The Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) has revealed the nominations for the 24th Czech Lion Annual Awards.

This year the academics could choose from the 71 feature films, animated films and documentary features which had been distributed in the year of 2016. The films can be awarded the statuette of Czech Lion in 15 statutory categories.

The most nominations throughout all the categories have been obtained by the films Masaryk (Prominent Patient), Anthropoid and Učitelka (The Teacher).

OVERVIEW OF THE TEACHER NOMINATIONS:

BEST FILM (film produced by Zuzana Mistríková, Ľubica Orechovská, Ondřej Zima, Jan Prušinovský)

BEST DIRECTOR (Jan Hřebejk)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE (Zuzana Mauréry)

BEST SCREENPLAY (Petr Jarchovský)

BEST FILM EDITING (Vladimír Barák)

BEST MUSIC (Michal Novinski)

BEST STAGE DESIGN (Juraj Fábry)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (Katarína Štrbová Bieliková)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING (Anita Hroššová)

The awarding ceremony will take place in Rudolfinum on 4th March 2017.

Zdroj: CFTA Press release, 18th January 2017