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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
10:09My mother
10:10We have my lamb
10:11Its family
10:21They're very fulfilling
10:23My husband's hands
10:27Went amazing
10:31Me chilean mucho, me consienten demasiado, no me dejan casi sola.
10:37Yo con solo hilos que me dicen, mami o abuela, eso me llena mucho.
10:43Mi esposo era muy trabajador.
10:47Ya la relaciĂłn con Ă©l era muy bonita.
10:51Donde andaba Ă©l, andaba yo.
10:53Donde andaba yo, andaba Ă©l.
10:55Nos gustaba andar juntitos.
10:58AsĂ fue muy hermoso andar con Ă©l en motos.
11:03Para mĂ son favoritas las motos.
11:07Y claro, ahora no ando porque habĂa tenido un accidentito.
11:12Pero para mĂ es eso, es la moto.
11:20Soy feliz en mi cocina.
11:24Y bueno, le doy gracias a Dios que estĂĄ en mi cocina y con mucho amor.
11:29Lo que hago son empanadas y las hago con mucho amor.
11:35Estas son mis empanadas.
11:41Y a mĂ me gusta poner mĂșsica, que es lo primero.
11:44También el bailar, ¿no?
11:47Yo me pongo ahĂ a bailar en la cocina, sola.
11:53Que tienen que hacer caminar, escuchar mĂșsica, hacer ejercicios.
11:59Porque eso es lo que me gusta, Âżno?
12:02Y bailar, si es caso.
12:06Pura vida es que uno se siente bien y tal vez los demĂĄs van y tal vez estĂĄn un poquito
12:14ahĂ, Âżverdad?
12:15Con una tristecita o algo.
12:17Y ya uno pasa muy contento uno y les hace pura vida.
12:22Entonces ellos también.
12:23Y ya le hacen que estå pura vida a ellos también.
12:27Y esa es la palabra, Âżverdad?
12:30Nosotros los chicos.
12:33No tiene por qué tener estrés.
12:36Se deja llevar, como digo yo siempre, con la brisa del viento y con las aguas.
12:44Y usted, con una sonrisa, quita el estrés.
12:49Amor mĂo, amor mĂo.
13:05Amor mĂo, amor mĂo.
13:16Me and my mum a little bit.
13:18Yeah, I felt like I was dancing with her towards the end.
13:21Yeah, I thought it was sweet.
13:22I actually just got back from Costa Rica myself last week, so I have a lot of sloth socks
13:26at home and it is, it is, you get into the sloths there.
13:30I thought it was really beautiful.
13:31I thought it was a nice portrait.
13:33I thought maybe you could have changed something up with the music when she danced.
13:38Like I would have liked if she danced to like Bad Bunny or something.
13:41You had like a change or something to, you know, because she had this other personality
13:46of like, I like motorbikes, I like this.
13:48And that would have been the moment I thought where you could have just put a bit of Bad Bunny
13:51on.
13:52Well, I Simon Cow'd you last week, but, which I didn't want to do.
13:57I don't want to be the Simon Cow of the show, but sometimes it's called for, but it's definitely
14:04the best of your three films.
14:07I like the jeans one, the baby jeans.
14:10I thought that was great and I thought you should have got all the points to that.
14:13But can I say something, the Hornet, the Hornet house, I didn't, I appreciated the Hornet
14:17house and how it was different to everything else.
14:19We were judging on the wrong weeks.
14:22Yes.
14:22I mean, it's all context though, isn't it?
14:24We're watching filmmakers grow week by week.
14:26Yeah, but I love the baby jeans.
14:28Wayne, you sort of touched on some of the shots that you really loved.
14:32Will, that shot of the abuela through the window where you're talking about the joy she
14:37finds in life and she's just there preparing food, but you can also see the natural world
14:44being reflected in that window.
14:45That is just one of the most beautiful shots I've seen so far in this competition.
14:49I could frame it.
14:51At the, at the, in the moment I was just freaking about the, freaking out about the exposure.
14:55So 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
15:04I make what's in front of me.
15:07So Jean's guy was kind of funny.
15:09Haunted house was, you know, a little creepy, a little funny, a little zany.
15:13And I think, you know, Donya Liz was just sweet.
15:16And so I made that.
15:17Has the abuela seen the film?
15:19Yes.
15:20Yes.
15:20Donya Liz has seen it and she loves it.
15:22And that's probably what makes me happiest.
15:25She's definitely posting that film when it's available on Facebook for all of her family
15:29members to see.
15:30Yes.
15:31Yes, 100% and I will reactivate my Facebook to like it.
15:36Thank you so much, William.
15:38And thank you to your new abuela as well.
15:40Great.
15:40Thank you, everyone.
15:41Beautiful stuff.
15:45One down, all the rest of them to go.
15:48Where to next?
15:49And it's Lucinda in Sweden.
15:52The country that gave the world ABBA, flat pack furniture and the many relationship breakdowns
15:58that come with assembling said furniture.
16:01Lucinda, what do you make of Sweden?
16:03It's fresh, it's clean, it's considered.
16:06The shopping, the food.
16:07I absolutely love it.
16:09Okay, well, we're very excited about seeing your film.
16:12Here is Allemansretten, which I won't explain because the film does it better.
16:17Did you know that your tax pays for the ABC and the ABC is paying for me to be here
16:22in
16:22Stockholm, one of the most expensive cities in the world.
16:25But unlike other delegates, I refuse to waste your taxpayer money.
16:28That's all I've taken myself.
16:29Deep into the Swedish forest to save your money and to face my fears.
16:34You see, here in Sweden, there's a thing called Allemansretten, which translates to right to
16:38roam.
16:39It means you can set up a tent and live off the land pretty much anywhere.
16:42So my mission was clear.
16:44How 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
16:53Sweden.
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, on to transportation.
17:08Unfortunately, hire cars do not fall under the Allemansretten 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.
17:46It was at this point that memories of U9 camp started flooding back.
17:50I'd almost been heli-vacked out of Gippsland Lakes.
17:53Such was the inhumanity of the situation.
17:55This is where I'm staying.
17:59Enter my $20 tent.
18:01The next challenge was fire.
18:11Oh, yep.
18:12I'm over it.
18:12Piss 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.
18:27Can 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 had 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.
19:09I don't know anything about astrology or an enough...
19:12Enough 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, until 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 a Le Mans Straton?
19:55Double that.
19:56And the excuse to never camp again?
19:58Well, that's priceless.
20:08So, 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, you know, trawling the ABC audience about
20:24how you're spending their taxpayer money.
20:26All the adventure was great.
20:28And then, when you play a witch project yet, and you're just totally undermining, like, we wanted, like, you should
20:34have done the sincere experiment of you there overnight, instead of just undermining it with, uh, whatever.
20:42Like, it's scary being somewhere overnight.
20:45The guy's 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 play a witch project through the forest just a bit.
21:01Actually, like, that would have, it would have been, um, awesome.
21:05You know what I mean?
21:05This feedback is great because I had shot all of that.
21:08So, I think my, 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, um,
21:20and not 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.
21:30And, and so, yeah, no, no worries at all.
21:33Gracie, what did you think of the film?
21:35I really loved it.
21:36Um, I think Lucy is so great on camera, so 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.
21:53You know, I felt, I felt there was a cheeky start to it, which was, you know, a cheeky dig
21:58at the ABC, of course.
22:00Because halfway through, I just felt like, or three quarters of the way, towards your end, I was, I was
22:04waiting for 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.
22:16Oh, okay.
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.
22:36I'll do black and white.
22:38Thanks, guys.
22:40I'm feeling good about that feedback.
22:44All right, let's mix things up and head to Elliot in California, home of Hollywood.
22:50Ten days to make a film in the place that mastered it, so 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, you know what I mean?
23:10I was trying to do a story about, you know, locals on the street selling cactus.
23:14I 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 Jaden, only two points trailing.
23:28How are you feeling about this week's film?
23:29Um, I guess this week I kind of decided to try and, like, slow it down and do what I
23:35do best
23:35and focus in on the character, you 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.
24:13All 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.
24:37But 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.
25:04Let's stay there.
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.
25:18You know, like a big community watch type thing.
25:22And sometimes we find people deceased.
25:27This is Mr. Ernest Hawkins Jr.
25:31He was my partner.
25:33What 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.
25:47I 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.
26:18They'd 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 dusting.
26:40This is the water used to be up here.
26:42All 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 money people start complaining, then people start listening.
26:59It's just a long, dry journey.
27:06Yeah, I thought this was amazing.
27:09I 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, I have no notes.
27:21I thought it was great.
27:22Yeah, I 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.
27:30Um, you know, like, was there, was that town, was there more, was there more of a motley
27:35crew community there, Elliot?
27:38Like, mate, there was the motley crew of the world there.
27:41Like, I can't even explain it.
27:43But they've got one bar there, they're skiing.
27:46God damn.
27:48Yeah, so I've seen the behind the scenes footage.
27:51You 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.
28:22Can I show you, like, my new fake teeth?
28:25Oh, nice.
28:27I don't know.
28:28You got them done.
28:28No, they're fake.
28:30This is legitimately somebody's, someone'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, that would have
28:44just, it 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, I think it's fine for her to kind of half tell the
29:00story
29:01where there's loose ends whilst you're both smashed in the, 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 you could go more turbo, because obviously
29:17he knows how to shoot, he knows how to edit, he knows how to tell a story from beginning
29:21to end and have a message in it.
29:23So, take some acid and go out there.
29:28It's a beautiful film.
29:29It was shot so exquisitely.
29:31And thank you, Elliot, for showing us California in a whole new light.
29:35Thank you for the comments.
29:36I appreciate it.
29:41Well, there's always more world to cover.
29:43So let's head to Kate in England, a country so well documented, so embedded in Australian
29:50life and so thoroughly rom-commed, finding something new to say about it is not an easy brief.
29:55How's London been for you, Kate?
29:57London's been, yeah, it's been all right.
30:00I find, um, 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.
30:20No 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
30:30the rules of the competition for this week's film.
30:33Now, the rules of the show state that filmmakers have to make their documentary completely on
30:40their own.
30:41That 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, um, 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.
31:16Was this all part of the plan?
31:17Did you just want to follow in his footsteps?
31:20Yep, exactly.
31:21Yep, all part of the plan.
31:23Before we watch your film, because we're still going to watch it,
31:26what drew you to the subject in the first place?
31:28Oh, 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,
31:44and I just really wanted to embed his writing in a film.
31:49All right, 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.
31:57No information.
31:58In this hot weather, it's advisable to carry people to the earth.
32:03Please keep up your seats and anyone who is up there.
32:06If they need more assistance, help them all at the next session.
32:17In school, I talked so much during my break that I forgot to eat my lunch.
32:22I think it's a self-worth issue,
32:24or maybe I was too obsessed to let people catch me with my mouth 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.
32:36So at least I know I'm winning.
32:39One time my teacher made me clear out my folder in front of the class,
32:43and there was a twig in it.
32:44It made me laugh,
32:46but I was the only one who could see the forest through the trees.
32:49My school bag became a portal,
32:50where 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,
33:01who 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,
33:11like 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,
33:18and then feel a deep knowing that doesn't need to be thought about?
33:21Like the time my friend died,
33:22and then I saw her two weeks later in the garden,
33:25in a beautiful white gown,
33:26perfectly ironed,
33:28like heaven had its own lingerie.
33:34DĂ©jĂ vu,
33:35pop psychology's term to tell us we've lived multiple times before.
33:39So the man shouting down the receiver of his phone,
33:41during the morning rush on the tube,
33:43was on a call with an older version of himself,
33:46having a heated argument,
33:47about who gets custody over their inner child.
33:51Everything feels like a remix of a remix,
33:54like we're watching our lives unfold for the second time,
33:57and can't stop making the same mistakes.
33:59The songs all sound familiar,
34:01and the fashion looks like we've seen it before.
34:03When there's too much past in our present,
34:06we keep meeting the same people,
34:07with different faces and names.
34:09Our patterns,
34:10are a train we've lost control over,
34:12because our hands are tied,
34:14and our arms are too short to reach the steering wheel.
34:16Do trains even have steering wheels?
34:21There's no declarations loud enough to convince you,
34:23that you are where you work,
34:25what you do,
34:26or what you believe in.
34:27You're not your quarterly performance review,
34:29you're not a diagnosis or a star sign.
34:31Your life is a bullet,
34:33waiting for someone to catch it in their mouth,
34:35to see if it takes when they spit the shell out.
34:38Life is a way of repeating itself.
34:40Sometimes it feels like going back in the schoolyard,
34:42smoking cigarettes I stole off my dad.
34:45It feels like you can still see inside my school bag,
34:47but now the black bananas make me laugh.
34:49Your imagination is a weapon,
34:51your sensitivity is resistance.
34:53The square pegs and round holes hold hearts of gold,
34:56that can turn a house of cards into a home we all live in.
35:01Woo!
35:03I mean,
35:04I'd like to know why that got disqualified,
35:07because I feel like that's a documentary.
35:09And I just know when I've done documentary work,
35:11I've given a writing credit to, like,
35:14my editor or someone who's done something,
35:16and it may feel like a hybrid,
35:18because it's, like,
35:19I understand that she's gone,
35:20he's performed it,
35:21but if she'd asked him the question,
35:23and he's come up with that prose.
35:25He wrote it.
35:26But she created the whole vibe of the,
35:30where he was and all the shots and...
35:32This competition is about having 10 days
35:34to land in a place,
35:36find a story.
35:37We don't know where and how long
35:39this person wrote this piece.
35:41We don't know if it's lived for two years,
35:43how 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, um,
35:55with the rules aside,
35:57I would like to have heard your words
35:59or something coming from you that's real,
36:01because everything you say is pretty damn real.
36:03You know, like, you begin,
36:05and he's on the screen,
36:06and you start saying,
36:07you know, I don't like the English much
36:08because their teeth are like this
36:09and they talk to you like that.
36:11You know what I mean?
36:12Remember that she said that at the start.
36:13Yeah.
36:14That would be great.
36:15John, as a fellow Disqualified Race Around the World alumni,
36:18what did you think of the film?
36:19I just wouldn't worry about getting disqualified.
36:21I think, like, last place is just
36:23first place turned upside down.
36:26So, and also, I think,
36:29I think also, you know,
36:30last week I was thinking,
36:31when I was driving my car this week,
36:33where Bruce Beresford kept on trashing your film
36:35and saying,
36:36it's just a boy standing on a piece of ice.
36:39I was thinking about how that kind of improved.
36:42For some reason, like,
36:43your thing was great already,
36:45but then that kind of enhanced it.
36:46I think this was great already,
36:48and you getting disqualified for it
36:49just makes it better.
36:52With all that said,
36:53given what's happened,
36:54would you have done anything differently?
36:56I probably would have read over the rules again,
37:01but, I mean, no regrets.
37:04Well, Kate, you're not scoring any points,
37:05but 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,
37:13John Safran.
37:18Okay, it's time for another film,
37:21and it's Michaela in Morocco.
37:24The ABC's answer to Emily in Paris,
37:26but with a slightly smaller beret budget.
37:29Michaela, we saw in your behind the scenes
37:31that this week you were struggling a bit.
37:33How are you going in week three
37:34of 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, it's...
37:42I think getting into a new country is really hard,
37:46and 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, I love that.
37:59Okay, let's head to Northern Africa.
38:02Here is Arcel, which translates to The Source.
38:34I don't have the standard camera.
38:35It's not in the rain.
38:49The word for them is that you take it to drag is scrubbing.
38:52It's good. It's good. It's good.
38:54It's good. It's smart.
39:03It's good.
39:06Theacle is green.
39:07It has extra fiber from Mother's house.
39:09The wall is on the wall.
39:12We are making a bag of clothes,
39:19and we are making a bag of clothes.
39:22We have to wear clothes with our clothes,
39:24but it is not a forage.
39:27We are making our clothes move on to a relationship with the fabric.
39:36Our clothes can be in our body,
39:39So the dust is frozen
39:40That's why we're in the air
39:46This is how the dust is in the air
39:52That's the burning air
39:55I've got a lot of dust
39:59in the middle of the evening morning.
40:01I wanted to do not eat it, I would like to make our dinner.
40:04We told him to make the work for them.
40:07I made the work for them to make a good job.
40:10We used to make the work for them in order to make a work.
40:13We used to serve the work like that.
40:15This is the way we used to make it.
40:19It's very difficult to make it.
40:30We couldn't do all the courses and do it over.
40:32We went to the Facebook channel,
40:35and I knew I was able to use the internet for all the time.
40:37And we were able to figure out all the way we could do it here.
40:41Our lesson is done with the learning process here.
40:45We were able to do it here in the past.
40:49We didn't expect therés to get him home.
40:53This is a Unbelievable lesson of what we did.
40:56It's not the case,
40:56So we're not going to use it to get rid of it, we're not going to need it, but we're
41:02going to get rid of it.
41:05We're going to get rid of it.
41:08We're going to go to the center of the front.
41:15We're going to get rid of it.
41:17I'm going to get rid of it in the front of your car.
41:19They're going to have a lot of fun here.
41:32is that a rest?
41:36It's a place to go.
41:38Not even if my son has a long reign of her.
41:40It's not going to go too far away.
41:44She's not going to go too far away.
42:07yeah I thought it was um I thought it was really great um it was a really interesting
42:14like to learn about how the rugs woven I didn't know where I was though like I just felt like
42:20my
42:20only thing was like I wanted to see where the world was like I saw that just right at the
42:24end
42:25the rug shop wanted a bit more context of like where where I was in it um and I thought
42:31the rugs
42:31were interesting um did I find her interesting the character yeah like she makes great rugs no I
42:39really liked it no I thought it was methodical I thought it was a melody to it I I love
42:45the fact
42:45that there was no music and we were sort of like a fly on the wall yeah I really enjoyed
42:51the kind
42:51of fly on the wall aspect of it and I liked the kind of um titles at the start and
42:56you know I
42:57liked the sound design at the end I felt like maybe that could have been something that could have come
43:00out more John what did you think of the film yeah so you know just as a standalone cool good
43:07you've
43:08done the job but you know there's obviously like a similarity between that and you know the foley
43:14guy so it'd be great to see a different flavor because if you're going to do these gentle
43:19character portraits suddenly I'm going to be comparing it to well was that better or worse
43:23than the foley guy and then if you and William are doing gentle character portraits like suddenly like
43:31we are going to have to go well you know yeah did I prefer the sweet grandmother or the sweet
43:37carpet weaver and stuff and you know we have to start pitting them against each other or maybe
43:42next week look for a very unlikable character like just go out and try to find someone who's
43:46unlikable and see you know because I feel like you're really kind and nice and that sentiment comes
43:51across so nicely in your work it might be interesting to find someone who's not nice and see how what
43:58you
43:59know how we see that through your lens I thought that that bit where she talks about how she's been
44:04ripped off by other people was like that's where you sort of wake up a bit maybe with that you
44:10know
44:10you should have just turned that up a bit more because that that was like something that's just
44:14like quite jarring in a good way I'm not saying it has to be Jerry Springer show but there is
44:20a bit
44:20of uh yeah there is tension as soon as she brings up that like she's actually pissed off by something
44:25that seems interesting Michaela's 23 she has no idea what the Jerry Springer show is oh yeah
44:30that's why you kind of like just throw chairs at each other and have fights it's true I don't even
44:35know who that is thank you for your film this week thank you okay it's time to check in with
44:43the
44:43filmmaker currently making everyone else nervous it's our reigning champion that's right it's Jayden in
44:50China not a small country 1.4 billion potential characters for your story but also politically
44:57one of the hardest countries to film in Jayden how hard is it to film in China yeah I think
45:03I sort of
45:04came in with this preconceived notion that it was going to be this extremely hard country to film in
45:10that's not completely untrue they do have this thing called the uh great firewall which I think is
45:15pretty hilarious um which kind of blocks all of your um Australian apps and everything so you are sort
45:22of really starting from scratch but by far the overwhelming thing was the openness and the happiness
45:30that all the Chinese people sort of came at me with and um they kind of blew all of that
45:36out of the water
45:37well let's see what our front runner found in China here is Hui Wai Xu the Chinese word for nostalgia
45:46wiki
45:47in
45:4912
45:51100
46:01each
46:02whenever in
46:04yearswhć·ĄemDB
46:06and the especially that we
46:11We were all here to play.
46:15When we were young, we were swimming in the swimming pool.
46:18We went to the top of the pool.
46:20When I was young, I had to go to the table.
46:25The girls were all in the swimming pool.
46:27It was the summer.
46:28It was a long time ago.
46:40Come on, guys.
46:58It's a hundred thousand dollars.
46:59I was a kid, I was a hundred thousand dollars.
47:04It's low, it doesn't matter.
47:07There's a lot of people out there.
47:13You can imagine that there's a lot of people in the mountains,
47:16and there's a lot of people in the mountains,
47:18and there's a lot of people in the mountains.
47:21How do you think you're old?
47:23I'm going to go.
47:25I'm going to go.
47:27I'm going to go.
47:28Okay, bye-bye.
47:29Bye-bye.
47:31I'm going to go.
47:31These birds are all the best for me.
47:34I'm going to go.
47:35When these birds were born in the mountains,
47:37they were growing up in my head.
47:39They were growing up in my head.
47:43The birds, the birds,
47:45they were able to control their feelings.
47:49During their years, during their life,
47:52during their circumstances,
47:53their feelings were a lot of difficult.
47:55When I was born with them,
47:59I was able to control their feelings.
48:01their feelings from mostly in the mountains,
48:03and there were people who are Озб Newton nonetheless.
48:09Also, they were taken care of each other.
48:13You were too late.
48:19So I was able to sexually write this song,
48:21then you were weak when Irew on the Ä etc.
48:29That's hard to tell.
48:30I knew my job could,
48:31I'm still eating a piece of paper.
48:33I'm wearing a pair of shoes.
48:37I'm wearing a pair of shoes.
48:41I'm wearing a pair of shoes.
48:43I've improved my life now.
48:43Right?
48:45But I'm still...
48:46I'm really proud of the past.
48:58I feel very happy when I was in the middle of the day.
49:03This is an empty house.
49:04It's just a empty house.
49:09I grew up in my childhood.
49:14I still have a lot of love.
49:24I'm so happy, I'm so happy, I'm so happy, I'm so happy.
49:50I mean, I think he's a great filmmaker, I just thought the character was boring, but
49:58like I know that, I mean, like, you know, like, sure he has birds, I don't want to be
50:03mean, like he's got some birds and he's, I liked him sending off fireworks, but, you
50:08know, he's been, I don't know, nostalgic for what sounded pretty boring anyway.
50:14I'll probably get cancelled for that, but it's like, I don't know, it just was like, if
50:18you want my honest opinion, like I would rather go out with him and like talk us through this
50:23crazy shit you do at night with fireworks near a power plant.
50:28Well, yeah, the fireworks, because I remember the film that was the first week film that
50:34I think you did was with the fish and the dynamite and that was pretty amazing, right?
50:39Yeah, amazing.
50:40And I felt like the button of this film was similar, just with fireworks.
50:44Jaden, I feel you're being ripped off here, because I feel out of the gentle grandmother
50:49and the gentle carpet weaver and the gentle Chinese guy, yeah, I felt your film was the
50:58best.
50:59Jaden, how much are you letting each other in over the 10 days about what you planned
51:03to show?
51:04Did you know what the other filmmakers were doing this week?
51:08No, well, we might have all done soft characters, but I had no idea that it was going to be
51:12a comparison of all of our soft character studies.
51:16I think it's pretty funny that probably Elliot and I have the most comparable style and we've
51:21both just gone out to some abandoned towns in the same week.
51:26Now you all know that you're all doing gentle character studies, and so you should look
51:31at your own gentle character study, everyone who's doing a gentle character study, and kind
51:35of go, okay, hang on, now that I know this, how do I make mine more me?
51:40And my thing's subjective.
51:42Like, I think Jaden's, like, very good filmmaker, so capable, but I just think you could, like,
51:46go for something that might go terribly wrong and take a bit more of a risk.
51:51Yeah, I think there's certain countries that you do that in, and 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 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.
52:12APPLAUSE
52:15The stakes are getting real now, so 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, but 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, I thought it had a great message.
52:53And I'm giving one point to Lucinda.
52:56I was totally engaged, 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.
53:08And my one point is going to go to Jaden.
53:14OK, 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, and Jaden with one point.
53:32How are you all feeling after the scoring?
53:34Really 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 to not come out with a donut.
53:52Well, congratulations.
53:53You all did incredibly well this week.
53:54Beautiful films once again.
53:56Let's see how that affects our series leaderboard.
54:02Wow.
54:03Elliot has caught up to Jaden, and now they're tied at the top.
54:06Lucinda 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, which means this is anyone's game.
54:23All right, I know you're all itching to know where you're off to next.
54:27So, it's time for my game show host moment, the destination reveal.
54:30Are you ready, racers?
54:32Let's do it.
54:33100%.
54:34Do 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, and pizzas are eight euros.
54:56I know what's up.
54:59Elliot, you're heading to the north.
55:01Norway, I'm sure like Sweden, pretty cold this time of year.
55:04Any story ideas popping into your brain already?
55:06I'm just wondering why they keep sending me literally 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?
55:20Um, I think everything I learned about Arkansas stopped about ten years ago when I learned
55:24that it wasn't Arkansas, and, um, that's where I'm sitting going into this.
55:30Bill Clinton, there's a start.
55:32Okay, um, after this, if you just drop me his contact, that would be great.
55:37All right, well, really quickly, before you all start packing your bags and heading off
55:41with a million story ideas, there is something that you need to know.
55:45In 1997, when this show first aired, every 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, you have to be in it.
56:00How you decide to do it is up to you, but we want to see you in the country you're
56:06in.
56:07How much of me needs to be in it?
56:10Surely a little cameo in the background, sipping a coffee should do the job right.
56:14I can't believe I've thrown down the first challenge, and 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.
56:22Arkansas, it gives me some ideas, for sure.
56:25Yeah, I was thinking about whether Froome's will be available for calls and advice sessions,
56:30perhaps.
56:31Other than that, I'm terrified.
56:32So, sounds good.
56:34All right, racers, can'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, Wayne Blair,
56:50Gracie Otto,
56:53and John Safran.
56:55I'll see you next week.
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