International Film Awards 2004

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International Film Awards 2004

Golden Globes, awarded in Beverly Hills, California, in January 2004

Best motion picture drama The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (U.S./New Zealand; director, Peter Jackson)

Best musical or comedy Lost in Translation (U.S./Japan; director, Sofia Coppola)

Best director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, U.S./ New Zealand)

Best actress, drama Charlize Theron (Monster, U.S./Germany)

Best actor, drama Sean Penn (Mystic River, U.S./Australia)

Best actress, musical or comedy Diane Keaton (Something's Gotta Give, U.S.)

Best actor, musical or comedy Bill Murray (Lost in Translation, U.S./Japan)

Best foreign-language film Osama (Afghanistan/Netherlands/Japan; director, Siddiq Barmak)

Sundance Film Festival, awarded in Park City, Utah, in January 2004

Grand Jury Prize, dramatic film Primer (U.S.; director, Shane Carruth)

Grand Jury Prize, documentary DiG! (U.S.; director, Ondi Timoner)

Audience Award, dramatic film Maria Full of Grace (U.S./ Colombia; director, Joshua Marston)

Audience Award, documentary Born into Brothels (India; directors, Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman)

Best director, dramatic film Debra Granik (Down to the Bone, U.S.)

Best director, documentary Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, U.S.)

Special Jury Prize, dramatic film Brother to Brother (U.S.; director, Rodney Evans); Down to the Bone (U.S.; lead actress, Vera Farmiga)

Special Jury Prize, documentary Farmingville (U.S.; directors, Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini)

Berlin International Film Festival, awarded in February 2004

Golden Bear Gegen die Wand (Germany/Turkey; director, Fatih Akin)

Silver Bear, Grand Jury Prize El abrazo partido (Lost Embrace) (Argentina/France/ Italy/Spain; director, Daniel Burman)

Best director Kim Ki Duk (Samaria, South Korea)

Best actress Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace, U.S./ Colombia); Charlize Theron (Monster, U.S./ Germany)

Best actor Daniel Hendler (El abrazo partido [Lost Embrace], Argentina/France/Italy/Spain)

Césars (France), awarded in February 2004

Best film Les Invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions) (Canada/France; director, Denys Arcand)

Best director Denys Arcand (Les Invasions barbares [The Barbarian Invasions], Canada/France)

Best actress Sylvie Testud (Stupeur et tremblements, France/Japan)

Best actor Omar Sharif (Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, France)

Most promising actor Grégori Derangère (Bon voyage, France)

Most promising actress Julie Depardieu (La Petite Lili [Little Lili], France/Canada)

British Academy of Film and Television Arts, awarded in London in February 2004

Best film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (U.S./New Zealand; director, Peter Jackson)

Best director Peter Weir (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, U.S.)

Best actress Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation, U.S./Japan)

Best actor Bill Murray (Lost in Translation, U.S./Japan)

Best supporting actress Renée Zellweger (Cold Mountain, U.S.)

Best supporting actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually, U.K./U.S.)

Best foreign-language film In This World (U.K.; director, Michael Winterbottom)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars, U.S.), awarded in Los Angeles in March 2004

Best film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (U.S./New Zealand; director, Peter Jackson)

Best director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, U.S./New Zealand)

Best actress Charlize Theron (Monster, U.S./Germany)

Best actor Sean Penn (Mystic River, U.S.)

Best supporting actress Renée Zellweger (Cold Mountain, U.S.)

Best supporting actor Tim Robbins (Mystic River, U.S.)

Best foreign-language film Les Invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions) (Canada/France; director, Denys Arcand)

Cannes Film Festival, France, awarded in May 2004

Palme d Or Fahrenheit 9/11 (U.S.; director, Michael Moore)

Grand Jury Prize Oldboy (Old Boy) (South Korea; director, Park Chan Wook)

Special Jury Prize Irma P. Hall (actress in The Ladykillers, U.S.); Sud pralad (Tropical Malady) (Thailand/France/Germany/Italy; director, Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

Best director Tony Gatlif (Exils, France)

Best actress Maggie Cheung (Clean, Canada/France/U.K.)

Best actor Yuya Yagira (Dare mo shiranai [Nobody Knows], Japan)

Caméra d Or Mon trésor (France/Israel; director, Keren Yedaya)

Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland, awarded in August 2004

Golden Leopard Private (Italy; director, Saverio Costanzo)

Silver Leopard En garde (Germany; director, Ayse Polat)

Special Jury Prize Tony Takitani (Japan; director, Jun Ichikawa)

Best actress Maria Kwiatkowski (En garde, Germany); Pinar Erinein (En garde, Germany)

Best actor Mohammad Bakri (Private, Italy)

Montreal World Film Festival, awarded in September 2004

Best film (Grand Prix of the Americas) The Syrian Bride (France/Germany/Israel; director, Eran Riklis)

Best actress Karin Viard (Le Rôle de sa vie, France)

Best actor Christopher Walken (Around the Bend, U.S.); Wei Fan (Kan che ren de qi yue, China)

Best director Carlos Saura (El séptimo día [The Seventh Day], Spain)

Grand Prix of the Jury Around the Bend (U.S.; director, Jordan Roberts); Kan che ren de qi yue (China; director, Zhanjun An)

Best screenplay Le Rôle de sa vie (France; writers, Jérôme Beaujour, Roger Bohbot, François Favrat, and Julie Lopes-Curval)

International cinema press award The Syrian Bride (France/Germany/Israel; director, Eran Riklis)

Toronto International Film Festival, awarded in September 2004

Best Canadian feature film It s All Gone Pete Tong (director, Michael Dowse)

Best Canadian feature film—Special Jury Citation ScaredSacred (director, Velcrow Ripper)

Best Canadian first feature La Peau blanche (director, Daniel Roby)

Best Canadian short film Man Feel Pain (director, Dylan Akio Smith)

International Federation of Film Critics Prize In My Father s Den (New Zealand/U.K.; director, Brad McGann)

People s Choice Award Hotel Rwanda (Canada/U.K./Italy/South Africa; director, Terry George)

Venice Film Festival, awarded in September 2004

Golden Lion Vera Drake (U.K./France/New Zealand; director, Mike Leigh)

Jury Grand Prize, Silver Lion Mar adentro (Spain/France/Italy; director, Alejandro Amenábar)

Best director Kim Ki Duk (Bin-jip, South Korea)

Volpi Cup, best actress Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake, U.K./France/New Zealand)

Volpi Cup, best actor Javier Bardem (Mar adentro, Spain/France/Italy)

Marcello Mastroianni Prize for new actor or actress Marco Luisi, Tommaso Ramenghi (Lavorare con lentezza, Italy)

Luigi de Laurentiis Award for best first film Le Grand Voyage (France/Morocco; director, Ismaël Ferroukhi)

Chicago International Film Festival, awarded in October 2004

Best feature film Kontroll (Control) (Hungary; director, Nimrod Antal)

Special Jury Prize Lakposhtha ham parvaz mikonand (Turtles Can Fly) (Iran/Iraq; director, Bahman Ghobadi)

New Directors Silver Hugo Minh Nguyen Vo (Mua len trau [The Buffalo Boy], Vietnam/Belgium/France)

International Federation of Film Critics Prize Medurat Hashevet (Israel; director, Joseph Cedar)

San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain, awarded in September 2004

Best film Lakposhtha ham parvaz mikonand (Turtles Can Fly) (Iran/Iraq; director, Bahman Ghobadi)

Special Jury Prize San zimske noci (Serbia and Montenegro; director, Goran Paskaljevic)

Best director Xu Jinglei (Yi geng mo sheng nu ren de lai xin [A Letter from an Unknown Woman], China)

Best actress Connie Nielsen (Brødre [Brothers], Denmark)

Best actor Ulrich Thomsen (Brødre [Brothers], Denmark)

Best photography Marcel Zyskind (9 Songs, U.K.)

New Directors Prize Lucile Hadzihalilovic (Innocence, Belgium/France)

International Critics Award Bombon—El Perro (Argentina/Spain; director, Carlos Sorin)

Vancouver International Film Festival, awarded in October 2004

Federal Express Award (most popular Canadian film) What Remains of Us (directors, Hugo Latulippe and François Prévost); Being Caribou (directors, Leanne Allison and Diana Wilson)

AGF People s Choice Award Machuca (Chile/Spain/U.K.; director, Andrés Wood)

National Film Board Award (documentary feature) In the Realms of the Unreal (U.S.; director, Jessica Yu)

Citytv Western Canadian Feature Film Award Seven Times Lucky (director, Gary Yates)

Keystone Award (best Western Canadian short film) Riverburn (director, Jennifer Calvert)

Dragons and Tigers Award for Young East Asian Cinema The Soup, One Morning (Japan; director, Takahashi Izumi)

European Film Awards, awarded in December 2004

Best European film of the year Gegen die Wand (Germany/Turkey; director, Fatih Akin)

Best actress Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake, U.K./France/New Zealand)

Best actor Javier Bardem (Mar adentro, Spain/France/Italy)

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