New York International Independent Film and Video Festival Awards
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Year: 2008

winner (Best Feature Film (International)) Drama Feature form y separately published work icon Hobby Farm Brad Diebert , Paul J. Murphy , ( dir. Brad Diebert ) Hero Films Verdict Films , 2010 Z1435652 2010 single work film/TV thriller crime

The film traces the story of Jules, a petty criminal who takes the fall for a mob boss and is sentenced to five years' imprisonment. On his release, his former bosses reward his loyalty by putting him in charge of the 'Hobby Farm' - a rundown estate acting as a holiday camp for the mob, including gambling dens and a bevy of prostitutes abducted from Eastern Europe. As Jules becomes attached to the women, he has somewhat of a moral crisis and decides to help them escape.

(Source: Canberra Times (Panorama Magazine) 29 September 2007 p.6)

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