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