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