About the film
Caught in the Net is a 2020 Czech documentary film by Vít Klusák about sexual predators 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 some were arrested and criminally charged.
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.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Awards on record
- Czech Lion Award for Best Documentary
- Czech Film Critics' Awards