57th British Academy Film Awards

57th British Academy Film Awards
Date 15 February 2004
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 TIE:
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Most nominations Cold Mountain
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The 57th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 15 February 2004, honoured the best in film for 2003.

Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won the award for Best Film, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Visual Effects and the Audience Award. Touching the Void by Andrew Eaton was voted Best British Film of 2003. Lost in Translation won the two lead acting awards (actor Bill Murray and actress Scarlett Johansson). Renée Zellweger won the award for Best Supporting Actress in Cold Mountain. She went on to win the Academy Award (Oscar).

Contents

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Bill MurrayLost in Translation as Bob Harris

Best Actress

Scarlett JohanssonLost in Translation as Charlotte

Best Cinematography

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Costume Design

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Director

Peter WeirMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Editing

Lost in Translation

Best Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Film - British

Touching the Void

Best Film Music

"Cold Mountain" – T-Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared

Best Foreign Language Film

In This WorldUK

Best Makeup and Hair

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Production Design

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Screenplay – Adapted

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingPhilippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh

Best Screenplay – Original

The Station AgentThomas McCarthy

Best Short Film

Brown Paper Bag

Best Short Film - Animation

Jo Jo in the Stars

Best Sound

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Supporting Actor

Bill NighyLove Actually as Billy Mack

Best Supporting Actress

Renée ZellwegerCold Mountain as Ruby Thewes

Best Visual Effects

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Awards breakdown

Winners (at least one win)

Losers (minimum two nominations)

References