# 2003 Sundance Film Festival

The 2003 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 16 to January 26, 2003. American Splendor, a biopic of comic-book author Harvey Pekar, won the grand-jury prize. Steve Zahn and Maggie Gyllenhaal presented the awards in a ceremony televised live on the Sundance Channel.
Unseasonably warm weather attracted record numbers of attendees, among them musician Bob Dylan.

## Films

| Film Name - English | Film Name - Non-English | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 28 Days Later | | Danny Boyle | Alex Garland | World Cinema | |
| All the Real Girls | | David Gordon Green | David Gordon Green | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize for Acting, Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth |
| American Splendor | | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Angela | | Roberta Torre | | | |
| Bend It Like Beckham | | Gurinder Chadha | | | |
| Benjamin | | Monique Gardenberg | | | |
| Born Rich | | | | | |
| Capturing the Friedmans | | Andrew Jarecki | | | |
| Civil Brand | | Neema Barnette | | | |
| Comandante | | Oliver Stone | | Premieres | |
| Confidence | | James Foley | Doug Jung | Premieres | |
| Death of Klinghoffer | | Penny Woolcock | | | |
| Die, Mommie, Die! | | Mark Rucker | Charles Busch | Premieres | |
| Dopamine | | Mark Decena | Mark Decena, Timothy Breitbach | Dramatic Competition | Alfred P. Sloan Prize |
| Dot the i | El punto sobre la i | Matthew Parkhill | Matthew Parkhill | Premieres | |
| Dysfunktional Family | | George Gallo | Eddie Griffin | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Event | | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald, Steven Hillyer, Tim Marback | Premieres | |
| Fear X | | Nicolas Winding Refn | Hubert Selby Jr., Nicolas Winding Refn | World Cinema | |
| Garage Days | | Alex Proyas | | Premieres | |
| Girls Will Be Girls | | Richard Day | Richard Day | Park City at Midnight | |
| Good Fences | | Ernest Dickerson | Trey Ellis | | |
| The Hebrew Hammer | | Jonathan Kesselman | Jonathan Kesselman | Park City at Midnight | |
| In America | | Jim Sheridan | Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan | Premieres | |
| Irreversible | Irréversible | Gaspar Noé | Gaspar Noé | Frontier | |
| It's All About Love | | Thomas Vinterberg | Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov | Premieres | |
| Laurel Canyon | | Lisa Cholodenko | Lisa Cholodenko | American Showcase | |
| Levity | | Ed Solomon | Ed Solomon | Premieres | |
| Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity | | Mina Shum | | | |
| The Maldonado Miracle | | Salma Hayek | | | |
| Masked and Anonymous | | Larry Charles | Larry Charles, Bob Dylan | Premieres | |
| Nightstalker | | Chris Fisher | Chris Fisher | Park City at Midnight | |
| Normal | | Jane Anderson | Jane Anderson | American Showcase | |
| Northfork | | Michael Polish | Mark Polish, Michael Polish | Premieres | |
| Off the Map | | Campbell Scott | Joan Ackermann | Premieres | |
| Open Hearts | Elsker dig for evigt | Susanne Bier | Anders Thomas Jensen | World Cinema | |
| Owning Mahowny | | Richard Kwietniowski | Maurice Chauvet | Premieres | |
| Party Monster | | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | | |
| People I Know | | Daniel Algrant | Jon Robin Baitz | Premieres | |
| Rolling Kansas | | Thomas Haden Church | Thomas Haden Church, Robin Denney | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Secret Lives of Dentists | | Alan Rudolph | Craig Lucas | Premieres | |
| The Shape of Things | | Neil LaBute | Neil LaBute | Premieres | |
| The Singing Detective | | Keith Gordon | Dennis Potter | Premieres | |
| Soldier's Girl | | Frank Pierson | Ron Nyswaner | Premieres | |
| Song for a Raggy Boy | | Aisling Walsh | | | |
| Spun | | Jonas Åkerlund | William De Los Santos, Creighton Vero | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Station Agent | | Tom McCarthy | Tom McCarthy | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |
| Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator | | Helen Stickler | Helen Stickler | Park City at Midnight | |
| Thirteen | | Catherine Hardwicke | Catherine Hardwicke, Nikki Reed | Dramatic Competition | Directing Award: Dramatic |
| Toy | | | | | |
| Tupac: Resurrection | | Lauren Lazin | | | |
| The United States of Leland | | | | | |
| Whale Rider | | Niki Caro | Niki Caro | World Cinema | Audience Award: World Cinema |
| What Alice Found | | A. Dean Bell | A. Dean Bell | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth |

## Awards

* Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – Capturing the Friedmans
* Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – American Splendor
* Audience Award: Documentary – My Flesh and Blood
* Audience Award: Dramatic – The Station Agent
* Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth – All the Real Girls
* Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth – What Alice Found
* Special Jury Prize for Performance – Patricia Clarkson, The Station Agent; Pieces of April; All the Real Girls
* Special Jury Prize for Performance – Charles Busch, Die, Mommie, Die!
* Documentary Directing Award – Jonathan Karsh, My Flesh and Blood
* Dramatic Directing Award – Catherine Hardwicke, Thirteen
* Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic – Tom McCarthy, The Station Agent
* Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary – Dana Kupper, Gordon Quinn, and Peter Gilbert, Stevie
* Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic – Quattro Noza
* The Freedom of Expression Award went to What I Want My Words to Do to You
* Special Jury Prize for Documentary – The Murder of Emmett Till
* Special Jury Prize for Documentary – A Certain Kind of Death