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.[1][2] Steve Zahn and Maggie Gyllenhaal presented the awards in a ceremony televised live on the Sundance Channel.[2]
 Festival poster | |
| Location | Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah |
|---|---|
| Hosted by | Sundance Institute |
| Festival date | January 16–26, 2003 |
| Website | festival |
Unseasonably warm weather attracted record numbers of attendees, among them musician Bob Dylan.[3][4]
Films
edit| 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
edit- Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – Capturing the Friedmans[2]
- Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – American Splendor[1][2]
- Audience Award: Documentary – My Flesh and Blood[2]
- Audience Award: Dramatic – The Station Agent[2]
- Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth – All the Real Girls[2]
- Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth – What Alice Found[2]
- Special Jury Prize for Performance – Patricia Clarkson, The Station Agent; Pieces of April; All the Real Girls[2]
- Special Jury Prize for Performance – Charles Busch, Die, Mommie, Die![2]
- Documentary Directing Award – Jonathan Karsh, My Flesh and Blood[2]
- Dramatic Directing Award – Catherine Hardwicke, Thirteen[2]
- Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic – Tom McCarthy, The Station Agent[2]
- Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary – Dana Kupper, Gordon Quinn, and Peter Gilbert, Stevie[2]
- Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic – Quattro Noza[2]
- The Freedom of Expression Award went to What I Want My Words to Do to You[2]
- Special Jury Prize for Documentary – The Murder of Emmett Till[2]
- Special Jury Prize for Documentary – A Certain Kind of Death[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Comic-book movie triumphs at Sundance". The Guardian. January 26, 2003. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Susman, Gary (January 27, 2003). "Here are the Sundance winners". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ^ "Bob Dylan Through The Years" Sundance 2003", Rolling Stone, January 22, 2003
- ^ Sundance Institute, History of Sundance
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