Cold Wallet
Friday, October 11, 8:00 p.m.
Location: Scottish Rite Blue Room
A team of Redditors lose everything after a cryptocurrency scam leads them to plot to kidnap the “financial influencer” who screwed them over. Starring Raul Castillo, Josh Brener and Melonie Diaz.
84 Minutes
Directed by: Cutter Hodierne
Director Cutter Hodierne will be present, along with others from the filmmaking team for a post-screening Q&A.
Cutter Hodierne is the award-winning director behind FISHING WITHOUT NETS, a gripping portrayal of Somali pirates told from the perspective of the pirates, which won Best Director at Sundance and the prestigious Roger Ebert Award for Best First Feature. The project was shot on location in East Africa and first garnered the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance as a short film before being developed into a feature with the same cast, and released under the banner of VICE Studios & 20th Century Fox.
Cutter’s works blend authenticity with breathtaking imagery and has been described by The New York Times as “turning real crime tales into morally murky contemplations.” His latest film, the crypto heist thriller COLD WALLET, presented by Steven Soderbergh, follows a rag-tag team of Redditors who lose everything in a crypto ponzi scheme and plot to kidnap the ‘financial influencer’ who screwed them over. The film had its world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival.