''Caught in the Net'' ( cz, V síti) is a 2020 Czech documentary film by Vít Klusák about

sexual predators A sexual predator is a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically "predatory" or abusive manner. Analogous to how a predator hunts down its prey, so the sexual predator is thought to "hunt" ...

on the internet. The film documents three actresses pretending to be adolescent girls on social media who are contacted by sexual predators that try to seduce them and start sending them photos of their genitalia. Sexual predators appearing in the film attracted focus of police after the release of the film and at least one of them was convicted at the court. The film was crowdfunded through HitHit during which filmmakers raised 3 million Czech koruna. The film was named Best Documentary of 2020 at the 2021

Czech Lion Awards The Czech Lion Awards ( cs, Český lev) are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic. The jury is composed of members of the Czech Fi ...

Cast

*Tereza Těžká *Anežka Pithartová *Sabina Dlouhá *Vít Klusák

Release

The film released on 27 February 2020 and quickly became the best grossing Czech documentary film. An edited version for schools was released under name ''Caught in the Net: Behind School'' ( cz, V síti: Za školou). An uncensored version called ''Caught in the Net 18+'' premiered on 9 July 2020. One of the sexual predators contacted a lawyer in an attempt to prevent release of the uncensored version.

References

External links

* * {{Czech Lion Film Fans Award 2020 films Czech documentary films 2020 documentary films Czech Lion Awards winners (films) 2020s Czech-language films