2nd annual Central Ohio Film Critics Association awards

Announced January 31, 2004

2003 Central Ohio Film Critics Association award winners

Best Picture
Lost in Translation
Runner-up: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Director
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Runner-up: Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation

Best Actor
Sean Penn, Mystic River
Runner-up: Bill Murray, Lost in Translation

Best Actress
Charlize Theron, Monster
Runner-up: Patricia Clarkson, The Station Agent

Best Supporting Actor
Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Runner-up: Sean Astin, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Supporting Actress
Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River
Runner-up: Renée Zellweger, Cold Mountain

Best Original Screenplay
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Runner-up: Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, and Kirsten Sheridan, In America

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, American Splendor
Runners-up: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Brian Helgeland, Mystic River

Best Cinematography
Eduardo Serra, Girl with a Pearl Earring
Runner-up: Andrew Lesnie, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Score
The RZA, Kill Bill Vol. 1
Runner-up: Clint Eastwood, Mystic River

Best Foreign-Language Film
City of God (Cidade de Deus)
Runners-up: Man on the Train (L’Homme du train) and Talk to Her (Hable con ella)

Best Documentary
Capturing the Friedmans
Runner-up: Spellbound

Top Ten Films
1. Lost in Translation
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. Mystic River
4. Kill Bill Vol. 1
5. Gerry
6. Finding Nemo
7. House of Sand and Fog
8. The Station Agent
9. Big Fish
10. 21 Grams