Czech Lion Awards

Annual Czech film and television award

Czech Lion Awards Český lev
Czech Lion trophy
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements
Country	Czech Republic
Presented by	Czech Film and Television Academy (ČFTA)
First awarded	25 July 1994 (to honor achievements of 1993/4)
Website	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.

Czech Lion winners

Single films with most awards

Year	Film	Awards	Notes
2016	A Prominent Patient	12	Nominated in 13 categories.^[1]
2013	Burning Bush	11	Originally released as miniseries. Nominated in 14 categories.
1998	Sekal Has to Die	10	Record holder until 2013.
2012	In the Shadow	9	Nominated in 11 categories. Also won Film Critics' Award and Best Film Poster Award.
2019	The Painted Bird	9	Nominated in 11 categories. Also won Best Film Poster Award.
2021	Zátopek	8	Nominated in 13 categories. Also won Best Film Poster Award.
2008	The Karamazovs	8
2005	Something Like Happiness	7
2014	The Way Out	7
2009	Protector	7
1996	Kolya	6
2002	Year of the Devil	6
2015	The Snake Brothers	6
2017	Ice Mother	6
2020	Shadow Country	6	Nominated in 15 categories. Also won Best Film Poster Award.
2022	Il Boemo	6	Nominated in 11 categories.
1995	The Garden	5
1999	The Idiot Returns	5
2000	Divided We Fall	5
2003	Boredom in Brno	5
2010	Walking Too Fast	5

Best actors and actresses

Actor	Awards won	Main Awards	Supporting Awards	Notes
Ivan Trojan	7	5	2
Anna Geislerová	5	3	2
Klára Melíšková	5	1	4
Jiří Schmitzer	4	4	0
Jan Budař	3	1	2
Zuzana Bydžovská	3	2	1
Petra Špalková	3	1	2
Jiřina Bohdalová	2	2	0
Iva Janžurová	2	2	0
Jiří Lábus	2	2	0
Bolek Polívka	2	2	0
Karel Roden	2	2	0
Tereza Brodská	2	1	1
Vladimír Dlouhý	2	0	2	Supporting actor for Kajínek was awarded In Memoriam.
Jiří Kodet	2	0	2

References

^ Strbova, Denisa (1 January 1970). "A Prominent Patient Received 12 Czech Lions". FilmNewEurope.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

Links to related articles
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Main Awards	Best Film Director Screenplay Cinematography Film Music Stage Design Makeup and Hairstyling Costume Design Editing Sound Best Actor in Leading Role Best Actress in Leading Role Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Extraordinary audiovisual achievement Unique Contribution to Czech Film Documentary Best Animated Film Best Short Film Best Television Film or Miniseries TV Series
Special awards	Best Film Poster Film Fans Award Magnesie Award for Best Student Film
Retired awards	Design Most Popular Film Best Foreign Film Film Critics' Award Premiere Readers' Award Sazka Award for Best Unrealised Script Worst Film
Award ceremonies	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e Czech Lion for Best Film
Big Beat (1993) Thanks for Every New Morning (1994) The Garden (1995) Kolya (1996) Buttoners (1997) Sekal Has to Die (1998) The Idiot Returns (1999) Divided We Fall (2000) Little Otik (2001) Year of the Devil (2002) Boredom in Brno (2003) Up and Down (2004) Something Like Happiness (2005) I Served the King of England (2006) Little Girl Blue (2007) The Karamazov Brothers (2008) Protector (2009) Walking Too Fast (2010) Poupata (2011) In the Shadow (2012) Burning Bush (2013) The Way Out (2014) The Snake Brothers (2015) A Prominent Patient (2016) Ice Mother (2017) Winter Flies (2018) The Painted Bird (2019) Charlatan (2020) Zátopek (2021) Il Boemo (2022) Brothers (2023)

Czech Lion for Best Film

Big Beat (1993)
Thanks for Every New Morning (1994)
The Garden (1995)
Kolya (1996)
Buttoners (1997)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
The Idiot Returns (1999)
Divided We Fall (2000)
Little Otik (2001)
Year of the Devil (2002)
Boredom in Brno (2003)
Up and Down (2004)
Something Like Happiness (2005)
I Served the King of England (2006)
Little Girl Blue (2007)
The Karamazov Brothers (2008)
Protector (2009)
Walking Too Fast (2010)
Poupata (2011)
In the Shadow (2012)
Burning Bush (2013)
The Way Out (2014)
The Snake Brothers (2015)
A Prominent Patient (2016)
Ice Mother (2017)
Winter Flies (2018)
The Painted Bird (2019)
Charlatan (2020)
Zátopek (2021)
Il Boemo (2022)
Brothers (2023)

v t e Czech Lion for Best Director
Jan Hřebejk (1993) Milan Šteindler (1994) Martin Šulík (1995) Jan Svěrák (1996) Petr Zelenka (1997) Vladimír Michálek (1998) Saša Gedeon (1999) Jan Hřebejk (2000) Jan Svěrák (2001) Petr Zelenka (2002) Vladimír Morávek (2003) Jan Hřebejk (2004) Bohdan Sláma (2005) Jiří Menzel (2006) Jan Svěrák (2007) Petr Zelenka (2008) Marek Najbrt (2009) Radim Špaček (2010) Zdeněk Jiráský (2011) David Ondříček (2012) Agnieszka Holland (2013) Petr Václav (2014) Jan Prušinovský (2015) Julius Ševčík (2016) Bohdan Sláma (2017) Olmo Omerzu (2018) Václav Marhoul (2019) Agnieszka Holland (2020) David Ondříček (2021) Petr Václav (2022) Tomáš Pavlíček and Jan Vejnar (2023)

Czech Lion for Best Director

Jan Hřebejk (1993)
Milan Šteindler (1994)
Martin Šulík (1995)
Jan Svěrák (1996)
Petr Zelenka (1997)
Vladimír Michálek (1998)
Saša Gedeon (1999)
Jan Hřebejk (2000)
Jan Svěrák (2001)
Petr Zelenka (2002)
Vladimír Morávek (2003)
Jan Hřebejk (2004)
Bohdan Sláma (2005)
Jiří Menzel (2006)
Jan Svěrák (2007)
Petr Zelenka (2008)
Marek Najbrt (2009)
Radim Špaček (2010)
Zdeněk Jiráský (2011)
David Ondříček (2012)
Agnieszka Holland (2013)
Petr Václav (2014)
Jan Prušinovský (2015)
Julius Ševčík (2016)
Bohdan Sláma (2017)
Olmo Omerzu (2018)
Václav Marhoul (2019)
Agnieszka Holland (2020)
David Ondříček (2021)
Petr Václav (2022)
Tomáš Pavlíček and Jan Vejnar (2023)

v t e Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in Leading Role
Josef Abrhám (1993) Petr Čepek (1994) Martin Dejdar (1995) Bolek Polívka (1996) Jiří Schmitzer (1997) Olaf Lubaszenko (1998) Jiří Kodet (1999) Bolek Polívka (2000) Vlastimil Brodský (2001) Ivan Trojan (2002) Jan Budař (2003) Iakov Kultiasov (2004) Pavel Liška (2005) Jiří Schmitzer (2006) Ivan Trojan (2007) Karel Roden (2008) Kryštof Hádek (2009) Ondřej Malý (2010) Vladimír Javorský (2011) Ivan Trojan (2012) Jiří Schmitzer (2013) Ivan Trojan (2014) Matěj Hádek (2015) Karel Roden (2016) Pavel Nový (2017) Karel Dobrý (2018) Jiří Schmitzer (2019) Ivan Trojan (2020) Václav Neužil (2021) Michal Kern (2022) Kryštof Hádek (2023)

Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in Leading Role

Josef Abrhám (1993)
Petr Čepek (1994)
Martin Dejdar (1995)
Bolek Polívka (1996)
Jiří Schmitzer (1997)
Olaf Lubaszenko (1998)
Jiří Kodet (1999)
Bolek Polívka (2000)
Vlastimil Brodský (2001)
Ivan Trojan (2002)
Jan Budař (2003)
Iakov Kultiasov (2004)
Pavel Liška (2005)
Jiří Schmitzer (2006)
Ivan Trojan (2007)
Karel Roden (2008)
Kryštof Hádek (2009)
Ondřej Malý (2010)
Vladimír Javorský (2011)
Ivan Trojan (2012)
Jiří Schmitzer (2013)
Ivan Trojan (2014)
Matěj Hádek (2015)
Karel Roden (2016)
Pavel Nový (2017)
Karel Dobrý (2018)
Jiří Schmitzer (2019)
Ivan Trojan (2020)
Václav Neužil (2021)
Michal Kern (2022)
Kryštof Hádek (2023)

v t e Czech Lion Award for Best Actress in Leading Role
Jiřina Bohdalová (1993) Ivana Chýlková (1994) Jiřina Bohdalová (1995) Libuše Šafránková (1996) Lenka Vlasáková (1997) Iva Janžurová (1998) Tereza Brodská (1999) Anna Šišková (2000) Stella Zázvorková (2001) Iva Janžurová (2002) Anna Geislerová (2003) Emília Vášáryová (2004) Tatiana Vilhelmová (2005) Anna Geislerová (2006) Marion Cotillard (2007) Zuzana Bydžovská (2008) Jana Plodková (2009) Zuzana Bydžovská (2010) Anna Geislerová (2011) Gabriela Míčová (2012) Petra Špalková (2013) Klaudia Dudová (2014) Alena Mihulová (2015) Michalina Olszańska (2016) Zuzana Kronerová (2017) Jenovéfa Boková (2018) Tereza Ramba (2019) Magdaléna Borová (2020) Pavla Gajdošíková (2021) Klára Melíšková (2022) Simona Peková (2023)

Czech Lion Award for Best Actress in Leading Role

v t e Czech Lion Award for Best Supporting Actor
Jiří Lábus (1994) Marián Labuda (1995) Andrey Khalimon (1996) Jiří Kodet (1997) Miroslav Donutil (1998) Jiří Bartoška (1999) Jiří Macháček (2000) Stanislav Zindulka (2001) Ivan Trojan (2002) Ivan Trojan (2003) Jan Budař (2004) Miroslav Krobot (2005) Martin Huba (2006) Jan Budař (2007) Vladimír Dlouhý (2008) Ladislav Chudík (2009) Vladimír Dlouhý (2010) Hynek Čermák (2011) Ondřej Vetchý (2012) Jiří Lábus (2013) Jaroslav Plesl (2014) Kryštof Hádek (2015) Oldřich Kaiser (2016) Oldřich Kaiser (2017) Jan František Uher (2018) Ladislav Mrkvička (2019) Jiří Mádl (2020) Oldřich Kaiser (2021) Marsell Bendig (2022) Tomáš Jeřábek (2023)

Czech Lion Award for Best Supporting Actor

Jiří Lábus (1994)
Marián Labuda (1995)
Andrey Khalimon (1996)
Jiří Kodet (1997)
Miroslav Donutil (1998)
Jiří Bartoška (1999)
Jiří Macháček (2000)
Stanislav Zindulka (2001)
Ivan Trojan (2002)
Ivan Trojan (2003)
Jan Budař (2004)
Miroslav Krobot (2005)
Martin Huba (2006)
Jan Budař (2007)
Vladimír Dlouhý (2008)
Ladislav Chudík (2009)
Vladimír Dlouhý (2010)
Hynek Čermák (2011)
Ondřej Vetchý (2012)
Jiří Lábus (2013)
Jaroslav Plesl (2014)
Kryštof Hádek (2015)
Oldřich Kaiser (2016)
Oldřich Kaiser (2017)
Jan František Uher (2018)
Ladislav Mrkvička (2019)
Jiří Mádl (2020)
Oldřich Kaiser (2021)
Marsell Bendig (2022)
Tomáš Jeřábek (2023)

v t e Czech Lion Award for Best Supporting Actress
Jana Preissová (1994) Tereza Brodská (1995) Veronika Žilková (1996) Klára Issová (1997) Agnieszka Sitek (1998) Anna Geislerová (1999) Eva Holubová (2000) Zuzana Kronerová (2001) Jana Hubinská (2002) Vilma Cibulková (2003) Klára Melíšková (2004) Anna Geislerová (2005) Jana Brejchová (2006) Zuzana Bydžovská (2007) Lenka Termerová (2008) Daniela Kolářová (2009) Eliška Balzerová (2010) Taťjana Medvecká (2011) Klára Melíšková (2012) Jaroslava Pokorná (2013) Lenka Krobotová (2014) Lucie Žáčková (2015) Klára Melíšková (2016) Petra Špalková (2017) Eliška Křenková (2018) Klára Melíšková (2019) Petra Špalková (2020) Antonie Formanová (2021) Martha Issová (2022) Milena Steinmasslová (2023)

Czech Lion Award for Best Supporting Actress

v t e Czech Lion - Best TV Series
Mamon (2015) Wasteland (2016) World under your head (2017) Dabing Street (2018) Most! (2019) Rats (2020) The Defender (2021) Nineties (2022) Volha (2023)

v t e Czech Lion - Best Television Film or Miniseries
The American Letters (2015) Murder in Polná (2016) Justice (2017) Dukla 61 (2018) Monsters of the Shore (2019) Actor (2020) Božena (2021) Suspicion (2022) Mathematics of Crime (2023)

v t e Czech Lion - Film Fans Award
Burning Bush (2013) Fair Play (2014) The Snake Brothers (2015) Anthropoid (2016) Barefoot (2017) Smiles of Sad Men (2018) Women on the Run (2019) Caught in the Net (2020) Zátopek (2021) Nineties (2022) Restore Point (2023)

Major film awards by countries

Africa

Ghana Movie Awards (Ghana)
Africa Movie Academy Awards (Nigeria)
South African Film and Television Awards (South Africa)

Asia

Central	Didor International Film Festival (Tajikistan)
East	Golden Rooster Awards, Hong Kong Film Award, Hundred Flowers Awards and Huabiao Awards (China) Japan Academy Film Prize (Japan) Grand Bell Awards Buil Film Awards and Blue Dragon Film Awards (South Korea) Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan)
South	National Film Awards, Meril-Prothom Alo Awards, Bachsas Awards (Bangladesh) Filmfare Awards, Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare Awards East, National Film Awards (India) National Film Awards (Nepal) Lux Style Awards, ARY Film Awards and Nigar Awards (Pakistan)
Southeast	Myanmar Motion Picture Awards (Myanmar) Citra Awards (Indonesia) Malaysia Film Festival (Malaysia) FAMAS Award, Gawad Urian and Luna Award (Philippines) Suphannahong Awards (Thailand) Vietnam Film Festival and Kite Awards (Vietnam)
West	Hafez Awards (Iran) Ophir Award (Israel) International Antalya Film Festival (Turkey)

Europe

East	Czech Lion Awards and Czech Film Critics' Awards (Czech Republic) Polish Film Awards and Golden Lions (Poland) Gopo Awards (Romania) Golden Eagle Award and Nika Award (Russia) Sun in a Net Awards (Slovakia) Vesna Award (Slovenia) Golden Dzyga (Ukraine)
North	Robert Awards and Bodil Awards (Denmark) Estonian Film and Television Awards (Estonia) Jussi Awards (Finland) Irish Film & Television Awards (Ireland) Lielais Kristaps (Latvia) Sidabrinė gervė (Lithuania) Amanda Award (Norway) Guldbagge Awards (Sweden) British Academy Film Awards (United Kingdom)
South	Heart of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Golden Arena Awards (Croatia) Hellenic Film Academy Awards (Greece) David di Donatello and Nastro d'Argento (Italy) Golden Camera Awards (Macedonia) Sophia Awards (Portugal) Goya Awards (Spain) FEST (Serbia) Media Wave Awards (Hungary)
West	Austrian Film Award (Austria) Magritte Award and Ensor Award (Belgium) César Awards (France) German Film Award (Germany) Golden Calf (Netherlands) Swiss Film Award (Switzerland)