57th British Academy Film Awards

57th British Academy Film Awards
Date	15 February 2004
Site	Odeon Leicester Square, London
Hosted by	Stephen Fry
Highlights
Best Film	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best British Film	Touching the Void
Best Actor	Bill Murray Lost in Translation
Best Actress	Scarlett Johansson Lost in Translation
Most awards	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (4)
Most nominations	Cold Mountain (13)

The 57th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 15 February 2004 and honoured the best films of 2003.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and the Audience Award. Lost in Translation won both lead acting awards for Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. Bill Nighy won Best Supporting Actor for Love Actually and Renée Zellweger won Best Supporting Actress for Cold Mountain. Touching the Void, directed by Andrew Eaton, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2003.

Winners and nominees

Peter Weir, Best Director winner

Bill Murray, Best Actor winner

Scarlett Johansson, Best Actress winner

Bill Nighy, Best Supporting Actor winner

Renée Zellweger, Best Supporting Actress winner

Tom McCarthy, Best Original Screenplay winner

Peter Jackson, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner

Best Film	Best Director
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Big Fish Cold Mountain Lost in Translation Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Peter Weir – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Tim Burton – Big Fish Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Anthony Minghella – Cold Mountain
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Bill Murray – Lost in Translation as Bob Harris Benicio del Toro – 21 Grams as Jack Jordan Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Captain Jack Sparrow Jude Law – Cold Mountain as W. P. Inman Sean Penn – 21 Grams as Paul Rivers Sean Penn – Mystic River as Jimmy Markum	Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation as Charlotte Scarlett Johansson – Girl with a Pearl Earring as Griet Anne Reid – The Mother as May Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Volume 1 as The Bride Naomi Watts – 21 Grams as Cristina Peck
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Bill Nighy – Love Actually as Billy Mack Paul Bettany – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World as Dr. Stephen Maturin Albert Finney – Big Fish as Edward Bloom (older) Ian McKellen – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Gandalf Tim Robbins – Mystic River as Dave Boyle	Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain as Ruby Thewes Holly Hunter – Thirteen as Melanie Freeland Laura Linney – Mystic River as Annabeth Markum Judy Parfitt – Girl with a Pearl Earring as Maria Thins Emma Thompson – Love Actually as Karen
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
The Station Agent – Tom McCarthy 21 Grams – Guillermo Arriaga The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) – Denys Arcand Finding Nemo – Bob Peterson, David Reynolds, and Andrew Stanton Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh Big Fish – John August Cold Mountain – Anthony Minghella Girl with a Pearl Earring – Olivia Hetreed Mystic River – Brian Helgeland
Best Cinematography	Outstanding British Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Cold Mountain Girl with a Pearl Earring Lost in Translation Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Touching the Void Cold Mountain Girl with a Pearl Earring In This World Love Actually
Best Original Music	Best Sound
Cold Mountain – T Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared Girl with a Pearl Earring – Alexandre Desplat Kill Bill: Volume 1 – RZA The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore Lost in Translation – Brian Reitzell and Kevin Shields	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Cold Mountain Kill Bill: Volume 1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Best Production Design	Best Special Visual Effects
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Big Fish Cold Mountain Girl with a Pearl Earring The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Big Fish Kill Bill: Volume 1 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Best Costume Design	Best Makeup and Hair
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Cold Mountain Girl with a Pearl Earring The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Big Fish Cold Mountain Girl with a Pearl Earring The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Editing	Best Film Not in the English Language
Lost in Translation 21 Grams Cold Mountain Kill Bill: Volume 1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	In This World The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) Good Bye, Lenin! Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) To Be and to Have (Être et avoir) The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville)
Best Short Animation	Best Short Film
Jo Jo in the Stars Dad's Dead Dear, Sweet Emma Nibbles Plumber	Brown Paper Bag Bye-Child Nits Sea Monsters Talking with Angels

Awards breakdown

Multiple wins

• 4 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (+ Audience Award) and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• 3 Lost in Translation
• 2 Cold Mountain

Multiple nominations

• 13 Cold Mountain
• 12 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 10 Girl with a Pearl Earring , Lost in Translation and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• 8 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• 7 Big Fish
• 5 21 Grams and Kill Bill: Volume 1
• 4 Mystic River
• 3 Love Actually
• 2 The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) and In This World

References

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-206209/Cold-Mountain-leads-BAFTAS.html Cold Mountain Leads BAFTA nominations
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3490323.stm full list of winners
• http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,579055,00.html 'Cold' Shoulder
• http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/16/entertainment/main600482.shtml