Two weeks down, eight to go. Six filmmakers have tackled their second assignment for ABC iview’s Race Around The World.
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 dating in Jamaica to world domination in Greenland, check out every week two film, choose your favourite, and find out where they’re headed next.
Take part in our audience poll at the bottom of this page, or save yourself a scroll and click here.
Lucinda in Jamaica
Title: The Pum Pum
What’s it about? Horrified by the state of modern dating, Lucinda travels to Jamaica to investigate how Australian men can get their rizz back.
Warning: The language is a little spicy in this one.
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Where is she headed next? Sweden
Jayden in Peru
Title: River of Gold
What’s it about? Ever wondered where the gold ring on your finger comes from? The Peruvian Amazon is rife with illegal and unregulated gold mining, and here it can be deadly to speak out against the environmental destruction.
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Where is he headed next? China
Mikaela in South Korea
Title: Sori (Sound)
What’s it about? A South Korean Foley artist showcases his art, his work and his passion: creating sounds.
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Where is she headed next? Morocco
Kate in Greenland
Title: A Universal King
What’s it about? Aqqisiaq lays out his plan of world domination.
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Where is she headed next? England
Elliot in South Africa
Title: Guardians of the Wild
What’s it about? From highly trained K9 units tracking poachers on the ground, to aerial surveillance scanning vast landscapes, this film reveals the coordinated system working to stop the illegal wildlife trade of rhinos.
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Where is he headed next? California, USA
William in Wales
Title: The Rock of the Night
What’s it about? At Craig Y Nos Castle, ghosts might not be the only reason you’ll hear a creak in the night.
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Where is he headed next? Costa Rica
Pick your favourite
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Note: This poll doesn’t determine the results of the show.
The poll will close on Friday, June 19, at 4pm (AEST).
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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