# Charades Boards Basketball Drama ‘Import’ From Cannes Alum Paul Shkordoff Ahead of AFM (EXCLUSIVE)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/charades-boards-basketball-drama-import-from-cannes-alum-paul-shkordoff-ahead-of-afm-exclusive/
- Published: 2026-10-27T15:17:21+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T05:52:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/global/charades-basketball-drama-import-cannes-alum-paul-shkordoff-1236931082/
- Topics: Basketball, Entertainment, Europe, Film, Geopolitics, Politics, Sport, World

## Key points

- Charades will launch international sales of *Import* at AFM.
- The film follows an injured American player seeking a second chance in Serbia.
- It is the feature debut of Cannes short-film alum Paul Shkordoff.

## Summary

Charades has acquired international sales rights to *Import*, the feature debut of Canadian director Paul Shkordoff, and will present it at the American Film Market next month. The basketball drama is in post-production and follows an American player trying to revive his professional career in Serbia, where the sport has a powerful local following.

Jawaun Daniels stars as Danny Ingram, a former high-school prospect whose career was interrupted by injury. After recruiters turn him away in Eastern Europe, he hides the injury, takes a job offered by Syrian nurse Nima, and later faces a choice when a chance to play for Partizan arises. The film was shot in Belgrade and made with the participation of KK Partizan; Shkordoff’s earlier short competed at Cannes in 2020.

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