2003 Sundance Film Festival

2003 film festival edition 2003 Sundance Film Festival SFF03poster.jpg Festival poster Sundance Institute January 16–26, 2003 Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah festival.sundance.org/2003 2002 Sundance Film Festival 2004 Sundance Film Festival The 2003 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 16 to January 26, 2003. Background American Splendor, a biopic of comic-book author Harvey Pekar, won the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize while Capturing the Friedmans, a documentary about David Friedman and his family's dark secret, won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/sundance-festival-2003/ Sundance Festival: 2003 CBS News January 28, 2003 February 17, 2024 February 17, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240217221029/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/sundance-festival-2003/ live Other prize-winning films included The Station Agent and Thirteen.https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/jan/28/awardsandprizes.festivals The Guardian Comic-book movie triumphs at Sundance January 26, 2003 March 30, 2016 Steve Zahn and Maggie Gyllenhaal presented the awardshttps://www.sundance.org/blogs/why-the-2003-sundance-film-festival-was-the-best-ever/ Why the 2003 Sundance Film Festival Was the Best Ever – sundance.org 2026-09-04 2026-04-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20260420100324/https://www.sundance.org/blogs/why-the-2003-sundance-film-festival-was-the-best-ever/ live in a ceremony televised live on the Sundance Channel. Unseasonably warm weather attracted record numbers of attendees, among them musician Bob Dylan."Bob Dylan Through The Years" Sundance 2003" https://web.archive.org/web/20160413143524/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/photos-70-photos-of-bob-dylan-on-his-70th-birthday-20110524/2003-0141484 2016-04-13 , Rolling Stone, January 22, 2003https://history.sundance.org/events/38 Sundance Institute, History of Sundance 2026-09-04 2026-06-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20260608072646/https://history.sundance.org/events/38 live Films Film name - EnglishFilm name - Non-EnglishDirected ByWritten ByCategoryAwards28 Days LaterDanny BoyleAlex GarlandWorld CinemaAll the Real GirlsDavid Gordon GreenDavid Gordon GreenDramatic CompetitionSpecial Jury Prize for Acting, Special Jury Prize for Emotional TruthAmerican SplendorShari Springer Berman and Robert PulciniShari Springer Berman, Robert PulciniDramatic CompetitionGrand Jury Prize: DramaticAngelaRoberta TorreBend It Like BeckhamGurinder ChadhaBenjaminMonique GardenbergBorn RichCampTodd GraffTodd GraffDramatic CompetitionCapturing the FriedmansAndrew JareckiDocumentary CompetitionGrand Jury Prize: DocumentaryCivil BrandNeema BarnetteComandanteOliver StonePremieresConfidenceJames FoleyDoug JungPremieresDeath of KlinghofferPenny WoolcockDie, Mommie, Die!Mark RuckerCharles BuschPremieresSpecial Jury Prize for ActingDopamineMark DecenaMark Decena, Timothy BreitbachDramatic CompetitionAlfred P. Sloan PrizeDot the iEl punto sobre la iMatthew ParkhillMatthew ParkhillPremieresDysfunktional FamilyGeorge GalloEddie GriffinPark City at MidnightThe EventThom FitzgeraldThom Fitzgerald, Steven Hillyer, Tim MarbackPremieresFear XNicolas Winding RefnHubert Selby Jr., Nicolas Winding RefnWorld CinemaGarage DaysAlex ProyasPremieresGirls Will Be GirlsRichard DayRichard DayPark City at MidnightGood FencesErnest DickersonTrey EllisThe Hebrew HammerJonathan KesselmanJonathan KesselmanPark City at MidnightIn AmericaJim SheridanJim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten SheridanPremieresIrreversibleIrréversibleGaspar NoéGaspar NoéFrontierIt's All About LoveThomas VinterbergThomas Vinterberg, Mogens RukovPremieresLaurel CanyonLisa CholodenkoLisa CholodenkoAmerican ShowcaseLevityEd SolomonEd SolomonPremieresLong Life, Happiness & ProsperityMina ShumThe Maldonado MiracleSalma HayekMasked and AnonymousLarry CharlesLarry Charles, Bob DylanPremieresNightstalkerChris FisherChris FisherPark City at MidnightNormalJane AndersonJane AndersonAmerican ShowcaseNorthforkMichael PolishMark Polish, Michael PolishPremieresOff the MapCampbell ScottJoan AckermannPremieresOpen HeartsElsker dig for evigtSusanne BierAnders Thomas JensenWorld CinemaOwning MahownyRichard KwietniowskiMaurice ChauvetPremieresParty MonsterFenton Bailey, Randy BarbatoFenton Bailey, Randy BarbatoDramatic CompetitionPeople I KnowDaniel AlgrantJon Robin BaitzPremieresPieces of AprilPeter HedgesPeter HedgesDramatic CompetitionSpecial Jury Prize for ActingRolling KansasThomas Haden ChurchThomas Haden Church, Robin DenneyPark City at MidnightThe Secret Lives of DentistsAlan RudolphCraig LucasPremieresThe Shape of ThingsNeil LaButeNeil LaButePremieresThe Singing DetectiveKeith GordonDennis PotterPremieresSoldier's GirlFrank PiersonRon NyswanerPremieresSong for a Raggy BoyAisling WalshSpunJonas ÅkerlundWilliam De Los Santos, Creighton VeroPark City at MidnightThe Station AgentTom McCarthyTom McCarthyDramatic CompetitionAudience Award: Dramatic, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, Special Jury Prize for ActingStoked: The Rise and Fall of GatorHelen SticklerHelen SticklerPark City at MidnightThirteenCatherine HardwickeCatherine Hardwicke, Nikki ReedDramatic CompetitionDirecting Award: DramaticToyTupac: ResurrectionLauren LazinThe United States of LelandWhale RiderNiki CaroNiki CaroWorld CinemaAudience Award: World CinemaWhat Alice FoundA. Dean BellA. Dean BellDramatic CompetitionSpecial Jury Prize for Emotional Truth Awards Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – Capturing the Friedmans Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – American Splendor Audience Award: Documentary – My Flesh and Blood Audience Award: Dramatic – The Station Agent Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth – All the Real Girls Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth – What Alice Found Special Jury Prize for Performance – Patricia Clarkson, The Station Agent; Pieces of April; All the Real Girls Special Jury Prize for Performance – Charles Busch, Die, Mommie, Die! Documentary Directing Award – Jonathan Karsh, My Flesh and Blood Dramatic Directing Award – Catherine Hardwicke, Thirteen Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic – Tom McCarthy, The Station Agent Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary – Dana Kupper, Gordon Quinn, and Peter Gilbert, Stevie Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic – Quattro Noza The Freedom of Expression Award went to What I Want My Words to Do to You Special Jury Prize for Documentary – The Murder of Emmett Till Special Jury Prize for Documentary – A Certain Kind of Death References External links 2003 Sundance Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database 2003 Category:2003 film festivals Category:2003 in Utah Category:2003 in American cinema Sundance Category:January 2003 in the United States