16th European Film Awards
| 16th European Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 6, 2003 |
| Site | Treptow Arena, Berlin, Germany |
| Hosted by | Heino Ferch |
| Organized by | European Film Academy |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Good Bye, Lenin! |
| Best Direction | Lars von Trier Dogville |
| Best Actor | Daniel Brühl Good Bye, Lenin! |
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling Swimming Pool |
| Most awards | Good Bye, Lenin! (6) [1] |
| Most nominations | Good Bye, Lenin! (8) |
| Television coverage | |
| Channel | Arte |
The 16th European Film Awards were presented on December 6, 2003 in Berlin, Germany. The winners were selected by the members of the European Film Academy.
Awards
Best Film
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good Bye, Lenin! | Wolfgang Becker | Germany | |
| Dirty Pretty Things | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom | |
| Dogville | Lars von Trier | Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, France, United Kingdom, Germany | |
| In This World | Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom | |
| My Life Without Me | Mi vida sin mí | Isabel Coixet | Spain, Canada |
| Swimming Pool | François Ozon | France, United Kingdom | |
Best Director
| Nominee | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| Lars Von Trier | Dogville | |
| Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Distant | Uzak |
| Wolfgang Becker | Good Bye, Lenin! | |
| Michael Winterbottom | In This World | |
| Isabel Coixet | My Life Without Me | Mi vida sin mí |
| Marco Tullio Giordana | The Best of Youth | La meglio gioventù |
Best Screenwriter
| Nominee(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| Bernd Lichtenberg | Good Bye, Lenin! | |
| Steven Knight | Dirty Pretty Things | |
| Lars Von Trier | Dogville | |
| Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli | The Best of Youth | La meglio gioventù |
| Hanif Kureishi | The Mother | |
Best Actor
| Nominee | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Brühl | Good Bye, Lenin! | |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | Dirty Pretty Things | |
| Bruno Tedeschi | His Brother | Son frère |
| Tomas Lemarquis | Noi the Albino | Nói albínói |
| Luigi Lo Cascio | The Best of Youth | La meglio gioventù |
Best Actress
| Nominee(s) | Title |
|---|---|
| Charlotte Rampling | Swimming Pool |
| Helen Mirren | Calendar Girls |
| Katrin Sass | Good Bye, Lenin! |
| Diana Dumbrava | Maria |
| Katja Riemann | Rosenstrasse |
| Anne Reid | The Mother |
Best Documentary
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine | S-21, la machine de mort Khmère Rouge | Rithy Panh | Cambodia, France |
| A Species Odyssey | L'odyssée de l'espèce | Jacques Malaterre | France, Canada, Belgium |
| Eat, Sleep, No Women | Heiner Stadler | Germany | |
| Hush! | Тише! | Victor Kossakovsky | Russia |
| The Day I Will Never Forget | Kim Longinotto | United Kingdom | |
| The Five Obstructions | De fem benspænd | Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth | Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, France, United Kingdom, Germany |
| The Story of the Weeping Camel | Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kame | Byambasuren Daava and Luigi Falorni | Germany |
| Whose Is This Song? | Chia e tazi pesen? | Adela Peeva | Italy |
European Discovery
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Return | Возвращение | Andrei Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| Fuse | Gori vatra | Pjer Žalica | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Turkey, France |
| The Hours of the Day | Las horas del día | Jaime Rosales | Spain |
| Whatever You Say | Mon idole | Guillaume Canet | France |
| Reconstruction | Christoffer Boe | Denmark | |
| Schultze Gets the Blues | Michael Schorr | Germany | |
| Young Adam | David Mackenzie | United Kingdom, France | |
Best Cinematographer
| Nominee(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Dod Mantle | Dogville | |
| Chris Menges | Dirty Pretty Things | |
| Bogumil Godfrejow | Distant Lights | Lichter |
| Italo Petriccione | I'm Not Scared | Io non ho paura |
| Marcel Zyskind | In This World | |
| Tom Fährmann | The Miracle of Bern | Das Wunder von Bern |
| Recipient | Occupation |
|---|---|
| Claude Chabrol | film director |