London Film Critics Circle Awards 2003



24th London Film Critics Circle Awards 11 February 2004

Film of the Year:  Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 

British Film of the Year:  The Magdalene Sisters 

The 24th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2003, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 11 February 2004.

Film of the Year
 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 
 * Far from Heaven
 * The Hours
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
 * Mystic River

British Film of the Year
 The Magdalene Sisters 
 * The Hours
 * In This World
 * The Mother
 * Young Adam

Foreign Language Film of the Year
 Good Bye Lenin! • Germany
 * Spirited Away • Japan
 * Swimming Pool • France/UK
 * To Be and to Have • France
 * The Triplets of Belleville • France

Director of the Year
Clint Eastwood - Mystic River 
 * Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven
 * Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
 * Andrew Stanton - Finding Nemo
 * Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

British Director of the Year
Peter Mullan - The Magdalene Sisters 
 * Stephen Daldry - The Hours
 * David MacKenzie - Young Adam
 * Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain
 * Michael Winterbottom - In This World

Screenwriter of the Year
John Collee and Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 
 * Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini - American Splendor
 * Charlie Kaufman - Adaptation.
 * Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven
 * Brian Helgeland - Mystic River

British Screenwriter of the Year
David Hare - The Hours 
 * Richard Curtis - Love Actually
 * Peter Mullan - The Magdalene Sisters
 * Hanif Kureshi - The Mother
 * David MacKenzie - Young Adam

Actor of the Year
Sean Penn - Mystic River 
 * Nicolas Cage - Adaptation.
 * Russell Crowe - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
 * Ed Harris - The Hours
 * Bill Murray - Lost in Translation

Actress of the Year
Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven 
 * Holly Hunter - Thirteen
 * Scarlett Johansson - Girl with a Pearl Earring
 * Nicole Kidman - Cold Mountain
 * Meryl Streep - Adaptation.

British Actor of the Year
Paul Bettany - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 
 * Paddy Considine - In America
 * Daniel Craig - The Mother
 * Jude Law - Cold Mountain
 * Ewan McGregor - Young Adam

British Actress of the Year
Anne Reid - The Mother 
 * Helen Mirren - Calendar Girls
 * Charlotte Rampling - Swimming Pool
 * Tilda Swinton - Young Adam
 * Julie Walters - Calendar Girls

British Supporting Actor of the Year
Bill Nighy - Love Actually 
 * John Alderton - Calendar Girls
 * Stephen Dillane - The Hours
 * Brendan Gleeson - Cold Mountain
 * David Threlfall - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

British Supporting Actress of the Year
Emma Thompson - Love Actually 
 * Shirley Henderson - Intermission
 * Emily Mortimer - Young Adam
 * Eileen Walsh - The Magdalene Sisters
 * Fenella Woolgar - Bright Young Things

British Newcomer of the Year
David MacKenzie - Young Adam 
 * Richard Curtis - Love Actually
 * Romola Garai - I Capture the Castle
 * Nora-Jane Noone - The Magdalene Sisters
 * Jamie Sives - Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Dilys Powell Award

 * Tom Courtenay