The 8th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, given by the San Diego Film Critics Society on 18 December 2003, honored the best in film for 2003.

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dirty Pretty Things
• Best Actress:
  • Naomi Watts – 21 Grams
• Best Animated Film:
  • The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville)
• Best Cinematography:
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring – Eduardo Serra
• Best Director:
  • Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Best Documentary Film:
  • Rivers and Tides
• Best Editing:
  • Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Sally Menke
• Best Film:
  • Dirty Pretty Things
• Best Foreign Language Film (tie):
  • The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) • Canada/ France
  • Irreversible (Irréversible) • France
• Best Production Design:
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Grant Major
• Best Screenplay – Adapted:
  • American Splendor – Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
• Best Screenplay – Original:
  • The Magdalene Sisters – Peter Mullan
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Djimon Hounsou – In America
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain

External links

• San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2003 on IMDb