57th British Academy Film Awards

57th BAFTA Awards
February 15, 2004

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Best Film:
The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King

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Best British Film:
Touching the Void

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 would go on to win the Academy Award (Oscar).

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
• Best Actress:
  • Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation
• 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 Weir - Master 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 - Not in the English Language:
  • In This World
• 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 King - Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
• Best Screenplay - Original:
  • The Station Agent - Thomas McCarthy
• Best Short Film:
  • Brown Paper Bag
• Best Short Film - Animation:
  • Jojo in the Stars
• Best Sound:
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Bill Nighy - Love Actually
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Renée Zellweger - Cold Mountain
• Best Visual Effects:
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Awards breakdown

Winners (at least one win)

• 4 / 8 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Best Director
• 4 / 12 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Best Film, Screenplay-Adapted and Visual Effects
• 3 / 8 Lost in Translation: Best Actor, Actress and Editing
• 2 / 13 Cold Mountain: Best Film Music and Supporting Actress
• 1 / 1 The Station Agent: Best Screenplay-Original
• 1 / 1 Touching the Void: Best British Film
• 1 / 2 In This World: Best Film not in the English Language
• 1 / 3 Love Actually: Best Supporting Actor
• 1 / 5 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Best Makeup & Hair

Losers (minimum two nominations)

• 0 / 2 Les invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions)
• 0 / 4 Mystic River
• 0 / 5 21 Grams
• 0 / 5 Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• 0 / 7 Big Fish
• 0 / 10 Girl with a Pearl Earring