Fishing Without Nets (2012)

Original title

Jallaabasho shabaq la'aan

Directed by

Cutter Hodierne

Genre

crime, drama

Country

United States

Runtime

17 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of Somali pirates faces the desperation of their own lives as they hijack a ship. The short film focuses on the human cost and the moral compromises in a world of survival.

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What happens

Fishing Without Nets is a 2012 fictional short film directed by Cutter Hodierne. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize in the short films category, and later premiered at the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival. Hodierne made a feature film based on this short. The film premiered in-competition in the US Dramatic Category at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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