2018 Czech Lion Awards

2018 Czech Lion Awards ceremony was held on 23 March 2019. Nominations were announced on 22 January 2019.^[6] Toman has received highest number of nominations.^[7] Nominations for television categories were announced on 25 February 2019.^[8]

26th Czech Lion Awards
Date	March 23, 2019
Site	Rudolfinum, Prague
Hosted by	Václav Kopta[1]
Produced by	Marek Najbrt[2]
Directed by	Michael Čech[3]
Highlights
Best Picture	Winter Flies
Best Actor	Karel Dobrý Hastrman
Best Actress	Jenovéfa Boková Moments
Best Supporting Actor	Jan František Uher Winter Flies
Best Supporting Actress	Eliška Křenková Winter Flies
Most awards	Winter Flies (6)
Most nominations	Toman (13)[4]
Television coverage
Network	Czech Television
Ratings	559,000[5]
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Václav Kopta was announced as host of the ceremony on 6 December 2018.^[9] Visual style of the ceremony was presented to public on 6 December 2018. It was created by Dynamo design.^[9]

Winter Flies has won highest number of awards including Best film.

Winners and nominees

Best Film	Best Director
Winter Flies The Golden Betrayal The Interpreter Jan Palach Toman	Olmo Omerzu - Winter Flies Jan Švankmajer - Insects Martin Šulík - The Interpreter Robert Sedláček - Jan Palach Ondřej Trojan - Toman
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Karel Dobrý – Hastrman Martin Huba – Talks with TGM Viktor Zavadil – Jan Palach Jiří Macháček – Toman Tomáš Mrvík – Winter Flies	Jenovéfa Boková – Moments Simona Zmrzlá – Hastrman Ivana Chýlková – Bear with Us Zuzana Bydžovská – Jan Palach Kateřina Winterová – Toman
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Jan František Uher – Winter Flies Jan Kolařík – Hastrman Jiří Lábus – Insects Jan Vondráček – Jan Palach Jan Hartl – The Golden Betrayal	Eliška Křenková – Winter Flies Jana Synková – Bear with Us Tatiana Vilhelmová – Patrimony Kristýna Boková – Toman Lenka Vlasáková – Winter Flies
Best Screenplay	Best Editing
Winter Flies Bear with Us The Interpreter Jan Palach Toman	Winter Flies The Golden Betrayal Hastrman Insects Toman
Best Cinematography	Stage Design
Hastrman The Golden Betrayal The Interpreter Toman Winter Flies	Insects The Golden Betrayal Hastrman The Magic Quill Toman
Makeup and Hairstyling	Costume Design
The Magic Quill The Golden Betrayal Hastrman Jan Palach Toman	Hastrman The Golden Betrayal Jan Palach The Magic Quill Toman
Music	Sound
Hastrman Domestique The Golden Betrayal Toman Winter Flies	Domestique The Golden Betrayal Hastrman Insects Toman
Unique Contribution to Czech Film	Best Documentary
Věra Plívová-Šimková	King Skate When the War Comes Nothing Like Before Planeta Česko The Russian Job
Best Television Film or Miniseries	Best TV Series
Dukla 61 Metanol Rédl	Dabing Street Profesor T. Vzteklina

Non-statutory Awards

Best Film Poster	Film Fans Award
Toman Domestique Insects Bear with Us King Skate	Úsměvy smutných mužů
Magnesie Award for Best Student Film
One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Thousand Sugar and Salt Home Sleep Home The Night of the Agama Apart