04-02-2019

Jan Palach Wins 2018 Czech Film Critics‘ Awards

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    PRAGUE: Robert Sedláček’s Jan Palach won the Czech Film Critics’ Award for best film, while the best director award went to Olmo Omerzu for his road movie Winter Flies / Všechno bude.

    The best screenplay award went to Lucie Bokšteflová and Tomáš Pavlíček for the comedy Bear with Us / Chata na prodej.

    The awards were announced at a gala event held at the Prague Archa Theatre on 2 February 2019.

    FULL LIST OF AWARDS:

    Best Film: Jan Palach (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Robert Sedláček
    Produced by Cineart TV Prague
    Coproduced by the Czech Television, Arina, RTVS, Up&Up production
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund , the Prague Film Fund, the Ministry of Defence CR, the City of Prague, the City of Pardubice

    Best Documentary: When the War Comes / Až přijde válka (Czech Republic, Croatia)
    Martin Huba awarded for Talks with TGMDirected by Jan Gebert

    Best Director: Olmo Omerzu for Winter Flies / Všechno bude (Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia)
    Directed by Olmo Omerzu
    Produced by endorfilm
    Coproduced by Czech Television, Punkchart films, Koskino, Cvinger film
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Slovenian Film Centre, the Polish Film Institute, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Best Screenplay: Tomáš Pavlíček, Lucie Bokšteflová for Bear with Us / Chata na prodej (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Tomáš Pavlíček
    Produced by  MasterFilm
    Coproduced by the Czech Television
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, Creative Europe - MEDIA

    Best Actress: Jenovéfa Boková for Moments / Chvilky (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Beata Parkanová
    Produced by HEAVEN'S GATE
    Coproduced by Fog'n'Desire Films, the Czech Television, KFS production, RTVS
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, Creative Europe - MEDIA , the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Best Actor: Martin Huba for Talks with TGM / Hovory s TGM (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Jakub Červenka
    Produced by  Bedna Films
    Coproduced by Fantomas production, Karel Janeček
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Audiovisual Achievement: Jan Švankmajer for the visual stylisation of Insect / Hmyz (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Jan Švankmajer
    Produced by  Athanor
    Coproduced by the Czech Television
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, Creative Europe - MEDIA, Eurimages, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Out of Cinema Award: Ondřej Hudeček, Jon Weinbach for Nagano Tapes

    Innogy Award for the Discovery of the Year: Jakub Červenka for Talks with TGM / Hovory s TGM