07/03/2005

Last Saturday night, the ceremony for the Czech Lion Awards, crowned, as expected, Horem pádem (Up and down) by Jan Hrebejk. With four major awards, Best Film, Best Director, Best Script, and Best Actress (Emilia Vásáryová), this feature, produced by Total HelpArt, was not however as successful as his 12 nominations indicated it would be. Other challengers, like King of Thieves by Ivan Fila (produced by In Film Praha and Slavia Capital) and Champions by Marek Najbrt (produced by Negativ) won respectively four and three lions. The former earned Yasha Kultiasov an award as Best Actor, and the latter starred both the best actor and actress in supporting roles (Jan Budar and Klára Melisková).

List of winners:

Best Film:
Horem pádem by Jan Hrebejk

Best Director :
Jan Hrebejk for Horem pádem

Best Actor:
Yasha Kultiasov in King of Thieves

Best Actress :
Emilia Vásáryová in Horem pádem

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
Jan Budar in Champions

Best Actress in a Supporting Role :
Klára Melisková in Champions

Best Script :
Petr Jarchovsky for Horem pádem

Best Picture :
Vladimir Smutny for King of Thieves

Best Music :
Michael Kocáb for King of Thieves

Best Editing :
Pavel Hrdlicka for Champions

Best Sound :
Zdenek Taubler for King of Thieves

Best Setting:
Milan Popelka for Fatherland

(Translated from French)