Slovak Film and Television Academy (SFTA) will once again honour the most remarkable films and creative accomplishment of Slovak cinema. Slovak National Film Awards The Sun in a Net 2018 will be announced Friday, April 5, 2019 during the Gala ceremony, broadcasted live on TV channel Jednotka (RTVS).
The Academy has nominated 14 films that will contend for prizes in 16 different categories.
Czech-Slovak co-production Toman (d. Ondřej Trojan), about the real-life contradictory person who headed the Department of Foreign Intelligence in the 1940s, vies for 14 awards, while The Interpreter by Martin Šulík scored 12 nominations two of which are in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category. Insect by Jan Švankmajer and Jan Palach by Robert Sedláček close up the four nominees in Best Fiction Film category.
Turning to the other main categories, nominees for Best Documentary Film include Occupation 1968 by five directors and produced by Peter Kerekes, The Last Self-Portrait (d. Marek Kuboš) and Válek (d. Patrik Lančarič). Fifi Fatale (d. Mária Kralovič), Mimi and Lisa – Christmas Lights Mystery (d. Katarína Kerekesová, Ivana Šebestová) and Monster by Martin Snopek are running for Best Animation Award.
For the first time this year, The Slovak National Film Awards ceremony will be held prior to the Slovak Film Week (April 9 – 15, 2019) at Kino Lumière, Bratislava, and will subsequently be shown in towns all around Slovakia. The showcase will feature consists of films premiered in 2018, as well as The Sun in a Net nominees and winners.
Slovak National Film Award The Sun in a Net nominees 2018
Best Fiction Film
>>Insect, director: Jan Švankmajer
producers: Zuzana Mistríková, Ľubica Orechovská, Jaromír Kallista
>>Jan Palach, director: Robert Sedláček
producers: Silvia Panáková, Erik Panák, Viktor Schwarcz, Jan Schwarcz
>>The Interpreter, director: Martin Šulík
producers: Martin Šulík, Rudolf Biermann, Bruno Wagner
>>Toman, director: Ondřej Trojan
producers: Ondřej Trojan, Zuzana Mistríková, Ľubica Orechovská
Best Documentary Film
>>Occupation 1968, directors: Evdokia Moskvina, Linda Dombrovszky, Maria Elisa Scheidt, Magda Szymkow, Stephan Komandarev
producer: Peter Kerekes
>>The Last Self-Portrait, director: Marek Kuboš
producers: Marek Kuboš, Tibor Horváth
>>Válek, director: Patrik Lančarič
producer: Peter Kelíšek
Best Animation
>>Fifi Fatale, director: Mária Kralovič
producer: Peter Badač
>>Mimi and Lisa – Christmas Lights Mystery, directors: Katarína Kerekesová, Ivana Šebestová
producers: Katarína Kerekesová, Martin Vandas
>>Monster, director: Martin Snopek
producer: Martin Snopek
Best Film Direction
>>Marek Kuboš, film: The Last Self-Portrait
>>Martin Šulík, film: The Interpreter
>>Ondřej Trojan, film: Toman
Best Film Screenplay
>>Marek Leščák, Martin Šulík, film: The Interpreter
>>Zdeňka Šimandlová, Ondřej Trojan, film: Toman
>>Jan Švankmajer, film: Insect
Best Cinematography
>>Tomáš Sysel, film: Toman
>>Martin Štrba, film: The Interpreter
>>Martin Žiaran, film: The Cellar
Best Film Editing
>>Vladimír Barák, film: Toman
>>Olina Kaufmanová, film: The Interpreter
>>Maroš Šlapeta, film: Válek
Best Film Sound
>>Jiří Klenka, film: Toman
>>Pavel Rejholec, Klaus Kellerman, film: The Interpreter
>>Ivo Špalj, film: Insect
Best Original Score
>>Vladimír Godár, film: The Interpreter
>>Michal Novinki, film: Toman
>>Vladislav Šarišský, film: Válek
Best Art Direction
>>Henrich Boráros, film: The Magic Quill
>>František Lipták, film: The Interpreter
>>Tomáš Svoboda, film: Toman
>>Jan Švankmajer, Václav Švankmajer, film: Insect
Best Costumes
>>Katarína Hollá, film: The Interpreter
>>Andrea Králová, film: The Magic Quill
>>Katarína Štrbová Bieliková, film: Toman
Best Make-Up
>>Jana Bílková, film: Toman
>>Zdeněk Klika, film: The Magic Quill
>>Juraj Steiner, Zuzana Paulini, film: Talks with TGM
Best Actress in a Leading Role
>>Zuzana Bydžovská (mother, film: Jan Palach)
>>Gabriela Marcinková (Zuzana, film: Intimate Enemy)
>>Zuzana Mauréry (Edita, film: The Interpreter)
>>Kateřina Winterová (Pesla Tomanová, film: Toman)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
>>Kristýna Boková (Milada Třískalová, film: Toman)
>>Zuzana Porubjaková (Monika, film: Intimate Enemy)
>>Anna Rakovská (Truda, film: The Interpreter)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
>>Martin Huba (Masaryk, film: Talks with TGM)
>>Jiří Macháček (Zdeněk Toman, film: Toman)
>>Jiří Menzel (Ali, film: The Interpreter)
>>Peter Simonischek (Georg, film: The Interpreter)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
>>Marián Geišberg (Špilka, film: The Magic Quill)
>>Jiří Lábus (Borovička, film: Insect)
>>Roman Luknár (Jan Masaryka, film: Toman)
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