Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2003

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The 24th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2003, were given on 14 December 2003.

Winners

Best Film:

Mystic River

Runner-up: Lost in Translation

Best Actor:

Bill Murray – Lost in Translation

Runner-up: Sean Penn – Mystic River

Best Actress:

Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation

Runner-up: Naomi Watts – 21 Grams

Best Supporting Actor:

Peter Sarsgaard – Shattered Glass

Runner-up: Alec Baldwin – The Cooler

Best Supporting Actress:

Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April and The Station Agent

Runner-up: Ludivine Sagnier – Swimming Pool

Best Director:

Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation

Runner-up: Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Screenplay:

Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini – American Splendor

Runner-up: Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation

Best Cinematography:

Olli Barbé et al. – Winged Migration (Le peuple migrateur)

Runner-up: Benoît Debie and Gaspar Noé – Irréversible

Best Documentary:

Capturing the Friedmans

Runner-up: The Fog of War

Best Foreign-Language Film:

The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville) • France/Canada/Belgium

Runner-up: Irréversible • France

Best New Filmmaker:

Andrew Jarecki – Capturing the Friedmans

Runner-up: Sylvain Chomet – The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville)

Best Ensemble Cast:

Mystic River

Runner-up: A Mighty Wind

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