The 2003 Bergen International Film Festival was arranged in Bergen, Norway 16–21 October 2003, and was the fourth edition of the festival.

Competitive programs

Cinema Extraordinare

• A Good Lawyer's Wife, directed by Im Sang-soo  South Korea
• Any Way the Wind Blows, directed by Tom Barman  Belgium
• Blind Shaft, directed by Li Yang  China
• Chinese Odyssey 2002, directed by Jeffrey Lau  Hong Kong
• Dark Cities, directed by Fernando Sariñana  Mexico
• Facing Windows, directed by Ferzan Özpetek  Italy
• Falling Angels, directed by Scott Smith  Canada
• Kakuto, directed by Yūsuke Iseya  Japan
• Love Me If You Dare, directed by Yann Samuell  France
• Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, directed by Rebecca Miller  United States
• Pornografia, directed by Jan Jakub Kolski  Poland
• Song for a Raggy Boy, directed by Aisling Walsh  Ireland
• The Longing, directed by Iain Dilthey  Germany
• Travellers and Magicians, directed by Khyentse Norbu  Bhutan
• Tycoon: A New Russian, directed by Pavel Lungin  Russia

Non-competitive programs

International Short Film Program

3 Short Films from Stavanger

• Taperaksje, directed by Stian Kristiansen
• Hål i hjerta, directed by Vigdis Nielsen
• Sjokoladesaus, directed Jørgen Tjernsland

Awards

Cinema Extraordinare

• Blind Shaft, directed by Li Yang  China

The Audience Award

• Kill Bill Vol. 1, directed by Quentin Tarantino  United States

Best Norwegian Short Film

• Fear Less, directed by Therese Jacobsen

The Critic's Award

Only time awarded.

• A Good Lawyer's Wife, directed by Im Sang-soo  South Korea