Rush will be joined by American producer Christine Vachon, Icelandic writer Sjón, Czech actress Eliška Křenková, and Hungarian director Gábor Reisz on the KVIFF jury.
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.
This leisurely paced medieval drama won the Crystal Globe at this year’s Karlovy Vary festival, but some viewers may find it tough to take
A castaway dog steals the show in this intermittently affecting family drama, a minor hit on the festival circuit
Parádně pokecal (titled Totally Talking in English) is the debut feature from writer-director and FAMU graduate Tomáš Pavlíček
Lousy Bastards skirts around the premise of Susanne Bier’s film so openly that you wonder if it is an unofficial remake