Ve stínu sweeps boards at annual Czech film awards ceremony

The film Ve stínu (In the Shadow) has swept the boards at the Czech Lions, the country’s annual movie awards ceremony. After being nominated in 11 categories, Ve stínu picked up prizes in nine – including Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Screenplay – at a ceremony at Prague’s Lucerna on Saturday night. A lifetime’s achievement award was presented to veteran art director Karel Černý, who won an Academy Award for his work on the 1984 Miloš Forman movie Amadeus.