Academy Awards, USA 2009

Nominee Oscar	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Melissa Leo
	Best Writing, Original Screenplay Courtney Hunt

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2009

Nominee Actor

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Melissa Leo

AFI Awards, USA 2009

Winner AFI Award

Movie of the Year FROZEN RIVER challenges audiences to witness the strength and the character of America's underclass... More FROZEN RIVER challenges audiences to witness the strength and the character of America's underclass - and, ultimately, asks if they have what it takes to endure such hardship. First-time feature filmmaker Courtney Hunt tells the story of two women from different worlds who stand together in an astoundingly bleak landscape - unlikely partners on economic thin ice. Their struggle unfolds with such authenticity - free from the comfort endemic to most American films - that the pain and power of the story are palpable. The performances of Melissa Leo and Misty Upham stand among this year's finest.

Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2008

Winner EDA Female Focus Award	Best Woman Director Courtney Hunt
	Best Newcomer Misty Upham
	Hanging in There Award for Persistence Melissa Leo (actress)
Nominee EDA Award	Best Writing, Original Screenplay Courtney Hunt
Nominee EDA Female Focus Award	Best Woman Screenwriter Courtney Hunt
	Best Breakthrough Performance Melissa Leo
	Hanging in There Award for Persistence Courtney Hunt (director/writer)
Nominee EDA Special Mention Award	Bravest Performance Award Melissa Leo

American Indian Film Festival 2008

Winner American Indian Movie Award

Best Supporting Actress Misty Upham

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2009

Nominee Critics Choice Award

Best Actress Melissa Leo

Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2009

Winner COFCA Award	Best Actress Melissa Leo
	Breakthrough Film Artist Melissa Leo For acting.
Nominee COFCA Award	Best Supporting Actress Misty Upham
	Best Screenplay, Original Courtney Hunt
	Breakthrough Film Artist Courtney Hunt For directing and screenwriting.
	Best Picture 3rd place

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2008

Nominee CFCA Award	Best Actress Melissa Leo
	Most Promising Filmmaker Courtney Hunt

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2008

Nominee DFCS Award

Best Actress Melissa Leo

Film Independent Spirit Awards 2009

Winner Independent Spirit Award	Best Female Lead Melissa Leo
Winner Producers Award	Heather Rae For Ibid
Nominee Independent Spirit Award	Best Feature Chip Hourihan Heather Rae
	Best Supporting Male Charlie McDermott
	Best Supporting Female Misty Upham
	Best Director Courtney Hunt
	Best First Screenplay Courtney Hunt

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2008

Winner FFCC Award

Best Actress Melissa Leo

Galway Film Fleadh 2009

Winner Feature Film Award

Best First Feature Film Courtney Hunt

Geneva International Film Festival - Tous Écrans 2008

Winner FIPRESCI Prize

Courtney Hunt

Gotham Awards 2008

Winner Gotham Independent Film Award	Best Feature Courtney Hunt Heather Rae Chip Hourihan
	Breakthrough Actor Melissa Leo

Hamburg Film Festival 2008

Winner Critics Award

Courtney Hunt

Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2008

Nominee HFCS Award

Best Actress Melissa Leo

Indiewire Critics' Poll 2008

Nominee ICP Award	Best Lead Performance Melissa Leo 7th place.
	Best First Feature Courtney Hunt 3rd place.

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) 2010

Nominee IOMA

Best Actress (Miglior attrice protagonista) Melissa Leo

Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival 2009

Nominee The Kosmorama Award

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2008

Nominee LAFCA Award

Best Actress Melissa Leo

Marrakech International Film Festival 2008

Winner Best Actress	Melissa Leo
Nominee Golden Star	Courtney Hunt

Nantucket Film Festival 2008

Winner Writer/Director Award

Courtney Hunt

National Board of Review, USA 2008

Winner NBR Award	Best Directorial Debut Courtney Hunt
	Top Independent Films
Winner Spotlight Award	Melissa Leo

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 2009

Nominee NSFC Award

Best Actress Melissa Leo

New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2008

Winner NYFCC Award	Best First Film Courtney Hunt
Nominee NYFCC Award	Best Actress Melissa Leo

Online Film & Television Association 2009

Nominee OFTA Film Award	Best First Feature Courtney Hunt
	Best First Screenplay Courtney Hunt

Provincetown International Film Festival 2008

Winner Audience Award

Courtney Hunt

San Sebastián International Film Festival 2008

Winner SIGNIS Award	Courtney Hunt
Winner Silver Seashell	Best Actress Melissa Leo Tied with Tsilla Chelton for Pandora's Box (2008).
Winner TVE Otra Mirada Award	Courtney Hunt
Nominee Golden Seashell	Courtney Hunt

Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2009

Winner Virtuoso Award

Melissa Leo

Satellite Awards 2008

Nominee Satellite Award	Best Motion Picture, Drama
	Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama Melissa Leo
	Best Screenplay, Original Courtney Hunt

Seattle International Film Festival 2008

Winner Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award

Courtney Hunt

Stockholm Film Festival 2008

Winner Bronze Horse

Courtney Hunt

Sundance Film Festival 2008

Winner Grand Jury Prize

Dramatic Courtney Hunt

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2008

Nominee TFCA Award

Best First Feature Courtney Hunt

Utah Film Critics Association Awards 2008

Winner UFCA Award	Best Actress Melissa Leo
Nominee UFCA Award	Best Supporting Actress Misty Upham Tied with Frances McDormand for Burn After Reading (2008) and Evan Rachel Wood for The Wrestler (... More Tied with Frances McDormand for Burn After Reading (2008) and Evan Rachel Wood for The Wrestler (2008).

Village Voice Film Poll 2008

Nominee VVFP Award

Best First Feature 2nd place.

Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2008

Winner WFCC Award	Best Actress Melissa Leo
	Best Movie by a Woman Courtney Hunt