53rd Berlin International Film Festival
The 53rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6–16, 2003. 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. The Golden Bear was awarded to British film In This World directed by Michael Winterbottom.
The retrospective dedicated to German film director F. W. Murnau was shown at the festival.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:International Jury
- Atom Egoyan, director, screenwriter and producer - Jury President
- Martina Gedeck, actress
- Anna Galiena, actress
- Kathryn Bigelow, director, screenwriter and producer
- Abderrahmane Sissako, director
- Humbert Balsan, actor and producer
- Geoffrey Gilmore, director of the Tribeca Film Festival
- Andreas Dresen, director and screenwriter
- Phyllis Mollet, director of communication of the FIAPF
- Thom Palmen, director of the Umeå International Film Festival
Official selection
In-competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:| English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| 25th Hour | 25th Hour | Spike Lee | USA |
| Adaptation | Adaptation | Spike Jonze | USA |
| Alexandra's Project | Alexandra's Project | Rolf de Heer | Australia |
| Angst | Angst | Oskar Roehler | Germany |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | George Clooney | USA, Canada, Germany |
| The Flower of Evil | Claude Chabrol | France | |
| Good Bye, Lenin! | Wolfgang Becker | Germany | |
| The Hours | The Hours | Stephen Daldry | USA, UK |
| I'm Not Scared | Gabriele Salvatores | Italy, Spain, UK | |
| In This World | In This World | Michael Winterbottom | UK |
| Yes Nurse! No Nurse! | Pieter Kramer | Netherlands | |
| Distant Lights | 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 | Yang Li | China, Germany, Hong Kong | |
| My Life Without Me | Isabel Coixet | Spain, Canada | |
| Small Cuts | Pascal Bonitzer | France, UK | |
| Spare Parts | Damjan Kozole | Slovenia | |
| Solaris | Solaris | Steven Soderbergh | USA |
| His Brother | Son frère | Patrice Chéreau | France |
| The Twilight Samurai | Yōji Yamada | Japan | |
| Hero | Yimou Zhang | China, Hong Kong |
Short Films
Key
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective:| English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| 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 |
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: Sam Rockwell
- *Best Actress – The Hours: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore
- *Best Director – 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 – Adaptation: Spike Jonze
- 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 – : Klaus Härö
- FIPRESCI Award
- *Distant Lights by Hans-Christian Schmid
- Special Mention
- *Remake by Dino Mustafić