Il Boemo, a spectacular period biopic inspired by the true story of the Czech 18th century composer Josef Mysliveček, converted six of the eleven Czech Lion nominations. The awards went to Jan Macola (Mimesis Film) for Best Film, Petr Václav for Best Director, as well as to Francesco Liotard and Daniel Němec for Best Sound. Il Boemo also won in the categories of best make-up and hairstyling, costume design and set design.

The makers of the mystery drama Arved by Vojtěch Mašek, winner of the Czech Film Critics' Awards, which was nominated in twelve categories, took home three lion statuettes: for best screenplay, best actor in a leading role, and best music.

The observational documentary film following the talent exams for art college Art Talent Show, directed by Adela Komrzý and Tomáš Bojar and produced by Jakub Wagner (GPO Platform), was voted the best documentary of 2022.

BANGER. by Adam Sedlák, nominated in eight categories, took home the award for Marsell Bendig (Best actor in the supporting role) and the award for Šimon Hájek and Jakub Jelínek (Best film editing). Jan Baset Střítežský was awarded Best cinematography for his work on The Last Race, while the best actress in the supporting role award went to Martha Issová for her role in Buko.

The winner in the animated film category was Suzie in the Garden by Lucie Sunková, produced by MAUR film. Among the short films, the most successful was the fiction short Rites directed by Damián Vondrášek and produced by Martina Netíková (Cinémotif Films), while Vinland by Martin Kuba became the winner of the Magnesia Award for the Best Student Film. 

The awards in the television categories went to two Czech Television´s projects: the miniseries Suspicion directed by Michal Blaško (second award for Klára Melíšková in the Best actress in a leading role category) and the series The Nineties by Peter Bebjak.

The full list of winners:

BEST FEATURE FILM
Il Boemo – producer Jan Macola

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Art Talent Show - director Adéla Komrzý and Tomáš Bojar, producer Jakub Wagner

BEST DIRECTOR
Il Boemo – Petr Václav

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Suspicion - Klára Melíšková

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Arved – Michal Kern

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Buko – Martha Issová

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
BANGER. – Marsell Bendig

BEST SCREENPLAY
Arved - Vojtěch Mašek, Jan Poláček

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Last Race – Jan Baset Střítežský

BEST FILM EDITING
BANGER. – Šimon Hájek, Jakub Jelínek

BEST SOUND
Il Boemo – Francesco Liotard, Daniel Němec

BEST MUSIC
Arved – Ondřej Mikula, Jonatan Pjoni Pastirčák

BEST SET DESIGN
Il Boemo – Irena Hradecká, Luca Servino

BEST COSTUMES
Il Boemo – Andrea Cavalletto

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Il Boemo – Andrea McDonald

BEST TELEVISION FILM OR MINISERIES
Suspicion – producers Jakub Viktorín, Tomáš Hrubý, Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Michal Reitler, creator Michal Blaško

BEST TELEVISION SERIES
The Nineties – producer Michal Reitler, creator Peter Bebjak

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Suzie in the Garden – director Ludie Sunková, producers Martin Vandas, Alena Vandasová

BEST SHORT FILM
Rites – director Damián Vondrášek, producer Martina Netíková

HONORARY AWARD FOR UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO THE CZECH FILM
Jan Jíra
Marcela Pittermannová

MAGNESIA AWARD FOR THE BEST STUDENT FILM – non-statutory award
Vinland – director Martin Kuba

BEST FILM POSTER - non-statutory award
Arved – Soňa Juríková, Vojtěch Mašek

AWARD OF FILM FANS - non-statutory award
The Nineties – Peter Bebjak