The Czech Film and Television Academy announced nominations for the 33rd Czech Lion Awards, highlighting a diverse year in Czech cinema.
The 2026 Czech Lion Awards will move to Prague Congress Centre with Bianca Cristovao set to host as voting begins on 94 eligible titles.
“We were prepared for any outcome tonight, and this one is a great result,” writer-director Jiří Mádl told reporters after his victory at the Czech Republic’s version of the Oscars.
Among the 29 titles competing across 24 categories, Czech Oscar submission Waves (Vlny), directed by Jiří Mádl, leads the pack with 14 nominations.
Despite winning Best Picture, Brothers was shut out of its 14 other nominations, while the sci-fi flick Restore Point and TV series Volga earned five Czech Lions apiece.
Nominations for the Czech Republic’s version of the Academy Awards are in ahead of the ceremony set to take place in Prague on March 9.
Petr Václav’s historical drama won six Czech Lion awards including Best Picture and Best Director at tonight’s ceremony in Prague
This year’s Czech Lion Awards, the Czech Republic’s version of the Oscars, will be held on March 4, 2023.
Holland remains the only female director to have won a Czech Lion award, having previously been awarded for 2013’s Burning Bush
The Bohdan Sláma-directed drama took home six awards on Saturday including Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay
Celebrating the best Czech films of 2017, the Czech Lion Awards will take place on March 10, 2018