| 2003 Sundance Film Festival | |
| Host: | Sundance Institute |
| Date: | January 16–26, 2003 |
| Location: | Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah |
| Preceded By: | 2002 Sundance Film Festival |
| Followed By: | 2004 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.[1] [2] Steve Zahn and Maggie Gyllenhaal presented the awards in a ceremony televised live on the Sundance Channel.[2]
Unseasonably warm weather attracted record numbers of attendees, among them musician Bob Dylan.[3] [4]
| Film Name - English | Film Name - Non-English | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Days Later | Danny Boyle | Alex Garland | World Cinema | |||
| All the Real Girls | David Gordon Green | David Gordon Green | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize for Acting, Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth | ||
| American Splendor | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic | ||
| Angela | Roberta Torre | |||||
| Bend It Like Beckham | Gurinder Chadha | |||||
| Benjamin | Monique Gardenberg | |||||
| Born Rich | ||||||
| Capturing the Friedmans | Andrew Jarecki | |||||
| Civil Brand | Neema Barnette | |||||
| Comandante | Oliver Stone | Premieres | ||||
| Confidence | James Foley | Doug Jung | Premieres | |||
| Death of Klinghoffer | Penny Woolcock | |||||
| Die, Mommie, Die! | Mark Rucker | Charles Busch | Premieres | |||
| Dopamine | Mark Decena | Mark Decena, Timothy Breitbach | Dramatic Competition | Alfred P. Sloan Prize | ||
| Dot the i | El punto sobre la i | Matthew Parkhill | Matthew Parkhill | Premieres | ||
| Dysfunktional Family | George Gallo | Eddie Griffin | Park City at Midnight | |||
| The Event | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald, Steven Hillyer, Tim Marback | Premieres | |||
| Fear X | Nicolas Winding Refn | Hubert Selby Jr., Nicolas Winding Refn | World Cinema | |||
| Garage Days | Alex Proyas | Premieres | ||||
| Girls Will Be Girls | Richard Day | Richard Day | Park City at Midnight | |||
| Good Fences | Ernest Dickerson | Trey Ellis | ||||
| The Hebrew Hammer | Jonathan Kesselman | Jonathan Kesselman | Park City at Midnight | |||
| In America | Jim Sheridan | Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan | Premieres | |||
| Irreversible | Irréversible | Gaspar Noé | Gaspar Noé | Frontier | ||
| It's All About Love | Thomas Vinterberg | Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov | Premieres | |||
| Laurel Canyon | Lisa Cholodenko | Lisa Cholodenko | American Showcase | |||
| Levity | Ed Solomon | Ed Solomon | Premieres | |||
| Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity | Mina Shum | |||||
| The Maldonado Miracle | Salma Hayek | |||||
| Masked and Anonymous | Larry Charles | Larry Charles, Bob Dylan | Premieres | |||
| Nightstalker | Chris Fisher | Chris Fisher | Park City at Midnight | |||
| Normal | Jane Anderson | Jane Anderson | American Showcase | |||
| Northfork | Michael Polish | Mark Polish, Michael Polish | Premieres | |||
| Off the Map | Campbell Scott | Joan Ackermann | Premieres | |||
| Open Hearts | Elsker dig for evigt | Susanne Bier | Anders Thomas Jensen | World Cinema | ||
| Owning Mahowny | Richard Kwietniowski | Maurice Chauvet | Premieres | |||
| Party Monster | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | ||||
| Pieces of April | Peter Hedges | Peter Hedges | Dramatic Competition | |||
| People I Know | Daniel Algrant | Jon Robin Baitz | Premieres | |||
| Rolling Kansas | Thomas Haden Church | Thomas Haden Church, Robin Denney | Park City at Midnight | |||
| The Secret Lives of Dentists | Alan Rudolph | Craig Lucas | Premieres | |||
| The Shape of Things | Neil LaBute | Neil LaBute | Premieres | |||
| The Singing Detective | Keith Gordon | Dennis Potter | Premieres | |||
| Soldier's Girl | Frank Pierson | Ron Nyswaner | Premieres | |||
| Song for a Raggy Boy | Aisling Walsh | |||||
| Spun | Jonas Åkerlund | William De Los Santos, Creighton Vero | Park City at Midnight | |||
| The Station Agent | Tom McCarthy | Tom McCarthy | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | ||
| Helen Stickler | Helen Stickler | Park City at Midnight | ||||
| Thirteen | Catherine Hardwicke | Catherine Hardwicke, Nikki Reed | Dramatic Competition | Directing Award: Dramatic | ||
| Toy | ||||||
| Lauren Lazin | ||||||
| The United States of Leland | ||||||
| Whale Rider | Niki Caro | Niki Caro | World Cinema | Audience Award: World Cinema | ||
| What Alice Found | A. Dean Bell | A. Dean Bell | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth |