Starring Stephen Lang, the movie will premiere in Prague this Friday followed by a Q&A with producer Jeanine Thomas and actors Stella Stocker, Slavko Sobin, and Oskar Hes.
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.
Director Tomáš Mašín’s drama recounts the story of the Mašín Brothers, who put up an armed resistance to communist oppression in the 1950s.
Václav Neužil is radiant as the Czech athlete who won three gold medals at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics