The 2003 Bangkok International Film Festival was held from January 10 to 21, 2003 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Festival program
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A Bangkok International Film Festival was held in 2002, organized by Nation Multimedia Group in cooperation with the Tourism Authority of Thailand. For the 2003 Bangkok Worldwide Movie Festival, the TAT hired Festival Management of Los Angeles, California to program and administer the festival. From 2003, the Tourism Authority of Thailand took over the festival, while the Nation Group inaugurated the World Film Festival of Bangkok.

The Golden Kinnaree International Competitors was inaugurated in 2003, giving Golden Kinnaree Awards for Greatest Movie, Best Director, Finest Actor, Greatest Actress, Greatest Script, Finest Asian Film and a Lifetime Achievement Award.

The 2003 festival opened with Frida, directed by Julie Taymor. French director Agnès Varda was in attendance for a retrospective and to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Festival screenings had been held in numerous cinemas across the Siam Sq. area. The opening and closing movies had been shown at the Scala Theater in Siam Square. Celebrities in attendance included Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal and Jennifer Tilly. A gala ball held in the course of the festival at Queen Sirikit National Convention Middle featured composer Maurice Jarre conducting the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, performing a few of his film scores.

The closing movie was the world premiere of Ong-Bak, the lead-appearing debut by Thai motion star Tony Jaa. As a sidebar to the festival, a Guinness World Records file was set by 17 individuals for continuously viewing films for 64 hours, 58 minutes.[1][2][3]

Golden Kinnaree International Competitors
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Movies in competitors
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Dirty Deeds, directed by David Caesar (Australia)

Dolls, directed by Takeshi Kitano (Japan)

Evelyn, directed by Bruce Beresford (Ireland)

Frida, directed by Julie Taymor (USA)

Fureur, directed by Karim Dridi (France)

The Man With no Previous, directed by Aki Kaurismäki (Finland)

Mekhong Full Moon Social gathering, directed by Jira Maligool (Thailand)

Kedma, directed by Amos Gitai (Israel)

The Quiet American, directed by Phillip Noyce (USA)

Small Voices, directed by Gil Portes (Philippines)

Complement, directed by Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland)

A Tale of a Naughty Girl, directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta (India)

Discuss to Her, directed by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)

Golden Kinnaree Awards
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The awards banquet was held at Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, with Princess Ubol Ratana presiding.

Best Function Film: Talk To Her

Greatest Director: Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Her)

Greatest Actress: Kati Outinen (The Man And not using a Past)

Finest Actor: Michael Caine (The Quiet American)

Greatest Script: Aki Kaurismäki (The Man With no Past)

Finest Asian Film: A Tale of a Naughty Woman

Lifetime Achievement Award: Agnès Varda

^ Watson, Nigel. Bangkok Worldwide Film Festival 2003, Talking Pix; retrieved 2007-12-22

^ Hessey, Ruth. January 23, 2003. Bangkok finds its Golden Kinaree, The Age; retrieved 2007-12-22

^ Brooks, Brian. ‘Talk to Her’ takes prime prizes at Bangkok International Movie Festival, IndieWire; retrieved 2007-12-22

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