56th British Academy Film Awards (2003)
Highlights of 56th British Academy Film Awards ceremony
The 56th British Academy Film Awards honoured the best films of 2002.
The award ceremony was held on 23th February 2003.
The Pianist won the Best Film award.
The Warrior won the Best British Film award.
Daniel Day-Lewis won the Best Actor award for his role in Gangs of New York.
Nicole Kidman won the Best Actess award for her role in The Hours.
Roman Polanski won the Best Director award for The Pianist.
- WINNER
Best Film
The Pianist
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
Best British Film
The Warrior
Bend It Like Beckham
Dirty Pretty Things
The Hours
The Magdalene Sisters
Best Foreign Langauge Film
Talk to Her
And Your Mother Too
City of God
Devdas
The Warrior
Best Director
The Pianist
- Roman Polanski
The Hours
- Stephen Daldry
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Peter Jackson
Chicago
- Rob Marshall
Gangs of New York
- Martin Scorsese
Best Leading Actor
Gangs of New York
- Daniel Day-Lewis
The Pianist
- Adrien Brody
Adaptation
- Nicolas Cage
The Quiet American
- Michael Caine
About Schmidt
- Jack Nicholson
Best Leading Actress
The Hours
- Nicole Kidman
Monster's Ball
- Halle Berry
Frida
- Salma Hayek
The Hours
- Meryl Streep
Chicago
- Renee Zellweger
Best Special Visual Effects
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
Gangs of New York
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Minority Report
Spider-Man
Best Screenplay Adapted
Adaptation
- Charlie, Donald Kaufman
About a Boy
- Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Catch Me If You Can
- Jeff Nathanson
The Hours
- David Hare
The Pianist
- Ronald Harwood
Best Screenplay Original
Talk to Her
- Pedro Almodovar
And Your Mother Too
- Alfonso, Carlos Cuaron
Dirty Pretty Things
- Steven Knight
Gangs of New York
- Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan, Steven Zaillian
The Magdalene Sisters
- Peter Mullan
Best Music
The Hours
- Philip Glass
Catch Me If You Can
- John Williams
Chicago
- Fred Ebb, Danny Elfman, John Kander
Gangs of New York
- Howard Shore
The Pianist
- Wojciech Kilar
Best Cinematography
Road to Perdition
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
The Pianist
Best Editing
City of God
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
Best Production Design
Road to Perdition
Chicago
Gangs of New York
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Costume Design
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
Catch Me If You Can
Chicago
Frida
Gangs of New York
Best Sound
Chicago
Gangs of New York
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
The Pianist
Best Supporting Actor
Catch Me If You Can
- Christopher Walken
Adaptation
- Chris Cooper
The Hours
- Ed Harris
Frida
- Alfred Molina
Road to Perdition
- Paul Newman
Best Supporting Actress
Chicago
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
About a Boy
- Toni Collette
The Hours
- Julianne Moore
Chicago
- Queen Latifah
Adaptation
- Meryl Streep
Best Make-Up and Hair
Frida
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
Best Short Animation
Fish Never Sleep
- Gaëlle Denis
The Chubbchubbs!
- Jacquie Barnbrook, Eric Armstrong, Jeff Wolverton
The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside
- Andrew Ruhemann, Stan Rees, Siri Melchior
Sap
- Lucie Wenigerová, Hyun-Joo Kim
Wedding Espresso
- Jonathan Bairstow, Sandra Ensby, Lesley Glaister
Best Short Film
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- Mark Herbert, Christopher Morris
Bouncer
- Natasha Carlish, Sophie Morgan, Michael B Clifford, Geoff Thompson
Candy Bar Kid
- Benjamin Johns, Shan Khan
Good Night
- Yoav Factor, Sun-Young Chun
The Most Beautiful Man in the World
- Hugh Welchman, Alicia Duffy
Rank
- Andrew O'Connell, David Yates, Robbie McCallum