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1. 3.
Petr Zelenka’s film The Karamazovs (Karamazovi/Bracia Karamazow, 2008, CR – Poland) was screened at the prestigious National Gallery of Art in Washington. Film curator Margaret Parsons included it in a new series New Masters of European Cinema that presents every three months a new film work of a major talent from the younger generation of European directors.
1. - 5. 3.
The Czech film One Night, One City (Jedné noci v jednom městě, 2007) by Jan Balej received a Golden Crystal Globe for best feature animated film at The 6th International Festival of Animated Films in Tehran (Iran).
1. - 31. 3.
Prague and seven other cities in the Czech Republic hosted the 8th annual Festival for Tibet. The aim of the festival is to draw attention to not only the 50 years of the violent occupation of Tibet by China and the violation of human rights, but also to the Himalayan Culture and life of Tibetans in exile. The event was organized by the Czech M.O.S.T. civic association. This year’s festival was attended by Tibetans living in the Czech Republic as well as abroad. Tibetans performed mainly at concerts; Tibetan Buddhism teach Lama Kalsang lectured on culture and religion. The Czech side was represented by alternative rock groups Jesus Om and Všehomír; Vladimír Václavek sang Tibetan songs. Tibetan stories were read by actress Květa Fialová. The festival also included a film screening. In addition to the premiere of the documentary film by Arnaud Desjardins (Le Message des Tibetaines, 1966, France), which maps their situation in the 1960s and was created with the support of the Dalai Lama, Zdeněk Urbanec screened his films Tibet – West (Tibet – západní) and Forgotten Tibet (Zapomenutý Tibet), both of which are from 2004. As part of the event The Gateway to Tibetan Film, films regarding Tibet were screened in Prague’s Světozor and Aero cinemas under the title Tibet Minds.
3. 3.
The Association for the Support of Rumanian Film in conjunction with the Rumanian National Film Institute awarded Czech director Jiří Menzel’s I Served the King of England (Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále, 2006, CR – SR) with a Gopo Award for best European film. The award was presented for the third time.
3. 3.
The 17th Competition for Best Czech Advertisement – The Nutcracker 2008 was held. The Client Award went to Wrigley, the Golden Fire Award for personal contribution to Czech advertising went to director Jakub Kohák, the Silver Nutcracker for advertisement in category C – TV/CINEMA went to Thieves (Zloději, dir. Štěpán Chaloupka, Aleš Kolaja, 2008). The Golden Nutcracker in category G - On-line, Interactive and other digital – again went to Thieves (Zloději) as did the Silver Nutcracker in category J – Campaign. The Bronze Nutcracker for advertisement in category C – TV/CINEMA – went to director Karel Janák for the film Sugarless Kofola (Kofola bez cukru, 2008).
4. 3.
Director Alena Činčerová departed on his trip abroad project by Radúz Činčera (17. 6. 1923 – 28. 1. 1999), Ján Roháč (18. 6. 1932 – 5. 10. 1980) and Vladimír Svitáček (17. 2. 1921 – 23. 8. 2002), Kino-Automat Man and His House (Kinoautomat Člověk a jeho dům, 1967), deemed the first interactive film in the world. In the very first week viewers in Newcastle, England could during the screening of the reconstructed version use the buttons for options. The Kino-Automat Man and His House was also introduced at the Offscreen Film Fest in Brussels, in April on the stage before the DC Filmfest in Washington and then in New York accompanied by American actor, director and moderator Robert McNamara.
4. - 8. 3.
The first part of The 6th International Festival of Student Films – Zlín’s Dog 2009 – was held, bringing with it several novelties. The event was for the first time not held as part of The 49th International Festival of Films for Children and Youth in Zlín (31. 5. – 7. 6.), but the first part of the festival organized by Tomáš Baťa University took place in the film studios of the Film School Zlín. This year the festival also offered feature films. Sixty-five films from 12 countries competed in three categories – traditional, computer and combined animation. MOME university in Budapest had the largest number of films. This year’s festival was opened with the special cycle 4+4 that presented the first feature films of four famous directors (German directors Werner Herzog, Reiner Werner Fassbinder, Wim Wenders and Alexander Kluge) and four directors of the youngest generation (Fatih Akim, Caroline Link, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and Thomas Tykwer). The festival’s objectives include creating the tradition of a yearly meeting and discussion of major film figures, who also teach. The festival’s Grand Prix Zlín Dog went to the French film Dans la tête (dir. Maxime Entringer, Anthony Gilles, Grégory Damour, Alan Seluer, 2008, France). The Czech film Pitfalls (Úskalí, dir. Jan Bohuslav, 2008) received a Special Prize.
4. 3.
The ceremonial premiere of Jiří Barta’s combined feature and animated film In the Attic or Who Has a Birthday Today? (Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny?/Na povale alebo Kto má dneska narodeniny?, 2009, CR – SR – JA ) was held at the Municipal Library in Prague and at the Palace Cinemas multiplex at Slovanský dům.
5. - 15. 3.
The 13th International Film Festival took place in Sofia (Bulgaria). The winner in the documentary films section was the Czech documentary time-lapse film René (2008) by director Helena Třeštíková. Czech director Pavel Štingl, who personally introduced a screening of his films, was a member of the international jury.
6. 3.
Director Ivan Passer introduced at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York his film Intimate Lighting (Intimní osvětlení, 1965, Czechoslovakia), which opened a retrospective of his films that lasted all of March. The screenings included his films A Dull Afternoon (Fádní odpoledne, 1964, Czechoslovakia) and Passer’s American films Born to Win (1971), Law and Disorder (1974) and Cutter’s Way (1981). On 9. 3. Ivan Passer introduced to the American public his Czech colleague Jan Šikl. Their discussion was preceded by a screening of Daddy and Lilli Marlene (Tatíček a Lili Marlén, 2007) from Šikl’s The Private Century (Soukromé století) television series that the author composed from the film archives of several families. The museum offered viewers other films from the series as well. The nearly hour-long television documentary by Martin Šulík from the series Golden Sixties (Zlatá šedesátá, 2009) that maps the Czech New Wave familiarised New Yorkers with Passer’s work and life.
6. 3.
A festival of Czech films entitled Made in Prague – The New Czech Cinema UK Tour (6. 3. – 4. 5. 2009) opened in London’s Curzon Renoir cinema. The festival began with Helena Třeštíková’s René (2008), which was personally introduced by the director. Made in Prague is to date the largest screening of Czech films in Great Britain. Sixty-one screenings of new Czech films were held in thirteen places around the country. In addition to René, screenings were held of Dolls (Pusinky, dir. Karin Babinská, 2007), Empties (Vratné lahve, dir. Jan Svěrák, 2007, CR – Great Britain – Denmark), Teddy Bear (Medvídek, dir. Jan Hřebejk, 2007), With Kisses from Your Love (Líbám Tě a Miluji, dir. Jan Šikl, 2007) and See You in Denver (Sejdeme se v Denveru, dir. Jan Šikl, 2007) from The Private Century (Soukromé století) series, On Parents and Children (O rodičích a dětech, dir. Vladimír Michálek, 2008) and Citizen Havel (Občan Havel, dir. Pavel Koutecký, Miroslav Janek, 2008).
6. - 9. 3.
The International Student Festival Angelus, presented for the first time in the Czech Republic, came to Prague. The aim of the festival, which was founded in 1996, is to appreciate films made by talented students from all over the world that take in interest in, above all, themes such as respect for human dignity, interpersonal relations, tolerance, equality, diversity and hope. Winners of the Angelus award receive a financial amount that enables young filmmakers to shoot another film. Films that were screened in Prague’s Světozor cinema and in the Municipal Library’s large screening room received an Angelus award and other international awards. On the opening evening Israeli director Hilla Medali introduced her film To Die in Jerusalem (2007) viewing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a completely new way against the backdrop of personal tragedy of two families. Then five other winning short student films awarded with Angelus in 2008 were shown. The directors of these films discussed them with the viewers after the screening.
6. - 12. 3.
The 3rd Who’s Crazy about Historical Film? took place in Warsaw. Czech film was represented by Kolya (Kolja, dir. Jan Svěrák, 1996, CR – Great Britain – France) and the time-lapse documentary film Citizen Havel (Občan Havel, dir. Pavel Koutecký, Miroslav Janek, 2008).
7. 3.
Lucerna’s large hall hosted the awards ceremony of the 16th Annual Czech Film and Television Academy (ČFTA) – Czech Lion 2008. The Academy considered The Karamazovs (Karamazovi/Bracia Karamazow, dir. Petr Zelenka, 2008, CR – Poland) to be the year’s best film. Director Petr Zelenka also received The Czech Lion for best direction. The Czech Lion for best actress went to Zuzana Bydžovská for her role in the film A Country Teacher (Venkovský učitel, 2008, CR – Germany – France) by director Bohdan Sláma. The Czech Lion for best actor went to Karel Roden for his role in the film Guard No. 47 (Hlídač č. 47, dir. Filip Renč, 2008). The Czech Lion statuette for best supporting actress was presented to Lenka Termerová for her role in the film Night Owls (Děti noci, dir. Michaela Pavlátová, 2008), Vladimír Dlouhý was awarded for best supporting actor in the film Guard No. 47 (Hlídač č. 47). The Czech Lion for screenplay went to director Bohdan Sláma for Country Teacher (Venkovský učitel), for best cinematographer to Vladimír Smutný for his work on the film Tobruk (dir. Václav Marhoul, 2008, CR – SR). The glass statuette for best editing was awarded to Jan Mattlach for the film Guard No. 47 (Hlídač č. 47). Pavel Rejholec and Jakub Čech were awarded for best sound in the film Tobruk. The film also won for best music – Czech Lions went to Richard Horowitz and Sussan Deyhim for it. The Czech Lion for best creative work went to director Juraj Jakubisko (artistic concept) and Jarka Pecharová (costumes) in the Jakubisko’s film Bathory (2008, SR – CR – Great Britain – Hungary). The same film was chosen as the most successful among viewers. Awards were presented to documentary films for the first time. The best documentary went to Citizen Havel (Občan Havel, dir. Pavel Koutecký, Miroslav Janek, 2008). The winner of the Sazka Award competition for best screenplay not yet made into a film went to Petr Jarchovský for Kawasaki’s Rose (Kawasakiho růže). The Czech Lion for many years of contribution to Czech film went to director Juraj Herz.
7. - 14. 3.
The 5th International Film Festival – Pantalla Pinamar was held in the Argentine seaside resort of Pinamar. The section New Czech Cinematography featured the Czech films Night Owls (Děti noci, dir. Michaela Pavlátová, 2008) and The Karamazovs (Karamazovi/Bracia Karamazow, dir. Petr Zelenka, 2008, CR – Poland).
10. - 19. 3.
The 3rd annual Days of Asian Film and Culture was held in Uherské Hradiště (Czech Republic), this time under the subtitle On Human Rights, Freedom and Help. The programme featured films from various parts of the world, an exhibition of photographs related to the auction, a theatre performance and discussion. The Czech films screened included: Gyumri (dir. Jana Ševčíková, 2008) and Welcome to North Korea! (Vítejte v KLDR!, 2009) by director Linda Jablonská. The programme also had the internationally award-winning films Lost in Translation (dir. Sofia Coppola, 2003, USA – Japan) and Vals Im Bashir (dir. Ari Folman, 2008, Israel – France – Germany – Japan – Finland – Switzerland – Belgium – Australian).
11. - 19. 3.
There was held in Prague and in March in another 29 cities of the Czech Republic the 11th International Festival of Documentary Films on Human Rights – One World 2009. Some 120 films from 40 countries in the world were divided into three competition categories – the Main Competition, You Have the Right to Know and the Competition of Short Forms. The festival consisted of a side-bar of lectures and panel discussions. Former Czech president and playwright Václav Havel gave a special award for the film that contributed in an exceptional way to the protection of human rights. This award went to the film Burma VJ – Reporting from a Closed Country (2008) in the co-production of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Great Britain shot by director Anders Østergaard. The Award for best film went to Below Sea Level (dir. Gianfranco Rosi, 2008, USA – Italy), the Award for best director went to Czech director Jana Ševčíková for her film Gyumri (2008). The viewer’s choice award went to Lukáš Přibyl’s Forgotten Transports – To Poland (Zapomenuté transporty – Do Polska, 2009). On 17. 3. Prague’s Lucerna and Světozor cinemas hosted the premiere of the new Czech film by director Zdeněk Tyc El Paso (2009). The screening was held as part of the One World festival. It’s the first time the festival included a feature film in its programme.
13. - 15. 3.
The Association of Czech Film Clubs and the Municipal Cultural Centre in Veselí nad Moravou (Czech Republic) organized The Seminar on Chinese Films 2009. The programme featured ten older and new Chinese films and three films with Chinese themes – L’ ultimo imperatore (dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987, Italy – China), the film by Danish director Henrik Ruben Genz Kinamand (2005, Denmark – Norway – Sweden) and the Polish film Statysci (dir. Michal Kwiecinski, 2006). Most of the Chinese films had taken part in international film festivals and some had won prizes for best Asian film in competition.
14. - 22. 3.
Shown on the new Internet portal www.docalliancefilms.cz were Czech documentary films that have advanced in selection rounds for the Czech Lion Award. These films included The Power of Humanity – Nicholas Winton (Síla lidskosti – Nicholas Winton, dir. Matej Mináč, 2001, CR – SR), Czech Dream (Český sen, dir. Filip Remunda, Vít Klusák, 2004), The Beauty Exchange (Ženy pro měny, dir. Erika Hníková, 2004), René (dir. Helena Třeštíková, 2008), Citizen Havel (Občan Havel, dir. Pavel Koutecký, Miroslav Janek, 2008) and The Baluty Ghetto (Ghetto jménem Baluty, dir. Pavel Štingl, 2008). The server was created as a joint project of five major European Festival documentary films, including The International Festival of Documentary Films in Jihlava (Czech Republic). Some 250 documentary and experimental films will be available for viewing at www.docalliancefilms.cz. Forty percent of the content will be in Czech or Slovak and the rest will have subtitles. Documentary films will be available all year for a fee that will range from 25 to 100 Czech crowns. In the future the server should carry 20 new films a month mainly from European production.
16. 3.
Jana Janíková, the hitherto dean of the faculty and director of the Institute of Animation and Audio-vision, became the dean of the Faculty of Multimedia Communication of Tomas Bata University in Zlín. She is a graduate of FAMU’s department of screenwriting and script editing. In 2006 she was named a senior lecturer at the Academy of Performance Arts in Bratislava. She worked as assistant director and script editor in Filmové ateliéry in Zlín, and as a script writer and editor. University rector Ignác Hoza appointed her to the position.
16. - 19. 3.
The 46th International Festival Films on Science, Technology and Art – TECHFILM and the 4th International Conference – EMTECH was held in Prague. The international jury headed by Alessandro Griffini from Italy judged 26 films that were entered in the competition. Czech films awarded were: for television film Experiment – The Life on Wheels (Experiment – Život na kolečkách, dir. Pavel Bureš, 2009) – the award for educational series, to the film Robotic Vascularum Operation (Robotická cévní operace, dir. Petr Zrno, 2008) from the series Diagnosis (Diagnóza) – the award for prestigious film, to Metomorphosis of the Valley (Proměna údolí, dir. Marie Šandová, 2008) – the award of the mayor of Prague 6, the film Mayrau Mine (Důl Mayrau, dir. Miloslav Kučera, 2008) from the television series Time Searchers (Hledači času) – the award for artistically beneficial film. In the competition of educational products the main prize – the Crystal Ribbon went to Luďka Hrabáková’s project Cultural History (Kulturní historie), honourable mention for working with interactive educational programmes went to Educational Materials for Interactive Blackboards (Výukové materiály pro inteaktivní tabule): TS Natural Sciences – Plants and Animals of the Czech Republic (TS Přírodopis – živočichové a rostliny ČR), TS Natural Sciences – They Are Living with us (TS Přírodopis – Žijí s námi) in a collective of authors of Terasoft a. s. Honourable mention for creating important tools for the modernisation of education went to Digital Teaching Materials (Digitální učební materiály) of the Pedagogical Research Institute in Prague, of the Methodology (Metodika) project team; honourable mention for didactic work and optimum use of multimedia elements was awarded by the jury to Petr Stein and team for the project Strategies and Tactics of Police Activities and the Microsoft Award went to How a Course Booklet Is Made (Jak vznikají skripta) to Tomáš Šapovalov and team.
19. 3.
Helena Třeštíková’s Europe Film Award-winning film René (2008) came out on DVD. The creators presented along with it in Prague the eponymous book subtitled The Story of a Film – Letters from Prison (Příběhy filmu – dopisy z vězení). The book René was created in collaboration with journalist Marie Homolová. Its content is mainly correspondence that the film’s hero kept with the Czech film director Třeštíková during the former’s stay behind bars.
19. - 27. 3.
Filip Renč’s Guard No. 47 (Hlídač č. 47, 2008) received four prizes at the 8th International Film Festival in Tiburon (USA). The film was declared the best film of the festival, Filip Renč won the prize for best director, leading actress Lucia Siposová the award for best actress and cinematographer Karel Fairaisl, who made his film debut, also was awarded. Director Renč received the prize in person. Tomáš Bařina’s film Grapes (Bobule, 2008) received the Award for best comedy. Another two Czech films were among the hundreds of films from ninety countries: Václav (dir. Jiří Vejdělek, 2007) and Frankie Is a Womanizer (František je děvkař, dir. Jan Prušinovský, 2008).
20. - 23. 3.
The 12th Francophone Days were held in Prague and in other places in the Czech Republic. Theme was “home”. The twelfth year was ceremonially opened with the play Home (Home theatre), composed of the three stories Not for Sale (Rodrigue Norman / Togo), Boulevard Sauvé (Philippe Ducros / Québec) and Home Sweet Home (Eudes Labrusse / France). Screenings of two series of short films were held at the Kino 35 cinema in the French Institute in Prague. The series presented a selection of films that took part in the most prestigious international festivals. The entire cultural programme was accompanied by tastings of specialties from various French-speaking countries. The Francophone Days were also held in other Czech towns – in Brno, České Budějovice, Cheb, Hradec Králové, Jablonec nad Nisou, Liberec, Most, Olomouc, Ostrava, Pardubice, Plzeň and Ústí nad Labem until the end of March.
20., 23. and 25. 3.
Ponrepo, the screening hall of the National Film Archive at Bio Konvikt in Prague organized a mini-festival entitled “bio Kundera”. Czech films screened were The Joke (Žert, dir. Jaromil Jireš, 1968), Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (Nikdo se nebude smát, dir. Hynek Bočan, 1965) and I, the Distressing God (Já, truchlivý Bůh, dir. Antonín Kachlík, 1969). All the films were based on the works of the Czech origin writer Milan Kundera.
20. - 31. 3.
Artefacts used in the Jiří Barta’s new combined feature and animated film In the Attic or Who Has a Birthday Today? (Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny?/Na povale alebo Kto má dneska narodeniny?, 2009, CR – SR – JA) were on display at the Lazarská gallery in Prague. The exhibition evoked the secret world of the attic where an adventurous story of unwanted toys is played out. It also offered a look behind the scenes of the film and its history – from Jiří Barta’s designs to the final objects that transformed an ordinary attic into a fairytale world.
23. 3.
The American media giant Time Warner announced that it will acquire roughly 31 percent of the share of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the owner of Czech commercial television TV NOVA, NOVA Cinema and NOVA Sport. CME and Time Warner have agreed that they will jointly create new television stations in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe that will broadcast foreign films and TV series, including those owned by Warner Bros.
25. 3.
The Czech film Dolls (Pusinky, dir. Karin Babinská, 2007) opened the London Festival of Films on Homosexuals and Lesbians (25. 3. – 8. 4.), organized for the twenty-third time by the British Film Institute (BFI). Actress Petra Nesvačilová took part in the film’s presentation.
25. 3.
The ceremonial premiere of the thriller by director Julius Ševčík Angels Gone (Normal, 2009, CR – Macedonia) was held in several screening rooms of the Palace Cinemas Slovanský dům multiplex and in the Lucerna cinema in Prague.
26. 3. - 3. 4.
The FEBIOFEST 2009 echoes featured a screening of Czech film at Ponrepo, the National Film Archive’s screening hall at Bio Konvikt in Prague, called Before the Curtain Fell. The programme included a screening of Czech films The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, dir. Juraj Herz, 1968), The Witch Hunt (Kladivo na čarodějnice, dir. Otakar Vávra, 1969), Skylarks on the String (Skřivánci na niti, dir. Jiří Menzel, 1969), Funeral Ceremonies (Smuteční slavnost, dir. Zdenek Sirový, 1969), We Eat the Fruit of the Trees of Paradise (Ovoce stromů rajských jíme/Nous mangeons les fruits des arbres du paradis, dir. Věra Chytilová, 1969, Czechoslovakia – Belgium), The Lanfieri Colony (Kolonie Lanfieri/Kolonija Lanfier, dir. Jan Schmidt, 1969, Czechoslovakia – USSR), Virginity and Prison (Panenství a kriminál, dir. Václav Lohniský, 1969), A Squandered Sunday (Zabitá neděle, dir. Drahomíra Vihanová, 1969), Valery’s Week of Wonders (Valerie a týden divů, dir. Jaromil Jireš, 1970), The Ear (Ucho, dir. Karel Kachyňa, 1970), The Ark of Fools (Archa bláznů, dir. Ivan Balaďa, 1970, film premiere 1990) and a series of short films entitled “Short Discoveries from the End of the Golden Sixties”.
26. 3. - 19. 4.
The 16th International Screening of Film, Television and Video – FEBIOFEST 2009 was held. Prague and eight other Czech cities hosted the event. The Slovak part of the festival began on 30. 3. A total of 214 films from 58 countries were screened in 24 screening halls. The festival’s Grand Prix went to Bosnian director Aida Begić’s Snow (Snieg, 2008) that competed in the New Europe section. The traditional part of the closing evening was the Czech critics’ Kristián awards ceremony for best Czech feature, documentary and animated film for 2008. Kristiáns were awarded – in feature film to Petr Zelenka for his film The Karamazovs (Karamazovi/Bracia Karamazow, 2008, CR – Poland). In documentary and current events works the Kristián went to Pavel Koutecký (in memoriam) and Miroslav Janek for the film Citizen Havel (Občan Havel, 2008). The Kristián for animated work went to the film Goat Story – Legends of Old Prague (Kozí příběh – Pověsti staré Prahy, 2008) by animator Jan Tománek, Jr. The Kristián for contribution to world film went to British director Mike Leigh, who was a festival guest. For the first time Czech film critics awarded their Hippo anti-prize to the worst film of 2008. Martin Kotík received this award as director of the film Same to You, Boss! (Vy nám taky, šéfe!, 2008). The awards of Jaromil Jireš given by the Czech Association of Directors and Screenwriters (ARAS) were presented at the start of the Febiofest. In Category A (for significant financial, economic support of the creation or dissemination of a non-commercial work) the winner was Poštovní spořitelna, a. s., for its support of the film Tobruk (dir. Václav Marhoul, 2008, CR – SR), in category B (to a person or group of people whose activity significantly contributed to the creation and dissemination of a non-commercial work) the victor was Jan Maivald for the multi-year project Golden Fund of World Cinematography DVD collection within the framework of the Levné knihy shops and Fero Fenič for his idea and realisation of the Febiofest. The festival was honoured by the presence of guests from 12 countries such as German director Wim Wenders, the aforementioned British filmmaker Mike Leigh, directors Thomas Vinterberg, Barbet Schroeder and Rustam Ibragimbekov and Slovak actress Božidara Turzonovová.
27. 3.
The Czech film A Country Teacher (Venkovský učitel, 2008, CR – Germany – France) by director Bohdan Sláma made its American debut. The film was screened in two cinemas in New York and as of July 2009 it had been shown in another 15 American cities including Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Seattle.
28. 3.
The Czech theatre and film actress Marie Tomášová received a Thálie 2008 award for lifelong work in theatre acting. Also receiving a Thálie 2008 for lifelong work were singer Alena Míková and ballet and choreographer Růžena Mazalová. The Thálie for the theatre actor up to 33 years of age went to Zbigniew Kalina from Příbram’s Antonín Dvořák Theatre. In the male musical category the Thálie 2008 went to Vlastimil Zavřel as Commissioner Ledvina from the original Czech musical Adéla Still Hasn’t Eaten Dinner which he plays in at Prague’s Broadway theatre. The Thálie 2008 for female performance in a musical went to Zuzana Kolářová for her performance in the Plzeň production of Chicago. In the category of theatre acting the Thálie 2008 went to Zlín actress Petra Hřebíčková and to Norbert Lichý from Petr Bezruč Theatre in Ostrava.