Australian Horse Racing Documentary Wins EQUUS Film Festival Award

Media Release - Friday November 24
Australian horse racing documentary series A Racetrack Somewhere was awarded the EQUUS Film Festival's Best Equestrian Series International this week in New York, USA.

The five-part documentary series, produced by Jo McKinnon, captures the essence of remote and iconic horse racing in Australia.

Jo McKinnonA Racetrack Somewhere took more than two years to film with the production team travelling more than 14,000KM from one end of Australia to another to produce the series.

It features Thoroughbred race meetings at Birdsville in Outback Queensland, Darwin in the Northern Territory, Warrnambool in Victoria, Kangaroo Island in South Australia and King Island in Tasmania.

It is the first Australian production to ever win a Winnie Award at the EQUUS Film Festival that began five years ago.

EQUUS Film Festival Director Lisa Diersen, who also sits on the judging panel, said; "We just loved this series and enjoyed it so much. We hope to see plenty more of it in the future."

A Racetrack Somewhere Executive Producer Jo McKinnon said: "It is such an honour to have the series showcased at such a unique and well regraded equine focussed film festival and it's so exciting to have it screened alongside some brilliant content from all over the world."

"To win the Winnie Award is such a thrill and a huge endorsement of the series from an audience that has always been so fascinated by Australiana," McKinnon said.

"The whole reason behind the concept of the show was to promote the authentic side of Australian horse racing and its people and to now see international audiences and other respected filmmakers embrace it and enjoy it means so much."

A Racetrack Somewhere has been broadcast on Australia's iconic airline QANTAS and Air New Zealand (domestic and international) inflight TV, and racing.com. It is also currently being distributed globally on DVD. Planning for a second series is now underway.

Visit the A Racetrack Somewhere official website www.aracetracksomewhere.com.auor follow the journey of the series on the official Facebook page entitled A Racetrack Somewhere


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