2003 Sundance Film Festival
The 2003 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 16 to January 26, 2003. American Splendor, a biopic of comic-book author Harvey Pekar, won the grand-jury prize. Steve Zahn and Maggie Gyllenhaal presented the awards in a ceremony televised live on the Sundance Channel. Unseasonably warm weather attracted record numbers of attendees, among them musician Bob Dylan. 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 2003 Sundance Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database