Seventeen titles out of 55 films released in cinemas in 2014 have been nominated for the national film prizes awarded by the 123 members of the Czech Film and Television Academy.

Fair Play, a film about doping in sports in the Socialist era, is followed by Miroslav Krobot’s debut feature Nowhere in Moravia with 13 nominations, asocial drama The Way Out by Petr Vaclav and a fairy tale The Three Brothers by Jan Svěrák, both with 10 nominations.

The Nominations:

Best Film:

The Way Out /Cesta ven (Czech Republic / France)
Directed by Petr Václav
Produced by: Moloko Film
Coproduced by: Czech Television, Cinema Defacto
Supported by the State Cinematography Fund – Czech Republic

Fair Play (Czech Republic / Slovakia / Germany)
Directed by Andrea Sedláčková
Produced by: Negativ
Coproduced by: Arina, Czech Television, RWE, Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska, i/o post, Barrandov Studios, DEPARTURES Film
Supported by the State Cinematography Fund – Czech Republic

Nowhere in Moravia/ Díra u Hanušovic (Czech Repulic)
Directed by Miroslav Krobot
Produced by Evolution Films
Supported by the State Cinematography Fund – Czech Republic

To See the Sea/Pojedeme k moři (Czech Republic)
Directed by Jiří Mádl
Produced by: Bio Illusion
Coproduced by: Czech Television
Supported by the State Cinematography Fund – Czech Republic

Three Brothers/ Tři bratři (Czech Republic, Denmark)
Directed by Jan Svěrák
Produced by Biograf Jan Svěrák s.r.o.
Coproduced by Phoenix Film Investments
Supported by the State Cinematography Fund – Czech Republic

Best Documentary:

Into the Clouds We Gaze/K oblakům vzhlížíme
Directed by Martin Dušek
Produced by Czech Television

Magic Voice of the Rebel/Magický hlas rebelky
Directed by Olga Sommerová
Produced by Evolution Film s.r.o.
Coproduced by: Czech Television, Dadja Altenburg-Kohl, Bageterie Boulevard, Nadace Crocodille

Olga
Directed by Miroslav Janek
Produced by Jarmila Poláková, Film &Sociologie
Coproduced by Czech Television
Supported by the State Cinematography Fund – Czech Republic

The Century of Miroslav Zikmund/Století Miroslava Zikmunda
Directed by Petr Horký
Produced by PiranhaFilm s.r.o.
Coproduced by Karel Janeček, Prima ZOOM

Life According to Václav Havel/Život podle Václava Havla
Directed by Andrea Sedláčková
Produced by Negativ
Coproduced by Czech Television
Supported by the State Cinematography Fund – Czech Republic

Best Director:

Petr Václav for The Way Out
Miroslav Krobot for Nowhere in Moravia
Andrea Sedláčková for Fair Play
Jiří Mádl for To See the Sea
Jan Svěrák for Three Brothers

Best Leading Actress:

Klára Melíšková for Angels/ Andělé všedního dne
Directed by Alice Nellis
Produced by InFilm
Coproduced by Czech Television

Klaudia Dudová for The Way Out
Tatiana Vilhelmová for Nowhere in Moravia
Judit Bárdos for Fair Play

Tatiana Pauhofová for Tender Waves/Něžné vlny
Directed by Jiří Vejdělek
Produced by Infinity Prague
Coproduced by RWE

Best Leading Actor:

Boleslav Polívka for Angels
Ivan Trojan for Nowhere in Moravia
Roman Luknár for Fair Play

Milan Lasica for Hostage/Jak jsme hráli čáru (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Juraj Nvota
Produced by ALEF Film & Media

Ondřej Nosálek for Us 2/MY 2
Directed by Slobodanka Radun
Produced by Bionaut Films

Best Supporting Actress:

Zuzana Bydžovská for Angels
Mária Ferencová-Zajacová for The Way Out
Lenka Krobotová for Nowhere in Moravia
Anna Geislerová for Fair Play
Eva Josefíková for Fair Play

Best Supporting Actor:

Jaroslav Plesl for Nowhere in Moravia
Igor Bareš for Fair Play
Ondřej Vetchý for Hostage

Karel Roden for Krásno
Directed by Ondrej Sokol
Produced by love.FRAME
Coproduced by Czech Television , Dramedy Production

Matěj Hádek for Storyteller/ Pohádkář
Directed by Vladimír Michálek
Produced by Marlene Film

Best Script:

Petr Václav for The Way Out
Lubomír Smékal, Miroslav Krobot for Nowhere in Moravia
Andrea Sedláčková for Fair Play
Jiří Mádl for To See the Sea
Zdeněk Svěrák for Three Brothers

Best Photography:

Štěpán Kučera for The Way Out
Jan Baset Střítežský for Nowhere in Moravia
Jan Baset Střítežský for Fair Play
Martin Štrba for Storyteller
Vladimír Smutný for Three Brothers

Best Editing:

Florent Mangeot for The Way Out
Jan Daňhel for Nowhere in Moravia
Jakub Hejna for Fair Play
Alois Fišárek for Hostage
Alois Fišárek for Three Brothers

Best Sound:

Daniel Němec, Ivan Horák for The Way Out
Viktor Ekrt, Marek Hart for Nowhere in Moravia
Daniel Němec for Fair Play
Radim Hladík for Storyteller
Jakub Čech, Claus Lynge for Three Brothers

Best Music:

Michal Novinski for Angels
David Solař, Miro Žbirka for Fair Play
Jan P. Muchow for Krásno
Roman Holý for Storyteller
Jaroslav Uhlíř, Michal Novinski for Three Brothers

Best Art Direction:

Jan Pfeiffer for The Way Out
Jan Vlček for Nowhere in Moravia
Petr Fořt, Viera Dandová for Fair Play
Pavol Andraško for Hostage
Jan Vlasák for Three Brothers

Best Costumes:

Tereza Kučerová for The Way Out
Katarína Hollá for Nowhere in Moravia
Simona Rybáková for Fair Play

Zuzana Krejzková for Hany
Directed by Michal Samir
Produced by Barletta Production
Coproduced by CinemArt, a.s.

Simona Rybáková for Three Brothers

Best Make-up:

Lukáš Král for Nowhere in Moravia
Anett Weber, Katarína Horská for Fair Play
Lucie Lišková for Krásno
Jiřina Pahlerová for Tender Waves
Zdeněk Klika for Three Brothers