This year’s London International Documentary Festival will be three Austrian films: Little Alien (being screened at the ACF London on 21 June, see special programmes for more information), Hitchhike the Wind and Really Hard be a Good Masai.

Hitchhike the Wind is about five young Austrians on an extraordinary two month sailing trip to the Aral Lake in Kazakhstan. Their boat is made out of junk: an old car and a parachute. The film documents not oly the journey but also the construction and final destruction of the ship itself.

Really Hard be a Good Masai is a moving portrait and intriguing insight into the lives of adolescent Masai-warriors. Reflecting upon the impact of tourism on their identity and traditions, the film places the viewer in the heart of the action and sweeps them along.

For more information visit  www.lidf.co.uk