"Fishing Without Nets" is now available to download on iTunes in the USA. When Cutter Hodierne’s short film, "Fishing Without Nets," won the Grand Jury Prize for Short at Sundance in 2012, his treatment of the theme of piracy in Somalian waters ran somewhat contrary to the news stories and big budget films being touted by Western media at the time (and, predominantly, since) and instead told a story from an alternative perspective. Like the short, the feature length version of "Fishing Without Nets" is set in Somalia and tells the story of a humble fisherman, Abdi (played by Abdikani Muktar Manur, whose real life was inspiration for the film). From the only...
- 4/11/2016
- by Wendy Okoi-Obuli
- ShadowAndAct
Editor's Note: Starting today, October 28, "Fishing Without Nets" is now available to download on iTunes. Here's our review from the Lff. When Cutter Hodierne’s short film, "Fishing Without Nets," won the Grand Jury Prize for Short at Sundance in 2012, his treatment of the theme of piracy in Somalian waters ran somewhat contrary to the news stories and big budget films being touted by Western media at the time (and, predominantly, since) and instead told a story from an alternative perspective. Like the short, the feature length version of "Fishing Without Nets" is set in Somalia and tells the story of a humble fisherman, Abdi (played by Abdikani Muktar...
- 10/29/2014
- by Wendy Okoi-Obuli
- ShadowAndAct
When Cutter Hodierne’s short film, "Fishing Without Nets," won the Grand Jury Prize for Short at Sundance in 2012, his treatment of the theme of piracy in Somalian waters ran somewhat contrary to the news stories and big budget films being touted by Western media at the time (and, predominantly, since) and instead told a story from an alternative perspective. Like the short, the feature length version of "Fishing Without Nets" is set in Somalia and tells the story of a humble fisherman, Abdi (played by Abdikani Muktar Manur, whose real life was inspiration for the film). From the only clan to fish the Northern waters, waters now ravaged by pollution and depleted of...
- 10/10/2014
- by Wendy Okoi-Obuli
- ShadowAndAct
With a short film that shares a lot more DNA than simply the same title, the award-winning 2012 film essentially served as a working blueprint for what essentially would be a much larger canvas. Cutter Hodierne’s 2014 Best Directing award-winning Sundance selected title doesn’t find much empathy from its set of players in what pans out to be this highly effective drama void of morality lessons. However, underneath it all, there is a little humanity to be found in this terrifying portion of the world.
A production that lasted 77 shooting days and spread out in back to back years, we had the chance to talk about the Vice folks: the producers who ended up spearheading the project and are now self distributing the title, we discussed the origins of title, khat – the drug of choice for many Somalians, and also highlighted the choice in protagonist portrayed by Abdikani Muktar – the...
A production that lasted 77 shooting days and spread out in back to back years, we had the chance to talk about the Vice folks: the producers who ended up spearheading the project and are now self distributing the title, we discussed the origins of title, khat – the drug of choice for many Somalians, and also highlighted the choice in protagonist portrayed by Abdikani Muktar – the...
- 10/4/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
They range in age, amount of screen time, supporting or principle characters, and have previous (television work, stage and or bit parts in Hollywood/Indiewood productions or next to no film experience at all. In essence these folks have a special gift and have essentially broken out. I had the fortune of having a team of four journalists (Caitlin Coder, Jordan M. Smith, Nicholas Bell and myself) covering the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and when you got a small army covering a major fest it ensures that fine performances from a new crop of acting talents don’t go undetected. Michael B. Jordan, Robin Weigert and Miles Teller (who follows up The Speculator Now with a dramatically and physically charged perf in the marvelous Whiplash) were just some of the new faces included on our top list last year.Worthy mnetions that did not break into our Top 10 include Fishing Without Nets‘ Abdikani Muktar,...
- 1/30/2014
- by IONCINEMA.com Contributing Writers
- IONCINEMA.com
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Brit Marling, Elizabeth Olsen, Edward Burns, Terrence Howard and Gabourey Sidibe all came to Park City as relative unknowns and emerged as highly sought-after talents. With the 2014 edition of the Sundance Film Festival launching tomorrow, the springboard is loaded. Here's Indiewire's picks for the 10 actors to watch this year. Abdikani Muktar ("Fishing Without Nets") Why You May Know Him: Chances are you don't. Muktar starred in "Fishing Without Nets" when it was a little-known short film, released in Kenya in 2012. It went on to win the Grand Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at Sundance in 2012. It was next seen in 2013 at the War on Screen International Film Festival in France. What Sundance Could Mean for Him: The original short film was shot in East Africa using Somali non-actors -- if the film is a hit, Muktar will be considered a non-actor no more. Given that "Captain Phillips" gave a huge...
- 1/15/2014
- by Taylor Lindsay
- Indiewire
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