Where to See Oscar-Winning and Nominated Films in Prague

Best Film, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Mahershala Ali): Moonlight

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In addition to receiving the the highest honor at last night’s ceremony—for a run-down of the astonishing and now infamous Beatty blunder see here—this critical darling took home another two statuettes in the category of Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Mahershala Ali) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Barry Jenkins, story by Tarell Alvin McCraney). 

Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Casey Affleck): Manchester By the Sea

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The tale of Lee Chandler (Affleck), a brooding handyman who is summoned to his hometown where his brother has left him guardian to his 16-year-old nephew and to contemplate a return to the past and an unspeakable tragedy in a seaside town north of Boston. The follow up to screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan’s masterful Margaret.

Best Director, Best Actress in a Lead Role (Emma Stone): La La Land

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Best Documentary Short Subject: The White Helmets

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As of yet, Fences (Supporting Actress Viola Davis), the movie version of the August Wilson play, and Best Foreign Langauge Film The Salesman (Forushande), the story of a couple whose relationship begins to turn sour during their performance of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, have not made it into wide release in the Czech Republic.

According to IMDB, The Salesman will see an April release in the country; look for Fences this spring.

Films with multiple nominations that are playing locally include the Dev Patel/Nicole Kidman trans-continental epic, Lion, Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals starring Amy Adams and Michael Shannon, and, also with Adams, Arrival.

13th, a nominated documentary that explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, is currently streaming on Netflix.