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Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2008
winner (Best Feature Film (International)) Drama Feature form y
Hobby Farm
( dir. Brad Diebert
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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)
Works About this Award
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An Australian Story Gets Bite in Big Apple 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 9 November 2008; (p. 15)
