Český Lev Award Nominees

The movies and moviemakers shortlisted for the Czech equivalent of the Oscars

With 12 nominations, Jan Hřebejk's bittersweet comedy-drama, Horem Pádem (Up and Down), is the frontrunner going into March 5th's Český lev award ceremony.

Chosen by the Česká filmová a televizní akademie (Czech Film and Television Academy), the awards - the Czech equivalent of the Oscars - honor the best in cinema here over the past year.

This year's ceremony will be held, as usual, in Palác Lucerna's great hall, and televised live on ČT1.

NOMINEES
Best Film
Horem Pádem ("Up and Down")
Král zlodějů ("King of Thieves")
Mistři ("Champions")

Best Director
Ivan Fíla (Král zlodějů)
Jan Hřebejk (Horem Pádem)
Marek Najbrt (Mistři)

Best Screenplay
Ivan Fíla (Král zlodějů)
Robert Geisler, Benjamin Tuček, Marek Najbrt (Mistři)
Petr Jarchovský (Horem Pádem)

Best Photography
FA Brabec (Bolero)
Jan Malíř (Horem Pádem)
Vladimír Smutný (Král zlodějů)

Best Editing
Ivana Davidová (Král zlodějů)
Adam Dvořák (Snowboarďáci)
Pavel Hrdlička (Mistři)

Best Sound
Michal Holubec (Horem Pádem)
Jiří Melcher (Mistři)
Zdeněk Taubler (Král zlodějů)

Best Music
Aleš Březina (Horem Pádem)
Miroslav Chyška (Snowboarďáci)
Michael Kocáb (Král zlodějů)

Best Production Design
Milan Býček a Katarína Bieliková (Horem Pádem)
Jan Němec, Jiří Maxa, Jiří Milfait, Michal Vlček (Krajina mého srdce)
Milan Popelka (Vaterland)

Best Actress
Zlata Adamovská (Milenci a vrazi)
Emília Vášáryová (Horem Pádem)
Tatiana Vilhelmová (Duše jako kaviár)

Best Supporting Actress
Klára Melíšková (Mistři)
Katharina Thalbach (Král zlodějů)
Ingrid Timková (Horem Pádem)

Best Actor
Yasha Kultiasov (Král zlodějů)
Jiří Macháček (Horem Pádem)
Lazar Ristovski (Král zlodějů)

Best Supporting Actor
Jan Budař (Mistři)
Petr Forman (Horem Pádem)
Jan Tříska (Horem Pádem)

ALREADY ANNOUNCED
Magnesia Prize - Best Foreign Film
Les Invasions barbares (Directed by Denys Arcand; Canada/France)

Best Film Poster
Aleš Najbrt (Horem Pádem)

Film Critics' Prize
Mistři

Premiere Magazine Readers' Prize
Horem Pádem

Sazka Prize - Best Unfilmed Screenplay (Runners-Up)
2nd: Jiří Hubač (Anglická rapsodie)
3rd: Václav Holanec (Herci)

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