▁authorities ▁who ▁should ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁see ▁what ' s ▁going ▁on ▁here ▁and ▁interven e , ▁but ▁fail ▁to ▁in ▁sometimes ▁w rench ing ▁ways . ▁ ▁The ▁script ' s ▁dram atic ▁finale ▁is ▁shock ingly ▁violent ▁but ▁just ▁within ▁the ▁bounds ▁of ▁the ▁cred ible , ▁an ▁er u ption ▁of ▁just ified ▁ra ge ▁that ▁speak s ▁for ▁the ▁real - world ▁youth s ▁( do z ens ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁according ▁to ▁closing ▁titles ) ▁who ▁have ▁died ▁in ▁ju ven ile ▁re hab ▁cent ers ▁the ▁government ▁ref uses ▁to ▁monitor ." ▁ ▁Awards ▁▁ ▁Cold water ▁gar ner ed ▁several ▁award ▁nomin ations ▁during ▁its ▁world wide ▁festival ▁run , ▁many ▁for ▁Best ▁Fe ature ▁Film . ▁ ▁It ▁won ▁Best ▁Film , ▁Best ▁Director ▁( V in cent ▁Gr ash aw ), ▁and ▁Best ▁A ctor ▁( P . J . ▁B oud ous qué ) ▁at ▁the ▁Las ▁Veg as ▁International ▁Film ▁Festival ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁A udi ence ▁Awards ▁for ▁Best ▁Fe ature ▁at ▁the ▁F resh ▁Film ▁Festival ▁in ▁Prag ue , ▁Czech ▁Republic , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁at ▁the ▁Cinema ▁at ▁the ▁Edge ▁Film ▁Festival ▁in ▁Santa ▁Mon ica , ▁California . ▁ ▁Cold water ' s ▁award ▁nomin ations ▁include ▁Best ▁Film ▁Ex pos é ▁and ▁Best ▁Film ▁on ▁Human ▁Rights ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁by ▁the ▁Political ▁Film ▁Society , ▁a ▁non pro fit ▁corpor ation ▁formed ▁to ▁recognize ▁the