In the Shadow won Lions for best film, best director, best script, best cinematography, best music, best editing, artistic design, best sound and best actor.
The film which is set in 1950’s Prague is a dark drama about a police detective who starts to uncover deeply buried secrets of the Communist party while investigating a seemingly ordinary crime. In The Shadow was the Czech nomination for this year’s Oscars and also dominated the prestigious Czech Critics awards in Prague earlier this year. The film which was released theatrically at the end of 2012 by Falcon in the Czech Republic had nearly 200, 000 admissions and was screening in the Berlin Film Market earlier this year.
The Czech Lions are organized annually by Petr Vachler’s Vachler Art and draw a glittering crowd of the Czech Republic’s leading stars but a face that was sorely missed was former president Vaclav Havel who often attended the awards up until his death at the end of 2011.
FNE brings you the full list of nominations:
Best Film
Ve stínu / In the Shadow directed by David Ondricek (Czech, Polish coproduction)Produced by Ehud Bleiberg, , Kryštof Mucha and David Ondříček Lucky Man Films (Czech, Slovak, Polish, Israeli coproduction) Lucky Man Film www.luckymanfilms.cz Centrala Film www.centralafilm.pl Trigon Production www.trigon-production.sk Bleiberg Entertainment, Israel's United King Films together with RWE, Barrandov Studio and Avion Film. With support from the Polish Film Institute www.pisf.pl, the Czech Ministry of Culture and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund www.sfu.sk
Best Director
In the Shadow
Best Leading Actress
Gabriela Míčová for her role as Romi in Waste, City and Death
Odpad město smrt / Waste, City and Death directed by Jan Hrebejk
Produced by Čestmír Kopecký
Production Company: Prvni Verejnopravni (www.cestmir.cz)
Best Actress in a supporting role
Klára Melíšková for her role as Evicka in Four Suns
Čtyři slunce / Four Suns directed by Bohdan Slama
Produced by Petr Oukropec and Pavle Strnad Negativ www.negativ.cz
Best Actor in a leading role
Ivan Trojan for his role as Captain Hakl in In the Shadow
Best Actor in a Supporting role
Ondřej Vetchý for his role as Jirka Lunak in CountyChampionship –The Last Match of Pepika Hnátka
Okresní přebor - Poslední zápas Pepika Hnátka CountyChampionship–The Last Match of Pepika Hnátka directed by Jan Prusinovsky
Produced by Petr Erben TV NOVA www.tv.nova.cz
and Misu Predescu Media Pro Pictures www.mediapropictures.cz
Best Script
Marek Epstein, David Ondricek and Misha Botruba for In the Shadow
Best Cinematography
Adam Sikora for In the Shadow
Best Music
Jan P. Muchow and Michal Novinski for In the Shadow
Best Editing
Michal Lánský for In the Shadow
Best Sound
Jakub Čech and Pavel Rejholec for In the Shadow
Best Documentary
Láska v hrobě directed by David Vondráček
Produced by Yekot Film
Artistic Design Achievement
Jarmila Konečná, Lukáš Král, Jan Vlasák for In the Shadow
Best Foreign Film
Nedotknutelní/Intouchables
Magnesia Award for Best Student Film
Jakub Kouřil for M.O.
Prize of Film Critics and Film Theorists for Best Feature film
In the Shadow
Best Film Poster
Marius Corradini for In the Shadow
Film Critics and Film Theorists Prix for Best Documentary
Kinobox Prize
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