SAND ROADS

Directors: Lorenzo Conte, Gabriele Gianni​​

Written by: Gabriele Gianni & Lorenzo Conte,

with Vittoria Pasquini

Country: Australia/Italy​​

Language: English & Italian language with English subtitles​

Genre: Documentary 

Running time: 107 mins

In 2010 best friends Valerio De Simoni, Jamie Kenyon & Kris "Ted" Davant, embark on the adventure of a lifetime - a 50,000 kilometre quad bike journey across 3 continents to break a Guinness World Record while fundraising to combat global poverty. ​​

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Valerio keeps a diary and they carry a video camera, vowing to document everything, no matter what. Starting in Istanbul, they cross Europe, travelling through Italy to Sicily and on to Tunisia, then traverse East Africa to Malawi. 

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Embracing new cultures, making friends in unlikely places and creating memories against everchanging exquisite landscapes, this is their rite of passage into adulthood, and they are intent on testing their limits. The road obliges, becoming tough and unforgiving, fraught with breakdowns, exhaustion and personal tensions, until tragedy strikes and changes their lives forever.

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Now, 16 years later, this Australian/Italian co-produced documentary Sands Roads shares the intimate road trip footage alongside a re-discovered diary contemporary reflections to tell their heartfelt story of the friendship, adventure, loss and courage. 

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