Set in 1967-68, a crucial era in modern Czech history, this dynamic, Oscar-shortlisted drama revolves around the international office at Czechoslovak Radio led by editor Milan Weiner, whose commitment to honest journalistic work puts the organization in the crosshairs of the Czechoslovak secret police. “Waves unfolds like a ticking time bomb of a spy thriller. Filip Malásek’s editing deserves praise for keeping an edge-of-seat tempo …Tested loyalties and cat-and-mouse chases set the stage for the brave work Czechoslovak Radio’s journalists accomplished in the year leading up to the invasion. The film’s pulse-pounding rhythms soon make it feel like a gripping John Le Carré tale. The freedom of the press is here no mere abstract concept; it’s an embodied moral imperative that rests on professionals who constantly had to make tough personal choices that could put them at odds with colleagues, friends and even family.” –Manuel Betancourt, Variety –AS