18-01-2022

The most nominations for the Czech Lion award were obtained by two films - Occupation and Zátopek

    Zatopek by David Ondricek Zatopek by David Ondricek

    The Czech Lion knows the nominations for the year of 2021, the results were published today by the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA). Altogether 184 academics were choosing from 84 feature actors’ films, documentary features, animated and short films and television works of art that had fulfilled the statutes of the Czech Lion Awards.

    With the 29th annual Czech Lion awards the most nominations went to the films Occupation and Zátopek while the films The Man with Hare Ears, Bird Atlas and Emma in Love were also successful. For the television works of art more categories were open for the second time and the animated and short films have their own independent competitions also for the second time. So several nominations went to the film My Sunny Maad and the television miniseries Božena has got a great amount of nominations as well. Altogether 25 different films will be competing in 19 categories in the final round of voting.

    The awarding ceremony of the Czech Lions will take place on 5th March in Rudolfinum in Prague and it will be broadcast live by Czech Television on the CT1 channel. The gala evening will be hosted by Jiří Havelka for the first time.

    More information can be found on the website www.ceskylev.cz.

    The voting about the nominations in all the categories of the 29th annual Czech Lion awards took place from 1st Dec 2021 to 9th Jan 2022. The academics were choosing from 32 feature actors’ films, then they voted about 16 documentary features that had been chosen by a preselection committee consisting of the members of the academy, 7 animated and 13 short films. As for the collection of the television works of art, which for the second time included also the works distributed via the Internet, the academics were choosing from 16 works of art.

    The most appreciated by the academics were two films that both can be proud of the same amount of 13 nominations: the biographical drama Zátopek by the director, co-producer and co-screenwriter David Ondříček and the debut film of the director Michal Nohejl Occupation, a tragicomical drama from the normalization era. 11 nominations were given to the fantastic comedy by Martin Šulík The Man with Hare Ears, a film about a man who suddenly obtained some superpowers and those turned his life upside down from day to day. The film Bird Atlas can boast of 9 nominations. It is a dramatic probe of the complicated family relationships and communication technologies directed by Olmo Omerzu. 8 nominations were presented to the film Emma in Love, which is a romantic drama about getting even with your own past directed by Jan Prušinovský. The television series Božena about the first significant Czech female writer directed by Lenka Wimmerová will fight in the last jousting with its 5 nominations and 4 nominations went to the internationally acclaimed animated film My Sunny Maad by Michaela Pavlátová, whose poetic film tells the story of a Czech woman married in Kabul.

    29th CZECH LION – NOMINATIONS

    BEST FEATURE ACTORS’ FILM
    Atlas ptáků (Bird Atlas) – producer Jiří Konečný
    Chyby (Emma in Love) – producers Ondřej Zima, Jan Prušinovský, Zuzana Mistríková, Ľubica Orechovská
    Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears) – producers Rudolf Biermann, Martin Šulík
    Okupace (Occupation) – producers Jan Hlavsa, Julie Žáčková
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – producers Kryštof Mucha, David Ondříček

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
    Occupation by Michal NohejlJednotka intenzivního života (Intensive Life Unit) – directed by Adéla Komrzý – produced by Pavla Janoušková Kubečková
    Láska pod kapotou (At Full Throttle)– directed by Miro Remo – produced by Vít Janeček, Miro Remo
    Nebe (Heaven)– directed by Tomáš Etzler, Adéla Špaljová – produced by Jan Macola
    Nová šichta (A New Shift)– directed by Jindřich Andrš – produced by Augustina Micková, Miloš Lochman, Karel Chvojka
    Sny o toulavých kočkách (Dreams about Stray Cats)– directed by David Sís – produced by Vít Bělohradský, Kateřina Bělohradská

    BEST DIRECTOR
    Atlas ptáků (Bird Atlas) – Olmo Omerzu
    Chyby (Emma in Love) – Jan Prušinovský
    Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears) – Martin Šulík
    Okupace (Occupation) – Michal Nohejl
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – David Ondříček

    BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
    Atlas ptáků (Bird Atlas) – Alena Mihulová
    Božena (Božena) – Anna Kameníková
    Chyby (Emma in Love) – Pavla Gajdošíková
    Marťanské lodě (Two Ships) – Eliška Křenková
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – Martha Issová

    BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
    Atlas ptáků (Bird Atlas) – Miroslav Donutil
    Chyby (Emma in Love) – Jan Jankovský
    Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears) – Miroslav Krobot
    Okupace (Occupation) – Martin Pechlát
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – Václav Neužil

    BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
    Atlas ptáků (Bird Atlas) – Eliška Křenková
    Chyby (Emma in Love) – Eva Hacurová
    Kukačky (The Swap) – Denisa Barešová
    Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears) – Zuzana Mauréry
    Okupace (Occupation) – Antonie Formanová

    BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
    Atlas ptáků (Bird Atlas) – Martin Pechlát
    Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears) – Oldřich Kaiser
    Okupace (Occupation) – Otakar Brousek
    Případ Roubal (Case Roubal) – Hynek Čermák
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – Robert Mikluš

    BEST SCREENPLAY
    Chyby (Emma in Love) – Roman Vojkůvka
    Moje slunce Mad (My Sunny Maad) – Ivan Arsenjev
    Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears) – Marek Leščák, Martin Šulík
    Okupace (Occupation) – Marek Šindelka, Vojtěch Mašek
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – David Ondříček, Alice Nellis, Jan P. Muchow

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Atlas ptáků (Bird Atlas) – Lukáš Milota
    Lidi krve (Blood Kin) – Jakub Halousek
    Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears) – Martin Štrba
    Okupace (Occupation) – Jan Baset Střítežský
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – Štěpán Kučera

    BEST FILM EDITING
    Atlas ptáků (Bird Atlas) – Jana Vlčková
    Chyby (Emma in Love) – Michal Böhm
    Láska pod kapotou (At Full Throttle) – Šimon Hájek
    Okupace (Occupation) – Petr Turyna
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – Jarosław Kamiński

    BEST SOUND
    Atlas ptáků (Bird Atlas) – Pavel Rejholec, Viktor Ekrt
    Moje slunce Mad (My Sunny Maad) – Jan Čeněk, Régis Diebold
    Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears) – Pavel Rejholec, Viktor Ekrt
    Okupace (Occupation) – Sandra Klouzová, David Titěra, Roman Sečkař
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – Pavel Rejholec, Jakub Čech

    BEST MUSIC
    Amerikánka (American Chick) – Petr Ostrouchov
    Moje slunce Mad (My Sunny Maad) – Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
    Myši patří do nebe (Even Mice Belong in Heaven) – Krzysztof A. Janczak
    Okupace (Occupation) – La Petite Sonja, Hank J. Manchini
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – Beata Hlavenková

    BEST STAGE DESIGN
    Božena (Božena) – Petr Kunc
    Kryštof (Kryštof) – Milan Býček
    Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears) – František Lipták
    Okupace (Occupation) – Tomáš Svoboda
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – Jan Vlasák

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN
    Božena (Božena) – Katarína Štrbová Bieliková
    Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears) – Katarína Hollá
    Okupace (Occupation) – Josefina Bakošová
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – Kateřina Štefková
    Zločiny Velké Prahy (The Crimes of Greater Prague) – Simona Rybáková

    BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
    Božena (Božena) – Martin Valeš
    Chyby (Emma in Love) – Jana Bílková
    Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears) – Martin Jankovič, Katarína Horská
    Okupace (Occupation) – Jana Dopitová
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – Jana Dopitová
     
    BEST TELEVISION FILM OR MINISERIES
    Amerikánka (American Chick) – main producer Viktor Tauš – main maker Viktor Tauš
    Božena (Božena) – main producer Michal Reitler – main maker Lenka Wimmerová
    Případ Roubal (Case Roubal) – main producer Pavel Berčík, Ondřej Zima, Michael Bütow – main maker Tereza Kopáčová

    BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES
    Kukačky (The Swap) – main producers Filip Bobiňski, Petr Šizling, Jan Lekeš – main maker Biser A. Arichtev
    Ochránce (The Defender) – main producer Michal Reitler – main makers Tereza Kopáčová, Tomáš Feřtek, Matěj Podzimek
    Zločiny Velké Prahy (The Crimes of Greater Prague) – main producer Jan Lekeš – main maker Jaroslav Brabec

    BEST ANIMATED FILM
    Moje slunce Mad (My Sunny Maad) – director, artist Michaela Pavlátová – producers Kateřina Černá, Petr Oukropec
    Myši patří do nebe (Even Mice Belong in Heaven) – directed by Denisa Grimmová, Jan Bubeníček – producers Vladimír Lhoták, Alexandre Charlet – artists Denisa Grimmová, Jan Bubeníček, Jan Kurka
    Rudé boty (Red Shoes) – director, artist Anna Podskalská – producer Mária Môťovská

    BEST SHORT FILM
    Milý tati (Love, Dad) – directed by Diana Cam Van Nguyen – producer Karolína Davidová
    Poslední den patriarchátu (The Last Day of Patriarchy) – directed by Olmo Omerzu – producers Rok Biček, Jiří Konečný
    Příběh hrůzostrašné Eliz (The Glory of Terrible Eliz) – directed by Eliška Kováříková, Adam Struhala – producers Barbora Skoumalová, Miloš Lochman

    MAGNESIA AWARD FOR THE BEST STUDENT FILM – non-statutory award
    Dřevo na příští zimu (Wood for the Next Winter) – directed by Karel Šindelář
    Ještě nespíš? (Still Awake?) – directed by David Payne
    Milý tati (Love, Dad) – directed by Diana Cam Van Nguyen
    Postup práce (Progress) – directed by Lun Sevnik
    Rudé boty (Red Shoes) – directed by Anna Podskalská

    OVERVIEW OF THE NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS (in statutory categories)
    Okupace (Occupation) – 13 nominations
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – 13 nominations
    Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears) – 11 nominations
    Atlas ptáků (Bird Atlas) – 9 nominations
    Chyby (Emma in Love) – 8 nominations
    Božena (Božena) – 5 nominations
    Moje slunce Mad (My Sunny Maad) – 4 nominations
    Amerikánka (American Chick) – 2 nominations
    Kukačky (The Swap) – 2 nominations
    Láska pod kapotou (At Full Throttle) – 2 nominations
    Myši patří do nebe (Even Mice Belong in Heaven) – 2 nominations
    Případ Roubal (Case Roubal) – 2 nominations
    Zločiny Velké Prahy (The Crimes of Greater Prague) – 2 nominations
    Jednotka intenzivního života (Intensive Life Unit) – 1 nomination
    Kryštof (Kryštof) – 1 nomination
    Lidi krve (Blood Kin) – 1 nomination
    Marťanské lodě (Two Ships) – 1 nomination
    Milý tati (Love, Dad) – 1 nomination
    Nebe (Heaven) – 1 nomination
    Nová šichta (A New Shift) – 1 nomination
    Ochránce (The Defender) – 1 nomination
    Poslední den patriarchátu (The Last Day of Patriarchy) – 1 nomination
    Příběh hrůzostrašné Eliz (The Glory of Terrible Eliz) – 1 nomination
    Rudé boty (Red Shoes) – 1 nomination
    Sny o toulavých kočkách (Dreams about Stray Cats) – 1 nomination

    Awards presented at the press conference on 17th January 2022:

    BEST FILM POSTER – non-statutory award
    Zátopek – (Zátopek) Aleš Najbrt, Jakub Spurný, Julie Vrabelová – awarded poster
    Atlas ptáků (Bird Atlas) – Konstantinos Fragkoulis, Adéla Turková
    Moje slunce Mad (My Sunny Maad) – Jan Poukar, Michaela Pavlátová
    Okupace (Occupation) – Jindřich Hoch
    Vlci na hranicích (Wolves at the Borders) – Jan Němec

    AWARD OF FILM FANS – non-statutory award
    Zátopek (Zátopek) – David Ondříček (awarded director)


    Czech Lion

    The Czech Lion is a prestigious Czech film award that has been presented since 1993. Films are evaluated based on the voting of the members of the Czech Film and Television Academy. The ceremonial announcement of the results will take place on Saturday 5th March 2022 in Prague’s Rudolfinum and it will be broadcast live by Czech Television on CT1 at 20:10.

    About the Czech Film and Television Academy:

    The Czech Film and Television Academy was founded in 1995 and in 2013 it was transformed into a registered association. Its main aim is to support and promote Czech cinematographic art in the Czech Republic as well as abroad and create conditions for the development of Czech film. The academy presents the most prestigious Czech film award – the Czech Lion and nominates the Czech candidates for the awards of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The CFTA consists of 354 members at the moment.