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'', a biopic of comic-book author

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, won the grand-jury prize.

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and Maggie Gyllenhaal presented the awards in a ceremony televised live on the

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. Unseasonably warm weather attracted record numbers of attendees, among them musician

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Non-competition features

Midnight

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Dysfunktional Family ''Dysfunktional Family'' is an American documentary and stand-up comedy film written, produced and starring comedian Eddie Griffin, and directed by George Gallo. It was released to theaters by Miramax Films on April 4, 2003 and stayed in theaters ...

'' * '' Girls Will Be Girls'' * ''

The Hebrew Hammer ''The Hebrew Hammer'' is a 2003 American comedy film written and directed by Jonathan Kesselman. It stars Adam Goldberg, Judy Greer, Andy Dick, Mario Van Peebles, and Peter Coyote. The plot concerns a Jewish blaxploitation crime fighter known a ...

'' * '' Nightstalker'' * ''

Rolling Kansas ''Rolling Kansas'' is a 2003 independent film directed and co-written by Oscar-nominated actor Thomas Haden Church. Plot Rolling Kansas is about five men (a T-shirt salesman, his two brothers, a large narcoleptic nursing student, and a dim-witte ...

'' * ''

Spun ''Spun'' is a 2002 American black comedy crime drama film directed by Jonas Åkerlund from an original screenplay by William De Los Santos and Creighton Vero, based on three days of De Los Santos's life in the Eugene, Oregon, drug subculture. The ...

'' * '' Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator''

Awards

* Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – '' Capturing the Friedmans'' * Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – ''

'' * Audience Award: Documentary – ''

My Flesh and Blood ''My Flesh and Blood'' is a 2003 documentary film by Jonathan Karsh chronicling a year in the life of the Tom family. The Tom family is notable as the mother, Susan Tom, adopted eleven children, most of whom had serious disabilities or diseases. ...

'' * Audience Award: Dramatic – ''

The Station Agent ''The Station Agent'' is a 2003 American independent psychological comedy-drama film written and directed by Tom McCarthy in his directorial debut. It stars Peter Dinklage as a man who seeks solitude in an abandoned train station in the Newfound ...

'' * Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth – '' All the Real Girls'' * Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth – '' What Alice Found'' * Special Jury Prize for Performance –

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, ''The Station Agent''; '' Pieces of April''; ''All the Real Girls'' * Special Jury Prize for Performance –

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Die, Mommie, Die! ''Die, Mommie, Die!'' is a 2003 American satirical black comedy film written by female impersonator Charles Busch, who also plays the lead role. Partly spoof and partly homage, it draws heavily on the tropes and themes of American " Psycho-biddy" ...

'' * Documentary Directing Award –

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'' * Dramatic Directing Award – Catherine Hardwicke, ''

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'' * Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic –

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, ''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

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