Zelenka, Slama and Marhoul dominate Lions

by Theodore Schwinke

05/02/2009 - The Czech Film and Television Academy has announced the nominees for the 16th Czech Lion Awards. Of the 26 feature films eligible for nomination, three films dominate the main categories. Petr Zelenka's The Karamazovs [trailer], Vaclav Marhoul's Tobruk, and Bohdan Slama's A Country Teacher [trailer, film focus] are each nominated for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay.

In total, The Karamazovs has eight nominations, Tobruk and A Country Teacher seven each. Filip Renc's Guard No. 47 [trailer] is nominated in five categories.

Nominees for Best Actor are Pavel Liska (A Country Teacher), Karel Roden (Guard No. 47) and Ivan Trojan (The Karamazovs). Contenders for Best Actress are Zuzana Bydzovska (A Country Teacher), Anna Friel (Bathory [trailer]) and Martha Issova (Night Owls).

The nominees for Best Documentary are Helena Trestikova's EFA Prix Arte winner René, Pavel Koutecky and Miroslav Janek's Citizen Havel [trailer] and Pavel Stingl's for A Ghetto Named Baluty.

Three films are nominated for Best Foreign Film: Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood and Andrzej Wajda's Katyn.

The winners of the Czech Lion Awards will be announced March 7 in Prague.

Full list of 2008 Czech Lion nominees:

Best Film
A Country Teacher
The Karamazovs
Tobruk

Best Director
Vaclav Marhoul – Tobruk
Bohdan Slama – A Country Teacher
Petr Zelenka – The Karamazovs

Best Screenplay
Vaclav Marhoul – Tobruk
Bohdan Slama – A Country Teacher
Petr Zelenka – The Karamazovs

Best Cinematography
F.A. Brabec and Jan Duris – Bathory
Karel Fairaisl – Guard No. 47
Vladimir Smutny – Tobruk

Best Actress
Anna Friel – Bathory
Martha Issova – Night Owls
Zuzana Bydzovska – A Country Teacher

Best Supporting Actress
Lenka Termerova – Night Owls
Emilia Vasaryova – Nestyda
Zuzana Kronerova – A Country Teacher

Best Actor
Pavel Liska – A Country Teacher
Karel Roden – Guard No. 47
Ivan Trojan – The Karamazovs

Best Supporting Actor
Vladimir Dlouhy – Guard No. 47
David Novotny – The Karamazovs
David Novotny – Of Parents And Children

Best Score
Vladimir Godar – A Country Teacher
Richard Horowitz and Sussan Deyhim – Tobruk
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek – The Karamazovs

Best Editing
Vladimir Barak – The Karamazovs
Ludek Hudec – Tobruk
Jan Mattlach – Guard No. 47

Best Sound
Michal Holubec – The Karamazovs
Pavel Rejholec, Jakub Cech – Tobruk
Zdenek Taubler – Guard No. 47

Best Documentary
Citizen Havel – Pavel Koutecky, Miroslav Janek
A Ghetto Named Baluta – Pavel Stingl
Rene – Helena Trestikova

Best Artistic Design
Juraj Jakubisko, Jarka Pecharova – Bathory
Jan Tomanek – Goat Story: Legends Of Old Prague [trailer]
Jan Vlasak – Tobruk

Best Foreign Film
Katyn [trailer, film focus]
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood