Felix: "Billy Elliott With African Jazz"

Winner of the Audience Award at Durban International Film Festival, Felix is a feelgood family film that's being described as "Billy Elliott with African jazz." Oscar-nominee Dame Janet Suzman and South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA) Best Actress winner Linda Sokhulu co-star with newcomer Hlayani Junior Mabasa, who was cast in the title role from over 500 auditions across South Africa.

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13-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 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.