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