29-01-2018

Filthy Wins Czech Film Critics’ Award

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    Filthy by Tereza Nvotová Filthy by Tereza Nvotová photo: Falcon

    PRAGUE: Filthy / Špína directed by Tereza Nvotová was awarded Best Film and the Innogy Award for the Discovery of the Year at the Czech Critics´Awards 2017, while Little Crusader directed by Václav Kadrnka was awarded for Best Director. The ceremony took place on 27 January 2018.

    Tereza Nvotová's Slovak/Czech drama Filthy / Špína had six nominations. The medieval road movie Little Crusader / Křižáček, directed by Václav Kadrnka, and Ice Mother / Bába z ledu, directed by Bohdan Sláma, had five nominations each.

    Twelve films were nominated in one or more of the nine categories.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    Best film:
    Filthy / Špína (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Tereza Nvotová
    Produced by Moloko Film (CZ), BFILM (SK)
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Best documentary:
    Richard Müller: This is Not Me / Richard Müller: Nespoznaný (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Miro Remo

    Best director:
    Václav Kadrnka for Little Crusader / Křižáček (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy)
    Produced by Sirius Films
    Coproduced by Artileria (SK), Česká televize (CZ), innogy, Barrandov Studio (CZ), i/o post  (CZ), Tempesta Film (IT)
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Film Foundation of Czech Television, RWE and Barrandov Studios, Eurimages

    Best script:
    Bohdan Sláma for Ice Mother / Bába z ledu (Czech Republic, Slovakia, France)
    Directed by Bohdan Sláma
    Produced by Negativ
    Coproduced by Why Not Productions (FR), ARTILERIA (SK) , Česká televize (CZ), Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (SK), Barrandov Studios (CZ), i/o post (CZ)
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, Creative Europe – MEDIA, Eurimages, CNC, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

    Best actress:
    Zuzana Kronerová for Ice Mother / Bába z ledu

    Best actor:
    Karel Roden for Prominent Patient / Masaryk
    Directed by Julius Ševčík
    Produced by IN Film Praha
    Coproduced by Czech Television, ZDF/ARTE, RTVS
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Prague City Hall

    The best audiovisual achievement:
    Anna Krtičková, Marta Nováková for the artistic concept in 8 Heads of Madness/ 8 hlav šílenství (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Marta Nováková
    Produced by MARFAFILM
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund

    Innogy Award for the Discovery of the Year:
    Tereza Nvotová for Filthy / Špína

    Out of Cinema award:
    Apolena Rychlíková, Saša Uhlová for The Limits of Work / Hranice práce

    Special Mention:
    Eva Zaoralová for extraordinary contribution to Czech film criticism