Czech Lion Awards
The Czech Lion Awards (Czech: Český lev) are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic. The jury is composed of members of the Czech Film and Television Academy (ČFTA).
Czech Lion Awards Český lev | |
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Awarded for | Excellence in cinematic (and, at least historically, televisual) achievements |
Country | Czech Republic |
Presented by | Czech Film and Television Academy (ČFTA) |
First awarded | 25 July 1994 (to honor achievements of 1993/4) |
Website | http://www.ceskylev.cz/ |
Eligible films must have been released in the year prior to the awards ceremony, and must have been at least co-produced by a Czech film studio.
Categories
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Music
- Best Editing
- Best Sound
- Best Actor in Leading Role
- Best Actress in Leading Role
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Unique Contribution to Czech Film
- Most Popular Film
- Best Documentary
- Best Film Poster
Also:
- The Magnesie Award for Best Foreign Film
- The Sazka Award for Best Unseen Screenplay
- The Film Critics' Award
- The Premiere Readers' Award
- The Stuffed Lion for the Worst Film (won three times by the series Kameňák)
Czech Lion Winners
Single films with most awards
Year | Film | Awards | Notes |
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2016 | A Prominent Patient | 12 | Nominated in 13 categories.[1] |
2013 | Burning Bush | 11 | Originally released as miniseries. Nominated in 14 categories. |
1998 | Sekal Has to Die | 10 | Record holder until 2013. |
2012 | In the Shadow | 9 | Nominated in 11 categories. Also won Film Critics' Award and Best Film Poster Award. |
2019 | The Painted Bird | 9 | Nominated in 11 categories. Also won Best Film Poster Award. |
2008 | The Karamazovs | 8 | |
2005 | Something Like Happiness | 7 | |
2014 | The Way Out | 7 | |
2009 | Protector | 7 | |
1996 | Kolya | 6 | |
2002 | Year of the Devil | 6 | |
2015 | The Snake Brothers | 6 | |
2017 | Ice Mother | 6 | |
1995 | The Garden | 5 | |
1999 | The Idiot Returns | 5 | |
2000 | Divided We Fall | 5 | |
2003 | Boredom in Brno | 5 | |
2010 | Walking Too Fast | 5 |
Best actors and actresses
Actor | Awards won | Main Awards | Supporting Awards | Notes |
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Ivan Trojan | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
Anna Geislerová | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
Jiří Schmitzer | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
Jan Budař | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
Klára Melíšková | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Zuzana Bydžovská | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Jiřina Bohdalová | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Iva Janžurová | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Jiří Lábus | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Bolek Polívka | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Karel Roden | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Tereza Brodská | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Vladimír Dlouhý | 2 | 0 | 2 | Supporting actor for Kajínek was awarded In Memoriam. |
Jiří Kodet | 2 | 0 | 2 |
References
- Strbova, Denisa (1 January 1970). "A Prominent Patient Received 12 Czech Lions". FilmNewEurope.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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