Shadow Country tops the nominations for the Czech Lion Awards 2020

18 January 2021

Film Industry

Shadow Country tops the nominations for the Czech Lion Awards 2020

Film Industry

Shadow Country tops the nominations for the Czech Lion Awards 2020

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Shadow Country, directed by Bohdan Sláma and produced by Jindřich Motýl & Martin Růžička of LUMINAR Film, tops the nominations for Czech Lion Awards with 15 – including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and acting categories. Fourteen nominations were picked up by Charlatan and Havel. For the first time, Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) announced the nominees in newly-formed categories Best Animated Film and Best Short Film. The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday March 6, 2021 in Prague’s Rudolfinum.

The full list of nominees:

BEST FILM

Havel – producer Slávek Horák
Shadow Country – producers Martin Růžička, Jindřich Motýl
Droneman – producers Petr Zelenka, Martin Sehnal
Charlatan – producers Šárka Cimbalová, Kevan Van Thompson
Cook, F**k, Kill – producers Viktor Schwarcz, Mira Forna

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Alchemic Furnace – director Jan Daňhel, Adam Oľha – producers Pavla Kallistová, Zuzana Mistríková, Ľubica Orechovská, Jan Švankmajer, Jaromír Kallista
Hoisted with his Own Petard – Rudolf Slánský – director Martin Vadas – producer Alena Müllerová
My Father Antonin Kratochvil– director Andrea Sedláčková – producer Martin Hůlovec
Two Roads – director Radovan Síbrt – producers Alžběta Karásková, Karel Poupě
Caught in the Net – director Barbora Chalupová, Vít Klusák – producers Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda

BEST DIRECTOR

Havel – Slávek Horák
Shadow Country – Bohdan Sláma
Droneman – Petr Zelenka
Charlatan – Agnieszka Holland
Cook, F++k, Kill – Mira Fornay

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Sweethearts – Jana Plodková
Havel – Anna Geislerová
Actor – Jenovéfa Boková
Shadow Country – Magdaléna Borová
Caught in the Net – Tereza Těžká

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Havel – Viktor Dvořák
Actor – Jan Cina
Shadow Country – Csongor Kassai
Droneman – Kryštof Hádek
Charlatan – Ivan Trojan

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Havel – Barbora Seidlová
Actor – Elizaveta Maximová
Shadow Country – Barbora Poláková
Shadow Country – Petra Špalková
Charlatan – Jaroslava Pokorná

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Havel – Martin Hofmann
Shadow Country – Stanislav Majer
Droneman – Jiří Mádl
Charlatan – Juraj Loj
Charlatan – Josef Trojan

BEST SCREENPLAY

Havel – Slávek Horák, Rudolf Suchánek
Actor – Petr Bok, Pavel Gotthard
Shadow Country – Ivan Arsenjev
Droneman – Petr Zelenka
Charlatan – Marek Epstein

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Havel – Jan Šťastný
Actor – Martin Žiaran
Shadow Country – Diviš Marek
Droneman – Alexander Šurkala
Charlatan – Martin Štrba

BEST FILM EDITING

Havel – Vladimír Barák
Actor – Marek Kráľovský
Shadow Country – Jan Daňhel
Droneman – Vladimír Barák
Charlatan – Pavel Hrdlička

BEST SOUND

The Banger – Jiří Klenka
FREM – Dominik Dolejší
Havel – Viktor Prášil, Pavel Rejholec
Shadow Country – Marek Poledna
Charlatan – Radim Hladík jr.

BEST MUSIC

The Banger – Roman Holý
Havel – Petr Malásek
Shadow Country – Jakub Kudláč
Charlatan – Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz
Rats – Petr Ostrouchov

BEST STAGE DESIGN

The Impossible Voyage – Noro Držiak, Milan Ondruch, Martin Máj, Jan Kolegar
Havel – Vladimír Hruška
Shadow Country – Jan Pjena Novotný
Maria Theresa – Martin Kurel
Charlatan – Milan Býček

BEST COSTUMES

The Banger – Tereza Kučerová
Havel – Natálie Steklová
Shadow Country – Zuzana Bambušek Krejzková
Maria Theresa – Ján Kocman
Charlatan – Katarína Štrbová Bieliková

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

The Banger – Jana Bílková
Havel – Adriana Bartošová, René Stejskal
Shadow Country – Lukáš Král
Maria Theresa – Barbara Kichi
Charlatan – René Stejskal, Gabriela Poláková

BEST TELEVISION FILM OR MINISERIES

Actor – main producers Rastislav Šesták, Peter Bebjak, Kateřina Ondřejková – main maker Peter Bebjak
Stockholm Syndrome – main producer Kateřina Ondřejková – main maker Dan Svátek
Veteran – main producer Jiřina Budíková – main maker Jan Hřebejk

BEST TELEVISION SERIES

Crime Scene: Ostrava – main producers Jan Lekeš, Martin Froyda – main makers Dan Wlodarczyk, Jiří Chlumský, Jan Hřebejk
Specialists – main producers Rastislav Šesták, Bernd Alexa – main makers Heike Richter-Karst, Michael Bütow
Rats – main producers Viktor Tauš, Jan Lekeš – main makers Viktor Tauš, Matěj Chlupáček

BEST ANIMATED FILM

A Colourful Dream – director, producer, designer Jan Balej
Love Is Just a Death Away - director Bára Anna Stejskalová - producers Jakub Košťál, Vratislav Šlajer - designer Bára Anna Stejskalová
Hungry Bear Tales – directors Kateřina Karhánková, Alexandra Májová – producer Barbora Příkaská – designer Filip Pošivač

BEST SHORT FILM

Anatomy of a Czech Afternoon – director Adam Martinec – producer Matěj Paclík
Frontier – director Damián Vondrášek – producer Martina Netíková
Pripyat Piano – director Eliška Cílková – producer Jindřich Andrš

MAGNESIA AWARD FOR THE BEST STUDENT FILM – non-statutory award

Anatomy of a Czech Afternoon – director Adam Martinec
Frontier – director Damián Vondrášek
Love is Just a Death Away – director Bára Anna Stejskalová
Must Be Painful – director David Semler
Pripyat Piano – director Eliška Cílková

BEST FILM POSTER  - non-statutory award

Shadow Country - Jan Poukar- awarded poster
FREM – Adéla Valha Vorbová
Havel – Jan Poukar
My Father Antonin Kratochvil – Radka Beránková
Charlatan – Rudolf Havlík, Marcela Šedivá

AWARD OF FILM FANS - non-statutory award

Caught in the Net – Barbora Chalupová, Vít Klusák (awarded directors)

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