Cutter hodiernes fishing without nets to premiere at. Vice media will finance and produce fishing without nets, a feature film based on cutter hodiernes short about somali pirates, vice announced on tuesday. Shorts awards announced at 2018 sundance film festival. The short film, also titled fishing without nets, ultimately screened in competition at sundance 2012. But while fishing without nets is a laudable attempt to humanize the somalis and tell a young african boys story, it is difficult to connect to the characters. With abdiwali farrah, eric godon, abdikhadir hassan, idil ibrahim.
A story of pirates in somalia told from the perspective of a struggling, young somali fisherman. Despite fishing without nets grounding in the harsh economic realities of life on somalias shores, its perspective on the pirate subculture comes down to a sort of watereddown actionmovie neorealism, where the bad guys have all the agency, the good guys are all. Fishing without nets is a short film about somali pirates from their point of view, which won the recent sundance jury prize in short filmmaking. While it is a fictional story shot in kenya, youd probably believe it was a documentary if you werent told otherwise. The media brand is teaming up with think media and rupert wyatts picture farm company to take the awardwinning short to the bigscreen. Hodierne and a film crew were aboard a small fleet of boats off the coast of kenya last fall shooting a scene for fishing without nets, his movie about somali pirates, when the 26yearold got. Vice producers saw the short before it won the jury prize in short filmmaking at sundance. Still, festival and art house auds should respond to this film, with a lead. Executed with considerably more polish than the crime at its center, fishing without nets turns the hijacking drama into a morally murky contemplation of deprivation and desperation. Fishing without nets cutter hodierne makes an accomplished feature debut with this very wellcrafted, empathetic hijacking drama. But vices first feature film bears evidence of its growing maturity though its web site still has a nsfw section. Cutter hodiernes short film fishing without nets backs in more contemplative themes and ideas than most featurelength films do with the time, resources, and. Fishing without nets is a 2014 american drama film written and directed by cutter hodierne. Behind the scenes of fishing without nets part 5 duration.
Since then cutter has been shooting and directing a short film, fishing without nets, in which a group of somali pirates tell their story. Firsttime feature filmmaker 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. In his first feature length film fishing without nets. The film stars abdikani muktar, abdi siad, abdiwali farrah, abdikhadir hassan, reda kateb and idil ibrahim. Abdi, a principled but struggling young somali fisherman, turns to. The damien chazelledirected film about a young drummer. While not entirely realized, the empathetic goals of its director, cutter hodierne expanding his 2012 short film of the same title, are furthered. Fishing without nets, a cutter hodierne short film. The film did so well at sundance it won the jury prize in short filmmaking that hodierne decided to go back to africa in order to. Meanwhile, ben and josh sadies daddy longlegs the black balloon was awarded the us fiction prize while kosovo filmmaker blerta zeqiris the return kthimi won the international fiction prize. How this firsttime filmmaker shot a film at sea in. Fishing without nets is a 2012 fictional short film directed by cutter hodierne. Fishing without nets tells the mesmerizing and sobering story of the bandits from the somali point of view.
This time, the central character is a somali fisherman who cannot support his family. The company, targeting millennials, tends to go for big splashes with ploys such as sending dennis rodman to north korea. Fishing without nets is an interesting short film on somali pirates. However, for what we have to go off of, fishing without nets is a crisply shot and nicely made short, suspenseful at times, eerily peaceful at others, and investing almost the entire way through.
Cutter hodierne expanding his 2012 short film of the same title, are furthered by a. Vice opted to produce the movie after a short version of the film won an award at the sundance. Sundance award winning film fishing without nets trailer. Cutter hodiernes debut, expanding a short of the same name, tells a. Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the sundance film festival short film tour is a 95minute theatrical program of eight short films from the 2016 edition of the january festival utah community events programs for utah audiences to experience independent film, theatre, and music through free screenings and discussions. Fishing without nets 2012 directed by cutter hodierne. Fishing without nets takes an authentic look at somali. Park city, utah winners of the 2018 sundance film festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced today by sundance institute at a ceremony in park city, utah. In november, hodierne, now 25, learned that his short film fishing without nets had been accepted to the sundance film festival, where it will have its world premiere thursday night at park. It ended up like a teaser, where you wanted the story to continue, he said. But ultimately, fishing without nets is perhaps not a big catch. Movie interview cutter hodierne on fishing without nets. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
Despite its short runtime working against it, this is a film about choices and hopelessness. Expanding his short of the same name that took home a jury prize at the festival two years ago, director cutter hodierne explores. The film premiered incompetition in the us dramatic category at 2014 sundance film festival on january 17, 2014. The first film was, obviously, captain phillips with tom hanks. Its also a short that poses thoughtful points about a country that inspire negative or pessimistic thoughts from nearly anyone who hears the name of the land. There is a new look to this old story in a film called fishing without nets. The film will tour film festivals, and may be worked into a featurelength film. Trailer via vice shot in east africa with kenyan actors. It had its world premier at sundance winning the grand jury prize followed by. Cutter hodiernes short film fishing without nets backs in more contemplative themes and ideas than most featurelength films do with the time, resources, and capabilities they bear. Turns out we do, and cutter hodiernes directorial debut fishing without nets almost. The somali pirate flick fishing without nets floats.
Fishing without nets, a piracy tale, by cutter hodierne the new. Based on american director cutter hodiernes prizewinning short film of the. Fishing without nets started as a short film that hodierne produced himself. Sundancewinning filmmaker explores grim world of somali. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. The big winner was cutter hodiernes fictional somali pirate expose fishing without nets, which took home the jury prize in short filmmaking.
Fishing without nets, a piracy tale, by cutter hodierne. It was the first major deal of the 2014 sundance film festival and tonight whiplash was the big winner at the fests awards ceremony. A hijacking tale told from the perspective of the impoverished somalis. It had its world premier at sundance winning the grand jury prize followed by european premier at.
The film stage do we really need another somali pirates movie after paul greengrasss superb captain phillips. A drama the follows a somali who opts in on a piracy mission but then tries to extricate himself from the events. Watch the best african short films online, chosen by africas best short filmmakers and the worlds best short film awards, festivals and websites. Fishing without nets, deeper than yesterday, short term 12, the arm and the legend of beaver dam. Fishing without nets by cutter hodierne won the short film grand jury prize at sundance 2012. Movie interview cutter hodierne on fishing without nets writerdirector cutter hodierne, whose short feature film on somali pirates recently won a jury prize at sundance, talks with melissa. The short film, fishing without nets, tells the story of pirates in somalia told from the perspective of a struggling, young somali fisherman. In fishing without nets, a somali fisherman becomes an accomplice in the capture of an oil tanker. The plot tells the story of a group of fishermen in somalia who are. It had its world premier at sundance winning the grand jury prize followed by european premier at the dawn breakers international film festival.
Survival is one of humanitys most basic instincts, driving one to unspeakable lengths to persevere in the harshest of conditions. Sundance grand jury for short filmmaking award winner fishing without nets short film max and marco end theme. But vices first feature film bears evidence of its. Somali pirate short film fishing without nets gcaptain. Fishing without nets, the first feature by director cutter hodierne, an american who once filmed rock stars, is an incisive tale of somali villagers who have forsaken fishing nets for. Ouat media presents five sundance film festival awardwinning short films. Its the story of pirates in somalia, told from the perspective of a struggling, young somali fisherman. Cutter hodiernes debut, expanding a short of the same name, tells a hijacking story from the somali pirates point of view. Vice to finance, produce somali pirate film fishing. Fishing without nets, vice medias somali pirate drama. Based on the short of the same name, this is the story of pirates in somalia, told from the perspective of the pirates and focuses in on one young somali. Among other awards, this short film won the grand jury prize in. Writer producer editor cutter hodierne told his story of filming in kenya to vice.
Fishing without nets is a bit of a surprise, coming from vice media. Vice boards somali pirate movie fishing without nets as. Fishing without nets, one of this years sundance film festival competition dramas, applies this idea to an entire way of life. Vice opted to produce the movie after a short version of the film won an award at the sundance film festival in 2012.
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