The 29th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) on January 7, 2004, honored the best in film for 2003. The ceremony was originally called off because of the MPAA screener ban as members felt they could not see all the movies in time for their awards but when that was removed the show was back on. Winners Best Picture: American Splendor Runner-up: Lost in Translation Best Director: Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Runner-up: Clint Eastwood – Mystic River Best Actor: Bill Murray – Lost in Translation Runner-up: Sean Penn – 21 Grams and Mystic River Best Actress: Naomi Watts – 21 Grams Runner-up: Charlize Theron – Monster Best Supporting Actor: Bill Nighy – AKA, I Capture the Castle, Lawless Heart, and Love Actually Runner-up: Benicio del Toro – 21 Grams Best Supporting Actress: Shohreh Aghdashloo – House of Sand and Fog Runner-up: Melissa Leo – 21 Grams Best Screenplay: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini – American Splendor Runner-up: Steven Knight – Dirty Pretty Things Best Cinematography: Eduardo Serra – Girl with a Pearl Earring Runner-up: Harris Savides – Elephant Best Production Design: Grant Major – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Runner-up: William Sandell – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Best Music Score: Benoît Charest and Matthieu Chedid – The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville) Runner-up: Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Annette O'Toole, Harry Shearer, and C. J. Vanston – A Mighty Wind Best Foreign-Language Film: The Man on the Train (L'homme du train) • France Runner-up: City of God (Cidade de Deus) • Brazil/France Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: The Fog of War Runner-up: Capturing the Friedmans Best Animation: The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville) The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: Thom Andersen – Los Angeles Plays Itself Pat O'Neill – The Decay of Fiction New Generation Award: Scarlett Johansson Career Achievement Award: Robert Altman Special Citation: Disney restoration of the Walt Disney/Salvador Dalí short Destino References External links 29th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2003 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards