CFT Excellence Nominees 2003

Best Television Drama Series

Joan of Arcadia - CBS
Sue Thomas, F B Eye - PAX TV
The District - CBS

Best Television Comedy Series

Everybody Loves Raymond - CBS
Life with Bonnie - ABC
My Big Fat Greek Life - CBS

Best Actor in a Television Series

Joe Mantegna - Will Girardi in Joan of Arcadia
Craig T. Nelson - Jack Mannion in The District
David Alan Grier - David in Life with Bonnie
Brad Garrett - Robert Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond
Roger Aaron Brown - Joe Noland in The District

Best Actress in a Television Series

Vanessa Bell Calloway - Gwen Hendrix in The District
April Grace - Lt. Det. Toni Williams in Joan of Arcadia
Patricia Heaton - Debra Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond
Bonnie Hunt - Bonnie Malloy in Life with Bonnie
Mary Steenburgen - Helen Girardi in Joan of Arcadia

Best Advertising Spot

All Wept - (2003 Christmas Campaign) - CTA Australia
Coming Back - (Baptist Missionary Assoc.) Lifeword Broadcast Ministries, Inc. USA
Fire - (Crossroads Church/Rockford) Compas Outreach Ministry USA
Future - (Priests for Life) Compass Outreach Ministry USA
Perfect Man - (Connecting Point Church) Faith Highway USA

Best Motion Picture

Final Solution - Messenger Films Cristobal Krusen/Gary Wheeler (USA/S Africa)
Levity - Revelations Entertainment (USA)
Luther - NFP GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) & Dennis Claus (USA)
Tears of the Sun - Revolution, Cheyenne & Michael Lobell Productions (USA)
The Gospel of John - VBI/ G. Drabinsky (Canada) & J. Goldsmith (UK)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture

Henry Ian Cusick – Jesus in The Gospel of John
Joseph Fiennes - Martin Luther in Luther
Jonathan Firth - Giralamo Aleander in Luther
Morgan Freeman - God in Bruce Almighty
Billy Bob Thornton - Manuel Jordan in Levity

Best Actress in a Motion Picture

Monica Bellucci - Missionary doctor/Lena Kendricks in Tears of the Sun
Akosua Busia - Patience in Tears of the Sun
Claire Cox - Katharina von Bora in Luther
Judy Davis - Anna Redmond in The Man Who Sued God
Holly Hunter - Adele Easley in Levity

Best Documentary

Beyond the Gates - Bearing Fruit Communications
Narrow is the Gate - Trinity Films
Unlocking the Mystery of Life - Illustra Media
St. Paul - BBC 1 (Jerusalem Productions)

Nominees for Best COA Television Series are:

7th Heaven
8 Simple Rules
Joan of Arcadia

Nominees for Best Coming of Age Film are:

Hangman’s Curse
Reversal
Soul to Take
Sterling: The Secret of the Lost Medallion

Nominees for Best COA Actor are:

David Gallagher - 7th Heaven, television
Edwin Hodge - Hangman’s Curse, film
Jeremy London - 7th Heaven, television
Christopher Marquette - Joan of Arcadia, television
Michael Welch - Joan of Arcadia, television

Nominees for Best COA Actress are:

Leighton Meester - Hangman’s Curse, film
Beverley Mitchell - 7th Heaven, television
Mackenzie Rosman - 7th Heaven, television
Amber Tamblyn - Joan of Arcadia, television
Becky Wahlstrom - Joan of Arcadia, television