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FEATURE FILMSIT FELT LIKE LOVEd. Eliza Hittman, United States,201362 34th Durban International Film Festival20 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST B; 25 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST B;27 JULY 17:30 SUNCOAST BFrom writer-director Eliza Hittman comes this remarkably assured and psychologicallyperceptive debut about a young girl who is intent on losing her virginity. Lila is a teenagegirl who is desperate to keep up with the activities of her sexually active best friend Chiara.When she hears Chiara talk about how the brutish Sammy will sleep with anyone, Lila seesher chance to close the experience gap between them. Featuring a perfectly calibratedperformance from Gina Piersanti as Lila, this rawly unsentimental coming-of-age tale isevocatively shot, sharply written and precisely and engagingly directed. African Premiere.English, 82 minIT’S US (NI SISI)19 JULY 18:00 EKHAYA; 20 JULY 18:30 SNEDDON;d. Nick Reding, Kenya, 201326 JULY 10:00 SUPERNOVA; 27 JULY 12:00 MUSGRAVE AIt’s Us portrays a typical Kenyan community consisting of a harmonious muddle of tribes,intermarriages, and extended families. Then, one day, rumours begin to spread, mistrustsuddenly takes hold and people are identified as belonging to different tribes. Caughtin this ripple effect, old friends begin to turn on each other and, in a matter of days, thebonds and alliances that are the foundation of the community are severed. Despite itsjoyous vibrancy, It's Us is a film that deals with vitally important issues, both in Kenya, stillrecovering from the violence of 2008, and beyond. World Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceSwahili with English subtitles, 92 minKHUMBAd. Anthony Silverston, South Africa, 24 JULY 10:00 SUPERNOVA; 27 JULY 14:30 MUSGRAVE B;201328 JULY 14:30 MUSGRAVE BIn this latest outing from Cape Town’s Triggerfish animation studio – who gave us lastyear’s DIFF award-winning Adventures in Zambezia – a half-striped zebra named Khumba,who is rejected by his insular and superstitious herd, embarks on a daring quest to earnhis stripes. Along the way, Khumba encounters a colourful range of characters whoteach him that diversity is essential for survival and that one’s difference can, in fact, beone’s strength. The spirit of The Lion King meets the humour of Chicken Run in this quirkycoming-of-age quest straight from the heart of southern Africa. African Premiere.Filmmakers in attendanceEnglish, 90 min