57th British Academy Film Awards

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57th British Academy Film Awards
Date15 February 2004
Site Odeon Leicester Square, London
Hosted by Stephen Fry
Highlights
Best Film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best British Film Touching the Void
Best Actor Bill Murray
Lost in Translation
Best Actress Scarlett Johansson
Lost in Translation
Most awards Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (4)
Most nominations Cold Mountain (13)

The 57th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 15 February 2004 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2003. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2003.

Contents

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and the Audience Award. [1] Lost in Translation won both lead acting awards for Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. Bill Nighy won Best Supporting Actor for Love Actually and Renée Zellweger won Best Supporting Actress for Cold Mountain . Touching the Void , directed by Andrew Eaton, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2003. [2]

Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the third consecutive year. [3]

Winners and nominees

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Peter Weir, Best Director winner
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Bill Murray, Best Actor winner
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Scarlett Johansson, Best Actress winner
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Bill Nighy, Best Supporting Actor winner
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Renée Zellweger, Best Supporting Actress winner
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Tom McCarthy, Best Original Screenplay winner
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Fran Walsh, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner

BAFTA Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Statistics

See also

References

  1. "'King' Reigns At UK Film Awards". CBS News . 16 February 2004. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. "Bafta awards 2004: The winners". BBC . 15 February 2004. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. "Cold Mountain,Rings lead BAFTA nominees". Entertainment Weekly . 16 January 2004. Retrieved 11 February 2024.