Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2003
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The 4th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2003
2003 in film
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

, were given on 2 February 2004.

International

  • Best Actor:
    • Sean Penn
      Sean Penn
      Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his political and social activism...

       - Mystic River
      Mystic River (film)
      Mystic River is a 2003 American drama film directed, co-produced and scored by Clint Eastwood, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney and Emmy Rossum. The film was written by Brian Helgeland, based on Dennis Lehane's novel of the same...

  • Best Actress:
    • Charlize Theron
      Charlize Theron
      Charlize Theron is a South African actress, film producer and former fashion model.She rose to fame in the late 1990s following her roles in 2 Days in the Valley, Mighty Joe Young, The Devil's Advocate and The Cider House Rules...

       - Monster
  • Best Director:
    • Peter Jackson
      Peter Jackson
      Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...

       - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
      The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
      The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy-drama film directed by Peter Jackson that is based on the second and third volumes of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...

  • Best Film:
    • Lost in Translation
      Lost in Translation (film)
      Lost in Translation is a 2003 American film written and directed by Sofia Coppola; her second feature film after The Virgin Suicides and it stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson...

  • Best Foreign Language Film:
    • Cidade de Deus (City of God), Brazil
      Brazil
      Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

  • Best Supporting Actor:
    • Alec Baldwin
      Alec Baldwin
      Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television.Baldwin first gained recognition through television for his work in the soap opera Knots Landing in the role of Joshua Rush. He was a cast member for two seasons before his character was killed off...

       - The Cooler
      The Cooler
      The Cooler is a 2003 romantic drama film directed by Wayne Kramer. The original screenplay was written by Kramer and Frank Hannah. In gambling parlance, a "cooler" is an unlucky individual whose presence at the tables results in a streak of bad luck for the other players.- Plot :Unlucky Bernie...

  • Best Supporting Actress:
    • Patricia Clarkson
      Patricia Clarkson
      Patricia Davies Clarkson is an American actress. After studying drama on the East Coast, Clarkson launched her acting career in 1985, and has worked steadily in both film and television. She twice won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in Six Feet Under...

       - Pieces of April
      Pieces of April
      Pieces of April is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.- Plot :...


Canadian

  • Best Actor:
    • Philip Seymour Hoffman
      Philip Seymour Hoffman
      Philip Seymour Hoffman is an American actor and director. Hoffman began acting in television in 1991, and the following year started to appear in films...

       - Owning Mahowny
      Owning Mahowny
      Owning Mahowny is a 2003 movie about gambling addiction with a cast that includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin and John Hurt.-Plot:...

  • Best Actress:
    • Sarah Polley
      Sarah Polley
      Sarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer, film director, and screenwriter. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea...

       - My Life Without Me
      My Life Without Me
      My Life Without Me is a 2003 Spanish/Canadian film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman, and Leonor Watling. Based on the book Pretending the Bed Is a Raft by Nanci Kincaid, it tells a story of the dying process of a 23-year-old woman who has a husband...

  • Best Film:
    • Les invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions)
  • Best Supporting Actor:
    • JR Bourne - On the Corner
  • Best Supporting Actress:
    • Rebecca Harker - Moving Malcolm
      Moving Malcolm
      Moving Malcolm is a 2003 movie directed, written, produced, and starring Benjamin Ratner as a man who is forced to piece his life back together after being dumped at the altar by his fiancé .-Plot:...

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