24th BSFC Awards December 14, 2003 Best Film: Mystic River The 24th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2003, were given on 14 December 2003. Winners Best Film: Mystic River Runner-up: Lost in Translation Best Actor: Bill Murray – Lost in Translation Runner-up: Sean Penn – Mystic River Best Actress: Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation Runner-up: Naomi Watts – 21 Grams Best Supporting Actor: Peter Sarsgaard – Shattered Glass Runner-up: Alec Baldwin – The Cooler Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April and The Station Agent Runner-up: Ludivine Sagnier – Swimming Pool Best Director: Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation Runner-up: Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Best Screenplay: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini – American Splendor Runner-up: Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation Best Cinematography: Olli Barbé et al. – Winged Migration (Le peuple migrateur) Runner-up: Benoît Debie and Gaspar Noé – Irréversible Best Documentary: Capturing the Friedmans Runner-up: The Fog of War Best Foreign-Language Film: The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville) • France/Canada/Belgium Runner-up: Irréversible • France Best New Filmmaker: Andrew Jarecki – Capturing the Friedmans Runner-up: Sylvain Chomet – The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville) Best Ensemble Cast: Mystic River Runner-up: A Mighty Wind References Boston crix go misty over ‘Mystic River’ Variety Boston critics name 'Mystic River' best picture Boston Globe 'River' Bank Entertainment Weekly External links Past Winners 2003 2003 film awards 2003 awards in the United States 2003 in Boston December 2003 events in the United States