Two short films commissioned to highlight problem gambling and how New Zealand families deal with them have won awards at a United States film festival.
The Gambler and Gambling-The Flipside won a Silver Remi Award at the Houston Worldfest Independent Film Festival according to New Zealand based webzine Stuff. This film examines the lives of compulsive gamblers AND those affected by us according to the article.
The other film, "It's Not a Game" was awarded a Certificate of Merit in the Documentary: Social/Political category of the Hugo Awards for Excellence in Television in Chicago.
As a side note the International Gambling conference will be hosted in Auckland later this month and the films will be highlighted at the conference.
I will do a little more research and see of these films will be available for viewing in other parts of the world.
John
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