the circus. Dutch, German, French and Arabic with English subtitles, 35mm, 93 min

CHE (PART 1): THE ARGENTINE 25 Nouveau 18h15; 02 Sneddon 12h00 d. Steven Soderbergh, France/Spain/USA 2008 PF Steven Soderbergh's epic on the life of the famous Argentine revolutionary follows Che Guevara's rise from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero. With a convincing performance from Benicio Del Toro, Guevara's life is reconstructed in scattered fragments, from his fi rst meeting with Fidel Castro to the overthrow of the corrupt Batista dictatorship to his appearance at the United Nations in 1964. After their modest forces’ attack on a government outpost in 1957, the fi lm follows the pivotal 1958 battle of Santa Clara, which cemented Che’s reputation as a brave and brilliant military tactician. Che: The Argentine and Che: The Guerrilla will be screened together with an interval. Individual ticket required for each fi lm. English and Spanish with English subtitles, 35mm, 129 min

CHE (PART 2): THE GUERRILLA 25 Nouveau 21h00; 02 Sneddon 15h00 d. Steven Soderbergh, France/Spain/USA 2008 PF The second part of Steven Soderbergh’s momentous biopic takes the story up in 1965, when Guevara resigned from his government posts, renounced his Cuban citizenship and dropped out of sight. Soderbergh follows Che to Bolivia where he attempts to spread the fl ames of revolution further into South America. But there are problems: local Communist leader Mario Monje (Lou Diamond Phillips) is taken aback by Che’s violent approach, covert KGB operative ‘Tania’ undermines the already small mountain army and the US is at his heels. The end for Che is near. Che: The Argentine and Che: The Guerrilla will be screened together with an interval. Individual ticket required for each fi lm. English and Spanish with English subtitles, 35mm, 131 min THE CLASS (ENTRE LES MURS) d. Laurent Cantet, France 2008 PF 25 Musgrave 18h00; 28 Sneddon 18h00; 02 Nouveau 18h00 The Class, the latest from Laurent Cantet, follows a year in the life of a high-school teacher working in a tough neighbourhood of Paris. Rejecting the condescension that usually defi nes the genre, the fi lm off ers a study of the diff erent ethnicities and cultures that populate the city. Using a cast of non-actors, Cantet provides an authentic portrait of a classroom as both a group of individuals and a collective social space. With a delicate fl y-on-the-wall approach to dialogue and cinematography, the result is a moving fi lm which won Cantet the Palme d’Or at Cannes. French with English subtitles, 35mm, 128 min

40 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 COCO BEFORE CHANEL (COCO AVANT CHANEL) d. Anne Fontaine, France 2009 PF 31 Suncoast A 20h15; 01 Sneddon 20h15 Audrey Tautou (Amelie) stars in this unusually intelligent biopic of the twentieth century’s most infl uential clothing designer. Concentrating on the French fashion star’s early years before she achieved iconic status, Coco Before Chanel follows her life from her illegitimate birth to the death of her mother and abandonment by her father to a Catholic boarding school where she learnt to sew – and found her true vocation – to the opening of her fi rst millinery store and her initial fl irtations with the wealthy and the powerful. A tender, frank and unsentimental tribute to fashion’s fi rst queen of modernism. French with English subtitles, 35mm, 105 min THE COUNTESS 29 Suncoast A 22h30; 31 Suncoast A 22h15; 01 Sneddon 22h30 d. Julie Delpy, France/Germany 2009 PF Julie Delpy, who gave us DIFF 2007 favourite 2 Days in Paris, recounts the historical narrative of Erzebet Bathory, a 16th century Hungarian noblewomen who killed virgins for their blood which she applied to her skin, believing that it would prevent her from aging. While the fi lm has its share of bloody horror, Delpy is more concerned with the twisted psychology of Bathory and the broken heart which catalysed such violence. As well as directing, Delpy also wrote the script, composed the score and provides the fi lm’s powerful central performance. Also starring Daniel Brühl and William Hurt. English, 35mm, 94 min CRIME – IT'S A WAY OF LIFE 26 Sneddon 18h30; 28 Suncoast B 22h00 ; 01 Ekhaya 18h00 Savo Tufegdzic, South Africa 2009 PF In this riveting and harrowing psychological thriller, Andrew (Isidingo’s Kevin Smith) comes home one evening to fi nd that his wife, Michelle (Kim Cloete) has kidnapped Sipho (Tsepo Desando), the man who had hijacked her a week earlier. Sipho returned to the house thinking that there was still money to be had. So a struggle of wits begins: Michelle thinks that the only solution is to kill Sipho, while Andrew wants to go to the law. As the story unfolds we learn of Michelle’s ordeal with Sipho and his accomplice, the Other Man (Sibusiso Mamba). Not for the sensitive viewer. Filmmaker in attendance. English, Video, 93 min THE DAMNED RAIN 26 Suncoast A 20h15; 30 Suncoast A 18h00; 01 Suncoast B 14h00 d. Satish Manwar, India 2008 CF The Damned Rain takes place in a village devastated by the epidemic of farmer suicides which has been gripping India. When a farmer’s wife learns about her neighbour’s suicide, she begins to worry that her husband, who is struggling to survive the eff ects of drought and merciless moneylenders, will take his own life. Together with her son and her mother-in-law, she constantly monitors him in order to prevent a possible tragedy. The result is a serious fi lm threaded with dark humour. Superbly scripted, this is a surprisingly mature and understated debut from Manwar. Filmmaker in attendance. Marathi with English subtitles, 35mm, 100 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 41 DISGRACE 29 Sneddon 20h30; 01 Nouveau 18h00 d. Steve Jacobs, Australia/South Africa 2008 PF Based on JM Coetzee’s novel, Disgrace follows a white South African academic (John Malkovich) who, after having an aff air with a young coloured student, retreats to his daughter’s farm in the Eastern Cape following disciplinary action. But when he and his daughter are brutally attacked by three teenagers, the event changes their lives and relationships with each other forever, leading them to re-examine their approach to life. With a fi ne performance from Malkovich at the fi lm’s centre, and great support from local actress Jessica Haines, Disgrace is a rare example of great genius surviving the transition from novel to moving image without literary or artistic compromise. English, Afrikaans, Xhosa and Zulu with English subtitles, 35mm, 120 min AN EDUCATION 25 Sneddon 20h30; 31 Musgrave 22h15; 01 Suncoast B 22h15 d. Lone Scherfi g, UK 2009 CF With a fi ne screenplay by Nick Hornby, based on journalist Lynn Barber’s memoir, An Education is sure to be one of the year’s big critical and commercial hits. Bright and ambitious, Jenny is on her way to Oxford, but feels stifl ed by her conservative parents and strict school, and yearns for a life of culture and sophistication. When she meets the smart and funny David, who is considerably older than her, those passions are engaged – along with several others – but her grades soon start to slip. Set in London in the early 60s, before the city started swinging, An Education is a masterfully executed and joyous tribute to the value of lived experience. English, 35mm, 95 min

FIRAAQ 28 Suncoast A 20h00; 31 Sneddon 20h00; 02 Suncoast B 12h00 d. Nandita Das, India 2008 CF Firaaq is set against the sectarian violence which took place in Gujerat in 2002 in which 3 000 Muslims were killed. Taking place in a 24-hour period, the fi lm tells several separate stories of disparate individuals who are bound together by a sense of loss and fear in the face of pointless terror. This directorial debut from actress Nandita Das (Fire, Earth and Before The Rains) is both a terrifying account of one the many dark periods in human history and an exquisite work of humanist cinema whose narrative remains urgently topical. Filmmaker in attendance. English, Hindi, Urdu and Gujarati with English subtitles, 35mm, 101 min

FOR BETTER FOR WORSE 26 Sneddon 20h30; 01 Suncoast A 18h00 d. Naresh Veeran, South Africa 2008 PF Set in Durban, For Better For Worse tells the story of Anisa (Raeesa Mahomed), an ambitious 30-year-old lawyer. Due to past experiences, Anisa is wary of men but continues to go on dates at a local coff ee shop. Zak, the owner of the coff ee shop, is attracted to her and tries to get to know her better but the two are at odds with each other. This debut from Veeran is a delightful romantic comedy – an unusual genre for a South African fi lm – made all the more charming by its use of Durban locations. World Premiere. Filmmakers in attendance. English, video, 100 min

42 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 FROM A WHISPER 26 Suncoast B 20h30; 27 Ekhaya 18h00 d. Wanuri Kahiu, Kenya 2008 CF This Kenyan production cleaned up at this year’s African Movie Academy Awards, garnering fi ve awards including best fi lm. Written and directed by Wanuri Kahiu, From A Whisper commemorates the 10th anniversary of the terrorist bombing in Kenya which claimed more than 250 lives. The fi lm explores the aftermath of the violence and its eff ects on those who are forced to live past tragedy. Using fi ction to reveal truths that reality obscures, the fi lm features a sensitive performance from Corine Onyango as an angry and rebellious teenage girl whose mother went missing during the bomb blast. Filmmaker in attendance. English and Swahili with English subtitles, video, 79 min

GENOVA 30 Sneddon 20h30; 01 Nouveau 20h30; 02 Nouveau 12h00 d. Michael Winterbottom, UK 2008 PF Michael Winterbottom returns to DIFF with a masterly and thrilling meditation on grief. Telling the story of a widower who relocates to Italy with his two daughters, following the death of their mother, Genova is a family drama stripped of the sentiment usually associated with the genre. Instead the intimacy and fragility of family relations are conveyed in the manner of a slow-moving thriller as the family adjusts to a foreign landscape in which danger lurks around every corner. With superb performances from Catherine Keener, Colin Firth, and the two young actresses who play his daughters, this is a gorgeous and gripping fi lm. English and Italian with English subtitles, 35mm, 94 min

GOODBYE SOLO 30 Musgrave 20h30; 01 Musgrave 16h00 d. Ramin Bahrani, USA 2008 CF When Solo, a Senegalese cabdriver in Winston Salem, is off ered $1 000 to drive William, a wizened 70-year-old Southerner, to a remote outlook on a specifi c date, he soon realises that he will be driving the old man to his suicide. Refusing to accept the man’s death wish, he insinuates himself into his life and tries to persuade him otherwise. But William doesn’t respond kindly to Solo’s friendly interference and angrily resists. Beautifully shot, and superbly acted, Goodbye Solo is an instant classic which marks a sea change in both American society and its cinematic treatment of race. Filmmaker in attendance. English, 35mm, 91 min THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD (JOHEUNNOM NABBEUNNOM ISANGHANNOM) d. Kim Jee-woon, South Korea 2008 PF 28 Suncoast A 22h00; 31 Sneddon 22h15; 02 Suncoast A 11h15 The most expensive South Korean fi lm ever made, The Good, The Bad, The Weird is representative of a new kind of genre, the Asian Western. In his latest fi lm Kim Jee-woon reimagines Sergio Leone’s seminal The Good, The Bad And The Ugly transplanted to the organised chaos of Japanese-occupied Manchuria. From its riveting opening sequence onwards, the fi lm never releases its grip on the viewer’s attention as it slides into a delicious anarchy of epic proportions. Often hilarious and relentlessly thrilling, Kim has made one of the most delightful action fl icks you’ll see this decade. Japanese, Korean and Mandarin with English subtitles, 35mm, 139 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 43 HEAVEN ON EARTH 25 Suncoast A 20h15; 26 Suncoast A 14h00 d. Deepa Mehta, Canada 2008 CF In Deepa Mehta’s latest fi lm, Indian bride Chand (Preity Zinta) is sent to Canada for an arranged marriage. But when she arrives, she fi nds that she is engaged to an abusive mama’s boy and living in an overcrowded home. Cut off from her family in India, she retreats into her interior world. But when she is given a potion which will supposedly make her husband more loving, Chand encounters a shape-shifting cobra that takes on his form. With a stunning performance from Zinta as the gradually deteriorating Chand, Heaven on Earth is a powerful protest against patriarchy. English and Punjabi with English subtitles, 35mm, 106 min HELEN 24 Musgrave 20h30; 26 Nouveau 18h00; 02 Musgrave 12h00 d. Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, UK/Ireland 2008 CF Helen is based on a haunting premise. When Joy, a local teenager, goes missing and is presumed murdered, a young girl from the same college named Helen agrees to play her in a police reconstruction for television. As Helen, whose mother has abandoned her, fi lls in for Joy, she starts to become obsessed with the dead girl, wearing her clothes, bonding with her parents and even losing her virginity to her former boyfriend. With superb visuals and an intriguing central performance from Annie Townsend, Helen is a daring psychological thriller that will linger long after the last frame. Filmmaker in attendance. English, 35mm, 79 min

HUNGER 25 Suncoast A 22h30; 29 Nouveau 20h30 d. Steve McQueen, UK/Ireland 2008 PF Hunger, the fi rst fi lm from internationally acclaimed artist Steve McQueen, tells the story of a 1981 IRA hunger strike which took place in a bid to earn recognition as political prisoners. Told without deference to ideology and almost devoid of reference to Irish politics or history, McQueen focuses almost exclusively on the inhumane prison conditions and the experience of hunger striker Bobby Sands. With strangely beautiful and technically consummate cinematography, Hunger is both alienating and deeply compelling. Off ering neither judgement nor conclusion in its brilliantly acted screenplay, the fi lm announces McQueen as a major cinematic talent. English, 35mm, 96 min INTONGA 24 Ekhaya 18h00; 26 Sneddon 16h00 d. JJ Van Rensburg, South Africa 2009 PF Intonga is the fi rst Xhosa-language feature fi lm to emerge from South Africa. This heart-warming and elegantly constructed tale tells the story of Siviwe, a young stick fi ghter from Fort Beaufort, who moves with his mother to Mdantsane after his father dies. As the new kid in school, Siviwe is bullied by a local boxing champion. One day while running away from the bully, he meets a priest. Siviwe and the priest, who is a former boxer, strike up a friendship and the priest guides the young stick fi ghter on his challenging journey into the world of boxing. Suitable for children. Filmmaker in attendance. Xhosa with English subtitles, Video, 107 min

44 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 IL DIVO 26 Musgrave 20h15; 29 Suncoast A 18h00 d. Paolo Sorrentino, France/Italy 2008 PF Il Divo is both a magnifi cent, stylish fi lm and a damning indictment of Giulio Andreotti, who ruled Italian politics for 44 years with an unspoken policy of corruption and violence, eff ectively creating a one-party state from 1947 to 1992. Connecting Andreotti to mafi a crimes, all of which he has been acquitted of in court, director Paolo Sorrentino focuses his fi lm on the merciless violence and improprieties which defi ned his rule. With a riveting performance from Toni Servillo, this is a superb fi lm fi lled with intelligence and dark humour. English and Italian with English subtitles, 35mm, 117 min

KANCHIVARAM 31 Suncoast A 18h00; 01 Suncoast A 22h15; 02 Suncoast A 16h00 d. Soman Nair Priyadarsan, India 2008 PF When a poor weaver named Vengadam makes a public promise that his young daughter will one day be married in a silk sari, his neighbours are indignant at his arrogance. Nevertheless, determined to make good his promise to the future, he starts to steal a thread a day. As the years pass Vengadam becomes a spokesman for his fellow weavers and becomes increasingly politicised. The result is a narrative that is as rich in texture as the cloth produced by the fi lm’s weavers. Priyadarshan, a famed director of commercial cinema, has made a beautiful and stridently political fi lm. Tamil with English subtitles, 35mm, 117 min

LAILA’S BIRTHDAY 24 Suncoast A 18h00; 26 Suncoast A 12h00; 02 Suncoast B 14h00 d. Rashid Masharawi, Palestine/Tunisia/The Netherlands 2008 PF Set in Ramallah, Laila’s Birthday is a day in the life of Abu, a former judge, now reduced to driving a taxi. On this particular day, his daughter is turning seven, and he has to be home early and pick up a cake on the way. As the fi lm follows him around, we meet a diverse selection of passengers who provide a cross-section of life in the besieged city. A portrait of a soul determined to remain steadfast in the face of overwhelming chaos, Laila’s Birthday is a wry and ultimately devastating comment on the Palestinian confl ict. Arabic with English subtitles, 35mm, 70 min

THE LAST THAKUR 26 Sneddon 14h00; 02 Suncoast B 16h00 d. Sadik Ahmed, Bangladesh/UK 2008 PF Another example of the Asian Western, The Last Thakur is the impressive debut from British- Bangladeshi director Sadik Ahmed. Set in a remote town in rural Bangladesh, the fi lm begins with the classic Western premise of a lone gunman riding into town. He means to avenge the rape of his mother during the war but his agenda is subverted by the town’s two rival leaders who are both intent on acquiring his loyalty and whom he plays off against each, leading to an inevitably violent fi nale. The Last Thakur marks Ahmed as a major new talent. Bengali with English subtitles, Video, 81 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 45 LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (LÅT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN) d. Tomas Alfredson, Sweden 2008 PF 24 Musgrave 22h15; 25 Suncoast A 14h00; 01 Musgrave 22h30 Oskar is an alienated 12-year-old Swedish kid who gets picked on by bullies. When a strange young girl named Eli moves in next door, the two children strike up a close friendship. But Eli only seems to be a young girl. In reality, she’s a vampire who is thousands of years old. She does all she can to keep her secret from her new boyfriend, but the closer they get, the stickier things become. Let the Right One In is both an exceptionally good horror fi lm, and an intensely personal drama. Destined to be a cult classic. Swedish with English subtitles, 35mm, 115 min LONDON RIVER 24 Sneddon 20h15; 31 Nouveau 20h30;02 Musgrave 20h00 d. Rachid Bouchareb, UK/France/Algeria 2009 CF When a woman (Brenda Blethyn) who manages a small farm in the country hears about the 2005 London bomb attacks, she starts to worry about her daughter and heads for the city. At the same time, a Senegalese forest worker (Sotigui Kouyate) in France is concerned about his estranged son and leaves for England. London River is an intimate account of two very diff erent people who come to understand their sameness in the search for their children. For his extraordinary performance, Kouyate won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. English, French and Arabic with English subtitles, 35mm, 90 min

LONG STREET 24 Suncoast A 20h00; 27 Musgrave 18h00 d. Revel Fox, South Africa 2009 CF Long Street is an intimate portrait of the fragile relationship between recovering drug addict Sia and her mother Maria. It is a relationship which has, over the years, collapsed into a simmering sea of anger and disappointment. But when a singer named Andiswa (the magnifi cent Busi Mhlongo) enters their lives, the healing power of her voice and her connection to her ancestral spirits allows Sia and Maria to forge their relationship anew and discover things they didn’t know about each other and themselves. The result is an authentic and moving fi lm that tells its story with compassion and elegance. World Premiere. Filmmakers in attendance. English, 35mm, 90 min LOOKING FOR ERIC 27 Suncoast A 20h15; 28 Sneddon 20h45; 02 Sneddon 18h00 d. Ken Loach, Belgium/France/Italy/UK 2009 PF With his latest outing, master of social realism Ken Loach has produced a fi lm that is surprisingly heart-warming. Looking For Eric is a comedy which tells the story of Eric Bishop, a forty-something postal worker and avid Manchester United fan whose life has become something of a mess. One night, alone in his room getting high, he conjures up an alter-ego, Eric Cantona, who takes on the role of life-coach to his namesake. Cantona (played charmingly by Cantona himself) continues to “visit” him and advise him on his life. Unmissable. English, 35mm, 116 min

46 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 LORNA’S SILENCE (LE SILENCE DE LORNA) 25 Nouveau 14h00; 26 Suncoast A 22h30; d. Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France/Germany/Italy 2008 PF 01 Nouveau 14h15 Lorna’s Silence tells the story of a young woman named Lorna who has married Belgian junkie Claudy for a passport. She in turn decides to cash in on an off er from Fabio, a member of the Russian mafi a who will pay substantially for a quick passport. But when the divorce proceedings prove lengthy, Fabio plots to have Claudy die of an overdose. In an eff ort to avert his death, Lorna tries to keep him clean. With a fi ne performance from Arta Dobroshi at the fi lm’s centre, Lorna’s Silence is another cutting-edge fi lm from the Dardenne brothers French and Albanian with English subtitles, 35mm, 105 min

MACHAN 29 Suncoast A 20h15;01 Suncoast B 12h00 d. Uberto Pasolini, Germany/Italy/Sri Lanka 2008 CF Uberto Pasolini’s producer of The Full Monty directorial debut exists in the same tradition of collective narrative as that fi lm. Machan tell the story of a ragtag group of Sri Lankan men who, having failed to gain access to Europe through more conventional means, resort to entering Germany as participants in a handball tournament. But they know nothing about handball and never bother to learn, since they intend abandoning the tournament the moment they arrive in Europe. Based on a true story, Machan is hugely enjoyable, frequently hilarious and an impassioned comment on the nature of international borders. Filmmaker in attendance. English and Sinhala with English subtitles, 35mm, 105 min MY SECRET SKY (IZULU LAMI) OPENING 23 Suncoast 19h00; 25 Sneddon 18h00; 29 Ekhaya 18h00; 31 Sneddon 11h00 d. Madoda Ncayiyana, South Africa 2008 CF FILM When Thembi (10) and her brother Khwezi (8) are left alone in their rural homestead after their mother’s death, all they have to remember her by is the traditional Zulu mat that she hoped to enter in a craft competition in the city. The children decide to take the mat to Durban but when they arrive in the city, their troubles escalate. Filmed in eThekwini and based on the experiences of the city’s homeless children, My Secret Sky is a heartrending tale of suff ering and redemption. Filmmakers in attendance. Zulu with English subtitles, video, 96 min

NATIVE DANCER 24 Suncoast A 22h15; 28 Nouveau 18h30; 02 Suncoast A 18h15 d. Guka Omarova, Kazakhstan/Russia/France/Germany 2008 PF Aidai is a shaman who lives in a remote area of Kazakhstan, dispensing advice and healing. When a local gangster decides that he wants to build a petrol station on the campsite where she lives, he pressures the site’s owner, businessman Batyr, to evict her. Aidai, her feelings hurt, disappears. But the confl ict continues, and Batyr’s son is kidnapped. For Batyr to have any hope of fi nding his son, he must fi nd Aidai fi rst. This fascinating snapshot of Kazakh life is a magnifi cent thriller and a festival hit around the world. Russian and Kazakh with English subtitles, 35mm, 87 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 47 NO PUEDO VIVIR SIN TI 30 Nouveau 20h30; 01 Nouveau 16h15 d. Leon Dai, Taiwan 2008 CF Based on a true story, this sensitively directed fi lm tells the story of a marginalised father fi ghting a faceless bureaucracy for parental rights. Li Wu-Hsiung lives with his daughter in an illegal shack on the edge of the harbour. Her mother left soon after she was born and Li does odd jobs on the waterfront to support the two of them. Despite the extreme poverty, the two live a happy, functional life until his daughter reaches school-going age and the government intervenes. This moving account of one man’s love for his daughter has universal appeal. Filmmaker in attendance. Mandarin with English subtitles, 35mm, 85 min POMEGRANATES AND MYRRH (AL-MOR WA AL RUMMAN) d. Najwa Najjar, France/Germany/Palestine/UK 2009 CF 24 Suncoast B 20h15; 25 Musgrave 16h00 When Kamar, a dancer from Jerusalem, marries Zaid and moves to Ramallah, the occasion is a joyous one but it is followed almost immediately by her husband’s imprisonment in an Israeli jail for refusing to surrender his land. Kamar becomes split between her role as a dutiful wife and her desire to continue her career as a dancer, and when an attractive dance instructor returns to the studio, her loyalty is tested further. With a sensitive performance from Yasmine Al Massri as Kamar, Pomegranates and Myrrh shows that there is life in Palestine beyond the confl ict. Filmmaker in attendance. English, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles, 35mm, 95 min PRANZO DI FERRAGOSTO 28 Musgrave 18h30; 31 Nouveau 18h30 d. Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy 2008 PF Gianni lives with his 93-year-old mother. One midsummer eve, Luigi, the supervisor of the building, asks him if he can look after his mother. But Luigi brings his aunt as well as his mother, and they are followed by a friend of Gianni’s who also wants to leave his mother with him for the night. The fi lm follows the relationships that come into play over the course of the night between the four woman who inevitably prove to be a handful for poor Gianni. Filmed with a cast of mostly non-professional actors, this is small, tender and hilarious fi lm that is consummately executed. Filmmaker in attendance. Italian with English subtitles, 35mm, 75 min PRINCE OF BROADWAY 26 Musgrave 14h00; 01 Suncoast A 14h00 d. Sean Baker, USA 2008 PF Lucky is an immigrant street-hustler who lives hand-to-mouth, selling knock-off s of branded shoes and handbags for his friend Levon, whose inconspicuous shop hides a back room fi lled with expensive-looking fakes. When a former girlfriend leaves her child Prince with Lucky – who is supposedly the father – the two men try to do the right thing, but everything seems to go wrong. Faced with the new experience of fatherhood, Lucky’s life is thrown into fresh disarray. Prince of Broadway is an engaging piece of social realism that explores the nature of poverty. English, Video, 110 min

48 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 QUICK GUN MURUGAN 25 Suncoast A 16h00; 26 Suncoast A 16h00; 01 Suncoast A 20h15 d. Shashanka Ghosh, India 2008 PF Quick Gun Murugan is a genre-bending spoof that blends a rigorous intelligence with an enthusiastic anti-corporatism. The fi lm opens in rural India, where the vegetarian inhabitants of a peaceful town have been brought to their knees by the evil Rice-Plate Reddy and his carnivorous bandits. Murugan, a gun-toting vegetarian and sworn protector of cows, attempts to stop Reddy’s reign of terror. But he is killed in battle, only to be reincarnated in contemporary Mumbai, where the karmic cowboy must prevent his nemesis from achieving world domination with his McDosa chain of meat-based restaurants. An instant comic classic. Filmmaker in attendance. English and Tamil with English subtitles, 35mm, 97 min SALT OF THIS SEA 27 Suncoast A 18h00; 01 Sneddon 14h00 d. Annemarie Jacir, France/Palestine 2008 PF In Salt of This Sea, American-born Palestinian Soraya returns to her family home to see the place from which her family was forcefully removed sixty years ago. Fuelled by impassioned fury, she decides to reclaim the contents of a bank account which her grandfather last accessed 60 years ago. But when she is told that the account no longer exists, she decides to stage a heist in order to reclaim the modest amount owed to her. Tenderly insightful, with sensitive acting from charismatic performers, this is yet another superb fi lm to emerge from Palestine. Arabic with English subtitles, 35mm, 109 min SAMSON & DELILAH 27 Sneddon 20h30; 31 Musgrave 18h00; 02 Suncoast A 14h00 d. Warwick Thornton, Australia 2009 CF Samson & Delilah follows the lives of two Aborigine teenagers living in the Australian outback. Samson fi lls his days with bad guitar playing and the intoxication of petrol fumes while Delilah has a far more arduous existence, spending her time looking after her disabled grandmother. Samson gradually falls in love with Delilah and makes his feelings known. When her grandmother dies, Delilah is accused on negligence by the community and the two of them steal a car and head off to Alice Springs. A tender yet frank look at the complexity of life in Australia’s Aboriginal communities. Winner of the Camera d’Or at Cannes this year. Filmmaker in attendance. English and Aboriginal with English subtitles, 35mm, 101 min THE SEVEN OF DARAN – THE BATTLE OF PAREO ROCK d. Lourens Blok, The Netherlands 2008 PF 27 Sneddon 11h00; 29 Sneddon 11h00; 02 Nouveau 16h00 When Jimmy, an eleven-year-old boy, has his wallet stolen by a homeless young girl called Charita, he chases after her, arriving eventually at an animal market where the two children are surprised to see a white giraff e held captive. The giraff e is a mythical animal who protects Africa and he tells Jimmy that he needs to stop a battle between two rival tribes at Pareo Rock. The two children head off to the sacred rock for an exciting and magical adventure that explores themes of cooperation, self-confi dence and the adverse consequences of greed. Shot in South Africa. Suitable for children, this stars Eddie Eckstein as a villain. Filmmaker in attendance. English, 35mm, 86 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 49 SHIRLEY ADAMS 25 Suncoast B 20h00; 26 Suncoast B 18h15; 02 Suncoast B 18h00 d. Oliver Hermanus, South Africa 2009 CF This debut feature from Oliver Hermanus is a study in quiet desperation. The fi lm tells the story of Mitchell’s Plein resident Shirley Adams, whose husband has abandoned her and whose only son is partially paralysed after being shot in the neck. Adams spends her days looking after him, awash in a broken solace. This is a harrowing fi lm but it is also a beautiful one. Without ever resorting to melodrama, the 25-year-old Hermanus has created a low-key masterpiece that would sit comfortably in the company of work by Mike Leigh, Ken Loach or the Dardennes. World Premiere. Filmmakers in attendance. English and Afrikaans with English subtitles, Video, 90 min THE SICILIAN GIRL (LA SICILIANA RIBELLE) d. Marco Amenta, Italy/France 2008 PF 27 Nouveau 20h30; 30 Suncoast A 22h30 In The Sicilian Girl, a young woman who has grown up in a tight-knit mafi a community in Sicily turns state witness after her brother and father are assassinated. Based on a true story, the fi lm chronicles the life of the unhappy and vengeful Rita, from her father’s death to the court case to her new life in Rome where she lives under another name. This is a remarkably well-crafted fi lm about the mafi a that deals with psychology and trauma rather than ultra-violence. A fascinating counterpoint to the mafi a genre that occupies such a hallowed position in Western cinema. Filmmaker in attendance. Italian with English subtitles, 35mm, 110 min

SKIN 25 Suncoast A 18h00; 01 Musgrave 18h00 d. Anthony Fabian, South Africa/UK 2008 CF Skin tells the true story of a black woman born to a white family in South Africa during the height of apartheid. For Sandra, who is classifi ed as white, the fact that she has a diff erent skin colour to the rest of her family is not an issue, until she attends a ‘white’ school. When the school expels her, her father (Sam Neill) takes on the National Party government in a surreal bid to prove his daughter’s whiteness. But when Sandra (Sophie Okenedo) decides to go out with a black man, her father’s real sympathies are revealed. Filmmaker in attendance. English and Zulu with English subtitles, 35mm, 107 min THE SKY CRAWLERS (SUKAI KURORA) d. Mamoru Oshii, Japan 2008 PF 24 Sneddon 22h15; 01 Musgrave 20h00 Cult anime king Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell) returns to DIFF with an intelligent and engaging fi lm. The Sky Crawlers is set in an anonymous European country sometime in the near future where Yuichi arrives as a replacement pilot at a local airfi eld, joining three other pilots who, like him, are eternal adolescents known as ‘kildren’. The pilots work for global mega-corporation Rostock which keeps the masses entertained by staging aerial battles between the kildren and enemy planes. But when Yuichi attempts to discover what happened to the pilot he replaced, he encounters only silence and secrets. Japanese with English subtitles, 35mm, 122 min

50 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 STILL WALKING 25 Nouveau 16h00; 01 Nouveau12h00 d. Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan 2008 PF In Still Walking a man named Ryoto brings his wife and stepson to the 15th anniversary of his brother’s death. But so many years later, he fi nds that he is still engaged in a game of sibling rivalry with his dead brother; his parents are unhappy with his career as an art restorer and with his marriage to a widow. Taking place over the course of a weekend, this emotionally exquisite drama is fi lled with the gentle pain and joy of family life. With a superb cast and fl awless writing, Still Walking is a delicately balanced family narrative. Japanese with English subtitles, 35mm, 114 min

THREE MONKEYS (ÜÇMAYMUN) 26 Suncoast A 18h00; 29 Sneddon 18h00; 01 Suncoast B 20h00 d. Nuri Bilge Ceylan, France/Italy/Turkey 2008 PF When an aging politician falls asleep at the wheel and kills a pedestrian, he persuades his driver Eyup to take the fall in exchange for a signifi cant sum on his release. But as Eyup’s prison sentence drags on, his wife and teenage son grow increasingly impatient and the knowledge of the secret deal begins to pollute relationships already pushed to the edge of dysfunction. Concentrating on gesture and consequence rather than action, the fi lm’s eloquence exists in sharp contrast to the inarticulate silence that haunts its protagonists. Winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes last year. Turkish with English subtitles, 35mm, 109 min

TREELESS MOUNTAIN 26 Musgrave 16h00; 28 Nouveau 20h30 d. So Yong Kim, South Korea/USA 2008 CF Treeless Mountain is told from the perspective of two young children who have been abandoned by their mother and left in the care of their alcoholic aunt. Left to fend for themselves, they begin to fi ll a piggy bank with coins, convincing themselves that once its fi lled their mother will return. But the piggy bank fi lls up very slowly indeed. With superb cinematography and highly naturalistic performances from a cast of mostly non-actors, Kim has bathed her fi lm in a genuine magic, giving Treeless Mountain the aura of a realist fairytale which transcends its narrative. Korean with English subtitles, 35mm, 89 min

TULPAN 24 Nouveau 20h30; 26 Nouveau 20h00; 02 Musgrave 16h00 d. Sergey Dvortsevoy, Germany/Kazakhstan/Poland/Russia/Switzerland 2008 PF When Asa returns home to his remote Kazakhstan village with heroic tales of life in the Russian navy, he is ready to settle down. But in order to live the life of a rural shepherd, he needs to fi nd a wife. He calls on the only family in the area with an eligible daughter, but the daughter, Tulpan, rejects Asa’s proposal, telling him his ears are too big. With its window onto another world, this endearing and fascinating fi lm is fi lled with sophisticated intelligence, gentle humour and extraordinary cinematography. One of the most awarded fi lms of the last year. Kazakh and Russian with English subtitles, 35mm, 100 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 51 UNMADE BEDS 29 Musgrave 20h30; 31 Musgrave 20h00 d. Alexis Dos Santos, UK 2009 PF Unmade Beds chronicles the arrival in London of Axl, a 20-year-old Spanish slacker in search of a father he has never met. Along the way he sleeps in countless unfamiliar beds as he moves from place to place. Meanwhile the French Vera, who is recovering from a breakup with her previous boyfriend, follows a similar journey around the city, awash in a sea of ennui. Attracted to a handsome stranger, she hides her true identity. An exquisitely tender fi lm, with an outstanding indie soundtrack, the fragmented beauty of Unmade Beds will linger in your head and your heart. Filmmaker in attendance. English, French and Spanish with English subtitles, 35mm, 93 min

WELCOME 25 Musgrave 20h30; 27 Musgrave 20h15; 02 Suncoast A 20h00 d. Philippe Lioret, France 2009 CF In Welcome, one of the year’s fi nest fi lms, a young Iraqi Kurd refugee is stranded in France with the English Channel the last remaining obstacle between him and his girlfriend whose family has moved to England. When an attempt at smuggling himself into the country fails, he turns to an instructor at a local swimming pool in order to swim across the channel. Lioret’s fi lm is all the more remarkable for the fact that it is not so much about politics as it is about relationships, love and the power of human determination. English, Kurdish and French with English subtitles, 35mm, 110 min WEST OF PLUTO (À L’OUEST DE PLUTON) d. Henry Bernadet and Myriam Verreault Canada 2008 PF 25 Musgrave 22h45; 01 Sneddon 18h15 West of Pluto documents a day and drunken and eventful night in the life of a bunch of high- school going teenagers in Quebec. Pierre-Olivier is deeply concerned about Pluto’s loss of planet status while Nicolas and Steve are trying to come up with a convincing name for their punk rock band; Jerome is determined to reveal his feelings to the girl he’s in love with and Émilie organises a party that, as the night progresses, gets way out of control. Reminiscent of the work of Larry Clark and Gus van Sant, West of Pluto is beautifully shot and tenderly and exuberantly executed. French with English subtitles, 35mm, 90 min

WHATEVER WORKS CLOSING 01 Suncoast 18h00; 02 Sneddon 20h30 d. Woody Allen, USA 2009 PF FILM Woody Allen returns to New York, casting the eternally antisocial Larry David as his alter ego. David plays Boris Yellnikoff , a brilliant physicist who narrowly missed a Nobel nomination. After he fails dismally at killing himself, a young beauty named Melody (Evan Rachel Wood) enters his life, and, despite the steady stream of insults that he throws at her, eventually asks him to marry her. But when her mother arrives in New York, the couple’s love nest is thrown into disarray. Another engaging and deeply hilarious fi lm from one of cinema’s most gifted comedic talents. English, 35mm, 92 min

52 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 WHITE LIGHTNIN’ 26 Suncoast B 22h15; 02 Suncoast B 20h00 d. Dominic Murphy, UK 2008 PF From British director Dominic Murphy comes an extraordinary debut loosely based on the life of Appalachian mountain dancer Jesco White, who struggles to overcome poverty, mental instability and prolonged drug abuse, to become – like his father before him – an accomplished mountain dancer in Appalachia. From its brutally rendered portrayal of Appalachia to the fi lm’s deeply disturbing fi nal scenes, White Lightnin’ is an untrammeled journey into the dark heart of rural America. Beautifully photographed and with a mind-blowing soundtrack from Appalachian legend Hasil Adkins, this is one of the strangest and most disturbing fi lms you’ll see this year. English, Video, 84 min

WHITE LION 25 Suncoast B 18h00; 30 Sneddon 11h00 d. Michael Swan, South Africa 2009 PF A heart-warming tale of the search for home and triumph over adversity, White Lion tells the story of a rare and revered albino cub. Letsatsi is ostracised for his pale hide and forced to live on the periphery of the pack. One day a Shangaan man named Gisani rescues him from a pack of hyenas attempting to have him for supper. To the Shangaan, Letsatsi’s white coat is seen as a good omen and Gisani thereafter dedicates his life to protecting the cub – in the end, placing himself in harms way. Suitable for children Filmmakers in Attendance English, Video, 90 min

WRONG ROSARY (UZAK IHTIMAL) 25 Suncoast B 16h00; 02 Musgrave 14h00 d. Mahmut Fazil Coskun, Turkey 2009 PF Winner of a Tiger Award at this year’s Rotterdam Film Festival, Wrong Rosary is set in Istanbul where young Musa has arrived to take up his fi rst job as the muezzin at a small mosque. He lives next door to the pathologically shy catholic Clara who is tending to a dying nun. Musa, only slightly less awkward than Clara, is attracted to her but cannot bring himself to express his feelings. One day Clara drops her rosary beads which he picks up, intending to return to her. The tentative romance which ensues is infused with both restraint and a gentle sense of voyeurism. Turkish with English subtitles, 35mm, 90 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 53 DOCUMENTARIES

ARIA DEL AFRICA 26 Royal 15h30; 28 Ekhaya 12h00; 29 Royal 11h00 d. Roger Lucey, South Africa 2008 DOC Aria del Africa follows the lives of two young singers, Musa Spelman and Musawenkosi Ngqungwana, from the South African College of Music in Cape Town as they prepare for a performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. After South Africa’s fi rst democratic election in 1994, it appeared that opera had had its day. State funding for this ‘Eurocentric’ art form was withdrawn and the opera companies prepared to close their doors forever. But nobody had factored in the massive interest in this art form from the most unlikely quarter: young African singers. Filmmaker in attendance. English and Xhosa with English subtitles, Video, 57 min

BABAJI, AN INDIAN LOVE STORY 26 Suncoast B 12h00; 01 Royal 11h00 d. Jiska Rickels, The Netherlands 2008 DOC Babaji, An Indian Love Story tells the incredible story a very old Indian man – allegedly 107 years old – who waits stoically and rather eccentrically for his death. Babaji is widely known as a shaman and has cured many people from all kinds of diseases but he couldn’t help the person he loved the most... his wife. When she dies, he goes against Hindu tradition and buries her in his yard. His own grave is already dug beside hers and at noon Babaji lays down alongside his wife, waiting to join her. The unfolding mystery of this ode to love is interspersed with glorious traditional music. Hindi with English subtitles, Video, 72 min

BABALWA’S STORY 28 Glen 10h30; 29 Luthuli 10h15; 01 WOW 17h30 d. Charlene Houston, South Africa 2008 DOC Babalwa Matomela is a bubbly 22-year-old. However her radiant smile underlies a terrible past. At the age of eight, Babalwa was fi rst molested by a family friend. She kept this a secret, hoping to protect her mother. But the secret took its toll and Babalwa eventually tried to commit suicide twice. Children at school taunted her and boys began taking liberties. At high school, Babalwa became promiscuous and used drugs and alcohol to numb her feelings of fear and shame. It was during this time that she was raped nine times, including by her own boyfriend. A powerful tale of a human being's capacity to heal and grow. Xhosa with English subtitles, Video, 45 min

54 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 CEMETERY STORIES: A REBEL MISSIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA d. Cherif Keita, USA/South Africa 2009 DOC 26 Suncoast B 14h00; 27 Inansem 09h30; 27 Ohlange 14h30; 28 Luthuli 14h00 Cemetery Stories, the result of eight years of intense research and sleuthing by Malian director Cherif Keita, is an absolute must for South African history buff s. Keita traces the intimate connections between the legendary fi rst president of the ANC, John Dube, and Americans William and Idabelle Wilcox, a pair of long-forgotten 19th-century renegade missionaries. He convincingly shows how their friendship stands as major landmark in the struggle for black liberation and democracy in South Africa. Along the way, Keita discovers lost pieces of both family histories and eventually reconnects surviving members in Durban. Filmmaker in attendance. English, Video, 54 min FAHRENHEIT 2010 – WARMING UP FOR THE WORLD CUP IN SOUTH AFRICA d. Craig Tanner, Australia/South Africa 2009 DOC 30 Sneddon 18h00; 31 Luthuli 13h00 The measured Fahrenheit 2010 systematically examines the expectations of a variety of South Africans on the country’s staging of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Focal points of the fi lm are South Africa’s socio-economic disparities and debate as to whether the erection of state of the art sports arenas will leave the country with white elephants which it can ill aff ord. Interviewees include Danny Jordaan, Desmond Tutu, Michael Sutcliff e, Jomo Sono, Dennis Brutus and also, amongst others, construction workers, street traders, soccer players and the sangoma with the answer to Bafana Bafana’s woes. Filmmaker in attendance English, Video, 90 min FINDING OUR VOICES: STORIES OF AMERICAN DISSENT d. Victoria Hughes, USA 2008 DOC 25 Ekhaya 15h00; 29 Royal 15h00 Through the lens of the last six years, and narrated by the West Wing's Martin Sheen, this rousing fi lm explores the passion and determination of eight men and women who sacrifi ce their jobs, their retirements and risk imprisonment in their patriotic opposition to the Iraq War. Finding Our Voices is a fi lm about courageous Americans who show with their diverse actions, the power we all have, and must use, if democracy is to survive. Exploring their causes and their lives and presenting their common convictions, this is not just another Iraq war fi lm, this is a fi lm about patriotic Americans living their conscience. English, Video, 70 min

GIVE US THIS DAY 25 Suncoast B 14h00; 26 BAT 13h00; 30 Nelso 19h00 d. Billy Raftery, South Africa/USA 2009 DOC With former street kids behind the camera, director Billy Raftery’s Give Us This Day provides an authentic and intimate look into the lives of Durban’s most visible members. In search of better lives, these kids fi nd only a world of prostitution, drug addiction, and extreme violence. As their innocence is ripped away, all we can do is watch this gut wrenching story unfold. Raftery’s fi lm challenges viewers to look past the violent and often-times graphic images of Durban’s street kids and see the homeless youth for what they are… children. Filmmakers in attendance. English and Zulu with English subtitles, Video, 78 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 55 H20IL 25 WOW 17h30; 26 Sneddon 12h00; 29 Royal 17h00; 02 Ekhaya 14h00 d. Shannon Walsh, Canada 2009 DOC Ever wonder where America gets most of its oil? Surprisingly, it’s biggest supplier has become Canada’s oil sands. Located under Alberta’s pristine boreal forests, the process of oil sands extraction uses up to four barrels of fresh water to produce only one barrel of crude oil. H2Oil traces the wavering balance between the urgent need to protect and preserve fresh water resources and the mad clamouring to fi ll the global demand for oil. With hope and courage the fi lm tells the story of one of the most signifi cant, and destructive, projects of our time. Filmmaker in attendance English, Video, 75 min ICE MAN 24 Suncoast B 18h00; 28 Royal 13h00; 01 Ekhaya 14h00 d. Craig and Damon Foster, South Africa 2009 DOC Lewis Pugh will swim a kilometre across Antarctica, wearing nothing but a Speedo and swim cap. How can his naked body cope with these conditions for so long? And why on earth would anyone want to do such a crazy thing? Ice Man documents the extraordinary physiological and psychological journey of Lewis Pugh’s record-breaking long distance swims in the freezing waters of both the south and north poles, the epicentres of the destructive eff ects of climate change. With support from cutting edge science and an incredible ability to believe in himself, Pugh pushes the boundaries of human endurance and physiology. English, Video, 52 min INTANGIBLE ASSET NO. 82 24 Nouveau 18h30; 26 Musgrave 12h00 d. Emma Franz, Australia/Japan 2008 DOC Emma Franz’s debut tells the compelling story of a respected jazz drummer and his search for an elusive South Korean shaman and grandmaster musician. Australian musician Simon Barker embarks upon a long journey after being captivated by an album of Korean percussion instruments. Numerous inquiries fi nally yield a name: Kim Seok-chul, offi cially recognised as “the 82nd most valuable intangible cultural asset of the Republic of Korea”. The stunningly shot journey becomes a rite of passage as Simon meets engaging and exotic characters, and overcomes cultural obstacles to eventually meet the master only days before his death. Filmmaker in attendance. English and Korean with English subtitles, Video, 90 min ISETA – BEHIND THE ROADBLOCK 28 Royal 15h00; 31 YMCA 12h00 d. Juan Reina and Eric Kabera, Rwanda 2008 DOC During 1994, on quiet road in Kigali, a group of people murdered their neighbours. These were the opening days of the Rwandan genocide, and though almost one million people were eventually slaughtered, there is remarkably only one known segment of footage showing any actual killing. This harrowing fi lm traces the journey of the original photographer as he returns to Rwanda, revisiting the people and events that he caught on tape. As the footage returns to the community, friends and family relive the tragic events and work with the photographer to identify the victims, and then eventually the killers. English, Video, 56 min

56 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TIMBUKTU d. Zola Maseko, South Africa 2009 DOC 29 Suncoast B 18h00; 30 Luthuli 10h00; 31 Royal 11h00 It has been said that Black Africa had no written tradition. On the contrary, the uncovering in Timbuktu of thousands of manuscripts dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries shows an ancient and great centre of learning. The Manuscripts of Timbuktu is a poetic and visually stunning docu-drama about the history of these manuscripts and the city of Timbuktu as seen through the life of one of Africa’s greatest scholars, Ahmed Baba (played by Eriq Ebouaney, who starred as Patrice Lumumba in Raul Peck’s Lumumba). Filmmakers in attendance. Arabic, English and French with English subtitles, Video, 74 min MARADONA BY KUSTURICA 25 Ekhaya 18h00; 26 Nouveau 14h00; d. Emir Kusturica, Spain/France 2008 DOC 31 Suncoast B 22h00 Two-time Palme D’or winner Emir Kusturica celebrates the incredible story of Diego Maradona. This idiosyncratic fi lm takes us through Maradona’s extraordinary trajectory: his life and career, his triumphs and defeats, and the key places in his life. We witness the two faces of Maradona. On one hand, the public man, the hero, the icon, but also the committed political man. On the other hand, Maradona as never seen before: his family life, his hopes, his fears, and his battle with cocaine addiction. Replete with his greatest goals, the fi lm also reminds us of his undeniable brilliance on the soccer pitch. English, Italian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish with English subtitles, Video, 90 min

THE MODERN TIMES SHOP 29 Royal 13h00; 29 Luthuli 14h15 d. Alexandre Boutie, Reunion 2009 DOC Arriving in 1918 from Canton, Mr. Chan Lune Pive set up his business in a working class neighbourhood on the island of Reunion. Two generations after he opened his shop, his grandson Olivier, 30, runs the business. It’s an operation based on a singular form of credit: you pay how you can and when you can; as for the rest, everyone deals with their own conscience. The shop is the neighbourhood embassy, what everyone keeps time by. The Modern Times Shop is humanist cinema at its best. Creole, English and French with English subtitles, Video, 52 min

THE NATURE OF LIFE 24 Suncoast B 18h00; 28 Royal 11h00; 01 Ekhaya 14h00 d. Craig and Damon Foster, South Africa 2009 DOC The Foster Brothers’ The Nature of Life is a revolutionary documentary that addresses climate change from a unique African perspective and showcases innovative local solutions and approaches to the environmental crisis. The fi lm is an inspired clarion call, showing us that there are ways to adapt to and overcome the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced. We are introduced to a group of extraordinary individuals and organisations who are challenging past models of sustainability and creating a new legacy of design and technology inspired by the natural world and rediscovered indigenous wisdom. English, Video, 52 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 57 NOLLYWOOD BABYLON 24 Royal 18h00; 27 Ekhaya 15h00; 01 Royal 15h00 d. Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, Canada 2008 DOC A hit at Sundance, Nollywood Babylon is an irresistible documentary about the popularity of Nigeria's movie industry, which after India and the US is the third largest in the world. Unfazed by low budgets, enterprising fi lmmakers create a brash, inventive and wildly popular form of b-movie that has Nigerians raving. In these fi lms, voodoo and magic infuse urban stories, refl ecting the collision of traditional mysticism and modern culture that Nigerians experience every day. Revealing secrets of its masters like Lancelot Odawa Imasuen, this is an electric vision of a modern African metropolis and a revealing look at the powerhouse that is Nigerian cinema. English, Video, 74 min

REG PARK – THE LEGEND 31 Sneddon 18h00; 01 Royal 13h00 d. Richard H. Nosworthy, South Africa 2009 DOC Reg Park is one of the greatest bodybuilders ever to have participated on the world stage. Reg Park: The Legend is a tribute to this humble man and provides an insight into the real Reg – the champion, the husband, the father, the friend, the actor, the teacher, the healer, the inspiration and the gentleman who became a South African icon. The fi lm – which includes interviews with Park’s friend Arnold Schwarzenegger – took shape shortly before he died from cancer in 2007, when he sat down for a number of candid sessions with the fi lmmakers to record his incredible life story. Filmmakers in attendance. English, Video, 82 min ROUGH AUNTIES 27 Sneddon 18h30; 01 Ekhaya 12h00; 01 Royal 17h00 d. Kim Longinotto, United Kingdom/South Africa 2008 DOC Sundance-winning Rough Aunties reveals Amanzimtoti-based Operation Bobbi Bear, a diverse group of women bound together by a commitment to helping abused children. They refuse to stop caring about their young victims, and though sheer defi ance manage to create an alternative social world in which each person cares for all the others. We see the most intimate moments of their lives and work, from gentle support of wounded children to kicking down doors in night- time police raids. This powerful and profoundly moving fi lm shows how it is often the most horrifying situations that bring out the best in people. Filmmakers in attendance. English, Video, 103 min

SACRED PLACES (LIEUX SAINTS) 26 Musgrave 18h00; 27 Ekhaya12h00 d. Jean-Marie Teno, Cameroon/France 2009 DOC 31 YMCA 12h00; Shot in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, during FESPACO, Sacred Places is a fi lm about the fi ght to survive and to maintain one's dignity in a hostile environment. It is also a compelling meditation on fi lmmaking, as well as a personal refl ection on art, African cinema, identity, globalisation, popular culture, and business in contemporary Africa. Told through three characters: Jules Cesar, a djembé maker and player, Bouba, the manager of a neighbourhood movie salon and Abbo, a public letter writer, director Jean-Marie Teno skilfully lays out his rich observations on the many paradoxes of today's Africa. Filmmaker in attendance. French with English subtitles, 35mm, 70 min

58 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 SAVING LUNA 25 Musgrave 14h00; 28 Sneddon 11h00; 02 Nouveau 14h00 d. Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfi t, Canada 2008 DOC A life does not have to be human to be great. In a fi lm that has won multiple awards around the world, Luna, a baby killer whale, gets separated from his family on the wild coast of Vancouver Island. All alone, he seems determined to make friends with humans. People fall in love with him. But the government decides that being friendly with Luna is bad for him, and tries to force him and people apart. This eff ort becomes hilarious and baffl ing, because Luna refuses to give up his search for a social life. A meditation on the extent to which man should interfere with nature, or let it take its own course. Unforgettable and brilliant. English, 35mm, 92 min

SEA POINT DAYS 26 Suncoast B 16h00; 27 Royal 15h00 d. Francois Verster, South Africa 2008 DOC The Sea Point Promenade – and the public swimming pools at its centre – forms a space unlike any other in Cape Town. Right here, away from the bustle of the business area, life is paraded unapologetically in all its forms. Black, brown, white, young, old, locals, tourists, rich, poor, Jews, Muslims, Christians, stylish, tasteless – they are all here. Sea Point Days presents a fresh and engaging vision of South Africa through an extraordinary public space in a time of transition, exploring memory, nostalgia, identity, and the right not only to space but also to belonging and happiness. Filmmaker in attendance. English, Afrikaans, Xhosa with English subtitles, Video, 93 min

THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE 24 Suncoast B 22h15; 26 Nouveau 16h00; 01 Musgrave 12h00 d. R.J. Cutler, USA 2009 DOC The September 2007 issue of Vogue magazine weighed nearly fi ve pounds, and was the single largest issue of a magazine ever published. With unprecedented access, The September Issue, directed and produced by R.J. Cutler (The War Room), tells the story of the legendary editor-in- chief of Vogue magazine, Anna Wintour, whose life inspired the fi lm The Devil Wears Prada. We follow Wintour – the most powerful and polarizing fi gure in fashion – and her larger-than-life team of editors as they create the issue and rule the world of fashion. The September Issue won the Grand Jury Prize for Excellence in Cinematography at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. English, Video/35mm, 90 min THE SILVER FEZ 24 Sneddon 18h00; 26 Royal 17h00; 30 Ekhaya 18h00 d. Lloyd Ross, South Africa 2009 DOC Kaatji Davids was a house painter with barely two cents to rub together. But he did have an old banjo, loyal friends and the audacity to imagine that he might topple Hadji Bucks, the undisputed champion of Cape Malay music. The prize was the Silver Fez, Holy Grail of Cape Town’s Islamic subculture. Kaatji laboured day and night, driven by dreams of glory and, in the end, by pain. Hadji Bucks had limitless resources and he used them to lure Kaatji’s best friend into changing sides. After that it wasn’t just about music, it was about revenge. Filmmakers in attendance. English and Afrikaans with English subtitles, Video, 87 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 59 SUNRISE/SUNSET DALAI LAMA 14 (RASSVET/ZAKAT: DALAI LAMA 14) d. Vitaly Manski, Russia 2008 DOC 25 Sneddon 16h00; 01 Suncoast A 12h00 Sunrise/Sunset is an utterly candid, gripping, and relevant glimpse into the life of the Dalai Lama. Comprising two parts, the fi rst covers 24 hours in the residence of the Dalai Lama, from the beginning of his day, which starts at 3am, to dusk when he goes to bed. The second, equally engrossing part of the fi lm, joins the fi lmmakers as they travel back to Russia through India and China. It is a journey that seems to confi rm many of the Dalai Lama’s views on global confl icts, over-population and the gap between rich and poor. English and Russian with English subtitles, Video, 72 min TODAY THE HAWK TAKES ONE CHICK 25 Ekhaya 12h00; 27 Luthuli 10h15 d. Jane Gillooly, Swaziland/USA 2008 DOC Swaziland has the highest prevalence of HIV in the world and the lowest life expectancy. Today The Hawk... moves delicately between the lives of three unique grandmothers whose experiences highlight a rural community at the threshold of simultaneous collapse and reinvention. Through the poignant perspective of the three women, the fi lm creates a portrait of a community by layering discrete moments in time. Presented without overt narrative structure or narration, the fi lm’s drama emerges from the patient accumulation of steady details that, in sum, tell a greater story of family, struggle, and the weight of an uncertain future. English and Swati with English subtitles, Video, 72 min

TRIBES AND CLANS 25 Royal 15h00; 27 Royal 11h00; 29 Ekhaya 12h00 d. Ntokozo Mahlalela, South Africa 2008 DOC Tribes and Clans is a perceptive documentary that deals with tribalism and its eff ect on contemporary South Africa. During Apartheid, Bantustans were created along language and cultural lines but the black people of South Africa resisted this tribal division. Instead the struggle for liberation continued and black South Africans worked together without looking at each other through the harmful lens of tribalism. However when independence was achieved in 1994, people regrouped to their respective tribes and clans. The fi lm argues that this mentality permeates the South African workplace, its relationships and its politics. Filmmaker in attendance. English, Video, 53 min

TYSON 25 Sneddon 14h00; 26 Nouveau 12h00; 28 Ekhaya 18h00 d. James Toback, USA 2008 DOC Tyson is acclaimed indie director James Toback's stylistically inventive portrait of a mesmerising Mike Tyson. Toback, who used Tyson as an actor in his excellent 1999 feature Black and White, allows the boxer to reveal himself without inhibition and with eloquence and a pervasive vulnerability. Through a mixture of original interviews and archival footage and photographs, and classic boxing footage, a startlingly complex, fully-rounded human being emerges. In its depiction of a man rising from the most debased circumstances to unlimited heights, destroyed by his own hubris, Tyson emerges as a modern day version of a classic Greek tragedy. English, Video, 88 min

60 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 WHITE PEOPLE ALSO DREAM: THE SHAMANIC JOURNEY OF A SANGOMA 26 Jazz 15h00; 28 Royal 17h00 d. Terry Westby-Nunn, South Africa 2009 DOC When Sheila Dorje’s life fell apart, this young South African began to have strange, disturbing dreams that would not let up. Her dreams were eventually interpreted as a calling to become a traditional healer – a sangoma. After much soul-searching she entered an unfamiliar culture in her homeland and began the rigorous training. She was given a Xhosa name, Nobuyile, which means “She who has returned”. By taking us into Nobuyile’s/Sheila’s world, the fi lm provides a rare, accessible and insightful look into the shamanic journey of a sangoma in the Xhosa tradition. Filmmakers in attendance. English and Xhosa with English subtitles, Video, 49 min

YANDÉ CODOU, THE GRIOT OF SENGHOR 24 Royal 17h00; 27 Luthuli 14h00; 02 Ekhaya 18h00 (YANDÉ CODOU, LA GRIOTTE DE SENGHOR) d. Angèle Diabang Brener, Senegal 2008 DOC 80-year-old Yandé Codou Sène is one of the last remaining singers of polyphonic Sérère poetry. Yandé Codou, The Griot Of Senghor is an intimate look at a true diva who has travelled through Senegalese history at the side of its mythical president-poet Léopold Sédar Senghor. A bittersweet story about greatness, glory and the passage of time, this fi lm is a must for music lovers. “Yande Codou Sene… can move mountains with her positively poetic voice. Chosen long ago to sing the praises of former president Leopold Sedar Senghor, Sene [has] a quavering voice that reverberates with a metallic edge.” Roots World French, Wolof and Sérère with English subtitles, Video, 52 min

THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD 30 Suncoast B 22h00; 01 Musgrave 14h00 d. Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Kurt Engfehr, USA 2009 Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are two gonzo political activists who infi ltrate the world of big corporates to lampoon and expose hypocrisy and greed. Bichlbaum appears in a major television program posing as a Dow Chemical spokesperson announcing that Dow will fi nally clean up the site of the Bhopal Catastrophe (history's largest industrial accident). Dow's market value plummets by 2 billion Dollars – showing a tight-fi sted response by investors to what was, in principle, a humane action long neglected by DOW. Daring and mischievous, this and other Yes Men capers raise serious questions with head-on humour. English, Video, 85 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 61 YOUSSOU N'DOUR: I BRING WHAT I LOVE 24 Musgrave 18h30; 27 Nouveau 18h30; 01 Sneddon 12h00 d. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Senegal/France/Egypt/USA 2008 DOC Prepare for a music-infused journey about the power of one man’s voice to inspire change. The fi lm chronicles N'dour, a devout Sufi Muslim, as he releases a deeply personal and religious album called Egypt in the hope of promoting a more tolerant face of Islam. He trespasses into the domain of revered traditional religious singers. Almost instantly, his fellow Senegalese reject the album by one of their country’s greatest musical icons, and denounce his actions as blasphemous. We follow N'dour for over two years and witness how he faces these challenges and eventually wins over audiences both at home and abroad. English, French, Wolof, Arabic with subtitles, 35mm, 102 min

ZWELIDUMILE 27 Suncoast B 19h45; 30 Luthuli 14h00 d. Ramadan Suleman, South Africa 2009 DOC In 1968, artist Dumile Feni escaped the oppression of Apartheid South Africa and went into exile, leaving behind his pregnant wife. Days before his homecoming in 1991, Feni died suddenly and tragically. Alongside his daughter, this documentary attempts to reclaim a man who was lost to another, unfamiliar world by inviting those who knew him to paint a portrait of the man and his life across three continents. However, through their accounts we fi nd that Feni’s essence as a human being will forever remain as elusive and complex as his exceptional work. Director Suleman, explores the impact of exile on families and restores Feni to his rightful place in South African history. Filmmakers in attendance English and Zulu with English subtitles, Video, 112 min

62 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES

GOD LOVES SINNERS SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 2: 01 WOW 17h30 d. Nami Mhlongo, South Africa 2008 S.DOC Tumi and Nomonde love each other and simply desire to get married, and while in South Africa the implementation of the Civil Unions Bill extends the legal rights to gay and lesbians to marry, the battle is far from over for two black women. The women must deal with a culture of homophobia in their community and fi nd ways of negotiating the infl exible traditional and religious lines within which they were raised. Filmmaker in attendance Xhosa and Tswana with English subtitles, Video, 18 min

IT’S UP 2 U SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 2: 25 WOW 17h30; 29 Royal 17h00 d. Ulrike Westermann, Germany 2008 S.DOC The Mauritanian camel milk dairy at the edge of the Sahara, the First Nation People in Minnesota, harvesting rice with their canoes and the cheese producers in Gouda, Netherlands have the same adversary – industrial agriculture and global trade. It is not the farmers of the industrial countries who profi t from globalisation, but the agrarian industry. The small scale producers are victims, whether they are fi sherman, nomads, whether they live in Europe, the USA or in developing countries. English, Video, 13 min

THE LAKE THAT WAS SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 1 (DARYACHEH-EE KE BOOD) d. Pezhman Mazaheripoor, Iran/UK 2009 S.DOC Lake Urmia is the largest lake inside Iran with a surface area of approximately 5,200 km². And it is disappearing, fast. Located in northwest Iran it was formerly a popular tourist spot. But lack of rainfall, the exploitation of underground water resources, and dam constructions have caused concerns that the lake will soon dry up. The fi lm poetically narrates the lake’s history from its heyday as a tourist destination to its present demise and leaves us with a question, can it be saved? Farsi with English subtitles, Video, 26 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 63 MADALA: HOME FROM HOME SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 2 d. Sibusiso Mngomezulu, South Africa 2008 S.DOC The coffi n-shaped Madala Hostel in Alexandra was home to 2500 male migrant workers during Apartheid. Once considered an IFP stronghold, it was involved in the political violence of South Africa during the eighties. Now also accommodating women and children, the hostel is barely fi t for human habitation. This gritty fi lm brazenly investigates the reasons behind the government’s neglect and the unthinkably squalid conditions that must be endured by residents. Filmmaker in attendance English and Zulu with English subtitles, Video, 12 min

NORA 24 Spiga 22h00; 26 Royal 11h00; 26 Ekhaya 15h00; 31 Dorothy 18h00 d. Alla Kovgan and David Hinton, USA/UK/Mozambique 2008 S.DOC Based on the true stories of dancer Nora Chipaumire, who was born in Zimbabwe in 1965. In the fi lm, Nora returns to the landscape of her childhood and takes a journey through some vivid memories of her youth. Using performance and dance, she brings her history to life in a swiftly- moving poem of sound and image. Nora includes a multitude of local performers and dancers of all ages, from young schoolchildren to ancient grandmothers, and much of the music is specially composed by a legend of Zimbabwean music – Thomas Mapfumo. English, Video, 35 min

A PLACE IN THE CITY SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 1 d. Jenny Morgan, South Africa/UK 2008 S.DOC Nearly 15 years since apartheid ended, millions of black South Africans still live in shacks – without sanitation, adequate water supplies or electricity. But A Place In The City will overturn all your assumptions about ‘slums’ and the people who live in them. In this fi lm, shot in the vast shack settlements in and around Durban, members of Abahlali baseMjondolo, the grassroots shack dwellers’ movement, lay out their case – against forcible eviction and displacement; and for decent services and upgrading – with passion, eloquence and reason. Filmmakers in attendance English and Zulu with English subtitles

POISON FIRE SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 1: 25 WOW 17h30 d. Lars Johansson, Tanzania 2008 S.DOC After fi fty years of oil exploitation, the Niger Delta is an environmental disaster zone. One and a half million tons of crude oil has been spilled into the creeks, farms and forests. Natural gas contained in the crude oil is not being collected, but burnt off in gas fl ares, burning day and night for decades. The fl aring produces as much greenhouse gases as 18 million cars and emits toxic and carcinogenic substances in the midst of densely populated areas. Corruption is rampant, the security situation is dire, and people are dying. But the oil keeps fl owing. English with English subtitles, Video, 28 min

64 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 SOUL TRAIN SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 2 d. Thabo Mokoena, South Africa 2008 S.DOC Every morning, at Kliptown Station, songs of praise echo down the tracks. The commuter train between Johannesburg and Soweto is not only a provider of transport to its patrons, but also the bearer of daily spiritual nourishment. From the Shembe coach, to the Ancestral Worship coach, to coaches occupied by various denominations, commuters fi nd that they are ferried to work not by a train, but by a church on wheels. Filmmaker in attendance English, Zulu, and Sotho with English subtitles, Video, 13 min

SOUTH 24 Spiga 22h00; 25 Royal 13h00; 26 Ekhaya 15h00 d. Miles Goodall, South Africa 2008 S.DOC South uncovers the layers of inspiration in South African graphic design, art, dance, music, fashion, architecture, craft and product design. Tracking creativity from the bubbling urban streets, through the social challenges and historical perceptions of Africa, to reach a contemporary global vanguard, the fi lm captures the passion, resourcefulness, cultural mash-up and biting humour innate to every South African who sees the world upside down. Filmmakers in attendance English, Video, 29 min

VUKUZAKHE – ARISE AND BUILD YOURSELF d. Jill Hanass-Hancock, Rowena Aldous, South Africa 2008 S.DOC SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 2 At the feet of the majestic Drakensberg, lies a small community in the grips of a pandemic. With one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in the world, they feel the impact of the disease at its most immediate. After losing his sister to AIDS, Xolani Mofokeng joined Vukuzhakhe, an initiative which works to tackle the issues facing his community through the performing arts. Through Xolani, we discover a community not willing to surrender. Filmmaker in attendance Zulu with English subtitles, Video, 18 min

SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 1: SHORT DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE 2: ENVIRO-VIEW 26 Royal 11h00; 01 Ekhaya 14h00 KALEIDOSCOPE 25 Royal 13h00; 26 Ekhaya 12h00 • POISON FIRE • IT'S UP 2 U • A PLACE IN THE CITY • MADALA HOSTEL • THE LAKE THAT WAS • SOUL TRAIN • VUKUZAKHE – ARISE AND BUILD YOURSELF • GOD LOVES SINNERS

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 65 SHORT FILMS

E4D4 SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS d. Ian McDonald, India 2009 S e4 and d4 are famous opening moves in chess, perfect for setting up a game strategy. Young blind chess players in Chennai, India, use these moves and more on their Braille chessboard. Fascinating watch. English, Video, 3 min

AN UNFINISHED ROMANCE SHORTS 1: ...OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT d. Heather Allison, Australia 2009 S Flora makes a fl ag mast for Ben’s boat, he is intrigued and runs after her. A romantic comedy about two strangers who frequent the same coff ee shop and build objects out of paper. English, Video, 10 min

A WAKE SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND d. Tyrone Mackay, South Africa 2009 S In the haze of a Durban summer, a man is woken by a chance encounter. Somewhere between coincidence and memory, four nameless eccentrics unite for a single day, in a story where what is tiny is not necessarily small. English, Video, 12 min

BEFORE IT’S GONE SHORTS 1: ...OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT d. Paulo Leierer, Brazil 2008 S Almeida fi nds out he’s going to die in a few days. What does a man do with such news? Speak to loved ones? Live out his potential or apply for a death certifi cate? Portuguese with English subtitles, Video, 14 min

BEKEZELA SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND d. Delon Bakker, South Africa 2008 S A story about family, secrets and loss. A woman must confront the sins of her brother when she discovers that he raped a school girl. Her boyfriend, too, has his secrets which further complicates matters. Zulu, Xhosa and Tswana with English subtitles, Video, 12 min

66 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 A BETTER LIFE SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS d. Luis Fernandez Reneo, Spain 2008 S Three Mexican children get lost in the desert while trying to cross the border to the United States. How did they get here? A tale of immigrant smuggling in Mexican border towns. Based on a true story. Spanish with English subtitles, Video, 13 min

BIRTH CONTROL SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES d. Angie Hill, USA 2008 S A black comedy about a woman who desperately wants a divorce from her husband who refuses to listen to her. The couple argue incessantly but it’s clear that they are nine months too late. English, Video, 3 min

BLOOD ON MY HANDS SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS d. Folasakin Iwajomo, Nigeria 2008 S A knife on the fl oor, blood everywhere and a man distraught with what he has done – defi nitely a crime scene! Or is it? A comedy of assumptions. No dialogue, Video, 7 min

BRYUM & KAPOK INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! 27 CFAD 14h00 d. Overture, USA/Germany 2009 S Musical melody in the forest with two fantasy creatures who protect their natural habitat. Animated wonder. No dialogue, Video, 13 min

CASHLESS SHORTS 1: ...OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT d. Derek Tan and Melinda Tan, Singapore 2009 S Leslie transfers an important sum of money meant for his mother into the wrong account. He desperately needs to get it back. When time and money are at stake, how far must he go before he fi nally fi nds himself? English and Cantonese with English subtitles, Video, 34 min

CENTRE FOR FINE ART ANIMATION AND DESIGN 27 CFAD 14h00 d. Students and tutors, South Africa 2009 S An animated show-reel from Durban’s creative precinct. Films were made under the leadership of award-winning political cartoonist Nanda Sooban. Filmmakers in attendance Various, Video, 10 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 67 CHICK INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! d. Michal Socha, Poland 2008 S 27 CFAD 14h00 Love is blind, love is adventure, love is passionate, love is what happens when two become one. . . love is black, orange and white. No dialogue, Video, 5 min

COMING HOME SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA d. Bobby Heaney, South Africa 2009 S Amber moves back to her family’s farm in Mooi River and is terribly unhappy at her new school. She meets a friendly stranger from the past and the mystical connection between the two helps Amber to take her own back. English, Video, 17 min

DELROY KINCAID SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA d. Powys Dewhurst, Canada 2008 S 28 MTB 09h30 Delroy moves to Canada from a Caribbean fi shing town. He notices that white children in the city go away on weekends while the black children never travel anywhere. An exploration of culture and childhood. Live action, illustration and animation. No dialogue, Video, 8 min

DIDI AND GIGI SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA d. Ka Marie, Senegal 2008 S Didi and Gigi are very successful hand model twins who do everything together. When Didi meets someone new, Gigi becomes intensely jealous and does the unthinkable. A hilarious tale about sibling rivalry. French with English Subtitles, Video, 7 min

DURBAN SHORT FILM CHALLENGE 30 KZNSA 20h00; 31 Spiga 20h00 d. Various, South Africa 2009 S The Durban Short Film Challenge invited fi lmmakers to make a fi ve minute fi lm in two weeks around the themes “Blame it on the Recession” and "Just a Little Bit Strange". The top 12 entries won a screening in the 30th DIFF. Organised by the Durban Film Society. Filmmakers in attendance. Various, Video, 5 min x 12 EXOTICA INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! d. Sergio Cruz, Mozambique/Portugal 2009 S A rhythmic exploration of Maputo through dance: rhythm in the bush, in the slums, in the media, in the city, rhythm everywhere. No dialogue, Video, 5 min

68 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 FITHLA (HIDDEN PLACES) SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES d. Jamie Beron, South Africa 2008 S Three kids kill a man in self-defence. Years later a man makes a sacrifi ce to save his friend’s life as well as pay penance for his own sins. Heart-wrenching story of sin and redemption. Tswana with English subtitles, Video, 12 min

FREE FLIGHT SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA d. Federico Martin, Germany 2008 S Rudi discovers that his canary has died. Riddled with guilt that his friend never had an opportunity to leave his cage, he decides to do something. Ingeniously beautiful. No dialogue, Video, 9 min

GARGOYLE SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON d. Kelsey Egan, South Africa 2008 S A school teacher has mysterious bruises on her face but acts as if nothing is wrong, talking instead about an upcoming fi eld trip. Vuyo needs money for the fi eld trip, unaware of where his older brother gets it from. A crime drama. English and Zulu with English subtitles, Video, 25 min

GOODBYE THOKOZA SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES d. Alexa Wilson, South Africa 2008 S 29 MTB 09h30 In 1994, Ken Oosterbroek was killed whilst photographing political violence in Soweto. Joao Silva, a fellow photographer from The Bang Bang Club, captured this moment instantly before doing anything else. What are the obligations of photographers working in confl ict situations? English and Zulu with English subtitles, Video, 13 min

THE GREEDY LORDS OF THE JUNGLE SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON d. Gatumia Gatumia, Kenya 2009 S 28 MTB 09h30 A man is forced off his property by Elephant and other greedy animals who want to own all of the jungle. Each time he fi nds somewhere new to live, another animal takes over his property. Will he get justice? English, Video, 7 min

HELPLESS FATE SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES d. Arowojolu Seun, Nigeria 2008 S Dare is helplessly in love with Lola but she is not interested. Years later they fi nd each other in a hospital but their hopes of being together are short lived. A story of requited love and tragic loss. English, Video, 15 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 69 HUSH SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND d. Elvin Ajimah, South Africa 2008 S A recluse with inner demons is obliged to look after his late brother’s family. In order to stop himself from making the greatest mistake of his life, he makes the ultimate sacrifi ce. Tswana with English subtitles, Video, 12 min

JESUS AND THE GIANT SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND d. Akin Omotoso, South Africa 2008 S 28 MTB 09h30 Mary has been attacked by her lover the Giant. Jesus, generally a woman of peace, takes up her baseball bat and goes to see him. Shot on a digital stills camera with over 7 000 photographs stitched together to form movement. English, Video, 12 min

JOHN WAYNE HATED HORSES INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK d. Andrew T Betzer, USA 2008 S A father and his son struggle with diff erent ideas about masculinity, boredom and the proper way to play with army toys. Fraught with silence. No dialogue, Video, 10 min

LISTEN TO THE RAIN SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA d. Travis Taute, South Africa 2008 S A cash strapped single father is forced to become a drug mule to provide for his son. Tragic and disturbing. English, Video, 12 min

LOST IN THE SOUTH SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES d. Daddy Ruhorahoza, Rwanda 2008 S Sitting upstairs in their bathtub, a couple contemplate the big questions in their lives whilst their guests party away downstairs. Tormented by the things that they thought would satisfy them, there’s nothing left to do except go downstairs and dance. French with English subtitles, Video, 17 min

MATAGALPA SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON d. Stephane Bergmans, Belgium 2008 S The imaginary African nation of Matagalpa is in turmoil and an ordinary white collar worker is moved to action when he realises that the root of Matagalpa’s problems are closer to home than he thinks. French with English subtitles, Video, 13 min

70 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 ME AND MY MONSTER INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK d. Claudia Rothlin, Switzerland 2008 S 27 CFAD 14h00 Inside the cupboard the scary monster is plotting yet another scheme against the little girl but this time she is going to get her own back. Stop frame delight. No dialogue, Video, 3 min

MEN OF THE NUMBER SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND d. Mark Strydom, South Africa 2008 S Prison gang leader Bandile hears he’s going to be released and will have to face the responsibilities of fatherhood. Will he choose his loyalty to his gang or redeem himself as a father? Tsotsi Taal with English subtitles, Video, 12 min

MENA SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA d. Eileen Byrne, Germany 2008 S Mullato Mena is ashamed to introduce her father to her new African boyfriend but discovers that her dad has more rhythm than she knows. A fun story of heritage, identity and chakalaka. German with English subtitles, Video, 12 min

MISS SGODIPHOLA SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA d. Andy "The Admiral" Kasrils, South Africa 2008 S A beauty pageant is disrupted by a fi nalist who wants to pay her kid’s school fees with the prize money instead of wishing for world peace. Amateur robbers arrive and complicate matters further. A light-hearted comedy starring Pitch Black Afro. Zulu with English subtitles, Video, 12 min

MONA LISA INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! d. Gbengabills Sonyika, Nigeria 2008 S A woman at the end of herself fi nds hope at her window and lets go of her past. No dialogue, Video, 6 min

THE MYSTERIES OF NATURE INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! d. Dahci Ma, Republic of Korea 2008 S Exploration of the primal and urban through dance and inverted camera angles. Not to be missed. No dialogue, Video, 10 min

NEW DAWN RISING SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS d. Howard Fyvie, South Africa 2008 S Nyasha, an adopted Zimbabwean girl, and her South African father happen to travel into a township on the day that the xenophobic violence breaks out. Surrounded by a murderous mob without escape, Nyasha fi nds help from the most unexpected source. English and Xhosa with English subtitles, Video, 14 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 71 NEXT FLOOR SHORTS 1: ...OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT d. Denis Villeneuve, Canada 2008 S A visceral look at the vices of gluttony. The bourgeoisie fall literally lower and lower with each eating session. Brilliantly executed. English, Video, 12 min

NGOMA SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND d. Segomotso Keorapetse, South Africa 2009 S A tragic story of a sangoma whose misdeeds come back to haunt him when he decides to make an example of one his initiates. Zulu, Sotho and Xhosa with English subtitles, Video, 13 min

PAINTING PARADISE INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! d. Barbara Hlali, Germany 2008 S 27 CFAD 14h00 Video stills of Baghdad’s Shiite quarter painted over in colour to both hide and reveal reality. Animated brilliance. No dialogue, Video, 6 min

PEOPLE ARE INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! d. Anna Girs, Germany 2008 S Nine people are lured into an empty building by strange music. An exploration of relationships and space. No dialogue, Video, 12 min

PIECES OF A PUZZLE SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON d. Ghalied Williams, South Africa 2008 S Two couples embark on a battle of the sexes over a soduku puzzle. A classic romantic comedy. English, Video, 10 min

THE PIGGY BANK THAT I FOUND SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES 28 MTB 09h30 d. Arsham Naghshbandi, Iran 2008 S A boy fi nds a treasure at the bottom of a lake which turns out to be fatal. A tragedy directed by a 13-year-old school pupil as part of the Make Films not War project. Kurdish with English subtitles, Video, 7 min

72 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 POST INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! d. Christian Ashussen and Matthias Bruhn, Germany 2008 S 27 CFAD 14h00 In a tiny village at the end of the world, a postman has a completely diff erent approach to his job. Animated delight. No dialogue, Video, 13 min

PROJECT MORNING STAR SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS d. Grant Wheeler, South Africa 2009 S A young girl's quest for the beautiful takes her to a crossroad – one path leading her to a fantasy world of dark magicians while the other leads her to god knows where. Soul-captivating! English, Video, 10 min

REVOLUTION CONTRA REVOLUTION d. Barbara Hlali, Germany 2009 S INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! Does it take more than one person to start a revolution? Abstract art on fi lm. No dialogue, Video, 4 min

SHAN AT THE DAWN SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS d. Nattachai Jaitita, Thailand 2008 S An action packed tale about a Shan doctor who is kidnapped by the Burmese army in the jungle. Shot on location at the Thai-Burmese border with real soldiers (and real machine guns), this is a complex story of political boundaries and human emotion. Thai with English subtitles, Video, 30 min

SHARING DAY SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON d. Tsitsi Dangarembga, Zimbabwe 2008 S Ten-year-old Tabitha is an HIV-positive orphan who lives with her aunt in a village in Zimbabwe. This musical drama focuses on the role of young people in the response to the impact of HIV on their communities. Shona with English subtitles, Video, 14 min

THE SHOP SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON d. Perivi John Katjavivi, Namibia 2008 S An interesting look at the ripple eff ects of independence on the everyday interactions between the former oppressor and oppressed. English, Afrikaans, German and Otjiherero with English subtitles, Video, 9 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 73 SIGNALS INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! d. Adrian Fluckiger, Switzerland 2008 S 27 CFAD 14h00 Ever wondered who runs the traffi c lights? Meet Erwin the Weasel. Stop frame magic. No dialogue, Video, 5 min

STRINGS INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! d. Michael J. Rix, South Africa 2009 S 27 CFAD 14h00 A banker’s daily toil is interrupted when he is forced to commit an act of kindness and cut his strings to the rat race. Stop frame wonder. No dialogue, Video, 5 min

SUPERHERO SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES d. Hanneke Schutte, South Africa 2009 S A man wakes up with no memory of why he is dressed in a superhero outfi t. Lebo sees the man and is convinced that he is a real superhero. When the ‘superhero’ meets Lebo’s brother, he regains his memory… and regrets. English, Video, 15 min

TAKE NOTE SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON d. Elite Zexer, Israel 2008 S Anna serves the Israeli army as a boot camp commander. When she takes over the dining hall cleanup, her confi dence and ability to control the soldiers is challenged and she loses faith in just about everything. Hebrew with English subtitles, Video, 17 min

THE TANGENT SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND d. Vincent Vesco, France 2008 S A man off ers a woman a ride wherever she wants to go. They set off on an uncharted journey fi lled with risky adventure. But can they keep it up? A romantic drama reminiscent of French New Wave fi lm. French with English subtitles, Video, 12 min

THAT MAN SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND d. Behrooz Ghobadi, Iran 2008 S A young boy travels to a nearby village to collect an outstanding debt owed to his family after his father dies. After waiting a whole day for his debtor to arrive, he discovers the horrible truth about his father’s death. Kurdish with English subtitles, Video, 14 min

74 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 THEMBALETHU (OUR HOPE) SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS d. Neo Ntlatleng, South Africa 2008 S Instead of a peaceful transition to democracy, South Africa experiences civil war. A girl soldier is taken hostage and meets Stefan who is caged next to her. Thembalethu is their only hope of survival, but will they make it? English, Venda and Vermac with English subtitles, Video, 12 min

THERE’S NO ANTENNA HERE SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA d. Batin Ghobadi, Iran 2008 S 28 MTB 09h30 Kak Ahmad and his friend try to install a TV antenna at their house in the middle of the desert. Based on the myth of Prometheus who stole fi re from the Greek gods and gave it to mortals. Hilarious. Kurdish with English subtitles, Video, 11 min

THIS IS NOT A FLY SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA d. Carlos Fraiha Nunes de Almeida Barbosa, UK/Brazil 2008 S Distracted by an annoying buzz from behind a painting in a quiet art gallery, a man is unable to do anything because he is being watched by security. He risks his safety and lunges at the painting. Animated delight. No dialogue, Video, 2 min

THE TOES SHORTS 1: ...OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT d. Denis Laurent, Belgium 2008 S Funeral parlour salesmen who sell to the elderly are the worse kind you can fi nd. But then again, some old people always have a trick up their sleeves. Comedy with a twist. French with English subtitles, Video, 11 min

TRUE BEAUTY THIS NIGHT SHORTS 1: ...OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT d. Peter Besson, USA 2009 S By far the most interesting fi rst date story of all time – mugging, theatre and he calls the day after. A romantic crime comedy about following your heart’s desires, no matter what opposition you face. English, Video, 10 min

TUMELO SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS 29 MTB 09h30 d. Pule Motloung, South Africa 2008 S Tumelo is physically and sexually abused by her step-father. Based on the true story of 15-year-old Tumelo Sibeko who appeared on Zola 7 with the dream of producing her story in a fi lm. English, Zulu and Sotho with English subtitles, Video, 20 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 75 ULYSSES SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS d. Akona Matyila, South Africa 2008 S A boy from the wrong side of the tracks gets a chance at redemption but loses everything when his past comes back to haunt him. A crime drama. Zulu with English subtitles, Video, 10 min UMNEWETHU NOMLOTHA (MY BROTHER AND THE ASHES) d. Zee Ntuli, South Africa 2009 S SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON Traumatised by the violent death of his parents, Thulile isolates himself from the world by refusing to speak. Through writing Thulile fi nds healing for his painful memories until his younger brother discovers the journal and confronts him about their past. Zulu with English subtitles, Video, 10 min

VANISHING CULTURES SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES d. Siphiwe Nkosi, South Africa 2007 S A man comes home with a surprise for his family that should change their current circumstances. Caught up in the excitement of the moment he forgets one critical detail and things end up drastically diff erent to how he imagined. Xhosa with English subtitles, Video, 5 min

VARIETY INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! d. Roelof Van Der Bergh, Netherlands 2009 S Have you ever tried to literally juggle all your day-to-day things and responsibilities? No dialogue, Video, 5 min

VOICE OF OUR FOREFATHERS SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON d. Thomas Hart, South Africa 2008 S Set in Platfontein where the !Xu and Khwe (San ethnic groups) were relocated by the South African Defense Force, a blind boy fi nds forgiveness through the healing powers of his grandfather’s stories. A magical tale about modernity and traditional values. Khwedam with English subtitles, Video, 10 min

VUYISWA AND THE MAGIC FISH SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA d. Afra Dlokweni and Reabetswe Moeti, South Africa 2008 S After her mother’s death, Vuyiswa is distraught and alone until she meets the magic fi sh that brings her food each day. Her evil step-sister kills the fi sh to make Vuyiswa’s life even more miserable, but love saves the day. Xhosa with English subtitles, Video, 12 min

76 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 WAGAH SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA d. Supriyo Sen, Germany 2009 S The Wagah border separates India and Pakistan. Often referred to as the ‘Berlin Wall of Asia’, the daily ‘lowering of the fl ags’ is shown through the eyes of three children who sell DVDs of the ceremony to onlookers. Brilliant. Winners of the Berlin Today award. English and Hindi with English subtitles, Video, 12 min

WAMKELEKILE (WELCOME BACK) SHORTS 1: ...OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT d. Dorotea Vucic, South Africa 2008 S An estranged son reunites with his mentally challenged father for the fi rst time in years. Lukhanyo must attempt to bring his father to the city to be taken care of by a relative. Heart-warming and guaranteed to make you smile. Xhosa with English subtitles, Video, 24 min

WARAMUTSEHO! SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES 29 MTB 09h30 d. Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu, Cameroon/Belgium/France 2009 S Two Rwandan students are studying in France in 1994 when genocide begins in their home country. Kabéra, a Hutu, knows the full extent of the violence but does not tell Uwamungu, a Tutsi. A poignant look at violence and friendship. French and Kinyarwanda with English subtitles, Video, 22 min

WIDE OPEN SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND d. Michael Matthews, South Africa 2008 S Peter hasn’t slept in three days. He fi nds himself in a train station in the middle of nowhere and is trying to make his way back home, all he has to do is stay awake. English, Video, 12 min

YOU’VE BEEN TERRIFIED SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES d. Alicia Price, South Africa 2008 S A camera crew sneaks up on unsuspecting South Africans to record their reaction to being victims of a staged crime. How far will reality TV go to gain audiences? A thought-provoking crime comedy. English, Video, 5 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 77 SHORT FILM PACKAGES

SHORTS 1: ...OF LOVE, LIFE & DEBT 24 Royal 15h00; 24 Spiga 20h00; 26 Ekhaya 18h00; 30 Royal 11h00; 31 Luthuli 10h00 • An Unfi nished Romance • Next Floor • Wamkelekile (Welcome Back) • Cashless • The Toes • True Beauty This Night • Before It’s Gone

SHORTS 2: GUNS & ROSES 24 Mandeni 11h00; 25 Royal 11h00; 30 Royal 13h00; 31 Dorothy 18h00 • Vanishing Cultures • Waramutseho! • Birth Control • Superhero • The Piggy Bank That I Found • Lost In The South • Goodbye Thokoza • You've Been Terrifi ed • Fithla (Hidden Places) • Helpless Fate

SHORTS 3: KARMA CHAMELEON 25 Ntown 11h00; 26 Royal 13h30;28 Luthuli 10h00; 30 Royal 15h00; 31 Ekhaya 15h00 • The Greedy Lords Of The Jungle • Take Note • Pieces Of A Puzzle • Sharing Day • Gargoyle • The Shop • Matagalpa • Umnewethu Nomlotha (My Brother • Voice Of Our Forefathers And The Ashes)

SHORTS 4: BROKEN BORDERS 25 Spiga 20h00; 27 Royal 17h00; 30 Ekhaya 12h00; 30 Royal 17h00; 01 Folweni 10h00 • A Better Life • Thembalethu (Our Hope) • E4D4 • Ulysses • Shan At The Dawn • Tumelo • Blood On My Hands • New Dawn Rising • Project Morning Star

78 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 SHORTS 5: KWASUKA SUKELA 24 Mandeni 13h00; 25 Royal 17h00; 25 Spiga 22h00; 28 Ekhaya 15h00; 31 Royal 17h30 • Delroy Kincaid • Didi And Gigi • Listen To The Rain • Miss Sgodiphola • Free Flight • This Is Not A Fly • Vuyiswa And The Magic Fish • Wagah • Mena • Coming Home • There’s No Antenna Here

SHORTS 6: LOST AND FOUND 24 Mandeni 15h00; 25 Nzuma 15h00; 27 Royal 13h00; 29 Ekhaya 15h00; 31 Royal 15h00 • Wide Open • The Tangent • A Wake • Jesus And The Giant • Ngoma • Men Of The Number • Hush • That Man • Bekezela

INSTALLATION PACKAGE: WATCH! BUKA! KYK! 30 KZNSA 18h00; 31 Royal 13h00; 31 Spiga 22h00; 02 Ekhaya 12h00

• Chick • Me And My Monster • People Are • The Mysteries Of Nature • Mona Lisa • Revolution Contra Revolution • Post • Strings • Painting Paradise • Signals • Variety • John Wayne Hated Horses • Bryum & Kapok • Exotica

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 79 WAVESCAPES SURF FILM FESTIVAL www.wavescapes.co.za

BLACK PEOPLE DON'T SWIM 27 Suncoast B 22h30; 30 Suncoast B 18h00 d. Lucilla Blankenberg, South Africa 2008 W Cut to a beanie-clad comedian standing in a spotlight: "When white people dance, they swim. When black people swim, they drown." This documentary follows junior longboard champion Kwezi Qika during an episode in his life (literally). It investigates myth and stereotype, which is chucked into the trash, and hails the sacrifi ce made by his domestic worker mum. Music by Roger Lucey, superb wave riding by Kwezi, and a cameo by Shaun Tomson. English, Video, 47 min

FLY IN THE CHAMPAGNE 26 Bay 18h00; 31 Suncoast B 18h00 d. Iron Bros Productions, USA 2009 W Is it a case of No Kandui? The aptly titled fi lm documents the fi erce rivalry between Andy Irons and Kelly Slater. It comes to a head on Kandui Island in Indo, one of the most insane lefthand barrels in the world. With top cinematographers and action sports personality Sal Masekela, son of South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela, helping to produce the fi lm, it's a slick production jam-packed with visuals of breathtaking quality. Little wonder: you have two of the best surfers in the business to drive the subject matter. English, Video, 48 min

THE GLACIER PROJECT 27 Suncoast B 18h00; 30 Suncoast B 20h00 d. Ryan Casey and Brent Meeske, USA 2009 W You will soon shiver in empathetic fear as 400 foot glaciers cave into the sea, huge chunks slamming into the water – the world's biggest wave machine. Your teeth will chatter at the idea that you can die from ice shrapnel fi red from the crack of detonating ice. Big wave surfers Kealii Mamala and Garrett McNamara kak themselves on a bizarre mission to Alaska, dodging falling glacial ice to ride its wave. This is crazy stuff . Success will bring back-pats and warm cheer at pioneering a fast-dwindling frontier. Failure means death. English, Video, 55 min

80 30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 INSIDE TEAHUPOO 28 Suncoast B 20h00; 31 Suncoast B 18h00 d. Red Bull, USA 2008 W In late 2007, a team of elite big wave surfers volunteered to test a revolutionary new camera system. Their destination: Teahupoo, Tahiti, into the heart of one of the heaviest waves known to man. With almost 10 kilograms strapped to their backs, they made repeated attempts to capture the most spectacular footage ever seen in a barrel. If successful, the audience would visually experience a wave like never before. And were they? Four days later, the biggest swell in years hit and the entire big wave community descended. This is your chance to look inside Teahupoo. English, Video, 35 min

MUSICA SURFICA 27 Suncoast B 22h30; 31 Suncoast B 20h00 d. Mick Sowry, Australia 2008 W A unique gathering of classical musicians and surfers join to open minds. They demonstrate the benefi ts of taking risks in art. Shot on King Island in Southern Australia, the documentary follows one man's creative journey, Richard Tognetti, leading violinist and Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, as he seeks new inspiration from traditional and classical music. He teams up with J-Bay home owner and frequent visitor Derek Hynd, one of the world's most infl uential surfers, who challenges him, Tom Carroll, and others to ride an un-fi nned surfboard that demands fresh thinking, or ancient methods, to keep control. English, Video, 46 min

ON A RAIL: EUROPE 28 Suncoast B 18h00; 29 Suncoast B 22h15 d. Timothy Ryan, USA 2009 W Dylan Graves, Blake Jones and Dane Ward fi nd epic surf while touring the lavish and storied lands of coastal Europe while soaking up the diverse melting pot of cultures. From scoring waves in super-fun French beach breaks, barrelling Spain and pumping perfection in Scotland the boys do it all on this trip. A grassroots way of travelling turns into a cultural implosion through one of the most-travelled destinations in the world. Shot on brilliant full-HD, the stunning imagery will impress as the movie unfolds into a memoir for most that have travelled Europe by the famed Eurail. English, Video, 24 min

ONE TRACK MIND 30 Suncoast B 20h00 d. Chris Malloy, USA 2008 W A quick-fi re burst of adrenal overload by master fi lmmaker Chris Malloy (September Sessions, Thicker than Water) as we go into the hearts and minds of pro surfers, including Jordy, Kelly, Taj, Mick, AI, Parko, and Machado. Includes chats with Curren, Occy and many others. Like the other fl icks Chris Malloy has made, the music is a standout. A truly epic soundtrack makes you want to paddle off your seat and get barrelled down the aisle. A rhythmic exploration of the evolution techniques as espoused by one of the most prolifi c surfers of our time. English, Video, 36 min

30th Durban International Film Festival 2009 81 OUT THERE 28 Suncoast B 18h00; 29 Suncoast B 22h15 d. Steve Jones, Todd Jones and Corey Gavitt, USA 2008 W Cool collaboration between the Surfrider Foundation and Teton Gravity Research to highlight the plight of endangered surf spots in Chile, Galapagos, Tahiti, California, El Salvador and Hawaii. The good, the bad and the ugly – okay mostly the latter two - of pollution and humankind's impact on our oceans. Among the issues include threats to Trestles in Southern California, pulp mill pollution in Southern Chile and unrestricted development along Hawaii's famed North Shore and in Tahiti. Cutting edge cinematography with board-cams, water-cams, land perspectives, jet-ski follow cams, and aerial cinematography. English, Video, 55 min PERFECT TEN 29 Suncoast B 20h00; 31 Suncoast B 20h00 d. Neil Webster, South Africa 2009 W A decade of hardcore wave-riding around the Cape of Storms culminated in the most epic Red Bull Big Wave Africa of all in 2008. Held in glassy 20 foot surf at Dungeons, it was a fi tting end to an era. Perfect Ten looks back, but with special focus on the 2008 event, won by incorrigible Durbanite Grant 'Twiggy' Baker. The energy, the carnage of big wave surfi ng, the bravado, and the mullets who make it their mission are all captured in a fast-paced action doccie that celebrates South African big wave riding. English, Video, 47 min

WATERMAN 28 Suncoast B 20h00 d. Don King, Sonny Miller and Jeff Hornbaker, USA 2008 W A multi-disciplined exploration of surfi ng roots and off shoots as Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, Gerry Lopez and Rob Machado – with Chris, Keith and Dan Malloy – cruise perfect Indo on the ultimate boat trip. So it should be – they're on the fi ve-star Indies Trader IV! A classic collective of some of the most infl uential surfers in the world. Legendary cameraman Don King, who had fi ve cinematographers churning out giga-bytes from tripods, swimmers, little boats, big boats, trees, and scuba divers. As Kalama says, "If I'm dreaming, don't wake me up." Pass me the caviar and cigar my bra. English, Video, 55 min

WELCOME TO MY PARADISE 27 Suncoast B 18h00; 28 Ekhaya 12h00; 30 Suncoast B 18h00 d. Rhonda Klevansky, South Africa/USA 2009 W A tight documentary about the sandcastle builders of the Bay of Plenty in Durban. The fi lmmaker delves into the story of Xolani Sibiya and his side-kick George Joao Benjamin. Through rich visuals edited into a 'day-in-the-life' sequence of beach life, sandcastles and social interaction, interspersed with personal insights and anecdotes, the fi lm goes further than the beautiful sculptures tourists and locals see on the beach. Filmmaker in attendance English and Zulu with English subtitles, Video, 21 min

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