The Czech Republic has selected Pepa Lubojacki’s Berlinale-winning documentary If Pigeons Turned to Gold as its 2027 Oscar submission.
Chica Checa, If Pigeons Turned Into Gold, Invincibles, What a Way to Go, and Little Thief are competing to be Czechia’s official submission to next year’s Oscars.
Agnieszka Holland’s Kafka biopic Franz, filmed largely in Prague, will represent Poland at the 2026 Oscars after not being considered for Czech submission.
Klára Tasovská’s Berlinale-premiered film about photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková is Czechia’s submission for the 2026 Academy Awards.
An open letter accuses the film of basing its central character on a real-life victim of sexual abuse after the Czech Film and Television Academy recommended it for Oscar submission.
Director Jiří Mádl’s historical drama, now playing in Czech cinemas, will compete for a nomination at the 97th annual Academy Awards next spring.