2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film Winner
![Frozen River Courtney Hunt](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/frozen-river-courtney-hunt-image.jpg)
Frozen River
Courtney Hunt
A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smugling?
2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film Nominees
![Ballast Lance Hammer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ballast-lance-hammer-image.jpg)
Ballast
Lance Hammer
![Reprise Joachim Trier](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/reprise-joachim-trier-image.jpg)