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Seven films won two awards each at the Orange British Academy Film Awards held February 23, 2003 in Leicester Square. "The Pianist" took home what could be thought of as the evening's big awards, emerging triumphant in the Best Film and the David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction categories.

Nicole Kidman's work as Virginia Woolf in "The Hours" earned her the award for Actress in a Leading Role. "The Hours" also captured the Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Music. The awards for British Film of the Year and Special Achievement by a British Director, Screenwriter or Producer in Their First Feature Film went to "The Warrior."

Catherine Zeta Jones' role in the high-stepping murder musical "Chicago" won her the Actress in a Supporting Role honor. "Chicago" also won the award for Sound. While no acting honors were bestowed upon the cast of "Road to Perdition," the production team scored with awards for Production Design and Cinematography. Pedro Almodóvar's "Talk To Her" won for Original Screenplay and in the category of Film Not in the English Language. Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" earned the Costume Design and Achievement in Special Visual Effects awards. "The Two Towers" was also selected by the public as the Orange Film of the Year. The Orange Film of the Year honor is the only award voted for by the general public.

Here's a complete list of all the nominees and winners for The Orange British Academy Film Awards, as announced by British Academy of Film and Television Arts:

THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year:
"Bend it Like Beckham" - Deepak Nayar/Gurinder Chadha
"Dirty Pretty Things" - Tracey Seaward/Robert Jones/Stephen Frears
"The Hours" - Scott Rudin/Robert Fox/Stephen Daldry
"The Magdalene Sisters" - Frances Higson/Peter Mullan
WINNER: "The Warrior" - Bertrand Faivre/Asif Kapadia

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a Director, Screenwriter or Producer in Their First Feature Film:
SIMON BENT (Writer) - "Christie Malry's Own Double Entry"
LUCY DARWIN (Producer) - "Lost in La Mancha"
DUNCAN ROY (Director/Writer) - "AKA"
WINNER: ASIF KAPADIA (Director/Co-Writer) - "The Warrior"

THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction:
"Chicago" - Rob Marshall
"Gangs of New York" - Martin Scorsese
"The Hours" - Stephen Daldry
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - Peter Jackson
WINNER: "The Pianist" - Roman Polanski

SCREENPLAY (Original):
"And Your Mother Too" ("Y Tu Mama Tambien") - Carlos Cuarón/Alfonso Cuarón
"dirty pretty things" - Steven Knight
"Gangs of New York" - Jay Cocks/Steven Zaillian/Kenneth Lonergan
"The Magdalene Sisters" - Peter Mullan
WINNER: "Talk to Her (Hable con Ella)" - Pedro Almodóvar

SCREENPLAY (Adapted):
"About a Boy" - Peter Hedges/Chris Weitz/Paul Weitz
"Catch Me If You Can" - Jeff Nathanson
"The Hours" - David Hare
"The Pianist" - Ronald Harwood
WINNER: "Adaptation" - Charlie Kaufman/Donald Kaufman

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Halle Berry - "Monster's Ball"
Salma Hayek - "Frida"
Meryl Streep - "The Hours"
Renee Zellweger - "Chicago"
WINNER: Nicole Kidman - "The Hours"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Adrien Brody - "The Pianist"
Nicolas Cage - "Adaptation"
Michael Caine - "The Quiet American"
Jack Nicholson - "About Schmidt"
WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis - "Gangs of New York"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Toni Collette - "About a Boy"
Queen Latifah - "Chicago"
Julianne Moore - "The Hours"
Meryl Streep - "Adaptation"
WINNER: Catherine Zeta-Jones - "Chicago"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Chris Cooper - "Adaptation"
Ed Harris - "The Hours"
Alfred Molina - "Frida"
Paul Newman - "Road to Perdition"
WINNER: Christopher Walken - "Catch Me If You Can"

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for the Achievement in Film Music:
"Catch Me If You Can" - John Williams
"Chicago" - Danny Elfman/John Kander/Fred Ebb
"Gangs of New York" - Howard Shore
"The Pianist" - Wojciech Kilar
WINNER: "The Hours" - Philip Glass

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE:
"And Your Mother Too" ("Y Tu Mama Tambien") - Jorge Vergara/Alfonso Cuarón
"City of God" ("Cidade Deus") - Andrea Barata Ribeiro/Mauricio Andrade Ramos/Fernando Meirelles
"Devdas" - Bharat Shah/Sanjay Leela Bhansali
"The Warrior" - Bertrand Faivre/Asif Kapadia
WINNER: "Talk to Her" ("Hable con Ella") - Agustín Almodóvar/Pedro Almodóvar

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
"Chicago" - Dion Beebe
"Gangs of New York" - Michael Ballhaus
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - Andrew Lesnie
"The Pianist" - Pawel Edelman
WINNER: "Road to Perdition" - Conrad L Hall

PRODUCTION DESIGN:
"Chicago" - John Myhre
"Gangs of New York" - Dante Ferretti
"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" - Stuart Craig
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - Grant Major
WINNER: "Road to Perdition" - Dennis Gassner

COSTUME DESIGN:
"Catch Me If You Can" - Mary Zophres
"Chicago" - Colleen Atwood
"Frida" - Julie Weiss
"Gangs of New York" - Sandy Powell
WINNER: "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - Ngila Dickson/Richard Taylor

EDITING:
"Chicago" - Martin Walsh
"Gangs of New York" - Thelma Schoonmaker
"The Hours" - Peter Boyle
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - Michael Horton/Jabez Olssen
WINNER: "City of God" ("Cidade Deus") - Daniel Rezende

SOUND:
"Gangs of New York"
"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
"The Pianist"
WINNER: "Chicago"

ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS:
"Gangs of New York"
"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
"Minority Report"
"Spider-Man"
WINNER: "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"

MAKE UP & HAIR:
"Chicago" - Jordan Samuel/Judi Cooper Sealy
"Gangs of New York" - Manlio Rocchetti/Aldo Signoretti
"The Hours" - Ivana Primorac/Conor O'Sullivan/Jo Allen
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - Peter Owen/Peter King
WINNER: "Frida" - Judy Chin/Beatrice D'Alba

SHORT FILM:
"BOUNCER" - Natasha Carlish/Sophie Morgan/Michael Baig-Clifford/Geoff Thompson
"CANDY BAR KID" - Benjamin John/Shah Khan
"GOOD NIGHT" - Yoav Factor/Chun Sun-Young
"THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MAN IN THE WORLD" - Hugh Welchman/Alicia Duffy
"RANK" - Andrew O'Connell/David Yates/Robbie McCallum
WINNER: "MY WRONGS 8245-8249 AND 117" - Mark Herbert/Chris Morris

SHORT ANIMATION:
"THE CHUB CHUBS" - Jacquie Barnbrook/Eric Armstrong/Jeff Wolverton
"THE DOG WHO WAS A CAT INSIDE" - Andrew Ruhemann/Siân Rees/Siri Melchoir
"SAP" - Lucie Wenigerová/Kim Hyun-Joo
"WEDDING ESPRESSO" - Jonathan Bairstow/Sandra Ensby/Lesley Glaister
WINNER: "FISH NEVER SLEEP" - Gaëlle Denis

THE ORANGE FILM OF THE YEAR - Voted by the general public:
WINNER: "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS" - Directed by Peter Jackson

Source: BAFTA