Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Waves,’ Sundance Hit ‘DJ Ahmet’ Among Czech Buzz Titles at EFM

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Christopher Vourlias The latest from an animation powerhouse, an anticipated biopic from a three-time Oscar nominee and a buzzy Sundance premiere headline the slate of new and upcoming Czech titles on offer at this year’s EFM. DJ AhmetDirector: Georgi M.

UnkovskiProducers: Ivan Unkovski, Ivana ShekutkoskaA Czech minority co-production arriving off a buzzy Sundance premiere, this auspicious debut follows a 15-year-old boy from a remote North Macedonian village who uses music as an escape from an overbearing father and the expectations of his community.Sales: Films Boutique FranzDirector: Agnieszka HollandProducer: Šárka CimbalováHolland’s anticipated Franz Kafka biopic, which is the follow-up to the three-time Oscar nominee’s critically acclaimed “Green Border,” will cover the writer’s life starting with his birth in 19th-century Prague until his death in Berlin after the end of WWI.Sales: Films Boutique Mr.

Nobody Against PutinDirector: David BorensteinProducer: Helle FaberComing off a premiere in Sundance’s World Cinema Documentary Competition, this Czech minority co-production follows a Russian teacher who secretly documents his small-town school’s transformation into a war recruitment center after the Ukraine invasion.World sales: DR SalesU.S.