AfricAvenir & SA High Commission celebrate 20 Years of Freedom with the screening of Felix
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of South Africa's freedom since the first democratic elections on 27 April 1994, AfricAvenir Windhoek and the South African High Commission present the screening of the feel-good movie Felix , directed by Roberta Durrant, 2013, South Africa, 97 min., on Saturday, 30 August, 19h00, at the Goethe-Centre Windhoek.
The screening is done in partnership with and with financial support of Old Mutual. We thank Old Mutual for their support.
About the film:
14-year-old Felix Xaba dreams of becoming a saxophonist like his late father but his mother Lindiwe thinks jazz is the devil's music. When Felix leaves his township friends to take up a scholarship at an elitist private school, he defies his mother and turns to two aging members of his father's old band to help him prepare for the school jazz concert.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XC2YXTxuhQ
The film has won a number of international awards and rave reviews that can be seen here: http://www.felixthemovie.com/
Awards:
Among the awards are:
Audience Choice Award at Durban International Film Festival, Durban, South Africa,
Lucas award for best film at the Lucas International Children's Film Festival, Frankfurt, Germany
Michel award at the Hamburg Film Festival, Germany
Best Director award at the African International Film Festival, Calabar, Nigeria
The Marcinek award for best full-length film for children at the International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino, Poland
Teacher's Jury Special mention award at the International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino, Poland
Special Jury Recognition: First Feature film by a director, at the Pan African Film festival, Los Angeles, USA
Audience Award at Tumbleweeds Film festival, Utah, USA
Best Childrens Feature as voted by the Childrens Jury in Antwerp at the European Youth Film festival of Flanders
Writer's Guild of South Africa (WGSA) Muse Award for Best Feature Script
Youth Jury prize for Best Film at the Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, Canada
Best Film award at Kikife International Children's Film Festival, Schw bisch Gm nd, Germany
Die Goldene Klappe award for Best Picture at the Augsburg Children's Film Festival, Germany
About the director:
Roberta Durrant graduated with a BA Hon degree in Drama and English from the University of Stellenbosch. In the early part of her career she acted in various television series in South Africa and feature films both local and international. She has performed and directed at the Young Vic Theatre and at the Edinburgh Festival.
Since 1985 she has produced and/or directed many drama series and 3 feature films in South Africa. Most notably: Multiple iEmmy nominee Home Affairs, Sokhulu and Partners, and award-winning comedies such as: Madam and Eve, Stokvel and About Us.
Roberta has produced two feature films, Inside Out, successfully distributed in South Africa by Ster-Kinekor and internationally by Icon Entertainment, and Skilpoppe, based on the award-winning novel by Barry Hough and part of M-Net's Local Movie of the Month initiative.
She received a 2012 Lifetime Achievement award from the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa.
African Perspectives is an on-going project by AfricAvenir. Current partners are AfriCine, the Goethe-Centre Windhoek, Namibian German Foundation, WhatsOnWindhoek, and Turipamwe Design. Copyright AfricAvenir 2014
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AfricAvenir & SA High Commission celebrate 20 Years of Freedom with the screening of Felix 
