2008 Czech Lion Awards

16th Czech Lion Awards
Date	March 7, 2009
Site	Lcerna, Prague
Hosted by	Bolek Polívka [1]
Highlights
Best Picture	The Karamazovs
Best Actor	Karel Roden Guard No. 47
Best Actress	Zuzana Bydžovská The Country Teacher
Best Supporting Actor	Vladimír Dlouhý Guard No. 47
Best Supporting Actress	Lenka Termerová Night Owls
Most awards	Guard No. 47 (3) Tobruk (3) [2]
Most nominations	The Karamazovs (8) Tobruk (8) [3]
Television coverage
Network	Česká televize
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2008 Czech Lion Awards ceremony was held on 5 March 2009.

Winners and nominees

Best Film	Best Director
The Karamazovs The Country Teacher Tobruk	Petr Zelenka - The Karamazovs Bohdan Sláma - The Country Teacher Václav Marhoul - Tobruk
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Karel Roden - Guard No. 47 Pavel Liška - The Country Teacher Ivan Trojan - The Karamazovs	Zuzana Bydžovská - The Country Teacher Martha Issová - Night Owls Anna Friel - Bathory
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Vladimír Dlouhý - Guard No. 47 David Novotný - The Karamazovs David Novotný - Of Parents and Children	Lenka Termerová - Night Owls Emília Vášáryová - Shameless Zuzana Kronerová - The Country Teacher
Best Screenplay	Best Documentary
Bohdan Sláma - The Country Teacher Petr Zelenka - The Karamazovs Václav Marhoul - Tobruk	Citizen Havel René A Ghetto Named Baluty
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Vladimír Smutný - Tobruk Karel Fairaisl - Guard No. 47 F. A. Brabec, Ján Ďuriš - Bathory	Jan Mattlach - Guard No. 47 Vladimír Barák - The Karamazovs Luděk Hudec - Tobruk
Music	Sound
Richard Horowitz, Sussan Deyhim - Tobruk Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - The Karamazovs Vladimír Godár - The Country Teacher	Pavel Rejholec, Jakub Čech - Tobruk Zdeněk Taubler - Guard No. 47 Michal Holubec - The Karamazovs
Design
Juraj Jakubisko, Jarka Pecharová - Bathory Jan Vlasák - Tobruk Jan Tománek - Goat Story 2

Non-statutory Awards

Most Popular Film	Unique Contribution to Czech Film
Bathory	Juraj Herz
Film Critics' Award for Best Film	Film Critics' Award Best Documentary
The Karamazovs The Country Teacher Tobruk	Citizen Havel René Česká RAPublika
Best Film Poster	Best Foreign Film
Aleš Najbrt, Bohumil Vašák - The Karamazovs	No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood Katyń
O2 Award for Legally Downloaded Film	iDnes Reader's Award for the Best Film
Gympl	The Country Teacher

References

1. Votýpka, Jakub. "Český lev měnil moderátory jak ponožky: Bílá dostala strašnou sodu, Dušek se urval ze řetězu". Extra.cz. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
2. "Filmem roku jsou Karamazovi. Zelenka má i Lva za režii". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 7 March 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
3. "Nejvíce nominací na Českého lva mají Karamazovi a Tobruk". ČT24 (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 18 April 2018.