This portrait grants an intriguing insight into the live of adolescent Masai-warriors.

This moving portrait grants an intriguing insight into the live of adolescent Masai-warriors. In its entire complexity and variety the daily routine as well as the cycle of its accompanying shows for the tourists are demonstrated with the stylistic means of Direct Cinema - for which the script of director Gabriele Neudecker has been awarded. "Really hard be good Masai" is a chronicle of young Morani-warriors and a panorama of role-aspects between being guardian of tradition, modern teenager and tourist attraction.

The viewer is placed in the middle of the action when young Morani-warriors put on quite a show for the tourists and try to energize their audience. Characteristic of the film's complexity is the depiction of making fire: over five minutes in length, we can see the young Morani are not familiar with this old tradition of fire lighting. "Really hard be good Masai" is direct cinema in a literal sense: a direct film that carries the viewer along, and without a manipulative soundtrack or the filmmaker's intervention.

Director: Gabriele Neudecker
Producers: Veresa Radosawljewitsch, Paul Moshi
Photography: Gabriele Neudecker
Editing: Christine Neudecker
Sound: Gabriele Neudecker
Music: young Masai warriors
Production Company: Drehbuchwerkstatt Salzburg + Pimp the Pony Productions in Mombasa

Awards
Best script

Subtitles: Yes
Country: Austria, Kenya
Language: English
Length: 10 min
Colour: Yes

Keywords: rural, Social, social documentary, third world and tourism, Tradition, Youth



Premiere "Kenya Cinema" in Mombasa am 23.09.2010 und anschließender Kinoeinsatz im regulären Kinoprogramm

International Competition "Competencia Documental Social" des 27. Festival de Cine de Bogota 2010 vom 29. Sept. 2010 - 07. Oct. 2010

VII Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes del Cusco FENACO Peru 2010 von 11. Nov. 2010 - 13. Nov. 2010

Festival Film and New Media Kenya 03. Dec. - 05. Dec. 2010

Anchorage International Film Festival vom 03. Dec. - 16. Dec. 2010

Filmski Front - International Film Festival Novi Sad Serbia von 16. - 18. Dec. 2010

Film Festival Monrovia - "Through the lens" vom 17. Dec. - 21. Dec. 2010

Sociology Festival New Media University of Zambia von 28. Jan. - 30. Jan. 2011

African Film Festival 2011 Malabo, Äquatorial Guinea 18. - 20. Feb. 2011

Ljubljana Int. Short Film Festival 2011, Slovenia 14. - 16. March 2011

World Film Festival Houston - Remi Awards - 08. - 17. April 2011 - Remi Award-Bronze Winner 2011

Athens International Film and Video Festival, Ohio (USA) - Oscar-Booster film festival 22. - 28. April 2011

Documenta Madrid 2011 (Spain) 06. - 15. May 2011

London International Documentary Festival (UK) 13. - 28. May 2011
www.lidf.co.uk/film/really-hard-be-a-good-masai/

Digital Creativity Festival, South Africa - 17. - 21. June 2011

Festival of Documentary Direction in Herceg Novi, Montengro - 02. - 06. August 2011

Vietnam Boat Film Festival, 03.-05. Oct. 2011

African Film Festival Mumbai (University of Mumbai) 21. - 23. Oct. 2011

Chengdu Student Documentary Film Festival, 10. - 13. Nov. 2011