Academy Awards, USA 2009
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Nominee Oscar |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Melissa Leo |
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Best Writing, Original Screenplay Courtney Hunt |
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2009
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Nominee Actor |
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Melissa Leo |
AFI Awards, USA 2009
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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
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Winner EDA Female Focus Award |
Best Woman Director Courtney Hunt |
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Best Newcomer Misty Upham |
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Hanging in There Award for Persistence Melissa Leo (actress) |
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Nominee EDA Award |
Best Writing, Original Screenplay Courtney Hunt |
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Nominee EDA Female Focus Award |
Best Woman Screenwriter Courtney Hunt |
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Best Breakthrough Performance Melissa Leo |
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Hanging in There Award for Persistence Courtney Hunt (director/writer) |
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Nominee EDA Special Mention Award |
Bravest Performance Award Melissa Leo |
American Indian Film Festival 2008
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Winner American Indian Movie Award |
Best Supporting Actress Misty Upham |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2009
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Nominee Critics Choice Award |
Best Actress Melissa Leo |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2009
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Winner COFCA Award |
Best Actress Melissa Leo |
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Breakthrough Film Artist Melissa Leo
For acting.
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Nominee COFCA Award |
Best Supporting Actress Misty Upham |
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Best Screenplay, Original Courtney Hunt |
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Breakthrough Film Artist Courtney Hunt
For directing and screenwriting.
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Best Picture
3rd place
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Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2008
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Nominee CFCA Award |
Best Actress Melissa Leo |
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Most Promising Filmmaker Courtney Hunt |
Detroit Film Critics Society, US 2008
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Nominee DFCS Award |
Best Actress Melissa Leo |
Film Independent Spirit Awards 2009
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Winner Independent Spirit Award |
Best Female Lead Melissa Leo |
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Winner Producers Award |
Heather Rae
For Ibid |
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Nominee Independent Spirit Award |
Best Feature Chip Hourihan Heather Rae |
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Best Supporting Male Charlie McDermott |
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Best Supporting Female Misty Upham |
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Best Director Courtney Hunt |
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Best First Screenplay Courtney Hunt |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2008
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Winner FFCC Award |
Best Actress Melissa Leo |
Galway Film Fleadh 2009
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Winner Feature Film Award |
Best First Feature Film Courtney Hunt |
Geneva International Film Festival - Tous Écrans 2008
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Winner FIPRESCI Prize |
Courtney Hunt
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Gotham Awards 2008
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Winner Gotham Independent Film Award |
Best Feature Courtney Hunt Heather Rae Chip Hourihan |
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Breakthrough Actor Melissa Leo |
Hamburg Film Festival 2008
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Winner Critics Award |
Courtney Hunt
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Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2008
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Nominee HFCS Award |
Best Actress Melissa Leo |
Indiewire Critics' Poll 2008
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Nominee ICP Award |
Best Lead Performance Melissa Leo
7th place.
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Best First Feature Courtney Hunt
3rd place.
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Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) 2010
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Nominee IOMA |
Best Actress (Miglior attrice protagonista) Melissa Leo |
Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival 2009
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Nominee The Kosmorama Award |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2008
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Nominee LAFCA Award |
Best Actress Melissa Leo |
Marrakech International Film Festival 2008
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Winner Best Actress |
Melissa Leo
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Nominee Golden Star |
Courtney Hunt
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Nantucket Film Festival 2008
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Winner Writer/Director Award |
Courtney Hunt
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National Board of Review, USA 2008
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Winner NBR Award |
Best Directorial Debut Courtney Hunt |
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Top Independent Films |
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Winner Spotlight Award |
Melissa Leo
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National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 2009
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Nominee NSFC Award |
Best Actress Melissa Leo |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2008
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Winner NYFCC Award |
Best First Film Courtney Hunt |
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Nominee NYFCC Award |
Best Actress Melissa Leo |
Online Film & Television Association 2009
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Nominee OFTA Film Award |
Best First Feature Courtney Hunt |
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Best First Screenplay Courtney Hunt |
Provincetown International Film Festival 2008
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Winner Audience Award |
Courtney Hunt
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San Sebastián International Film Festival 2008
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Winner SIGNIS Award |
Courtney Hunt
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Winner Silver Seashell |
Best Actress Melissa Leo
Tied with Tsilla Chelton for Pandora'nin kutusu (2008).
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Winner TVE Otra Mirada Award |
Courtney Hunt
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Nominee Golden Seashell |
Courtney Hunt
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Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2009
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Winner Virtuoso Award |
Melissa Leo
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Satellite Awards 2008
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Nominee Satellite Award |
Best Motion Picture, Drama |
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Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama Melissa Leo |
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Best Screenplay, Original Courtney Hunt |
Seattle International Film Festival 2008
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Winner Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award |
Courtney Hunt
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Stockholm Film Festival 2008
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Winner Bronze Horse |
Courtney Hunt
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Sundance Film Festival 2008
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Winner Grand Jury Prize |
Dramatic Courtney Hunt |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2008
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Nominee TFCA Award |
Best First Feature Courtney Hunt |
Utah Film Critics Association Awards 2008
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Winner UFCA Award |
Best Actress Melissa Leo |
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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
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Nominee VVFP Award |
Best First Feature
2nd place.
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Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2008
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Winner WFCC Award |
Best Actress Melissa Leo |
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Best Movie by a Woman Courtney Hunt |
