Opening film | Chicago |
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Closing film | Gangs of New York |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear (In This World) |
Hosted by | Anke Engelke |
No. of films | 286 films[1] |
Festival date | 6–16 February 2003 |
Website | Website |
The 53rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6–16, 2003.[2] 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.[3][4][5] The Golden Bear was awarded to British film In This World directed by Michael Winterbottom.[6]
The retrospective dedicated to German film director F. W. Murnau was shown at the festival.[7]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[8]
International Jury
International Short Film Jury
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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25th Hour | 25th Hour | Spike Lee | USA |
Adaptation | Adaptation | Spike Jonze | USA |
Alexandra's Project | Alexandra's Project | Rolf de Heer | Australia |
Angst | Der alte Affe Angst | Oskar Roehler | Germany |
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | George Clooney | USA, Canada, Germany |
The Flower of Evil | La fleur du mal | Claude Chabrol | France |
Good Bye, Lenin! | Good Bye Lenin! | Wolfgang Becker | Germany |
The Hours | The Hours | Stephen Daldry | USA, UK |
I'm Not Scared | Io non ho paura | Gabriele Salvatores | Italy, Spain, UK |
In This World | In This World | Michael Winterbottom | UK |
Yes Nurse! No Nurse! | Ja zuster, nee zuster | Pieter Kramer | Netherlands |
Distant Lights | Lichter | Hans-Christian Schmid | Germany |
The Life of David Gale | The Life of David Gale | Alan Parker | USA, Germany |
Madame Brouette | Moussa Sene Absa | Canada, Senegal, France | |
Blind Shaft | 盲井 | Yang Li | China, Germany, Hong Kong |
My Life Without Me | Isabel Coixet | Spain, Canada | |
Small Cuts | Pascal Bonitzer | France, UK | |
Spare Parts | Rezervni deli | Damjan Kozole | Slovenia |
Solaris | Solaris | Steven Soderbergh | USA |
His Brother | Son frère | Patrice Chéreau | France |
The Twilight Samurai | たそがれ清兵衛 | Yōji Yamada | Japan |
Hero | 英雄 | Yimou Zhang | China, Hong Kong |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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(A)Torzija | Stefan Arsenijevic | Serbia | |
Araki: The Killing of a Japanese Photographer | Anders Morgenthaler | Denmark | |
The Chubbchubbs! | Eric Armstrong | USA | |
Delores | Adam Stevens | Germany | |
In Absentia | En ausencia | Lucía Cedrón | Germany |
The Good Son | Michael Sandoval | UK | |
War Against Stones | Andreas Teuchert | Germany | |
The Tram #9 Was Going | Stepan Koval | Ukraine | |
Fish | Jonathan Davies | Finland | |
Savior | Athanasios Karanikolas | Germany | |
The Match | Ursula Ferrara | Italy | |
Long Take | Patrícia Moran | Brazil | |
Rettet Berlin! | Gerd Conradt | Germany | |
Spin | Cath Le Couteur | UK | |
Tarry | Stijn van Santen | Netherlands | |
The Toll Collector | Rachel Johnson | Czechoslovakia, USA | |
Never Trust a Cow | Nathalie Percillier | France |
† | Winner of the main award for best film in its section |
The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively. |
The following films were shown in the retrospective:[10]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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City Girl | City Girl | F. W. Murnau | USA |
The Burning Soil | Der brennende Acker | 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 |
The Grand Duke's Finances | Die Finanzen des Großherzogs | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
Faust | Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
Four Sons | Four Sons | John Ford | USA |
Equinox Flower | 彼岸花 | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
Legong | Legong: Dance Of The Virgins | Henry de La Falaise | USA |
Moana | Moana | Robert J. Flaherty | USA |
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 |
Good Morning | お早よう | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
Phantom | Phantom | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
7th Heaven | 7th Heaven | Frank Borzage | USA |
Early Spring | 早春 | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
Tabu | Tabu | F. W. Murnau | USA |
Tartüff | Tartuffe | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
The Merry Widow | The Merry Widow | Ernst Lubitsch | USA |
The Philadelphia Story | The Philadelphia Story | George Cukor | USA |
White Shadows in the South Seas | White Shadows in the South Seas | W. S. Van Dyke, Robert J. Flaherty | USA |
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[6][11]