The six young filmmakers taking part in ABC iview’s Race Around the World are in the sixth week of their global adventure.
Only finding out their destination with a day’s notice, each filmmaker had just 10 days to find a story and produce a short film, to be judged by a panel of experts.
But we also want your two cents. From elephant tracking in Botswana to running up mountains in Nepal, catch up on every week six film, vote for your favourite, and find out where they’re headed next.
Take part in our audience poll at the bottom of this page, or save the scroll and click here.
Elliot in Nepal
Title: The Ghurka Detox
What’s it about? Exploring Nepal’s legendary warrior culture, the Ghurka Detox follows Elliot’s attempt to survive brutal military challenges that push him far beyond his comfort zone
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Where is he headed next? Azerbaijan
Mikaela in Louisiana, USA
Title: Control and Compel
What’s it about? Mikaela finds herself in New Orleans and turns to witches, tarot cards and voodoo in a desperate attempt to change her luck, and possibly curse the competition.
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Where is she headed next? Germany
William in Chile
Title: The UFO Files
What’s it about? Welcome to a new episode of the UFO Files! This episode, we meet Chilean Octavio Ortiz, who has made friends with aliens on Friendship Island.
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Where is he headed next? Maine, USA
Jayden in Timor-Leste
Title: Grandfather Crocodile
What’s it about? When the Timorese are taken by their revered Grandfather Crocodile, loved ones are faced with a tough ordeal: kill or move on.
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Where is he headed next? India
Kate in Scotland
Title: A very relaxing video
What’s it about? A physical and mental program combining essential elements of Scottish Highlander living, muscle toning, enhanced flexibility and even stress reduction.
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Where is she headed next? Mexico
Lucinda in Botswana
Title: Man or Elephant
What’s it about? Would you rather be alone in Botswana with a man you met on WhatsApp for two minutes, or 130,000 wild elephants?
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Where is she headed next? France
Pick your favourite
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Note: This poll doesn’t determine the results of the show.
The poll will close on Friday, July 17, at 4:00pm.
Get to know the contestants
Describe yourself in three words: Artistic, poetic, magazine.
My motto for Race Around the World is: Art is subjective. Not everyone is going to like your film, so as long as you make something that you’re proud of, it doesn’t really matter if people don’t like it.
One item that’s making the suitcase no matter what: Wired headphones. There’s too much travel to rely on a charged set of AirPods.
My greatest fear while overseas is: Having luggage go overboard and get wet. With all our filming gear, water is really hard to recover from.
Describe yourself in three words: Chaotic, introverted extrovert.
My motto for Race Around the World is: I always liked this saying in Portuguese, “Viva como se fosse morrer amanhã”, which is like, live as if you will die tomorrow. I think you just need to enjoy every day.
One item that’s making the suitcase no matter what: My glasses, but I’ll lose them. I’ve lost three pairs of glasses in the last month.
My greatest fear while overseas is: Something happening to people that I love while I’m away.
Describe yourself in three words: Easy-going, lively, passionate.
My motto for Race Around the World is: I think this one’s actually plagiarised from the big man David Attenborough, but if people don’t care about something, they won’t protect it, and people won’t care about something they can’t see.
One item that’s making the suitcase no matter what: My long lens. It’s a really long, stupidly heavy, big thing that no one in their right mind would want to carry when you’re running around to 10 different countries.
My greatest fear while overseas is: Getting to day nine and a story having completely fallen through, or if I shot a full story with someone, and then I’m ready to submit it, and for whatever reason, the person in the story pulls the pin.
Describe yourself in three words: Bubbly, curious, unconventional.
My motto for Race Around the World is: YOLO [you only live once].
One item that’s making the suitcase no matter what: A necklace that means a lot to me, that’s my talisman.
My greatest fear while overseas is: The logistics. I dread not getting sleep.
Describe yourself in three words: Curious, Wollongong, humorist
My motto for Race Around the World is: Water off a duck’s back.
One item that’s making the suitcase no matter what: My nan’s ring, that would be my lucky charm.
My greatest fear while overseas is: A misunderstanding would be really dreadful. Being Australian, I feel like we have a very good sense of humour, but it can also be a little bit different. You don’t want people to think you’re making fun of them, but that’s sometimes how that can be interpreted.
Describe yourself in three words: Content, introspective, disorganised
My motto for Race Around the World is: Have fun.
One item that’s making the suitcase no matter what: My Nintendo Switch.
My greatest fear while overseas is: My reputation for being a machine learning engineer getting tarnished by the fact that, I don’t know, maybe I say something about not wanting to do it when really, I love my job.
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