Betting the Game
A small-time Bookie, in a desperate moment, decides a kidnapping is the answer to recovering his debts and restoring his reputation. But it’s a gamble that leaves him in way over his head...
Officially selected for 19 International Film Festivals.
Winning awards at: Worldfest 2001, 1st place Platinum Award Best Short Narrative (1,400 short entries)
Atalantic City Film Festival, 1st place – Best Dramatic Short.
49th Columbus International Film Festival – Bronze plaque.
Rochester Int’l Film Festival Trophy Winner.
Picked up for international Broadcast Television by: PBS (U.S.A) Annual KCET ‘Fine Cut’ Series
The Sci-fi Channel (U.S.A.); BS Japan Network (Tokyo Japan).
Universal Television (Spain), Film Four (U.K), RTE National Broadcast Station & Network 2 (Ireland).
The feature length script was also a Finalist for the Sundance institute Feature Filmmakers lab. 2002.