Czech Film and TV Academy announces nominations for Czech Lion Awards

The psychological drama Arved has received the most nominations for the Czech Lion Awards 2022, followed by Il Boemo a musical biopic about the life of Mozart's contemporary Josef Mysliveček. Five films are in the running for Best Film. The psychological and mystical thriller Arvéd, inspired by the controversial personality of occultist and Nazi collaborator Jiří Arved Smíchovský tops the list with twelve nominations followed by Il Boemo with eleven nominations. Banger, which tells the rap story of a drug dealer received eight nominations. The remaining two nominees are The Victim, a drama about xenophobia, and Bright Night a drama with a supernatural edge. The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony at Prague's Rudolfinum on March 4.