# 53rd Berlin International Film Festival

The 53rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6–16, 2003. The festival opened with musical film Chicago by Rob Marshall and closed with Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, both films played out of competition at the festival.
The Golden Bear was awarded to In This World directed by Michael Winterbottom.
The retrospective dedicated to German film director F. W. Murnau was shown at the festival.

## Juries

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

### Main Competition

* Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker and producer - Jury President
* Martina Gedeck, German actress
* Anna Galiena, Italian actress
* Kathryn Bigelow, American filmmaker and producer
* Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian filmmaker
* Humbert Balsan, French actor and producer
* Geoffrey Gilmore, American director of the Tribeca Film Festival

### Short Films Competition

* Andreas Dresen, German filmmaker
* Phyllis Mollet, French director of communication of the FIAPF
* Thom Palmen, Swedish director of the Umeå International Film Festival

## Official selection
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 25th Hour | 25th Hour | Spike Lee | United States |
| Adaptation | Adaptation | Spike Jonze | United States |
| Alexandra's Project | Alexandra's Project | Rolf de Heer | Australia |
| Angst | Der alte Affe Angst | Oskar Roehler | Germany |
| Blind Shaft | 盲井 | Yang Li | China, Germany, Hong Kong |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | George Clooney | United States, Canada, Germany |
| Distant Lights | Lichter | Hans-Christian Schmid | Germany |
| The Flower of Evil | La fleur du mal | Claude Chabrol | France |
| Good Bye, Lenin! | Good Bye, Lenin! | Wolfgang Becker | Germany |
| Hero | 英雄 | Yimou Zhang | China, Hong Kong |
| His Brother | Son frère | Patrice Chéreau | France |
| The Hours | The Hours | Stephen Daldry | United States, United Kingdom |
| I'm Not Scared | Io non ho paura | Gabriele Salvatores | Italy, Spain, United Kingdom |
| In This World | In This World | Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom |
| The Life of David Gale | The Life of David Gale | Alan Parker | United States, Germany |
| Madame Brouette | Madame Brouette | Moussa Sene Absa | Canada, Senegal, France |
| My Life Without Me | My Life Without Me | Isabel Coixet | Spain, Canada |
| Small Cuts | Small Cuts | Pascal Bonitzer | France, United Kingdom |
| Solaris | Solaris | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| Spare Parts | Rezervni deli | Damjan Kozole | Slovenia |
| The Twilight Samurai | たそがれ清兵衛 | Yōji Yamada | Japan |
| Yes Nurse! No Nurse! | Ja zuster, nee zuster | Pieter Kramer | Netherlands |

### Short Films Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| (A)Torzija | (A)Torzija | Stefan Arsenijevic | Serbia |
| Araki: The Killing of a Japanese Photographer | Araki: The Killing of a Japanese Photographer | Anders Morgenthaler | Denmark |
| The Chubbchubbs! | The Chubbchubbs! | Eric Armstrong | United States |
| Delores | Delores | Adam Stevens | Germany |
| In Absentia | En ausencia | Lucía Cedrón | Germany |
| The Good Son | The Good Son | Michael Sandoval | United Kingdom |
| War Against Stones | War Against Stones | Andreas Teuchert | Germany |
| The Tram Was Going, Number Nine | Йшов трамвай дев'ятий номер | Stepan Koval | Ukraine |
| Fish | Fish | Jonathan Davies | Finland |
| Savior | Savior | Athanasios Karanikolas | Germany |
| The Match | The Match | Ursula Ferrara | Italy |
| Long Take | Long Take | Patrícia Moran | Brazil |
| Rettet Berlin! | Rettet Berlin! | Gerd Conradt | Germany |
| Spin | Spin | Cath Le Couteur | United Kingdom |
| Tarry | Tarry | Stijn van Santen | Netherlands |
| The Toll Collector | The Toll Collector | Rachel Johnson | Czechoslovakia, United States |
| Never Trust a Cow | Never Trust a Cow | Nathalie Percillier | France |

### Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 7th Heaven | 7th Heaven | Frank Borzage | United States |
| The Burning Soil | Der brennende Acker | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
| City Girl | City Girl | F. W. Murnau | United States |
| Early Spring | 早春 | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
| Equinox Flower | 彼岸花 | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
| Faust | Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
| Four Sons | Four Sons | John Ford | United States |
| Good Morning | お早よう | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
| The Grand Duke's Finances | Die Finanzen des Großherzogs | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
| Journey into the Night | Der Gang in die Nacht | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
| The Last Laugh | Der letzte Mann | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
| Legong | Legong: Dance Of The Virgins | Henry de La Falaise | United States |
| The Merry Widow | The Merry Widow | Ernst Lubitsch | United States |
| Moana | Moana | Robert J. Flaherty | United States |
| Nosferatu – A Symphony Of Horror | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
| Nosferatu the Vampyre | Nosferatu – Phantom der Nacht | Werner Herzog | West Germany, France |
| The Philadelphia Story | The Philadelphia Story | George Cukor | United States |
| Phantom | Phantom | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
| Tabu: A Story of the South Seas | Tabu: A Story of the South Seas | F. W. Murnau | United States |
| Tartüff | Tartuffe | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
| White Shadows in the South Seas | White Shadows in the South Seas | W. S. Van Dyke, Robert J. Flaherty | United States |

### Perspektive Deutsches Kino

The following feature and documentary films were selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino - section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| They've Got Knut | Sie haben Knut | Stefan Krohmer | Germany |
| We | Wir | Martin Gypkens | Germany |
| Bernau liegt am Meer | Bernau liegt am Meer | Martina Döcker | Germany |
| Grüsse aus Dachau | From Dachau with Love | Bernd Fischer | Germany |
| Science Fiction | Kein Science Fiction or Science Fiction | Franz Müller | Germany |
| Narren | Fools | Tom Schreiber | Germany |
| Kiki & Tiger | Kiki and Tiger | Alain Gsponer | Germany |
| Unternehmen Paradies | Unternehmen Paradies | Volker Sattel | Germany |
| Let It Rock! | Let It Rock! | Igor Paasch | Germany |
| Befreite Zone | Liberated Zone | Norbert Baumgarten | Germany |
| Schattenwelt | Hình bóng | Robin von Hardenberg | Germany |
| The Family Jewels | Eierdiebe | Robert Schwentke | Germany |
| My First Miracle | Mein erstes Wunder | Anne Wild | Germany |

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: In This World by Michael Winterbottom
* Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix: Adaptation by Spike Jonze
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Patrice Chéreau for His Brother
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sam Rockwell for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore for The Hours
* Silver Bear for Best Film Music: Majoly, Serge Fiori and Maadu Diabaté for Madame Brouette
* Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Yang Li for Blind Shaft

### Short Film Competition

* Short Film Golden Bear:
** In Absentia by Lucía Cedrón
** The Tram #9 Was Going by Stepan Koval

### Honorary Golden Bear

* Anouk Aimée

### Berlinale Camera

* Artur Brauner
* Peer Raben
* Erika Richter

### Panorama Audience Award

* Broken Wings by Nir Bergman

### Crystal Bear

* Best Short Film: Pipsqueak Prince by Zoia Trofimova
* Best Feature Film: Elina: As If I Wasn't There by Klaus Härö

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Award

* Distant Lights by Hans-Christian Schmid
** Special Mention: Remake by Dino Mustafić