2014 Sundance Film Festival: Cutter Hodierne’s Fishing Without Nets

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You’d be hard-pressed to find anything of a swashbuckling nature in what is essentially a pirate movie without the eye patches. While comparisons with other films dealing in the familiar subject matter were indeed included in the Sundancing discourse, Fishing Without Nets surveys the dire situation in Somalia via those who are pointing their Kalashnikovs and chewing the khat. Honored with the Best Directing prize, filmmaker Cutter Hodierne does apply a certain poetic veneer to this sprawling and tension filled film that innocently came about when the filmmaker thought about the motivations behind such a desperately bold act. Here’s footage from the World Premiere Post Q&A (January 17th – Library Center Theatre) with cast, Hodierne and producers Raphael Swann and Eddy Moretti.

Eric Lavallée
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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