A story of pirates in Somalia, told from the perspective of the pirates.

The Award feature film is based on the short film of the same name, which won the Grand Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

A film by Cutter Hodierne

English and Somali/French with English subtitles, 2013, 109 minutes, color, U.S.A./Somalia/Kenya.

starring Abdikani Muktar, Abdi Siad, Abduwhali Faarah, Abdikhadir Hassan, Reda Kateb, Idil Ibrahim

FISHING WITHOUT NETS - Trailer from mynameisCutter.com on Vimeo.

NOTE OF THe PROGRAMMERS (2014 Sundance Film Festival)
In Somalia, principled, young husband and father Abdi turns to piracy to support his family. While his wife and child wait for him in Yemen, an outdated and fragile satellite phone is his only connection to all he truly values. Abdi and his fellow pirates hit the high seas and capture a French oil tanker, demanding a hefty ransom. During the long, tedious wait for the cash to arrive, Abdi forges a tentative friendship with one of the hostages. When some of the pirates resort to violence, Abdi must make dramatic choices to determine his course.

Shot in East Africa using Somali nonactors, FISHING WITHOUT NETS tells the mesmerizing and sobering story of the bandits from the Somali point of view. First-time feature filmmaker Cutter Hodierne, whose short film of the same name won the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, combines the epic cinematic vision of a glorious action thriller with the intimate, textured qualities of an art film, humanizing the pirates by bringing us inside their moral dilemmas and gut-wrenching struggles. - C.L. & K.Y.
http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/13919/fishing_without_nets

Director: Cutter Hodierne

Story By: Cutter Hodierne, John Hibey, David Burkman

Producers: Raphael Swann, John Hibey, Cutter Hodierne, Brian Glazen, Ben Freedman, Stephanie Pinola, Victor Shapiro

Executive Producers: Eddy Moretti, Shane Smith, Rupert Wyatt, Joseph E. LoConti

Cinematographer: Alex Disenhof

Editors: Cutter Hodierne, Dominic LaPerriere

Principal Cast: Abdikani Muktar, Abdi Siad, Abduwhali Faarah, Abdikhadir Hassan, Reda Kateb, Idil Ibrahim

Prod: VICE and THINK MEDIA

Contact:
Raphael Swann / Vice / raphael_swann@yahoo.com / (202) 468-7233



2014 | Sundance Film Festival, USA
* Selection - U.S. Dramatic
* Directing Award: U. S. Dramatic
http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/13919/fishing_without_nets