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00:00You
00:04Six filmmakers
00:08Making 10 films in 10 countries
00:13The slippery slope
00:17This is race around the world
00:25Welcome to race around the world
00:28I'm Zan Rowe and it's time for what is fast becoming
00:32The world's most incoherent Contiki Tour
00:35Tonight we'll be heading to Sweden, China, Morocco, California, Costa Rica and England
00:42So shall we meet this week's judges?
00:46Joining us are three bona fide names in Aussie filmmaking
00:50He's the writer, director and actor behind some of Australia's most beloved stories
00:55Redfern Now, Top End Wedding and The Sapphires
00:59Which scored him an actor for Best Director
01:01It's a career that started, as all great careers should, with the late shift at VideoEasy in the 90s
01:07Please welcome Wayne Blair
01:13Next up is the director of Deadlock, Heartbreak High, The Artful Dodger and Otto by Otto
01:19Which also nabbed her an actor
01:21She arrived in this industry with a famous surname and very quickly made it irrelevant
01:25Please welcome Gracie Otto
01:30And finally, as always, our series regular and yes, also an actor winner, it's Jon Safran
01:39A lot of winners on stage right now
01:41Have you ever been in competition with each other before?
01:44No
01:45Not a fan
01:46I don't think we've ever been nominated against each other
01:49You weren't in the Actor Award for Best Prankster?
01:53No
01:55Gracie, you've directed many big names, including Blaine Blair
01:59Any hot goss?
02:01Is he hard or is he easy to direct?
02:02Wayne is great
02:02No, Wayne is very dedicated
02:03I remember when we were shooting my film Seriously Red
02:06You came at my lunch break and we did a few rehearsals
02:09Yeah
02:09You want to go through some things
02:10But he's got such good timing with comedy and jokes but also drama
02:14So I would hire him in a hot second but he's never available
02:17I think he cut me out a little bit in your film too
02:20I'm just
02:22I was watching it and I go
02:23I think he said, I really enjoy you in the film
02:25Wayne, I was there opening night and I started watching it
02:28I said, where am I?
02:29So you love seeing Wayne but mainly on the cutting room floor
02:32Is that what you say?
02:32No, I think with the film we were trying to compress the start of the film
02:36You know, Wayne was at the start, here we go
02:38You sound like HR
02:40Yeah, HR's coming
02:41John, third week, third country, third film
02:45Do you remember what it felt like at this stage when you originally raced around the world in 1997?
02:51Oh yeah, I was very disappointed with my first film
02:53My second one was a bit better but I was totally stressed out
02:56So I can't imagine how stressed they are
02:59Did you ever have a moment where you genuinely didn't think you'd get a film in?
03:03Ah, well, I got disqualified twice
03:07So
03:09Like yeah, I didn't get one film in and then I got another one disqualified for
03:14It was unethical
03:17And that was when I went to Brazil
03:20And I went to different confession booths and confessed the same sin
03:25In the different confession booths and then sort of like scored up the amount of Hail Marys and Our Fathers
03:30that I was given
03:32And I said
03:34Because the camera was always generally pointed at me by the way
03:38Yeah
03:38Except occasionally through the grate you might see a little bit of the priest's nose or whatever like that
03:43And yes, I went all the way to the top at the ABC and they said nah
03:48Well, we'll see what happens tonight
03:50It's week three
03:51The novelty has worn off
03:52The fatigue has set in
03:54And the story leads are evaporating faster than a 10-day countdown
03:58Let's see how our race has fared this time around
04:01Here we go again
04:04Palm Springs
04:05A lot of mountains
04:07A desert
04:08Let's see if I can find a story here
04:11How do you know you're in America?
04:13Look!
04:14We're going to Sweden
04:18Welcome to Morocco
04:20The Riyadh man is pushing my luggage through the streets
04:23And I'm struggling to keep up
04:24Okay, so good morning and welcome to the most active volcano in Costa Rica
04:32Well, I made it to the crater
04:33And I don't know if you can tell but I can't see shit
04:38Just rode into London town
04:41Oh no!
04:43Oh shit!
04:45Oh no!
04:48It's so relaxing
04:49Ni hao folks
04:52I'm, uh, in Shanghai, China
04:55Not my first rodeo
04:57I've had sweet and sour pork before
04:59I've had honey chicken before
05:01How hard can this place be?
05:04Yee-haw!
05:05Yee-haw!
05:06When someone tells you that you can go
05:08to a national park in the Great Wall of China
05:11And I'm not going to say yes
05:16Oh baby
05:18I just can't believe how red the dirt is
05:21Like, it looks like home
05:23Thought I'd go to a traditional Costa Rican grocery store
05:30It's been a very, very long couple of travel days
05:34I think it's all just kind of catching up to me
05:38I've been in four different time zones in the last, like, four couple of weeks
05:42The adrenaline of it and the excitement and the newness has worn off
05:45And so now the task at hand is just growing and seeming really, really overwhelming
05:49I have about five days less, a little less
05:53And I have had something like seven leads fall through
05:59I am pretty desperate at this point
06:03It's just the time pressure, man
06:04I've got a week to go now
06:06And I don't know what story I'm going to do
06:08My name's Elliot
06:10I'm a filmmaker working on a short documentary
06:13My name's Elliot Constable
06:15Sorry, thank you for calling me
06:16Back
06:20Just can't get access
06:24So my plan now, um, is to go to a gay bar
06:28So I'm trying to find a story
06:30But also, if I don't get picked up here, I'll be very disciplined
06:37Now, that is a cliffhanger
06:39And there's only one way to find out whether Elliot got hit on or not
06:43Let's bring up our racers
06:49Elliot, you've got to fill us in
06:51Did you get picked up?
06:52Of course I got picked up, Sam
06:54But, you know, I'm looking for stories, you know what I mean?
06:57You've got to just kind of push yourself, I guess, and meet people
06:59Yeah, by dating
07:01This is your secret weapon, I've said it before, I'll say it again
07:04I can't help but notice, William, you have a teddy bear beanie on your head
07:11Oh, it's a sloth! I love it!
07:14It's a sloth, it's a sloth, absolutely
07:17Puro Vida everyone, I'm in Costa Rica
07:19I unfortunately didn't get to see one
07:20I learned, um, a little after I got here that there's quite a few
07:24But I just didn't spot one
07:26Oh my gosh
07:26So I brought one to you guys
07:28Mikaela, I can't see much where you are
07:30But there's a beautiful looking building in the background
07:33I'm on the rooftops of Marrakesh
07:36It's just past 5.30am
07:38And yeah, you'll probably hear the mosques going off
07:41There's a couple of call to prayers that happen before sunrise
07:44But yeah, hopefully the sun will rise soon
07:46And you guys will be able to see all of the rooftops of the Medina
07:49And for you, Jaden, you're wearing red, you're in China
07:52Ni hao zan
07:54I found myself in the Yu Yang Gardens in Shanghai
07:58I've just got my new cup with Chinese magpies on it
08:03Which I've been assured means joyful things to come
08:06So Wayne, Gracie, John, if you take note of that, that'd be great
08:11Now Jaden, you are the front runner so far
08:15Who of the other racers are ready to knock him off his throne this week?
08:20It's impossible to knock a guy with that moustache off
08:24I've added little bits of grey wisdom into the bid this week as well
08:28So I think it's going to get even harder
08:31Alright, do you reckon we should hit play on some of these films?
08:38Kicking things off tonight is William in Costa Rica
08:42A tiny Central American country that somehow crams rainforests, volcanoes and 5% of the world's species into an area
08:50smaller than Tasmania
08:52Costa Rica, nature's wonderland
08:54How much did you know about this place going in, William?
08:57Oh, Zan, it's a little embarrassing but honestly, I knew very little
09:01I knew they spoke Spanish, I knew we were in Central or South America, not sure which one yet
09:07And I had a vague inkling that some good coffee was made there
09:11But you're right, it's absolutely a wonderland
09:13If I were on a holiday, I would have loved it
09:14Last week Danny Philippou told you to be more vulnerable in your films
09:19Did that impact the way that you told your story this week?
09:22Yeah, look, I really appreciated that I could see where he was coming from
09:26I think it's really difficult to adapt on the fly
09:29But at the same time, I did eventually end up finding a film that really needed that vulnerability
09:34So you will see that
09:35Alright, I can't wait to watch. Thank you, William
09:38Let's take a look at our first film
09:40Here is La Pura Vida de la Abuela Rica
09:43Or The Pure Life of the Costa Rican Grandmother
09:56My name is Doña Luz
09:59I'm 71 years old
10:01And I'm very happy with my grandmother
10:06This is my farm
10:07This is my cafe
10:14My family
10:20It's a family that they're very loving
10:23My husband has been 11 and a half years old
10:29And they're there with me
10:31They're so busy
10:32They don't leave me alone
10:36I was just like, mom or grandma, that's a lot of fun.
10:43My husband was a very worker.
10:48My relationship with him was very nice.
10:51Where he lived, I lived.
10:53Where I lived, I lived.
10:54They liked to live together.
10:58It was so beautiful to live with him on a motorcycle.
11:03For me, they are my favorite motorcycle.
11:07Of course, I don't go because I had a little accident.
11:13But for me, this is the motorcycle.
11:20I'm happy in my kitchen.
11:24I thank God that I'm in my kitchen.
11:27And with a lot of love.
11:29What I do are empanadas.
11:32And I make them with a lot of love.
11:35These are my empanadas.
11:40I like to play music.
11:43That's the first thing.
11:44I also play.
11:47I play in the kitchen alone.
11:53I play.
11:54I have to walk.
11:55I listen to music.
11:58I do exercises.
11:59I like to play.
12:02And dance.
12:03If it's not fun.
12:06Pura vida es que uno se siente bien y tal vez los demás van y tal vez están un poquito
12:14ahí, ¿verdad?, con una tristecita o algo y ya uno pasa muy contento uno y les hace pura vida, entonces
12:22ellos también y ya le hacen que está pura vida a ellos también.
12:27Esa es la palabra, ¿verdad?, de nosotros los chicos.
12:33No tiene por qué tener estrés, se deja llevar, como digo yo siempre, con la brisa del viento y como
12:42las aguas y usted, con una sonrisa, quita el estrés.
13:18Sí, sí, sí, sí, sí, sí, sí.
13:44Entonces, si hubiera este tipo de personalidad de, como, yo me gusta, yo me gusta, yo me gusta, yo me
13:48gusta, yo me gusta, yo me gusta, yo me gusta, yo me gusta.
13:52Well, I Simon Cow'd you last week, but, which I didn't want to do, I don't want to be the
13:58Simon Cow of the show, but sometimes it's called for, but it's definitely the best of your three films.
14:07I like the jeans one. The baby jeans. I thought that was great and I thought you should have got
14:12all the points for that.
14:13But can I say something, The Hornet House, I appreciated The Hornet House and how it was different to everything
14:19else.
14:19We were judging on the wrong weeks. I mean, it's all context though, isn't it? We're watching filmmakers grow week
14:25by week.
14:26Yeah, but I love the baby jeans.
14:28Wayne, you sort of touched on some of the shots that you really loved. Will, that shot of the abuela
14:34through the window where you're talking about the joy she finds in life and she's just there preparing food that
14:41you can also see the natural world being reflected in that window.
14:45That is just one of the most beautiful shots I've seen so far in this competition. I could frame it.
14:50Thank you. Thank you. At the, at the, in the moment I was just freaking about the, freaking out about
14:55the exposure. So I'm glad it paid off.
14:57How are you feeling right now about the film you've made this week?
14:59I think one thing that I've really repeated to myself throughout this process so far is I make what's in
15:05front of me. Um, so jeans guy was kind of funny. Haunted House was, you know, a little creepy, a
15:12little funny, a little zany. And I think, you know, Donyela's was just sweet. And so I made that.
15:17Has the abuela seen the film? Yes. Yes. Donyela's has seen it and she loves it. And that's probably what
15:23makes me happiest.
15:25She's definitely posting that film when it's available on Facebook for all of her family members to see.
15:30Yes. One hundred percent. And I will reactivate my Facebook to like it.
15:36Thank you so much, William. And thank you to your new abuela as well.
15:40Great. Thank you, everyone. Beautiful stuff.
15:45One down, all the rest of them to go. Where to next? And it's Lucinda in Sweden, the country that
15:53gave the world ABBA, flat pack furniture and the many relationship breakdowns that come with assembling said furniture.
16:00Lucinda, what do you make of Sweden?
16:03It's fresh. It's clean. It's considered the shopping, the food. I absolutely love it.
16:09Okay. Well, we're very excited about seeing your film. Here is Alemannsretten, which I won't explain because the film does
16:16it better.
16:17Did you know that your tax pays for the ABC and the ABC is paying for me to be here
16:22in Stockholm, one of the most expensive cities in the world.
16:25But unlike other delegates, I refuse to waste your taxpayer money.
16:28So I've taken myself deep into the Swedish forest to save your money and to face my fears.
16:34You see, here in Sweden, there's a thing called Alemannsretten, which translates to right to roam.
16:39It means you can set up a tent and live off the land pretty much anywhere.
16:42So my mission was clear. How much taxpayer money could I save living in the forest for three days?
16:48First things first, the gear.
16:50So I've joined a Facebook group of women explorers who will share things with people who are visiting Sweden.
16:54And I'm going to go meet a woman to pick up her things.
16:57She didn't hesitate in lending me her full kit for free, axe included.
17:02Next, I patron Swedish salvos for a pot and a puffer vest, lest I starve and freeze.
17:07Then onto transportation. Unfortunately, hire cars do not fall under the Alemannsretten umbrella.
17:13The budget was blown to bits, but I had to hit the road.
17:24I've never smelled something this good before.
17:27I've never smelled forest in my life.
17:30I'm feeling joy in my spirit.
17:33Fork in the road. Nice.
17:36Oh my God. Sorry, I just heard something. What the ****?
17:40No, ****. Literally walking directly into the woods. Are you serious?
17:46Aww.
17:47It was at this point that memories of U9 camp started flooding back.
17:50I'd almost been helivacked out of Gippsland Lakes. Such was the inhumanity of the situation.
17:56This is where I'm staying.
17:59Enter my $20 tent. The next challenge was fire.
18:11Oh, yep. I'm over it. Piss off.
18:15So I'm just doing like a teepee.
18:19As they say, build it and they will come.
18:23Hey.
18:24We are a gang who's taking the run. Can we grill together?
18:29Yeah, yeah, of course.
18:30I had offered up my fire as a manipulation tactic.
18:33Certain the Swedish family would trade me a hot dog.
18:36Instead, I was left to survive off a packet of sugar I borrowed from a cafe.
18:40I was having no luck on land, so the next option was clear.
18:47Oh, that was a real bite.
18:48You got a bite?
18:49Yeah, I had a bite.
18:51The fish evaded my capture and I returned to camp, ravenous and destitute.
18:57As the sun goes away a little bit more and more, I do feel somewhat uneasy in the forest.
19:04Okay, not only is it a full moon, I think it's a blood moon or for some reason it's bright
19:08orange.
19:08I don't know anything about astrology or an enough said.
19:16I'm too afraid to close my eyes.
19:22And I'm too afraid to keep the moment.
19:25Kidding.
19:26That's a Blair Witch Project if anyone remembers it.
19:28As you can tell, I wasn't scared at all.
19:31Until I noticed it.
19:33I swear I can hear someone snoring.
19:42There was no way I was spending another two nights in the forest with a demon suffering from sleep apnea.
19:48So I fled for Stockholm.
19:49The average cost of a night in Sweden?
19:52$400.
19:53The average cost of Elliman Stratton?
19:55Double that.
19:56And the excuse to never camp again?
19:58Well, that's priceless.
20:06So, Lucinda, I thought that was so good.
20:11Like there were so many good things.
20:12Everything's really good.
20:13Everything's a real improvement.
20:15And then like one fumble, which I'll get to.
20:18But it was like the great bit was just engaging with the audience.
20:21You know, trawling the ABC audience about how you're spending their taxpayer money.
20:26All the adventure was great.
20:28And then when you Blair Witch Project it and you're just totally undermining.
20:33Like we wanted, like you should have done the sincere experiment of you there overnight.
20:39Instead of just undermining it with whatever.
20:42Like it's scary being somewhere overnight.
20:45The guy snoring.
20:47Like that's gold.
20:48You know what I mean?
20:49Like you should have like had cuts of you in the tent and going, being too rattled to go outside
20:55the tent or whatever.
20:56Or if you went outside and you Blair Witch Project through the forest just a bit.
21:01Actually like that would have, it would have been awesome.
21:05You know what I mean?
21:05This feedback is great because I had shot all of that.
21:09So I think my instinct is in the right place in terms of what to capture.
21:14Every week I'm trying to get better at following my instinct in terms of the edit of what's important and
21:20not getting lost in the gag.
21:22But I think like the really cool thing is obviously you've discovered your voice and you're just going to get
21:29it right next time.
21:31And so yeah, no worries at all.
21:33Gracie what did you think of the film?
21:34I really loved it.
21:36I think listening is so great on camera.
21:39So funny.
21:39I guess my only like feedback maybe for next time is to maybe look into the cinematography a bit more
21:46and see how you can get some really beautiful shots in there.
21:49Because obviously you're just so good at grabbing what's happening right in front of you.
21:52You know, I felt, I felt there was a cheeky start to it, which is, you know, a cheeky dig
21:58at the ABC, of course.
22:00Halfway through, I just felt like all three quarters of the way towards your end, I was, I was waiting
22:05for you to hit it out of the park.
22:06And I felt like the jokes sort of, they were just two or three ideas that weren't sort of connected,
22:12perhaps.
22:12I want to push back on something you said where...
22:15Me?
22:15Yeah, you.
22:16So where I don't think you should shoot it better.
22:19I like your shooting style.
22:20I don't think race around the world, Reboot needs more beautiful cinematography.
22:26That is totally covered.
22:27I wasn't saying shoot it better.
22:28I was just saying, like, it'd be interesting to see her doing something that has a different cinematic quality in
22:35it.
22:36Sure.
22:36I'll do black and white.
22:38Thanks guys.
22:39I'm feeling good about that feedback.
22:44Alright, let's mix things up and head to Elliot in California.
22:48Home of Hollywood.
22:50Ten days to make a film in the place that mastered it.
22:53So, no pressure.
22:55Elliot, you've based yourself in Palm Springs.
22:57It is an oasis in the desert.
22:59Have you met some colourful characters while there?
23:01Met a few colourful characters.
23:03I spent like days here in Palm Springs trying to find something.
23:07I ended up in all these random places.
23:10You know what I mean?
23:10I was trying to do a story about, you know, locals on the street selling cactus.
23:14I was trying to, I was in a gay bar for like quite a long time to be fair.
23:18And then I basically found something a bit further away from Palm Springs, which was cool.
23:24You're second on the leaderboard, right behind Jayden.
23:26Only two points trailing.
23:28How are you feeling about this week's film?
23:30I guess this week I kind of decided to try and like slow it down and do what I do
23:35best and focus in on the character.
23:37You know what I mean?
23:38And do something kind of emotional and real.
23:41Say no more.
23:42Let's head out to the California desert.
23:44Here is Edge of the Sea.
23:48This place was a heyday.
23:50Five bars in town were all packed out every weekend.
23:53It was great for a few years.
23:55And then the Imperial Irrigation District did a water transfer.
23:59So they started taking all the runoff water away from the sea.
24:04So it started receding.
24:06And so it picks up all those particulates, which isn't good for us to breathe.
24:11A lot of business went out.
24:12All the bars went away.
24:15The town went into a decline.
24:18Old people died or moved away.
24:21Their houses become ramshackled.
24:23And it was a real dumpy little town.
24:29The art people showed up about 11 years ago.
24:32And it's really put Bombay on the world map.
24:35It looks a little dumpy here and there, but everything, it's like polishing an apple.
24:49There's a real energy here.
24:51It's almost like coming and getting a big hug.
24:54I don't know if it's because of the lithium that makes people sort of euphoric in a way.
25:00Hi, Ms. Sonia.
25:04That's day day.
25:06Our closest store and the ambulance is 18 miles away.
25:11We don't see somebody for a while.
25:12We go around and check on them.
25:16We all sort of keep an eye out for each other, you know, like a big community watch type thing.
25:22And sometimes we find people deceased.
25:27This is, uh, Mr. Ernest Hawkins, Jr.
25:31He was my partner.
25:32What a, what a talented man.
25:36He died two years ago.
25:38He did so much for this town.
25:40He worked very hard.
25:41He had a vision.
25:43He always thought outside the box.
25:46What a great man.
25:48I sure miss him.
25:49Everybody misses him.
25:59Some years ago, it was all over the newspapers.
26:02Salton Sea stinks.
26:03It's so toxic, you don't go there.
26:05You know, it really gave a bad name for the area.
26:08I live right here.
26:09I don't smell anything.
26:11There's nothing wrong with my nostrils.
26:12This place would boom if we just get the water back.
26:16But they'd just have their own agenda.
26:18You get all these millions of dollars, and then they'd start all these little projects.
26:21But it's only band-aids.
26:23It's not fixing the problem.
26:24And they could do that, bring it from the Pacific Ocean, through the mountain, down to the sea.
26:31The art people came in, and this town just started building up.
26:35So we can thank them for that.
26:37Otherwise, we'd just be a ramshackle destination.
26:40The water used to be up here, all up here.
26:44Look at this.
26:45This is sad.
26:46And they could save this sea.
26:48We need the water back.
26:50People in Palm Springs are going to start complaining about the air quality.
26:53And when moneyed people start complaining, then people start listening.
26:59It's just a long, dry journey.
27:06Yeah.
27:07I thought this was amazing.
27:08I absolutely loved this film.
27:12I thought it was so beautifully shot.
27:15I thought it was a great character.
27:16It had a message.
27:17She was funny.
27:19Yeah.
27:20I have no notes.
27:21I thought it was great.
27:22Yeah.
27:23I thought it was great as well.
27:24The lady was just real.
27:26She felt present.
27:27I wanted to see more people in the town.
27:31You know, like, was that town, was there more of a motley crew community there, Elliot?
27:37Like, mate, there was the motley crew of the world there.
27:41Like, I can't even explain it, but they've got one bar there.
27:45They're skiing.
27:46Goddamn.
27:48Yeah.
27:48So I've seen the behind the scenes footage.
27:52You are tipsy with that woman in a bar and kind of just stumbling and she's half telling
27:59a story and I'm just, why is that not in it?
28:12I got drunk ass old men in here.
28:15My new friends.
28:17Say hello to Australia.
28:20Be nice now.
28:22Did I show you, like, my new fake teeth?
28:25Oh, nice.
28:27I don't know.
28:28You got them done.
28:28No.
28:29You're fake.
28:30This is legitimately somebody's.
28:32Someone's ride home.
28:35This place feels wild.
28:38I just feel like it's such a disorienting place that you're at and that would have just,
28:45it was absolutely appropriate for you to be telling, getting that across.
28:51Rather than her, it's kind of like very, kind of like after the facts, kind of like reflecting
28:56and saying the da-da-da-da-da-da, I think it's fine for her to kind of half tell
29:00the story
29:01where there's loose ends whilst you're both smashed in the pub.
29:05So just a little bit more messy and real, like just a, yeah.
29:08And it's like there's no, this is just the perfect place for a messy and real thing.
29:14But you're saying you could just feel like he could go more turbo?
29:16Because obviously he knows how to shoot, he knows how to edit, he knows how to tell a story
29:21from beginning to end and have a message in it.
29:23So take some acid and go out there.
29:28It's a beautiful film, it was shot so exquisitely and thank you Elliot for showing us California
29:33in a whole new light.
29:35Thank you for the comments, I appreciate it.
29:41Well, there's always more world to cover, so let's head to Kate in England.
29:46A country so well documented, so embedded in Australian life and so thoroughly rom-commed,
29:52finding something new to say about it is not an easy brief.
29:56How's London been for you Kate?
29:58London's been, yeah it's been alright.
30:00I find British people a little, a little scary.
30:07In what way?
30:08Well, they talk through their teeth, like, thank you so much.
30:17And I find it a bit disturbing.
30:19No offence.
30:21Before we show your film Kate, I have some bad news.
30:24It's the first for us on Race Around the World, this series, but unfortunately you have broken the rules of
30:30the competition for this week's film.
30:33Now, the rules of the show state that filmmakers have to make their documentary completely on their own.
30:40That includes sourcing a story, scripting, filming and editing.
30:45And unfortunately, Kate, the subject of your film actually wrote the script.
30:50That means it's a collaboration.
30:52Therefore, your film is disqualified from receiving any points this week.
30:57How are you feeling about this news?
30:59Oh, Devo.
31:01Um, the shame.
31:03Yeah, I feel shame.
31:05But it's also kind of funny to get disqualified.
31:10Well, there's another person in this room who's also been disqualified before.
31:14He's your hero, John Safran.
31:15Was this all part of the plan?
31:17Did you just want to follow in his footsteps?
31:20Yep.
31:20Exactly.
31:21Yep.
31:21All part of the plan.
31:23Before we watch your film, because we're still going to watch it, what drew you to the subject in the
31:28first place?
31:29Oh, I mean, I think my guy Frankie, he's one of my favourite writers.
31:36I sort of see him as a contemporary Oscar Wilde.
31:41He's hilarious, has an infectious laugh, and I just really wanted to embed his writing in a film.
31:49Alright, the film won't score any points, but we still want to see it.
31:53England through Kate's Lens.
31:55This is Black Bananas.
32:17In school, I talked so much during my break that I forgot to eat my lunch.
32:21I think it's a self-worth issue, or maybe I was too obsessed to let people catch me with my
32:27mouth full.
32:27Most of them work for KPMG now.
32:30I make videos on Instagram, and still don't like eating in front of people.
32:34But they're going bald and pretend to be straight, so at least I know I'm winning.
32:39One time my teacher made me clear out my folder in front of the class, and there was a twig
32:44in it.
32:44It made me laugh, but I was the only one who could see the forest through the trees.
32:48My school bag became a portal, where everything got lost and bananas went black.
32:55It's hard to make friends on public transport.
32:57No one even looks at each other anymore.
32:59Not even the lesbians, who usually like me because I remind them of their sensitive brother.
33:07I once fell in love with the sound of a speakerphone.
33:10The voice felt familiar, like someone I used to connect with.
33:13And the words were muffled enough to make up my own story.
33:16Do you ever hear something, and then feel a deep knowing that doesn't need to be thought about?
33:20Like the time my friend died, and then I saw her two weeks later in the garden, in a beautiful
33:25white gown.
33:26Perfectly ironed, like heaven had its own lingerie.
33:29It was a very rare thing.
33:34Deja vu, pop psychology's term to tell us we've lived multiple times before.
33:39So the man shouting down the receiver of his phone during the morning rush on the tube,
33:43was on a call with an older version of himself, having a heated argument about who gets custody over their
33:49inner child.
33:51Everything feels like a remix of a remix.
33:54Like we're watching our lives unfold for the second time, and can't stop making the same mistakes.
33:59The songs all sound familiar, and the fashion looks like we've seen it before.
34:03When there's too much past in our present, we keep meeting the same people, with different faces and names.
34:09Our patterns are a train we've lost control over, because our hands are tied, and our arms are too short
34:15to reach the steering wheel.
34:16Do trains even have steering wheels?
34:21There's no declarations loud enough to convince you that you are where you work, what you do, or what you
34:26believe in.
34:27You're not your quarterly performance review, you're not a diagnosis or a star sign.
34:31Your life is a bullet, waiting for someone to catch it in their mouth, to see if it takes when
34:36they spit the shell out.
34:38Life is a way of repeating itself.
34:40Sometimes it feels like going back in the schoolyard, smoking cigarettes I stole off my dad.
34:44It feels like you can still see inside my school bag, but now the black bananas make me laugh.
34:50Your imagination is a weapon, your sensitivity is resistance.
34:54The square pegs and round holes hold hearts of gold, that can turn a house of cards into a home
34:58we all live in.
35:03I mean, I'd like to know why that got disqualified, because I feel like that's a documentary.
35:09And I just know when I've done documentary work, I've given a writing credit to, like, my editor or someone
35:15who's done something and it may feel like a hybrid because it's, like, I understand that she's gone, he's performed
35:21it, but she'd asked him the question and he's come up with that prose.
35:24He wrote it.
35:25But she created the whole vibe of where he was and all the shots.
35:32This competition is about having ten days to land in a place, find a story.
35:37We don't know where and how long this person wrote this piece.
35:41We don't know if it's lived for two years, how many edits it's gone through.
35:45Yeah, yeah.
35:46I haven't read the rules.
35:48You haven't read the rules.
35:49But I thought she did a great job.
35:51I'm in Kate's corner.
35:52For me, with the rules aside, I would like to have heard your words or something coming from you that's
36:00real, because everything you say is pretty damn real.
36:03You know, like, you begin and he's on the screen and you start saying, you know, I don't like the
36:07English much because their teeth are like this and they talk to you like that.
36:11You know what I mean?
36:12Remember that she said that at the start.
36:13Yeah.
36:13Yeah.
36:14That would be great.
36:15John, as a fellow Disqualified Race Around the World alumni, what did you think of the film?
36:19I just wouldn't worry about getting disqualified.
36:21I think, like, last place is just first place turned upside down.
36:26So, and also, I think, I think also, you know, last week I was thinking when I was driving
36:32my car this week where Bruce Beresford kept on trashing your film and saying, it's just
36:37a boy standing on a piece of ice.
36:39I was thinking about how that kind of improved.
36:42For some reason, like, your thing was great already, but then that kind of enhanced it.
36:46I think this was great already and you getting disqualified for it just makes it better.
36:52With all that said, given what's happened, would you have done anything differently?
36:56I probably would have read over the rules again, but I mean, no regrets.
37:04Well, Kate, you're not scoring any points, but you did get some valuable feedback.
37:08And you know what?
37:08You're also our first renegade rule breaker.
37:11Following in the footsteps of your hero, Jon Safran.
37:18OK, it's time for another film, and it's Michaela in Morocco.
37:24The ABC's answer to Emily in Paris, but with a slightly smaller beret budget.
37:29Michaela, we saw in your behind the scenes that this week you were struggling a bit.
37:33How are you going in week three of Race Around the World?
37:35It's so much harder than I thought it would be.
37:37And I thought it would be hard from the get-go.
37:40I'm good now.
37:41Like, I think getting into a new country is really hard and it's kind of just hitting now
37:48because I think all the adrenaline's wearing off.
37:50And yeah, it's super difficult.
37:54But I wouldn't have it any other way.
37:56I'm loving it.
37:57That fighting spirit.
37:58I love that.
37:59OK, let's head to Northern Africa.
38:02Here is our cell, which translates to the source.
38:11K мет.
38:14Sorry.
38:16Oh.
38:16Oh, God, I'm going to listen to three boys.
38:17Then we turned out to sausages.
38:20What is that?
38:23I was very naughty here for three celebrities.
38:24I don't understand how many operations are being treated.
38:25I came to mind.
38:27I often did not understand that.
38:28I intervened as a子.
38:30I wanted to wait too long and里 block a house and wasn't saying望 nothing.
38:36I can oh my, oh yeah, I can oh my little my ass no one.
38:37All right I looked.
38:40And it picked up a house, we got nice little� Jadi macette that day.
38:50.
38:50.
38:50.
38:50.
38:50.
39:20you can see the
39:22This is how I live in my life, but it's a small person.
39:27When I was a kid, I was a kid.
39:30I was a kid, I was a kid, I was a kid.
39:31I was a kid, I was a kid, I was a kid.
39:35I was a kid, I was a kid.
39:39I was a kid.
39:55I shot him and I got a good job, and this girl was a kid.
40:01My husband was an independent man,
40:01I didn't care if I was a kid, but they refused.
40:03After хоть my child, you didn't care if...
40:08..how charged me with three children…
40:09.. giddy and one street.
40:13You can still make some money for all other miscarriages.
40:19I say, I'm not a guy.
40:30I'm not a guy from shopping.
40:32I told you, I'm not a guy from my house.
40:34I will just have a job.
40:35I'm a good guy.
40:36We'll see you all right now.
40:39I'll look at all your faces,
40:41everything is fine.
40:41I am very happy
40:42I was being taught here
40:45I would have to finish a new lesson
40:47In the literature, visit my teacher
40:49I do not want to get into my house
40:51I will allow myself to speak
40:53I必須 to learn to speak
40:55But we will learn how to speak
40:56We should speak
40:56At the same time, not the same
40:59I'm not from all the community
41:00not the same
41:01I will wait for the first few days
41:08Everything is around the world
42:07Yeah, I thought it was...
42:09I thought it was really great.
42:12It was really interesting, like, to learn about how the rug's woven.
42:18I didn't know where I was, though.
42:20Like, I just felt like my only thing was, like, I wanted to see where the world was.
42:23Like, I saw just right at the end the rug shop.
42:26I wanted a bit more context of, like, where I was in it.
42:30And I thought the rugs were interesting.
42:33Did I find her interesting, the character?
42:37Yeah, like, she makes great rugs.
42:39No, I really liked it.
42:40No, I thought it was methodical.
42:43I thought it was a melody to it.
42:44I love the fact that there was no music.
42:47And we were sort of, like, a fly on the wall.
42:50Yeah, I really enjoyed the kind of fly on the wall aspect of it.
42:53And I liked the kind of titles at the start.
42:56And, you know, I liked the sound design at the end.
42:58I felt like maybe that could have been something that could have come out more.
43:02John, what did you think of the film?
43:03Yeah, so, you know, just as a standalone, cool, good, you've done the job.
43:09But, you know, there's obviously, like, a similarity between that and, you know, the foley guy.
43:14So it'd be great to see a different flavour.
43:17Because if you're going to do these gentle character portraits, suddenly I'm going to be comparing it to,
43:22well, was that better or worse than the foley guy?
43:24And then if you and William are doing gentle character portraits, like, suddenly, like, we are going to have to
43:31go,
43:32well, you know, yeah, did I prefer the sweet grandmother or the sweet carpet weaver and stuff?
43:38And, you know, we have to start pitting them against each other.
43:41Or maybe next week look for a very unlikable character.
43:44Like, just go out and try to find someone who's unlikable and see.
43:47A villain, yeah, yeah.
43:48You know, because I feel like you're really kind and nice and that sentiment comes across so nicely in your
43:52work.
43:53It might be interesting to find someone who's not nice and see how, you know, how we see that through
44:00your lens.
44:01I thought that that bit where she talks about how she's been ripped off by other people was like,
44:07that's where you sort of wake up a bit.
44:09Maybe with that, you know, you should have just turned that up a bit more because that was like something
44:14that's just quite jarring in a good way.
44:17I'm not saying it has to be Jerry Springer's show, but there is a bit of, yeah, there is tension.
44:22As soon as she brings up that, like, she's actually pissed off by something, that seems interesting.
44:27Michaela's 23.
44:28She has no idea what the Jerry Springer show is.
44:30Oh, yeah, that's where you kind of, like, just throw chairs at each other and have fights.
44:34It's true.
44:35I don't even know who that is.
44:38Thank you for your film this week.
44:41OK, it's time to check in with the filmmaker currently making everyone else nervous.
44:46It's our reigning champion.
44:48That's right.
44:49It's Jayden in China.
44:50Jayden, not a small country, 1.4 billion potential characters for your story, but also politically one of the hardest
44:58countries to film in.
45:00Jayden, how hard is it to film in China?
45:03Yeah, I think I sort of came in with this preconceived notion that it was going to be this extremely
45:08hard country to film in.
45:10That's not completely untrue.
45:12They do have this thing called the Great Firewall, which I think is pretty hilarious, which kind of blocks all
45:18of your Australian apps and everything.
45:21So you are sort of really starting from scratch.
45:23But by far, the overwhelming thing was the openness and the happiness that all the Chinese people sort of came
45:34at me with.
45:34And they kind of blew all of that out of the water.
45:37Well, let's see what our frontrunner found in China.
45:40Here is Huay Wai Chu, the Chinese word for nostalgia.
45:46This is a animal.
46:05There are all kinds of animals.
46:07Do you know what I mean?
46:08So big, kids, all come to us here to work.
46:15When we used to play football, we were teaching a lot of clubs.
46:19We used to play in a pool in the pool.
46:21We used to play in the pool.
46:24When I moved to the pool, I saw the pool.
46:25The girls came out and all of the pool.
46:27We used to play the pool, the summer.
46:28It was a fun time.
46:29Not even, in a year old age.
46:38Come on, let's go.
46:40Come on.
46:55I'm going to have a hundred thousand dollars.
46:59I was a hundred thousand dollars.
47:03It's low, it's not enough to get油.
47:07and many people.
47:13People are so angry.
47:14You can imagine the people who are in the mountains,
47:16and the people who are in the mountains,
47:18and the people who are in the mountains,
47:18and the people who are in the mountains.
47:21How do you do that?
47:23I'm ready.
47:27I'm ready.
47:28I'm ready.
47:29I'm ready.
47:31These birds are my best.
47:34While I was still I can't see my brother's view.
47:37I have a voice on my shoulders,
47:39and I'd like to see my brother.
47:40I've been with my ears at the top of my head.
47:43What does the birds feel?
47:49They feel the same.
47:50I feel like I have everything I have in my life,
47:50and the same vibe.
47:53I feel very good.
47:55I feel good, right?
47:58I feel good.
47:59I feel happy to calm down.
48:02It's not so boring, not so gross.
48:08We're in the middle of the day.
48:09We're at school and we're on the job.
48:11We're on the job, we're on the job, we're on the job.
48:15We're old now.
48:17We're old now.
48:19We're old now.
48:20We're old now.
48:21We're old now.
48:28We're old now.
48:30We've been eating a lot of chips and chips,
48:36although we've eaten a lot of chips and chips,
48:37we've had a lot of chips and chips.
48:41We've had a lot of chips and chips.
48:42We've increased our quality and freezes, right?
48:44But I'm still worried about the past.
48:47We're planning to do a lot.
48:58I'm so happy to see you in the future.
49:00I feel very happy.
49:02This is a space for me.
49:04It's a space for me.
49:08I'm so happy to see you in the future.
49:13I'm so happy to see you.
49:15I still have love for you.
49:24I'm so happy.
49:35I'm so happy.
49:50I mean, I think he's a great filmmaker.
49:53I just, uh...
49:56I just thought the character was boring, but, like, I know...
49:59I mean, like, you know, like, sure, he has birds.
50:03I don't want to be mean.
50:03Like, he's got some birds and he's...
50:05I liked him sending off fireworks, but, you know, he's been, I don't know,
50:09nostalgic for what sounded pretty boring anyway.
50:14I'll probably get cancelled for that, but it's like, I don't know,
50:17it just was like, if you want my honest opinion,
50:20like, I would rather go out with him and, like,
50:22talk us through this crazy shit you do at night
50:25with fireworks near a power plant.
50:28Well, yeah, the fireworks...
50:30Because I remember the film that was the first week film
50:33that I think you did was with the fish and the dynamite
50:37and that was pretty amazing, right?
50:39Yeah, amazing.
50:40And I felt like the button of this film was similar,
50:42just with fireworks.
50:44Jaden, I feel you're being ripped off here
50:46because I feel out of the gentle grandmother
50:49and the gentle carpet weaver
50:52and the gentle Chinese guy,
50:55yeah, I felt your film was the best.
50:59Jaden, how much are you letting each other in over the 10 days
51:02about what you plan to show?
51:04Did you know what the other filmmakers were doing this week?
51:07No, well, we might have all done soft characters,
51:10but I had no idea that it was going to be a comparison
51:13of all of our soft character studies.
51:16I think it's pretty funny that probably Elliot and I
51:19have the most comparable style
51:21and we've both just gone out to some abandoned towns
51:23in the same week.
51:26Now you all know that you're all doing gentle character studies
51:29and so you should look at your own gentle character study,
51:32everyone who's doing a gentle character study,
51:34and kind of go, OK, hang on, now that I know this,
51:37how do I make mine more me?
51:40Am I being subjective?
51:41Yeah, totally.
51:42I think Jaden's a very good filmmaker, so capable,
51:45but I just think you could go for something
51:47that might go terribly wrong and take a bit more of a risk.
51:50Yeah, I think there's certain countries that you do that in
51:53and China isn't one of those.
51:56Totally, haven't been, yeah, totally get that.
51:59It's very easy for us to sit here...
52:00It's so easy for us to sit here...
52:02Oh, my gosh.
52:02..and take more risks in China.
52:04Yeah.
52:06Very easy.
52:07Well, it was beautifully shot as always.
52:08Thank you so much, Jaden, for your film this week.
52:15The stakes are getting real now,
52:17so, judges, it's time to score the films.
52:20Wayne, your top two films.
52:22Hard week.
52:24Hard week.
52:25But two points to William from Costa Rica.
52:31I love the change-up from last week,
52:33but I also enjoyed the film.
52:35And one point, Elliot, California.
52:40Exquisite, had a message, great filmmaking.
52:43Two beautiful films.
52:45Gracie, your two films?
52:46I'm giving two points to Elliot.
52:49I thought it was beautifully shot.
52:51I thought it had a great message.
52:53And I'm giving one point to Lucinda.
52:56I was totally engaged.
52:58I kind of very funny.
53:00And John?
53:01I kind of want to reward kind of being a bit jagged,
53:05so I'd like to give two points to Lucinda.
53:09And my one point is going to go to Jaden.
53:14Okay, let's see this week's scores.
53:18Oh, it's a tie.
53:20Lucinda and Elliot on three.
53:23Close second is William on two,
53:27and Jaden with one point.
53:32How are you all feeling after the scoring?
53:34Really good.
53:36Really good.
53:38Will, you're on the board.
53:40Oh, honestly, I'm just happy to not get bageled on national TV.
53:43After this, I think I could just sort of phone it in.
53:45That's not true.
53:46I'm going to do...
53:47I'll keep trying.
53:48But, yeah, it's a bit of a relief
53:50to not come out with a donut.
53:52Well, congratulations.
53:53You all did incredibly well this week.
53:55Beautiful films once again.
53:56Let's see how that affects our series leaderboard.
54:02Wow, Elliot has caught up to Jaden,
54:04and now they're tied at the top.
54:07Lucinda right behind them at four.
54:09Kate is on three,
54:11and William and Michaela with two points.
54:17Everyone's officially on the board now,
54:19which means this is anyone's game.
54:23All right, I know you're all itching to know
54:25where you're off to next,
54:27so it's time for my game show host moment,
54:29the destination reveal.
54:30Are you ready, racers?
54:32Let's do it.
54:33100% do it.
54:42Lucinda, she is pumping her fist.
54:44She's heading to Taiwan.
54:46Let's go!
54:48William is jumping out of his sloth hat about Italy.
54:51What's going through your mind right now, Will?
54:53I've got so many friends there,
54:54and pizzas are eight euros.
54:57I know what's up.
54:58Elliot, you're heading to the north.
55:01Norway, I'm sure like Sweden,
55:03pretty cold this time of year.
55:04Any story ideas popping into your brain already?
55:06I'm just wondering why they keep sending me
55:08literally from one side of the world to the other.
55:11It's going to take, like, a long time to get there.
55:14It's called race around the world, Elliot.
55:17Jaden, Arkansas.
55:19What do you know about Arkansas?
55:20I think everything I learned about Arkansas
55:23stopped about ten years ago
55:24when I learned that it wasn't Arkansas.
55:26And, um, that's where I'm sitting going into this.
55:30Bill Clinton, there's a start.
55:32OK.
55:33Um, after this,
55:34if you just drop me his contact,
55:35that would be great.
55:37All right, well, really quickly,
55:39before you all start packing your bags
55:40and heading off with a million story ideas,
55:43there is something that you need to know.
55:45In 1997, when this show first aired,
55:48every filmmaker had to appear in their film.
55:51That was the original brief.
55:53And now it's yours.
55:56So, for your next film,
55:57you have to be in it.
56:00How you decide to do it is up to you.
56:03But we want to see you
56:05in the country you're in.
56:07How much of me needs to be in it?
56:10Surely a little cameo in the background,
56:12sipping a coffee should do the job right.
56:14I can't believe I've thrown down the first challenge
56:16and the first response is,
56:17how do I get out of this?
56:18Come on, guys.
56:19Who's actually excited about this?
56:21No, no, no. Arkansas, it gives me some ideas, for sure.
56:25Yeah, I was thinking about whether Froome's
56:26will be available for calls and advice sessions, perhaps.
56:31Other than that, I'm terrified.
56:32So, sounds good.
56:34All right, racers.
56:35Can't wait to see what mischief you get up to.
56:39I'll see you on the other side.
56:44A big thanks to our brilliant judges,
56:47Wayne Blair...
56:50..gracy Otto...
56:52..and John Safran.
56:55I'll see you next week.
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