The 60th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 27 August to 6 September 2003. Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli was the Jury President of the main competition. The festival opened with Woody Allen's Anything Else. Andrey Zvyagintsev's The Return was the Golden Lion winner.

Juries

The following people comprised the 2003 jury for the feature films of the main competition and the short films of the official selection:

Main Competition (Venezia 60)

Upstream (Controcorrente) The following people were selected to confer the San Marco Prize for best film, the Special Director's Award, an Upstream Prize for Best Actor, and one for Best Actress:

Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were nominated to compete for the Golden Lion of the 60th edition of the festival:

Out of Competition

The following films were screened as Out of Competition:

Short Film Competition

The following films, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes, were selected for the short film competition:

Upstream (Controcorrente)

A section of the official selection for feature films that stand out for their "innovative intent, creative originality or alternative cinematographic languages"

New Territories

The following films were selected for the New Territories (Nuovi Territori) section:

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened In Competition for this section:

Official Awards

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 60th edition:

Golden Lion Honorary Award

Short Film Competition

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:

FIPRESCI Award