Who will get the most Czech Lion statuettes? We will find out on Saturday 5^th March. The tragicomic drama Occupation by Michal Nohejl and the biographic drama Zátopek directed, produced and co-written by David Ondříček can both boast of 13 nominations for the Czech Lion awards and thus stand the biggest chances in the 29^th year. 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.

In the final jousting altogether 25 films and television works of art will fight for the Czech Lion statuettes in 19 categories. In the first round 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 awarding ceremony of the Czech Lions will take place in the music hall Rudolfinum in Prague and it will be broadcast live by Czech Television on the CT1 channel. It will also be possible to watch it online on www.ceskatelevize.cz/ceskylev. The gala evening will be hosted by Jiří Havelka. The music accompaniment will be provided by the band Blue Shadows led by Petr Ostrouchov.

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

29^th 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

Jednotka 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

Divadlo ve filmu: Amerikánka (Theatre in Film: 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

Divadlo ve filmu: Amerikánka (Theatre in Film: 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
Divadlo ve filmu: Amerikánka (Theatre in Film: 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 17^th 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 5^th 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 353 members at the moment. 

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