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AFI Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Won AFI Award Movie of the Year
HALF NELSON is a small cinematic miracle - a film of such honesty that it challenges the boundaries of narrative film and cinéma vérité. Ryan Fleck-s directorial debut is an absorbing tale of demons and dreams, and the film compels us to consider role models in the real world, and who we look up to in the unlikeliest of friendships. Ryan Gosling's inspired performance proves once and again that he is a force among the actors of his generation, and Shareeka Epps' brilliant debut stands tall among the best of the year.
 
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Ryan Gosling
 
Black Reel Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Nominated Black Reel Best Breakthrough Performance
Shareeka Epps
Best Supporting Actress
Shareeka Epps
 
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won BSFC Award Best New Filmmaker
Ryan Fleck
Best Supporting Actress
Shareeka Epps
2nd place BSFC Award Best Actor
Ryan Gosling
 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Actor
Ryan Gosling
Best Young Actress
Shareeka Epps
 
Casting Society of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Won Artios Best Independent Feature Film Casting
Eyde Belasco
 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Nominated CFCA Award Best Actor
Ryan Gosling
Most Promising Performer
Shareeka Epps
 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actor
Ryan Gosling
Best Actress
Shareeka Epps
Best Movie
 
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won Russell Smith Award Ryan Fleck
3rd place DFWFCA Award Best Actor
Ryan Gosling
 
Deauville Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won Jury Special Prize Ryan Fleck
Revelations Prize Ryan Fleck
 
Gotham Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won Best Film Ryan Fleck
Breakthrough Award Shareeka Epps
Tied with Rinko Kikuchi for Babel (2006).
Breakthrough Director Award Ryan Fleck
 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Won Independent Spirit Award Best Female Lead
Shareeka Epps
Best Male Lead
Ryan Gosling
Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Director
Ryan Fleck
Best Feature
Jamie Patricof
Alex Orlovsky
Lynette Howell
Anna Boden
Rosanne Korenberg
Best First Screenplay
Anna Boden
Ryan Fleck
Producers Award Alex Orlovsky
Jamie Patricof
Also for Point&Shoot (2004).
 
Las Palmas Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Won Best Actor Ryan Gosling
SIGNIS Award Ryan Fleck
 
Locarno International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won Special Prize of the Jury Ryan Fleck (director)
Anna Boden (producer)
Lynette Howell (producer)
Rosanne Korenberg (producer)
Alex Orlovsky (producer)
Jamie Patricof (producer)
Youth Jury Award - Special Mention Ryan Fleck
Nominated Golden Leopard Ryan Fleck
 
Nantucket Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won Screenwriting Award Anna Boden
Ryan Fleck
 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won NBR Award Breakthrough Performance - Male
Ryan Gosling
Top Independent Films
 
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 3rd place NSFC Award Best Actor
Ryan Gosling
Best Supporting Actress
Shareeka Epps
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won NYFCC Award Best First Film
Ryan Fleck
2nd place NYFCC Award Best Actor
Ryan Gosling
Best Supporting Actress
Shareeka Epps
 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Nominated OFCS Award Best Actor
Ryan Gosling
Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
Ryan Fleck
Best Breakthrough Performance
Shareeka Epps
 
Philadelphia Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won Jury Award Best Director
Ryan Fleck
 
San Francisco International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won FIPRESCI Prize Best Film
Ryan Fleck
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Ryan Gosling
Best Motion Picture, Drama
 
Screen Actors Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Ryan Gosling
 
Seattle International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won Golden Space Needle Award Best Actor
Ryan Gosling
 
Stockholm Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won Best Actor Ryan Gosling
 
Sundance Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Nominated Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Ryan Fleck
 
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Nominated TFCA Award Best Performance, Male
Ryan Gosling
 
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Nominated VFCC Award Best Actor
Ryan Gosling
 

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