After a much needed break from The Decade List, I'm returning to it tonight (though only for the list-making part). It wasn't the project itself that wore me out as much as just films in general. I haven't been keeping up on any of my viewings or writings, but I feel like I'm slowly getting out of that slump. I'm going to be playing catch-up on the years and films, so excuse the untidiness. Here is the belated award section for the year 2003 (and don't worry, Robert Altman's The Company isn't the only film from that year that I will be writing about). Remember when the Academy figured they'd make up for overlooking The Lord of the Rings series when it's first two installments came through by naming The Return of the King the best in all of its eleven nominated categories. I guess that can be forgiven for the sole reason of handing a statue to Annie Lennox. Maybe. Answer me this though: Did I miss something in Denys Arcand's The Barbarian Invasions, easily the most lauded single film to show up below? It barely left an impression on me (and much less of one than some of the director's other films). Alas, here goes.Cannes
Palme d'Or: Elephant [d. Gus Van Sant]Grand Prix: Uzak (Distant) [d. Nuri Bilge Ceylan]
Prix du jury: At Five in the Afternoon [d. Samira Makhmalbaf]
Best Director: Gus Van Sant - Elephant
Best Actor: Muzaffer Özdemir, Emin Toprak - Uzak
Best Actress: Marie-Josée Croze - Les invasions barbares [The Barbarian Invasions]
Best Screenplay: Denys Arcand - Les invasions barbares
Camera d'Or: Reconstruction [d. Christoffer Boe]
Venice
Golden Lion: The Return [d. Andrei Zvyagintsev]Grand Special Jury Prize: Le cerf-volant (The Kite) [d. Randa Chahal Sabag]
Best Actor: Sean Penn - 21 Grams
Best Actress: Katja Riemann - Rosenstraße
Career Golden Lion: Dino De Laurentiis, Omar Sharif
Toronto
People's Choice Award: Zatôichi [d. Takeshi Kitano]Discovery Award: Rhinoceros Eyes [d. Aaron Woodley]
Best Canadian Feature: Les invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions) [d. Denys Arcand]
Berlin
Golden Bear: In This World [d. Michael Winterbottom]Best Director: Patrice Chéreau - Son frère
Best Actor: Sam Rockwell - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore - The Hours
Jury Grand Prix: Adaptation. [d. Spike Jonze]
Outstanding Artistic Achievment: Li Yang - Blind Shaft
Honorary Golden Bear: Anouk Aimée
Teddy (Feature): A Thousand Clouds of Peace (Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor) [d. Julián Hernández]
Teddy (Documentary): Ich kenn keinen - Allein unter Heteros (Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers) [d. Jochen Hick]
Teddy (Jury Award): F.W. Murnau, in memorian
Sundance
Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): American Splendor [d. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini]Grand Jury Prize (Documentary): Capturing the Friedmans [d. Andrew Jarecki]
Director (Dramatic): Catherine Hardwicke - Thirteen
Director (Documentary): Jonathan Karsh - My Flesh and Blood
Special Jury Prize (Dramatic): (four-way tie) David Gordon Green - All the Real Girls (for emotional truth); Charles Busch - Die Mommie Die! (for outstanding performance); Patricia Clarkson - The Station Agent, Pieces of April, All the Real Girls (for outstanding performances); A. Dean Bell - What Alice Found (for emotional truth)
Special Jury Prize (Documentary): (tie) Stanley Nelson - The Murder of Emmett Till; Blue Hadegh, Grover Babcock - A Certain Kind of Death
Cinematography (Dramatic): Derek Cianfrance - Streets of Legend
Cinematography (Documentary): Dana Kupper, Gordon Quinn, Peter Gilbert - Stevie
Audience Award (Dramatic): The Station Agent [d. Thomas McCarthy]
Audience Award (Documentary): My Flesh and Blood [d. Jonathan Karsh]
Audience Award (World Cinema): Whale Rider [d. Niki Caro]
Academy Awards
Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [d. Peter Jackson]Best Director: Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Actor: Sean Penn - Mystic River
Best Actress: Charlize Theron - Monster
Best Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins - Mystic River
Best Supporting Actress: Renée Zellweger - Cold Mountain
Best Original Screenplay: Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Best Adapted Screenplay: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Cinematography: Russell Boyd - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Best Documentary: The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara [d. Errol Morris]
Best Foreign Film: Les invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions) [d. Denys Arcand]
Animated Feature: Finding Nemo [d. Andrew Stanton]
Honorary Award: Blake Edwards
BAFTAs
Best Film: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [d. Peter Jackson]Best Director: Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Best British Film: Touching the Void [d. Kevin Macdonald]
Best Actor: Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
Best Actress: Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation
Best Supporting Actor: Bill Nighy - Love Actually
Best Supporting Actress: Renée Zellweger - Cold Mountain
Best Original Screenplay: Thomas McCarthy - The Station Agent
Best Adapted Screenplay: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Film Not in the English Language: In This World [d. Michael Winterbottom]
European Film Awards
Best Film: Good Bye Lenin! [d. Stefan Arndt]Best Director: Lars von Trier - Dogville
Best Actor: Daniel Brühl - Good Bye Lenin!
Best Actress: Charlotte Rampling - Swimming Pool
Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle - Dogville, 28 Days Later...
Best Screenplay: Bernd Lichtenberg - Good Bye Lenin!
Best Documentary: S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge (S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine) [d. Rithy Panh]
Discovery: The Return [d. Andrei Zvyagintsev]
Screen International: Les invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions) [d. Denys Arcand]
Audience Award (Actor): Daniel Brühl - Good Bye Lenin!
Audience Award (Actress): Katrin Saß - Good Bye Lenin!
Audience Award (Director): Wolfgang Becker - Good Bye Lenin!
Life Achievement Award: Claude Chabrol
Independent Spirit
Best Feature: Lost in Translation [d. Sofia Coppola]Best First Feature: Monster [d. Patty Jenkins]
Best Director: Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Best Male Lead: Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
Best Female Lead: Charlize Theron - Monster
Best Supporting Male: Djimon Hounsou - In America
Best Supporting Female: Shohreh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog
Best Debut Performance: Nikki Reed - Thirteen
Best Screenplay: Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Best First Screenplay: Thomas McCarthy - The Station Agent
Best Cinematography: Declan Quinn - In America
Best Documentary: The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara [d. Errol Morris]
Best Foreign Film: Whale Rider [d. Niki Caro]
Someone to Watch Award: Andrew Bujalski - Funny Ha Ha
Golden Globes
Picture (Drama): The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [d. Peter Jackson]Picture (Comedy/Musical): Lost in Translation [d. Sofia Coppola]
Director: Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Actor (D): Sean Penn - Mystic River
Actress (D): Charlize Theron - Monster
Actor (M/C): Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
Actress (M/C): Diane Keaton - Something's Gotta Give
Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins - Mystic River
Supporting Actress: Renée Zellweger - Cold Mountain
Screenplay: Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Foreign Film: Osama [d. Siddiq Barmak]
Cecil B. DeMille Award: Michael Douglas
Césars Awards
Best Film (Meilleur film): Les invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions) [d. Denys Arcand]Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): Denys Arcand - Les invasions barbares
Best Actor (Meilleur acteur): Omar Sharif - Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran
Best Actress (Meilleure actrice): Sylvie Testud - Stupeur et tremblements (Fear & Trembling)
Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle): Darry Cowl - Pas sur la bouche (Not on the Lips)
Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle): Julie Depardieu - La petite Lili
Most Promising Actor (Meilleur espoir masculin): Grégori Derangère - Bon voyage
Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin): Julie Depardieu - La petite Lili
Best Screenplay (Meilleur scénario): Denys Arcand - Les invasions barbares
Best Cinematography (Meilleure photographie): Thierry Arbogast - Bon voyage
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): Mystic River [d. Clint Eastwood]
Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne): Good Bye Lenin! [d. Wolfgang Becker]
Best First Film (Meilleur premier film): Depuis qu'Otar est parti... (Since Otar Left...) [d. Julie Bertucelli
Honorary César: Micheline Presle
Razzies
Worst Film: Gigli [d. Martin Brest]Worst Director: Martin Brest - Gigli
Worst Actor: Ben Affleck - Daredevil, Gigli, Paycheck
Worst Actress: Jennifer Lopez - Gigli
Worst Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone - Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Worst Supporting Actress: Demi Moore - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Worst Screenplay: Martin Brest - Gigli
Worst Remake/Sequel: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle [d. McG]
