2016 Czech Lion Awards

2016 Czech Lion Awards ceremony was held on 4 March 2017. A Prominent Patient has won 12 awards, including Best picture film.

24th Czech Lion Awards
Date	March 4, 2017
Site	Rudolfinum, Prague
Hosted by	Adela Vinczeová
Highlights
Best Picture	A Prominent Patient
Best Actor	Karel Roden A Prominent Patient
Best Actress	Michalina Olszańska I, Olga Hepnarová
Best Supporting Actor	Oldřich Kaiser A Prominent Patient
Best Supporting Actress	Klára Melíšková I, Olga Hepnarová
Most awards	A Prominent Patient (12)[1]
Most nominations	A Prominent Patient (14)[2]
Television coverage
Network	Česká televize
Ratings	587,000[3]

Winners and nominees

Best Film	Best Director
A Prominent Patient – Rudolf Biermann, Julius Ševčík Anthropoid – Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon, Sean Ellis, David Ondříček, Kryštof Mucha I, Olga Hepnarová – Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda, Vojtěch Frič, Marcin Kurek, Sylwester Banaszkiewicz, Marian Urban Family Film – Zuzana Mistríková, Ľubica Orechovská, Ondřej Zima, Jan Prušinovský The Teacher – Jiří Konečný	Julius Ševčík – A Prominent Patient Sean Ellis – Anthropoid Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda – I, Olga Hepnarová Olmo Omerzu – Family Film Jan Hřebejk – The Teacher
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Karel Roden – A Prominent Patient Jiří Bartoška – Theory of Tiger Cillian Murphy – Anthropoid Karel Roden – We Are Never Alone Ivan Trojan – Anděl Páně 2	Michalina Olszańska – I, Olga Hepnarová Eliška Balzerová – Theory of Tiger Vanda Hybnerová – Family Film Zuzana Mauréry – The Teacher Lenka Vlasáková – We Are Never Alone
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Oldřich Kaiser – A Prominent Patient Jamie Dornan – Anthropoid Miroslav Hanuš – We Are Never Alone Boleslav Polívka – Anděl Páně 2 Hanns Zischler – A Prominent Patient	Klára Melíšková – I, Olga Hepnarová Arly Jover – A Prominent Patient Daniela Kolářová – The Noonday Witch Zuzana Kronerová – Red Captain Simona Stašová – The Devil's Mistress
Best Screenplay	Best Editing
A Prominent Patient – Petr Kolečko, Alex Koenigsmark, Julius Ševčík Anthropoid – Anthony Frewin, Sean Ellis I, Olga Hepnarová – Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda The Teacher – Petr Jarchovský We Are Never Alone – Petr Václav	A Prominent Patient – Marek Opatrný Anděl Páně 2 – Jan Mattlach Anthropoid – Richard Mettler Doomed Beauty – Jakub Hejna The Teacher – Vladimír Barák
Best Cinematography	Stage Design
A Prominent Patient – Martin Štrba Anthropoid – Sean Ellis I, Olga Hepnarová – Adam Sikora The Noonday Witch – Alexander Šurkala We Are Never Alone – Štěpán Kučera	A Prominent Patient – Milan Býček Anthropoid – Morgan Kennedy The Devil's Mistress – Zdeněk Flemming The Oddsockeaters – Galina Miklínová The Teacher – Juraj Fábry
Makeup and Hairstyling	Costume Design
A Prominent Patient – Lukáš Král Anděl Páně 2 – Andrea McDonald Anthropoid – Gabriela Poláková, Linda Eisenhamerová I, Olga Hepnarová – Alina Janerka The Teacher – Anita Hroššová	A Prominent Patient – Katarína Štrbová Bieliková Anděl Páně 2 – Katarína Hollá Anthropoid – Josef Čechota I, Olga Hepnarová – Aneta Grňáková The Teacher – Katarína Štrbová Bieliková
Music	Sound
A Prominent Patient – Michal Lorenc, Kryštof Marek Anthropoid – Robin Foster The Devil's Mistress – Ondřej Soukup Red Captain – Petr Ostrouchov The Teacher – Michal Novinski	A Prominent Patient – Viktor Ekrt, Pavel Rejholec Anděl Páně 2 – Radim Hladík jr. Anthropoid – Yves Marie Omnes The Oddsockeaters – Jan Čeněk, Richard Müller The Noonday Witch – Petr Šoupa, Martin Jílek, Viktor Prášil
Unique Contribution to Czech Film	Best Documentary
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival	Normal Autistic Film – Jan Macola Brother Karel – Barbara Ławska, Hana Třeštíková Doomed Beauty – Hana Třeštíková FC Roma – Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Tereza Polachová Helena's Law – Klára Žaloudková
Best Television Film or Miniseries	BestTV Series
Murder in Polná A Vote for the King of the Romans Blue Shadows	Wasteland Cosmic Rapl

Non-statutory Awards

• Best Film Poster
  • I, Olga Hepnarová – Lukáš Veverka
  • A Prominent Patient – Rudolf Biermann, Julius Ševčík
  • The Noonday Witch – Petr Skala
  • The Teacher – Michal Tilsch
  • The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street – Tereza Kučerová, Jakub Suchý
• Film Fans Award
  • Anthropoid
• Magnesie Award for Best Student Film
  • Kyjev Moskva – Anna Lyubynetska
  • 3. poločas – Jiří Volek
  • Benny – Michal Hruška
  • Černý dort – Johana Švarcová
  • Vězení – Damián Vodrášek

References

1. "Masaryk je nejlepším filmem. Získal rekordních dvanáct Českých lvů". iDNES.cz. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
2. "Český lev přilákal rekordní počet filmů. Nejvíce nominací má Masaryk a Anthropoid". magazin.e15.cz. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
3. "Ohnivý kuře zahájilo nad milionem, Český lev 587 tisíc". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 July 2020.