# 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.

## Winners and nominees
### 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