The 53rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6–16, 2003. The festival opened with

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'' Chicago'' by Rob Marshall and closed with Martin Scorsese's '' Gangs of New York'', both films played out of competition at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to British film '' In This World'' directed by Michael Winterbottom. The retrospective dedicated to German film director

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was shown at the festival.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: International Jury *

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, director, screenwriter and producer (Canada) - Jury President *

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, actress (Germany) *

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, actress (Italy) * Kathryn Bigelow, director, screenwriter and producer (United States) * Abderrahmane Sissako, director (Mauritania) * Humbert Balsan, actor and producer (France) * Geoffrey Gilmore, director of the Tribeca Film Festival (United States) International Short Film Jury * Andreas Dresen, director and screenwriter (Germany) * Phyllis Mollet, director of communication of the FIAPF (France) * Thom Palmen, director of the

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(Sweden)

Official selection

In-competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

Short Films

Key

Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective:

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: * Golden Bear **'' In This World'': Michael Winterbottom *Silver Bear **Best Film Music – ''Madame Brouette'': Majoly, Serge Fiori, Maadu Diabaté **Best Actor – '' Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'':

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**Best Actress – '' The Hours'': Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore **

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– '' Son frère'': Patrice Chéreau **Best Short Film – ''In Absentia'': Lucía Cedrón and ''The Tram #9 Was Going'': Stepan Koval **Outstanding Artistic Contribution – '' Blind Shaft'': Yang Li **Jury Grand Prix – ''

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*Honorary Golden Bear ** Anouk Aimée *Berlinale Camera ** Artur Brauner ** Peer Raben **Erika Richter *Panorama Audience Award **'' Broken Wings'': Nir Bergman *Crystal Bear **Best Short Film – ''Pipsqueak Prince'': Zoia Trofimova **Best Feature Film – '' Elina: As If I Wasn't There'': Klaus Härö * FIPRESCI Award **'' Distant Lights'' by

Hans-Christian Schmid Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life and work Hans-Christian Schmid has collaborated with on several of the movies that he directed. Gutmann wrote screenplays for ''23 (film), 23 — Nichts ist so ...

*Special Mention **''

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References

External links

53rd Berlin International Film Festival
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Yearbook for the Berlinale 2003 berlinale.de

Berlin International Film Festival 2003
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