International Film Awards 2003

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Golden Globes, awarded in Beverly Hills, California, in January 2003

Best motion picture drama The Hours (U.S.; director, Stephen Daldry)

Best musical or comedy Chicago (U.S./Canada; director, Rob Marshall)

Best director Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York, U.S./Germany/Italy/U.K./Netherlands)

Best actress, drama Nicole Kidman (The Hours, U.S.)

Best actor, drama Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt, U.S.)

Best actress, musical or comedy Renée Zellweger (Chicago, U.S./Canada)

Best actor, musical or comedy Richard Gere (Chicago, U.S./Canada)

Best foreign-language film Hable con ella (Talk to Her) (Spain; director, Pedro Almodóvar)

 

Sundance Film Festival, awarded in Park City, Utah, in January 2003

Grand Jury Prize, dramatic film American Splendor (U.S.; directors, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini)

Grand Jury Prize, documentary Capturing the Friedmans (U.S.; director, Andrew Jarecki)

Audience Award, dramatic film The Station Agent (U.S.; director, Thomas McCarthy)

Audience Award, documentary My Flesh and Blood (U.S.; director, Jonathan Karsh)

Audience Award, world cinema Whale Rider (New Zealand/Germany; director, Niki Caro)

Best director, dramatic film Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, U.S.)

Best director, documentary Jonathan Karsh (My Flesh and Blood, U.S.)

Special Jury Prize, dramatic film All the Real Girls (U.S.; director, David Gordon Green); What Alice Found (U.S.; director, A. Dean Bell)

Special Jury Prize, documentary A Certain Kind of Death (U.S.; directors, Grover Babcock and Blue Hadaegh); The Murder of Emmett Till (U.S.; director, Stanley Nelson)

 

Berlin International Film Festival, awarded in February 2003

Golden Bear In This World (U.K.; director, Michael Winterbottom)

Jury Grand Prix, Silver Bear Adaptation (U.S.; director, Spike Jonze)

Best director Patrice Chéreau (Son frère [His Brother], France)

Best actress Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore (The Hours, U.S.)

Best actor Sam Rockwell (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, U.S./Canada/Germany)

 

Césars (France), awarded in February 2003

Best film The Pianist (U.K./France/Germany/Netherlands/Poland; director, Roman Polanski)

Best director Roman Polanski (The Pianist, U.K./France/Germany/Netherlands/Poland)

Best actress Isabelle Carré (Se souvenir des belles choses, France)

Best actor Adrien Brody (The Pianist, U.K./France/Germany/Netherlands/Poland)

Best first film Se souvenir des belles choses (France; director, Zabou Breitman)

 

Orange British Academy of Film Awards, awarded in London in February 2003

Best film The Pianist (U.K./France/Germany/Netherlands/Poland; director, Roman Polanski)

Best director Roman Polanski (The Pianist, U.K./France/Germany/Netherlands/Poland)

Best actress Nicole Kidman (The Hours, U.S.)

Best actor Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York, U.S./Germany/Italy/U.K./Netherlands)

Best supporting actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago, U.S./Canada)

Best supporting actor Christopher Walken (Catch Me if You Can, U.S.)

Best foreign-language film Hable con ella (Talk to Her) (Spain; director, Pedro Almodóvar)

 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars, U.S.), awarded in Hollywood in March 2003

Best film Chicago (U.S./Canada; director, Rob Marshall)

Best director Roman Polanski (The Pianist, U.K./France/Germany/Netherlands/Poland)

Best actress Nicole Kidman (The Hours, U.S.)

Best actor Adrien Brody (The Pianist, U.K./France/Germany/Netherlands/Poland)

Best supporting actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago, U.S./Canada)

Best supporting actor Chris Cooper (Adaptation, U.S.)

Best foreign-language film Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) (Germany; director, Caroline Link)

 

Cannes International Film Festival, France, awarded in May 2003

Palme d'Or Elephant (U.S.; director, Gus Van Sant)

Grand Jury Prize Uzak (Distant) (Turkey; director, Nuri Bilge Ceylan)

Special Jury Prize Panj è asr (At Five in the Afternoon) (Iran/France; director, Samira Makhmalbaf)

Best director Gus Van Sant (Elephant, U.S.)

Best actress Marie Josée Croze (Les Invasions barbares [Invasion of the Barbarians], Canada/France)

Best actor Muzaffer Ozdemir, Emin Toprak (Uzak [Distant], Turkey)

Caméra d'Or Reconstruction (Denmark; director, Christoffer Boe)

 

Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland, awarded in August 2003

Golden Leopard Khamosh pani (Silent Water) (Pakistan/France/Germany; director, Sabiha Sumar)

Silver Leopard Gori vatra (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Austria; director, Pjer Zalica); Thirteen (U.S.; director, Catherine Hardwicke)

Best actress Holly Hunter (Thirteen, U.S.); Diana Dumbrava (Maria, Romania/Germany/France); Kirron Kher (Khamosh pani [Silent Water], Pakistan/France/Germany)

Best actor Serban Ionescu (Maria, Romania/Germany/France)

 

Venice Film Festival, Italy, awarded in September 2003

Golden Lion Vozvrashcheniye (The Return) (Russia; director, Andrey Zvyagintsev)

Jury Grand Prix, Silver Lion Le Cerf-volant (Lebanon/France; director, Randa Chahal Sabag)

Volpi Cup, best actress Katja Riemann (Rosenstrasse [The Women of Rosenstrasse], Germany/Netherlands)

Volpi Cup, best actor Sean Penn (21 Grams, U.S.)

Silver Lion, best director Takeshi Kitano (Zatoichi, Japan)

Marcello Mastroianni Prize for acting newcomer Najat Benssallem (Raja, France/Morocco)

Prize for outstanding individual contribution Marco Bellocchio (for screenplay, Buongiorno, notte [Good Morning, Night], Italy)

 

Montreal World Film Festival, awarded in September 2003

Best film (Grand Prix of the Americas) Kordon (Serbia and Montenegro; director, Goran Markovic)

Best actress Marina Glezer (El polaquito, Argentina)

Best actor Silvio Orlando (Il posto dell'anima, Italy)

Best director Antonio Mercero (Planta 4a, Spain)

Grand Prix of the Jury Gaz Bar Blues (Canada; director, Louis Bélanger)

Best screenplay Profesionalac (Serbia and Montenegro; writer, Dusan Kovacevic)

International cinema press award Profesionalac (Serbia and Montenegro; writer, Dusan Kovacevic)

 

Toronto International Film Festival, awarded in September 2003

Best Canadian feature film Les Invasions barbares (Invasion of the Barbarians) (Canada/France; director, Denys Arcand)

Best Canadian first feature Love, Sex and Eating the Bones (director, David Sutherland)

Best Canadian short film Aspiration (director, Constant Mentzas)

International cinematographic press award Rhinoceros Eyes (U.S.; director, Aaron Woodley)

People's Choice Award Zatoichi (Japan; director, Takeshi Kitano)

 

San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain, awarded in September 2003

Best film Schussangst (Gun-Shy) (Germany; director, Dito Tsintsadze)

Special Jury Prize The Station Agent (U.S.; director, Thomas McCarthy)

Best director Bong Joon Ho (Salinui chueok [Memories of Murder], South Korea)

Best actress Laia Marull (Te doy mis ojos [Take My Eyes], Spain)

Best actor Luis Tosar (Te doy mis ojos [Take My Eyes], Spain)

Best photography Eduardo Serra (Girl with a Pearl Earring, U.K./Luxembourg)

New Directors Prize Bong Joon Ho (Salinui chueok [Memories of Murder], South Korea)

International Critics' Award Salinui chueok (Memories of Murder) (South Korea; director, Bong Joon Ho)

 

Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada, awarded in October 2003

Federal Express Award (most popular Canadian film) The Corporation (directors, Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott)

Air Canada Award (most popular film) Kamchatka (Argentina/Spain; director, Marcelo Piñeyro)

National Film Board Award (documentary feature) Los Angeles Plays Itself (U.S.; director, Thom Andersen)

Citytv Award for Best Feature Film from Western Canada On the Corner (director, Nathaniel Geary)

 

Chicago International Film Festival, awarded in October 2003

Best feature film Talaye sorgh (Crimson Gold) (Iran; director, Jafar Panahi)

Special Jury Prize Uzak (Distant) (Turkey; director, Nuri Bilge Ceylan)

Best actress Ludivine Sagnier (La Petite Lili, France/Canada)

Best actor Pierre Boulanger (Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, France)

International Film Critics' Prize Le Chignon d'Olga (Olga's Chignon) (France/Belgium; director, Jérôme Bonnell)

Best documentary feature My Architect: A Son's Journey (U.S.; director, Nathaniel Kahn)

 

European Film Awards, awarded in Berlin, December 2003

Best European film of the year Good Bye, Lenin! (Germany; director, Wolfgang Becker)

Best actress Charlotte Rampling (Swimming Pool, France)

Best actor Daniel Brühl (Good Bye, Lenin!, Germany)

Best director Lars von Trier (Dogville, Denmark/Sweden/France/Norway/Netherlands/Finland/Germany/Italy/Japan/U.S./U.K.)

Best cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle (Dogville, Denmark/Sweden/France/Norway/Netherlands/Finland/Germany/Italy/Japan/U.S./U.K.; 28 Days Later . . . , U.K./U.S./France)

Best screenwriter Bernd Lichtenberg (Goodbye, Lenin!, Germany)

European Discovery of the Year Vozvrashcheniye (The Return) (Russia; director, Andrey Zvyagintsev)

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