London Film Critics Circle Awards 2003

24th London Film Critics Circle Awards

11 February 2004

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Film of the Year:
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

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British Film of the Year:
The Magdalene Sisters

The 24th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2003, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 11 February 2004. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

• Far from Heaven
• The Hours
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Mystic River

British Film of the Year

The Magdalene Sisters

• The Hours
• In This World
• The Mother
• Young Adam

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Good Bye Lenin! • Germany

• Spirited Away • Japan
• Swimming Pool • France/UK
• To Be and to Have • France
• The Triplets of Belleville • France

Director of the Year

Clint Eastwood - Mystic River

• Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven
• Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Andrew Stanton - Finding Nemo
• Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

British Director of the Year

Peter Mullan - The Magdalene Sisters

• Stephen Daldry - The Hours
• David MacKenzie - Young Adam
• Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain
• Michael Winterbottom - In This World

Screenwriter of the Year

John Collee and Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

• Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini - American Splendor
• Charlie Kaufman - Adaptation.
• Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven
• Brian Helgeland - Mystic River

British Screenwriter of the Year

David Hare - The Hours

• Richard Curtis - Love Actually
• Peter Mullan - The Magdalene Sisters
• Hanif Kureishi - The Mother
• David MacKenzie - Young Adam

Actor of the Year

Sean Penn - Mystic River

• Nicolas Cage - Adaptation.
• Russell Crowe - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Ed Harris - The Hours
• Bill Murray - Lost in Translation

Actress of the Year

Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven

• Holly Hunter - Thirteen
• Scarlett Johansson - Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Nicole Kidman - Cold Mountain
• Meryl Streep - Adaptation.

British Actor of the Year

Paul Bettany - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

• Paddy Considine - In America
• Daniel Craig - The Mother
• Jude Law - Cold Mountain
• Ewan McGregor - Young Adam

British Actress of the Year

Anne Reid - The Mother

• Helen Mirren - Calendar Girls
• Charlotte Rampling - Swimming Pool
• Tilda Swinton - Young Adam
• Julie Walters - Calendar Girls

British Supporting Actor of the Year

Bill Nighy - Love Actually

• John Alderton - Calendar Girls
• Stephen Dillane - The Hours
• Brendan Gleeson - Cold Mountain
• David Threlfall - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

British Supporting Actress of the Year

Emma Thompson - Love Actually

• Shirley Henderson - Intermission
• Emily Mortimer - Young Adam
• Eileen Walsh - The Magdalene Sisters
• Fenella Woolgar - Bright Young Things

British Newcomer of the Year

David MacKenzie - Young Adam

• Richard Curtis - Love Actually
• Romola Garai - I Capture the Castle
• Nora-Jane Noone - The Magdalene Sisters
• Jamie Sives - Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Dilys Powell Award

• Tom Courtenay

External links

• London Critics Circle Film Awards at IMDB

References

1. "'Master' in British Race". People.
2. "Young Adam receives seven nominations in London Film Critics awards". The Scotsman.
3. "'Master and Commander' wins best film in British awards". USA Today. 12 February 2004.