57th British Academy Film Awards#Best Short Film - Animation

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 57

| award = British Academy Film Awards

| date = 15 February 2004

| site = Odeon Leicester Square, London

| host = Stephen Fry

| best_film = The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

| best_british = Touching the Void

| best_actor = Bill Murray

| best_actor_film = Lost in Translation

| best_actress = Scarlett Johansson

| best_actress_film = Lost in Translation

| most_wins = Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (4)

| most_nominations = Cold Mountain (13)

| last = 56th

| next = 58th

}}

The 57th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 15 February 2004 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2003. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2003.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and the Audience Award.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/king-reigns-at-uk-film-awards/|title='King' Reigns At UK Film Awards|work=CBS News|date=16 February 2004 |access-date=11 February 2024}} Lost in Translation won both lead acting awards for Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. Bill Nighy won Best Supporting Actor for Love Actually and Renée Zellweger won Best Supporting Actress for Cold Mountain. Touching the Void, directed by Andrew Eaton, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2003.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3490323.stm|title=Bafta awards 2004: The winners|work=BBC|date=15 February 2004 |access-date=11 February 2024}}

Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the third consecutive year.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/01/16/cold-mountain-rings-lead-bafta-nominees/|title=Cold Mountain, Rings lead BAFTA nominees|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=16 January 2004 |access-date=11 February 2024}}

Winners and nominees

File:PeterWeirApr2011.jpg, Best Director winner]]

File:Bill Murray by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Best Actor winner]]

File:Scarlett Johansson in Kuwait 01b-tweaked.jpg, Best Actress winner]]

File:Bill Nighy Pride TIFF 2014.jpg, Best Supporting Actor winner]]

File:Renée Zellweger Berlinale 2010 (cropped).jpg, Best Supporting Actress winner]]

File:Tom McCarthy (cropped).jpg, Best Original Screenplay winner]]

File:Fran Walsh DNZM (cropped).jpg, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner]]

=BAFTA Fellowship=

John Boorman and Roger Graef

=Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema=

Working Title Films

=Awards=

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson
Big Fish – Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks and Richard D. Zanuck
Cold Mountain – Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa
Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola and Ross Katz
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson

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Peter Weir – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Anthony Minghella – Cold Mountain
Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation
Tim Burton – Big Fish

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Bill Murray – Lost in Translation as Bob Harris

Benicio del Toro – 21 Grams as Jack Jordan

Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Captain Jack Sparrow

Jude Law – Cold Mountain as W. P. Inman

Sean Penn – 21 Grams as Paul Rivers

Sean Penn – Mystic River as Jimmy Markum

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Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation as Charlotte
Anne Reid – The Mother as May
Naomi Watts – 21 Grams as Cristina Peck
Scarlett Johansson – Girl with a Pearl Earring as Griet
Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Volume 1 as The Bride

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Bill Nighy – Love Actually as Billy Mack

Albert Finney – Big Fish as Edward Bloom

Ian McKellen – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Gandalf

Paul Bettany – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World as Stephen Maturin

Tim Robbins – Mystic River as Dave Boyle

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Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain as Ruby Thewes
Emma Thompson – Love Actually as Karen
Holly Hunter – Thirteen as Melanie Freeland
Judy Parfitt – Girl with a Pearl Earring as Maria Thins
Laura Linney – Mystic River as Annabeth Markum

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The Station Agent – Tom McCarthy

21 Grams – Guillermo Arriaga

The Barbarian Invasions – Denys Arcand

Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds

Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson
Big Fish – John August
Cold Mountain – Anthony Minghella
Girl with a Pearl Earring – Olivia Hetreed
Mystic River – Brian Helgeland

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Andrew Lesnie

Cold Mountain – John Seale

Girl with a Pearl Earring – Eduardo Serra

Lost in Translation – Lance Acord

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Russell Boyd

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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Wendy Stites
Cold Mountain – Ann Roth and Carlo Poggioli
Girl with a Pearl Earring – Dien van Straalen
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Penny Rose

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Lost in Translation – Sarah Flack

21 Grams – Stephen Mirrione

Cold Mountain – Walter Murch

Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Sally Menke

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Jamie Selkirk

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
Big Fish – Jean Ann Black and Paul LeBlanc
Cold Mountain – Paul Engelen and Ivana Primorac
Girl with a Pearl Earring – Jenny Shircore
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Richard Taylor, Peter King and Peter Owen

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Cold Mountain – Gabriel Yared and T Bone Burnett

Girl with a Pearl Earring – Alexandre Desplat

Kill Bill: Volume 1 – The RZA

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore

Lost in Translation – Kevin Shields and Brian Reitzell

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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – William Sandell
Big Fish – Dennis Gassner
Cold Mountain – Dante Ferretti
Girl with a Pearl Earring – Ben Van Os
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Grant Major

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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Richard King, Doug Hemphill, Paul Massey and Art Rochester

Cold Mountain – Eddy Joseph, Ivan Sharrock, Walter Murch, Mike Prestwood Smith and Matthew Gough

Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Wylie Stateman and Mark Ulano

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins, David Farmer, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Hammond Peek

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Christopher Boyes, George Watters II, Lee Orloff, David Parker and David E. Campbell

| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}}|Best Special Visual Effects}}

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
Big Fish – Kevin Mack, Seth Maury, Lindsay MacGowan and Paddy Eason
Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Tommy Tom, Tam Kia Kwan, Leung Wai Kit and Jaco Wong Hin Leung
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg and Dan Sudick
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Terry Frazee and Charles Gibson

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Touching the Void – John Smithson and Kevin Macdonald

Cold Mountain – Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa and Anthony Minghella

Girl with a Pearl Earring – Andy Paterson, Anand Tucker and Peter Webber

In This World – Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland and Michael Winterbottom

Love Actually – Duncan Kenworthy, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Richard Curtis

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Kiss of Life – Emily Young (Writer/Director)
American Cousins – Sergio Casci (Writer)
Girl with a Pearl Earring – Peter Webber (Director)
To Kill a King – Jenny Mayhew (Writer)

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Jo Jo in the Stars – Sue Goffe and Marc Craste

Dad's Dead – Maria Manton and Chris Shepherd

Dear Sweet Emma – John Cernok

Nibbles – Ron Diamond and Christopher Hinton

Plumber – Randi Yaffa, Andy Knight and Richard Rosenman

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Brown Paper Bag – Natasha Carlish, Mark Leveson, Michael Baig Clifford and Geoff Thompson
Bye-Child – Andrew Bonner and Bernard MacLaverty
Nits – George Isaac and Harry Wootliff
Sea Monsters – Matt Delargy, Mark Walker and Raphael Smith
Talking with Angels – Michael Knowles, Janey de Nordwall and Yousaf Ali Khan