At the 27th Czech Lion Awards held March 8 in Prague, The Patined Bird picked up eight prizes including Best Film and Best Director. Owners won three, Old-Timers succeeded twice.

A black and white war drama The Painted Bird scored eight times during the 27th Czech Lion Awards ceremony bringing to its director-producer Václav Marhoul two major prizes for Best Film and Best Director, and non-statutary award for An Extraordinary Audiovisual Achievement.

The film also received awards for Best Cinematography (Vladimír Smutný), Best Film Editing (Luděk Hudec), Best Sound (Pavel Rejholec) Best Stage Design (Jan Vlasák) Best Costume Design (Helena Rovná) and Best Makeup and Hairstailing (Ivo Strangmüller).

Best Documentary Award went to Over the Hills, directed by Martin Mareček and produced by Petr Oukropec (Negativ), Tereza Polachová, Hanka Kastelicová (HBO Europe).

A comedy-drama Owners was honored with 3 prizes on Saturday evening. Jiří Havelka received the prize for Best Screenplay, and actresses Tereza Ramba, Klára Melíšková won Best Actress In a Leading Role and Best Actress In a Supporting Role, respectively.

The male actor prizes went for Old-Timers' Jiří Schmitzer (Best Actor In a Leading Role) and Jaroslav Mrkvička (Best Actor In a Supporting Role). According to the Czech Film and Television Academy, Best Music was composed by Ivan Acher, Michal Novinski (The Watchmaker's Apprentice).

You can read more about the Czech Lion Awards 2019 and check the full list of winners HERE.