Czech Republic Oscar submission ‘I’m Not Everything I Want To Be’ lands US deal

I’m Not Everything I Want To Be, the Czech Republic’s submission for this year’s international film Oscar, has been acquired for the US by Grasshopper Film.

Klára Tasovská’s documentary follows the life and career of photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková, who captured LGBTQ life in Prague before homosexuality was decriminalised in Czechoslovakia.

The film, which premiered in the Berlinale’s Panorama strand last year, is produced by Lukáš Kokeš and Tasovská for Somatic Films (Czech Republic), in co-production with Jakub Viktorín for Nutprodukcia (Slovakia) and Ralph Wieser for Mischief Films (Austria). Square Eyes is handling international sales. 

The film won this year’s Czech Lion for best documentary, the special jury prize for international documentary at the Torino festival and the Erste Bank Film Award at last year’s Viennale. 

Grasshopper plans to release I’m Not Everything I Want To Be theatrically in New York and Los Angeles next month and will also be submitting the title in the documentary feature Oscar category. 

Grasshopper’s Ryan Krivoshey commented: “Through a dynamic montage of still images, layered sound design, contemporary music and Jarcovjáková’s own voice drawn from her diaries, the film delivers a wild, intimate, and deeply political cinematic experience. We’re thrilled to share it with audiences.” 

The US deal was first reported by Deadline.

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