FESTIVALS

Montreal International Film Festival (Focus on World Cinema 2007) WORLD PREMIERE

Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil (Expectations 2007)

Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival, Germany (International Discoveries 2007)

Kerala International Film Festival, India (in competition 2007) won FIPRESCI AWARD (International Film Critics Federation) for the best film in competition

Pune International Film Festival, India (in competition 2008) won BEST DIRECTOR AWARD

Fjar International Film Festival, Tehran, Iran (in competition 2008)

Birds Eye View Festival, London, United Kingdom (2008)

Natfilm Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark (World Wide Programme 2008)

Famafest, Portugal (in competition 2008) won PRÉMIO DA LUSOFONIA for the best book adaptation

African Asian and Latin American Film Festival of Milan, Italy (in competition 2008) won SIGNIS AWARD

Afrikamera, Warsaw, Poland (2008)

Indie Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (National Competition 2008) won AUDIENCE AWARD and a SPECIAL MENTION of Amnesty International

Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania (2008)

Cines del Sur, Granada, Spain (Itinerários 2008)

Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia (African Cinema 2008)

Africa In The Picture, Amsterdam, Holland (Highlights Motherland 2008)

Zimbabwe International Film Festival, Zimbabwe (2008)

Films From The South, Oslo, Norway (2008)

Cartage International Film Festival (International Section 2008)

Calcutta International Film Festival, India (International Section 2008)

African Film Festival of Verona, Italy (in competition 2008) won SAVE THE CHILDREN WARD

Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (Black Pearl 2008)

Bursa International Film Festival, Turkey (in competition  2008) won BEST SCRIPT AWARD

Pan African Film & Arts Festival, London, UK (2008)

Cinemafrica Filmfestival, Stockholm, Sweden (2009)

Pan African Film & Arts Festival, Los Angeles, USA (2009)

Afrika Filmfestival of Leuven, Belgian (2009)

African Film Festival of Tarifa, Spain (2009)