Czech Lion (Český lev) nominations announced

Ice Mother, Barefoot and Milada lead in the number of nominations for the 25th Czech Lion Awards. Barefoot is already running away from the pack by winning two non-statutory awards for Best Poster and the Film Fan Award.

The Czech Film and Television Academy (ČFTA) announced the film nominations at the Rudolfinum, and gave out the first two prizes. Some 136 ČFTA members voted in the film category until Jan. 8. The nominations for television will be announced Feb. 12.

The award ceremony will take place March 10 in Rudolfinum, and will be hosted by Adela Vinczeová for the second time. The event will be broadcast live on ČT1 at 8 pm.

Some 25 live-action and animated films and 26 documentaries that had been distributed in 2017 are eligible to win a Czech Lion (Český lev). There will be a the new image for the statuette as well this year.

Among the candidates for the Czech Lion awards the leader is the film Ice Mother (Bába z ledu) by director Bohdan Sláma with 15 nominations. Altogether 13 nominations were received by the film Barefoot (Po strništi bos) by director Jan Svěrák. The third-highest number of nominations, 10, went to the biopic Milada by David Mrnka.

Ice Mother is a romantic comedy about an isolated older woman who becomes interested in winter swimming after she meets an elderly man, who is also lonely. Barefoot takes place during World War 11, with a young city boy whose family relocates to a rural area. Milada is based on the Cold War–era show trial of Czechoslovak patriot Milada Horáková.

These films were followed by Little Crusader (Křižáček) by Václav Kadrnka with nine nominations, Filthy (Špína) by Tereza Nvotová and Quartette (Kvarteto) by Miroslav Krobot with eight nominations, and Garden Store: Family Friend (Zahradnictví: Rodinný přítel) with four nominations. The rest of the nominated films had one each.

The best film nominations were Barefoot, Filthy, Ice Mother, Milada and Quartette. The film that won Best Picture at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Little Crusader, was not nominated in this category.

The nominations for best documentary feature were Cervena (Červená) by Olga Sommerová, Czech Journal – The Limits of Work (Český žurnál – Hranice práce) by Apolena Rychlíková, Let Misik sing! (Nechte zpívat Mišíka) by Jitka Němcová, The Lust for Power (Mečiar) by Tereza Nvotová and The White World According to Daliborek (Svět podle Daliborka) by Vít Klusák.

The two TV categories, whose nominees were not yet announced, are Best Television Film or Miniseries and Best Television Drama Series. Czech Television, HBO Europe, TV Nova and TV Prima have submitted projects

The ČFTA presidium will also present an award for a Unique Contribution to Czech Film during the ceremonial gala evening.

The winners of two non-statutory awards were also announced at the ČFTA press conference. The award for the Best Film Poster was presented to Jiří Karásek and Lukáš Fišárek, the designers of the poster for the film Barefoot. Director Jan Svěrák obtained the Award of Film Fans, also for Barefoot.

The winners of the statutory categories of the 25th Czech Lion Awards will receive a new statuette that is being created in cooperation with Rückl glassworks. The crystal trophy will have a new look and the production will return to the glassworks in Nižbor.

The Czech Lions are the main Czech film awards and they have been presented since 1993. Films are evaluated based on the voting of the members of the Czech Film and Television Academy.

The awards usually are only of local interest, but the show made international headlines in 2015 when on impostor posing as actor Jim Carrey crashed the show and appeared on stage to set off a confetti cannon. The incident was reported in the New York Post, UK’s Daily Mail and other global tabloids.

Overview of the Number of Nominations
Ice Mother (Bába z ledu) – 15 nominations
Barefoot (Po strništi bos) – 13 nominations
Milada (Milada) – 10 nominations
Little Crusader (Křižáček) – 9 nominations
Filthy (Špína) – 8 nominations
Quartetto (Kvarteto) – 8 nominations
Garden Store: Family Friend (Zahradnictví: Rodinný přítel) – 4 nominations
8 Heads of Madness (8 hlav šílenství) – 1 nominations
Cervena (Červená) – 1 nomination
Czech Journal (Český žurnál – Hranice práce) – The Limits of Work – 1 nomination
Garden Store: Deserter (Zahradnictví: Dezertér) – 1 nomination
Laika (Lajka) – 1 nomination
Let Misik sing! (Nechte zpívat Mišíka) – 1 nomination
The Lust for Power (Mečiar) – 1 nomination
The White World According to Daliborek (Svět podle Daliborka) – 1 nomination

Best Film
Barefoot – producer Jan Svěrák
Filthy – producers Miloš Lochman, Peter Badač, Karel Chvojka
Ice Mother – producers Pavel Strnad, Petr Oukropec
Milada – David Mrnka, Kristina Hejduková, Juan Mayne
Quartetto – producer Ondřej Zima

Best Documentary Feature
Cervena – directed by Olga Sommerová – producer Pavel Berčík
Czech Journal – The Limits of Work – directed by Apolena Rychlíková – producers Petr Kubica, Filip Remunda, Vít Klusák
Let Misik sing! – directed by Jitka Němcová – producer Viktor Schwarcz
The White World According to Daliborek – directed by Vít Klusák – producers Filip Remunda, Vít Klusák

Best Director
Barefoot – Jan Svěrák
Filthy – Tereza Nvotová
Ice Mother – Bohdan Sláma
Little Crusader – Václav Kadrnka
Quartetto – Miroslav Krobot

Best Actress In A Leading Role
Barefoot – Tereza Voříšková
Ice Mother – Zuzana Kronerová
Milada – Ayelet Zurer
Quartetto – Barbora Poláková

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Barefoot – Ondřej Vetchý
Little Crusader – Karel Roden
Milada – Vladimír Javorský
Quartetto – Jaroslav Plesl

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Filthy – Anna Šišková
Garden Store: Deserter – Sabina Remundová
Ice Mother – Petra Špalková
Ice Mother – Tatiana Vilhelmová
Quartetto – Pavlína Štorková

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Barefoot – Oldřich Kaiser
Filthy – Patrik Holubář
Garden Store: Family Friend – Martin Finger
Ice Mother – Marek Daniel
Ice Mother – Václav Neužil

Best Screenplay
Barefoot – Jan Svěrák, Zdeněk Svěrák
Filthy – Barbora Námerová
Ice Mother – Bohdan Sláma
Little Crusader – Jiří Soukup, Vojtěch Mašek, Václav Kadrnka
Quartetto – Miroslav Krobot, Lubomír Smékal

Best Cinematography
Barefoot – Vladimír Smutný
Filthy – Marek Dvořák
Ice Mother – Diviš Marek
Little Crusader – Jan Baset Střítežský
Milada – Martin Štrba

Best Film Editing
Barefoot – Alois Fišárek
Filthy – Jiří Brožek, Michal Lánský, Jana Vlčková
Ice Mother – Jan Daňhel
Milada – Olina Kaufmanová
Quartetto – Jan Daňhel

Best Sound
Barefoot – Jakub Čech, Claus Lynge
Ice Mother – Michal Holubec, Marek Poledna
Little Crusader – Jan Čeněk
Milada – Jiří Klenka
Quartetto – Viktor Ekrt

Best Music
8 Heads of Madness – Vladivojna La Chia
Barefoot – Michal Novinski
Garden Store: Family Friend – Petr Ostrouchov
Little Crusader – Irena Havlová and Vojtěch Havel
Milada – Aleš Březina, Drew Alan

Best Stage Design
Barefoot – Jan Vlasák
Ice Mother – Jan Vlasák
Laika – Aurel Klimt, Martin Velíšek, František Lipták
Little Crusader – Luca Servino, Daniel Pitín
Milada – Milan Býček

Best Costume Design
Barefoot – Simona Rybáková
Garden Store: Family Friend – Katarína Štrbová Bieliková
Ice Mother – Zuzana Krejzková
Little Crusader – Katarína Štrbová Bieliková
Milada – Simona Rybáková

Best Makeup And Hairstyling
Barefoot – Milan Vlček
Garden Store: Family Friend – Zdeněk Klika
Ice Mother – Zdeněk Klika
Little Crusader – Lukáš Král
Milada – Andrea McDonald

Magnesia Award for the Best Student Film (non-statutory award)
Atlantis, 2003 – Michal Blaško
Bo Hai – Dužan Duong
Friendly Sport Meeting – Adam Koloman Rybanský
Fruits of Clouds – Kateřina Karhánková
A Part – Tereza Vejvodová

Best Film Poster (non-statutory award)
Barefoot – Jiří Karásek, Lukáš Fišárek – awarded poster
8 Heads of Madness – Anna Krtičková
Cervena – Ondrej Karásek, Jan Malíř
Ice Mother – Aleš Najbrt, Michal Nanoru
Little Crusader – Franta Petrák

Award Of Film Fans (non-statutory award)
Barefoot – Jan Svěrák – awarded film