Czech Lion

Czech Lion Český lev
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic (and, at least historically, televisual) achievements
Presented by	Czech Film and Television Academy (ČFTA)
Country	Czech Republic
First awarded	25 July 1994 (to honor achievements of 1993/4)
Official website	http://www.ceskylev.cz/

The Czech Lion awards (Czech: Český lev) are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic. The jury is composed of members of the Czech Film and Television Academy (ČFTA).

Eligible films must have been released in the year prior to the awards ceremony, and must have been at least co-produced by a Czech film studio.

Categories

• Best Film
• Best Director
• Best Screenplay
• Best Cinematography
• Best Music
• Best Editing
• Best Sound
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Artistic Contribution to Czech Cinema
• Most Popular Film
• Best Documentary
• Best Film Poster

Also:

• The Magnesie Award for Best Foreign Film
• The Sazka Award for Best Unseen Screenplay
• The Film Critics' Award
• The Premiere Readers' Award
• The Stuffed Lion for the Worst Film (won three times by the series Kameňák)

Best film winners

Year	Name	Director
1993	Šakalí léta	Hřebejk, JanJan Hřebejk
1994	Díky za každé nové ráno	Šteindler, MilanMilan Šteindler
1995	Zahrada	Šulík, MartinMartin Šulík
1996	Kolya	Svěrák, JanJan Svěrák
1997	Knoflíkáři	Zelenka, PetrPetr Zelenka
1998	Je třeba zabít Sekala	Michálek, VladimírVladimír Michálek
1999	Návrat idiota	Gedeon, SašaSaša Gedeon
2000	Musíme si pomáhat	Hřebejk, JanJan Hřebejk
2001	Little Otik	Švankmajer, JanJan Švankmajer
2002	Rok ďábla	Zelenka, PetrPetr Zelenka
2003	Nuda v Brně	Morávek, VladimírVladimír Morávek
2004	Horem pádem	Hřebejk, JanJan Hřebejk
2005	Something Like Happiness	Sláma, BohdanBohdan Sláma
2006	I Served the King of England	Menzel, JiříJiří Menzel
2007	Tajnosti	Nellis, AliceAlice Nellis
2008	Karamazovi	Zelenka, PetrPetr Zelenka
2009	Protector	Najbrt, MarekMarek Najbrt
2010	Pouta	Špaček, RadimRadim Špaček

References