Petr Václav’s Il Boemo wins Best Film at Czech Lion Awards

Petr Václav’s Il Boemo about the life and career of the 18th century composer Josef Mysliveček was the big winner at the Czech Lion film awards at Prague’s Rudolfinum on Saturday night. Nominated in 11 categories, the film took six prizes, including for best film, best director and best costumes.

Vojtěch Mašek’s psychological and mystical thriller Arvéd, which had twelve nominations, picked up awards for best actor, best screenplay and best music.

The award for best documentary went to Adéla Komrzý and Tomáš Bojar for Art Talent Show, which explores entrance exams at different studios at Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts.