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Annual Awards of the Critics 2003:
National Society Of Film Critics – USA
Thirty-Eighth Annual Awards

Best Picture: American Splendor (Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini)
Best Foreign-Language Picture: The Man Without a Past (Aki Kaurismaki)
Best Director: Clint Eastwood (Mystic River)
Best Screenplay: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor)
Best Nonfiction Film: To Be and to Have (Nicolas Philibert)
Best Cinematography: Russell Boyd (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
Best Actor: Bill Murray (Lost in Translation)
Best Actress: Charlize Theron (Monster)
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Sarsgaard (Shattered Glass)
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Clarkson (The Station Agent and Pieces of April)
Film Heritage Awards
1. Kino on Video: for its excellent DVD collections of F.W. Murnau, Erich von Stroheim, and the American Film Theatre series.
2. Milestone Film and Video: for its exemplary theatrical and/or DVD presentations of Michael Powell's The Edge of the World, E. A. Dupont's Piccadilly, André Antoine's La Terre, and Mad Love, the films of Evgeni Bauer.

Annual Awards of the Critics 2003:
Toronto Film Critics Association
2003 Awards

Best Film: Lost in Translation
Best Performance, Male: Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
Best Performance, Female: Samantha Morton, Morvern Callar
Best Supporting Performance, Male: Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass
Best Supporting Performance, Female: Miranda Richardson, Spider
Best Screenplay: Denys Arcand, Les Invasions Barbares / Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Best Director: Peter Jackson, The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King
Best Documentary: Capturing the Friedmans
Best Canadian Film: Spider
Best First Feature: American Splendor by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
Best Foreign-Language Film: City of God
Best Animated Film: Finding Nemo
Special Citation: To Peter Jackson for his work on the Lord of The Rings trilogy as a whole

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Annual Awards of the Critics 2003:
Montreal Film Critics Association
2003 Award

The "Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma (AQCC)" selected "Elephant" by Gus Van Sant as best film of the year.

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Annual Awards of the Critics 2003:
Uruguayan Critics Association

Best Film: Mystic River by Clint Eastwood
Best Latin American Film: Historias Mínimas (Minimal Stories) by Carlos Sorin (Argentina)
Best Uruguayan Film: El viaje hacia el mar (Seawards Journey) by Guillermo Casanova
The Prize "José María Podestá", named after a historical figure of Uruguayan film critics, was presented to Eugenio Hintz, founder of Cine Club and for many years director of the official Cinematheque.
The Prize "Salon Rouge", named after the first Uruguayan cinema, was presented to José Castro Navarro, filmaker and expert cinematographer for more than fifty years.

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Annual Awards of the Critics 2003:
Association of Film Critics
of Rio de Janeiro

Best films of the year (ex-aequo): Mystic River and Bowling for Columbine
The Association of Film Critics of Rio de Janeiro has chosen the 10 best films screened in the city in 2003. They were, in alphabetical order:
Amarelo Manga / Mango Yellow (Brazil), by Cláudio Assis
L'Anglaise et le Duc (France), by Eric Rohmer
Bowling for Columbine (USA), by Michael Moore
Far from Heaven (USA), by Todd Haynes
Goodbye Lenin (Germany), by Wolfgang Becker
O Homem que Copiava / The Man Who Copied (Brazil), by Jorge Furtado
Man Without a Past (Finland), by Aki Kaurismäki
Mystic River (USA), by Clint Eastwood
Separações / Breaking Up (Brazil), by Domingos Oliveira
The 25th Hour (USA), by Spike Lee

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Annual Awards of the Critics 2003:
Russian Guild of Film Critics

Russian Films
Best film: The Return
Best director: Vadim Abdrashitov (Magnetic Storms)
Best script: Alexander Mindadze (Magnetic Storms)
Best camera: Mikhail Krichman (The Return)
Best art director: Natalia Kochergina (Father And Son)
Best music: Sergei Shnurov (Bumer)
Best actor: Victor Sukhorukov (Pure, Pure Pavel)
Best actress: Maria Zvonariova (Trio)
Best debut: Andrei Zvizgintsev (The Return)

Foreign Films
Best film: Dogville
Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York)
Best actress: Nicole Kidman (Dogville)

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Annual Awards of the Critics 2003:
Polish Section of FIPRESCI

The Polish Section of FIPRESCI (Authors) awarded the annual Golden Reel prizes for the best feature films released in Polish cinemas in 2003. Best foreign film ex aequo to "Hours" directed by Stephen Daldry and "The Son's Room" directed by Nanni Moretti. Honorary Mention: Denis Arcand's "Les invasions barbares". Golden Reel for the best Polish film: "Squint Your Eyes" by Andrzej Jakimowski.

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Annual Awards of the Critics 2003:
Hungarian Film Critics

Best film: Pleasant Days (Kornél Mundruczo)
Best director: Nimród Antall (Kontroll)
Best first film: Forest (Benedek Fliegauf)
Best cinematographer: Gyula Pados (Kontroll)
Best producer: András Muhi (Forest, Postsoldier and others)
Special Prize: Andrea Ladányi (dancer) and Ferenc Grunwalsky (director) for Dancing Figure
Best documentary: Mutter (Miklós Gimes)
Best young documentarist: Peter Hegedus (Inheritence: A Fisherman's Story)
Best short film: Postsoldier (Tamás Buvári)
Best music: Joan of Arc on Route 78 (composer: Zsófia Tallér, dir: Kornél Mundruczó)
Best screenplay: Happy Birthday (written and directed by Csaba Fazekas)
Best actress: Eszter Ónodi (Happy Birthday)
Best actor: János Csányi (Kontroll)
Best supporting actors: Csaba Pindroch, Zoltán Mucsi, Sándor Badár Zsolt Nagy (Kontroll)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Judit Ember (documentary filmmaker)

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Annual Awards of the Critics 2003:
FIPRESCI Argentina

Best Argentinian film of the Year: "Yo no sé qué me han hecho tus ojos" by Sergio Wolf and Lorena Muñoz
Special Mention (Argentinian film): "Los Rubios" by Albertina Carri
Best Foreign Film of the Year: "Spirited Away" by Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)
Special Mention (Foreign film): "En Construcción" by José Luis Guerin (Spain)

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Annual Awards of the Critics 2003:
The Spanish Association of Film Critics

Best Spanish Film: Las horas del día (The Hours of the Day) by Jaime Rosales, Spain, 2003
Best Foreign Film: El hombre sin pasado (Mies vailla menneisyyttä / The Man Without a Past) by Aki Kaurismäki, Finland, Germany, France, 2002.

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Annual Awards of the Critics 2003:
The Hong Kong Film Critics Society

Best Film: Infernal Affairs II
Best Director: Johnnie To (PTU)
Best Script: Wai Kar-fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Au Kin-yee and Yip Tin-sing (Running on Karma)
Best Actor: Andy Lau (Running on Karma)
Best Actress: Cecilia Cheung (Running on Karma)

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Annual Awards of the Critics 2003:
The Association of Turkish Critics

Best films of 2003, Foreign:
1 — Lord of the Rings-Return of the King
2 — Donnie Darko
3 — Dolls
4 — About Schmidt
5 — Matrix Reloaded
6 — Dogville
7 — City of God
8 — Bowling for Columbine
9 — Sous le Sabl
10 — The Man without A Past

Best films of 2003, Local
1 — Karsilasma / Encounter (Ömer Kavur)
2 — Insaat / The Construction (Ömer Vargi)
3 — Abdülhamit Düserken / The Fall of the Red Sultan (Ziya Öztan)
4 — Camur / The Mud (Dervis Zaim)
5 — Gönlümdeki Kösk Olmasa / House of Hearts (Elisabeth Rygard)

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