Online Film Critics Society Awards: 2004

OFCS Award

Date:

5 January

Best Picture


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Cidade de Deus (2002) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Lost in Translation (2003) Mystic River (2003)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Lost in Translation (2003) - Bill Murray (I)
Other Nominees:
	American Splendor (2003) - Paul Giamatti House of Sand and Fog (2003) - Ben Kingsley Mystic River (2003) - Sean Penn (I) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Johnny Depp

Best Actress


Winner:
	21 Grams (2003) - Naomi Watts
Other Nominees:
	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) - Uma Thurman Lost in Translation (2003) - Scarlett Johansson May (2002) - Angela Bettis Monster (2003) - Charlize Theron

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Shattered Glass (2003) - Peter Sarsgaard
Other Nominees:
	Mystic River (2003) - Tim Robbins (I) The Cooler (2003) - Alec Baldwin The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Sean Astin The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Andy Serkis

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	House of Sand and Fog (2003) - Shohreh Aghdashloo
Other Nominees:
	Cold Mountain (2003) - Ren�e Zellweger Pieces of April (2003) - Patricia Clarkson The Cooler (2003) - Maria Bello Thirteen (2003) - Holly Hunter

Best Director


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Peter Jackson (I)
Other Nominees:
	21 Grams (2003) - Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) - Quentin Tarantino Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola Mystic River (2003) - Clint Eastwood

Best Screenplay, Original


Winner:
	Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola
Other Nominees:
	21 Grams (2003) - Guillermo Arriaga (I) In America (2002) - Jim Sheridan (I); Kirsten Sheridan; Naomi Sheridan Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) - Quentin Tarantino The Station Agent (2003) - Thomas McCarthy (I)

Best Screenplay, Adapted


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Philippa Boyens; Peter Jackson (I); Fran Walsh
Other Nominees:
	American Splendor (2003) - Shari Springer Berman; Robert Pulcini Bubba Ho-tep (2002) - Don Coscarelli Mystic River (2003) - Brian Helgeland Shattered Glass (2003) - Billy Ray (I)

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Andrew Lesnie
Other Nominees:
	Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Eduardo Serra Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) - Robert Richardson (I) Le peuple migrateur (2001) - Olli Barb�; Michel Benjamin; Sylvie Carcedo-Dreujou; Laurent Charbonnier (I); Luc Drion; Laurent Fleutot; Philippe Garguil; Dominique Gentil; Bernard Lutic; Thierry Machado; St�phane Martin (I); Fabrice Moindrot; Ernst Sasse; Michel Terrasse; Thierry Thomas (I) The Last Samurai (2003) - John Toll

Best Art Direction


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Down with Love (2003) Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Down with Love (2003) Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Best Sound


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Other Nominees:
	28 Days Later... (2002) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Best Visual Effects


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) X2 (2003)

Best Original Score


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Howard Shore
Other Nominees:
	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) - RZA (I) Lost in Translation (2003) - Brian Reitzell; Kevin Shields (I) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Klaus Badelt The Last Samurai (2003) - Hans Zimmer

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Le peuple migrateur (2001) Lost in La Mancha (2002) Spellbound (2002/I) The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Cidade de Deus (2002)
Other Nominees:
	Irréversible (2002) Les invasions barbares (2003) Les triplettes de Belleville (2003) Mies vailla menneisyyttä (2002)

Best Breakthrough Filmmaker


Winner:
	American Splendor (2003) - Shari Springer Berman; Robert Pulcini
Other Nominees:
	Cidade de Deus (2002) - Fernando Meirelles (I) Raising Victor Vargas (2002) - Peter Sollett Shattered Glass (2003) - Billy Ray (I) Whale Rider (2002) - Niki Caro

Best Animated Feature


Winner:
	Finding Nemo (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Kaubôi bibappu: Tengoku no tobira (2001) Les triplettes de Belleville (2003) Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) Sennen joyû (2001)

Best Breakthrough Performance


Winner:
	Whale Rider (2002) - Keisha Castle-Hughes
Other Nominees:
	28 Days Later... (2002) - Cillian Murphy Bend It Like Beckham (2002) - Keira Knightley Dirty Pretty Things (2002) - Chiwetel Ejiofor The Station Agent (2003) - Peter Dinklage