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53rd Berlin International Film Festival

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Opening film
  
Chicago

Location
  
Berlin, Germany

Hosted by
  
Anke Engelke

Closing film
  
Gangs of New York

Founded
  
1951


Awards
  
Golden Bear (In This World)

The 54th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6–16, 2003. The festival opened with musical film Chicago by Rob Marshall and closed with Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, both films played out of competition at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to British film In This World directed by Michael Winterbottom.

Contents

The retrospective dedicated to German film director F. W. Murnau was shown at the festival.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

International Jury

  • Atom Egoyan - Head of Jury
  • Martina Gedeck
  • Anna Galiena
  • Kathryn Bigelow
  • Abderrahmane Sissako
  • Humbert Balsan
  • Geoffrey Gilmore

    • International Short Film Jury

  • Andreas Dresen
  • Phyllis Mollet
  • Thom Palmen

    • In-competition

    The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

    Retrospective

    The following films were shown in the retrospective:

    Awards

    The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

  • Golden Bear
  • In This World: Michael Winterbottom
  • Silver Bear
  • Best Film Music - Madame Brouette: Majoly, Serge Fiori, Maadu Diabaté
  • Best Actor - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: Sam Rockwell
  • Best Actress - The Hours: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore
  • Best Director - Son frère: Patrice Chéreau
  • Best Short Film - In Absentia: Lucía Cedrón and The Tram #9 Was Going: Stepan Koval
  • Outstanding Artistic Achievement - Blind Shaft: Yang Li
  • Jury Grand Prix - Adaptation: Spike Jonze
  • Honorary Golden Bear
  • Anouk Aimée
  • Berlinale Camera
  • Artur Brauner
  • Peer Raben
  • Erika Richter
  • Panorama Audience Award
  • Broken Wings: Nir Bergman
  • Crystal Bear
  • Best Short Film - Pipsqueak Prince: Zoia Trofimova
  • Best Feature Film - Elina: As If I Wasn't There: Klaus Härö
  • FIPRESCI Award
  • Distant Lights by Hans-Christian Schmid

    • References

    53rd Berlin International Film Festival Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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