"Cape Town – Feel-good South African family film, Felix won Best Children’s Film at the 36th Lucas International Children’s Film Festival in Frankfurt Germany. The festival, which ended on Sunday, is considered Germany’s premier children’s festival and received over 400 entries from across the globe. “We get a multifaceted insight into South Africa today,” the jury said about Felix at the festival’s award ceremony on Saturday. “The film tells an entertaining and exciting story with ease, great actors and good music.” Four children sat alongside industry experts on the festival’s jury to select Felix as the winning film. “We had two incredible screenings at Lucas, complete with ovations and whistles. The audience absolutely loved the film but I didn’t expect to receive the main award as the competition was stiff,” said film director Roberta Durrant. The film is about a 14 year old boy, Felix Xaba, who dreams of becoming a saxophonist like his late father, but his mother Lindiwe (Linda Sokhulu) thinks jazz is the devil’s music. When Felix leaves his township friends to take up a scholarship for grade eight 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. Felix also won the Audience Award at this year’s Durban International Film Festival, and is currently screening at The Hamburg Film Festival in Germany. Felix has already sold out its two upcoming screenings at the BFI London Film Festival, considered one of the best in the world, and will also screen at Vancouver International Film Festival in October 2013. Felix is a Penguin Films production for Sabido Productions, distributed by Crystal Brook Distribution. The DVD will be available in rental stores from 6 January 2014 and in retail stores from 20 January 2014."
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 15:33:23 +0000
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