A lioness and her daughters hold the key to the survival of Namibia's rare desert lions. Two years ago they gave birth to five male cubs, and through the hardships of the desert and without a pride male, they are raising them to independence, showing them how to hunt both the smallest and the largest prey - even including giraffes. Filmed over more than two years, we see the secret lives of the ‘Five Musketeers’ as they roam the rugged mountains, majestic sand dunes, gravel plains, scrublands, and even the beaches of Namibia's Skeleton coast. In this place of constant danger, everlasting hunger and thirst, and inevitable suffering, five young lions must conquer the desert and establish their own kingdom.

Nominated for the Cinematography Award / Austria / 50 mins / A co-production by ORF, Interspot Film, ARTE, Smithsonian Networks, Into Nature Productions & Boksdocs with ORF-Enterprise

Image Credit: ORF / Into Nature Productions / Lianne Steenkamp

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