• 31st Rotterdam, 2002 (Official Selecsion) (World premier) (Tiger Nomination)
• 38th Carlovy Vary, 2002 (Official Selecsion)
• 25th Göteberg, 2002 (Official Selecsion)
• 46th London, 2002(Official Selecsion)
• 7th Pusan, 2002, South Korea (Official Selecsion) (Asian premiere)
• 26th Montreal, 2002 (Official Selecsion)
• 19th Jerusalem, 2002 (Official Selecsion) (Special Jury Citation)
• 28th Seattle, 2002 (Special Jury Award)
• 5th annual The Method Fest, Burbank, CA
• 14th Galway Film Fleadh, 2002, Ireland
• 17th Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2002
• 15th Fukouka, 2005 - Focus On Assia, Japan
• 18th FesTroia, 2002, Setubal, Portugal (Dolphin Award)
• Festival do Rio, 2002, Rio de Janeiro
• Warsaw, 2002, Poland
• 11th Philadelphia 2002, USA premiere
• 6th Cinemaya Festival of Asian Cinema, New Delhi
• 20th Cinema Novo Festival, 2002, Brugge, Belgium
• 10th Open Doek Film Festival, 2002, Turnhout, Belgium
• Asiatica Film Mediale, 2002, Rome
• Human Rights Watch Int'l Film Festival 2003, New York premiere
• Human Rights Watch International Film festival, 2003, Boston
• HRW Traveling Film festival, Guam
• WOW! The Wales One World Film Festival 2003
• 2005 FebioFest, Prague, Czech Republic
• 16th Singapore Int'l Film Festival
• Right to Have Rights Film Festival, Modena, Italy (popular Jury Award)
• 1st Human Rights Int'l. Film festival, Barcelona
• 2nd Kurdish Film Festival, 2002, London
• Exile Film festival, Göteborg
• MedFilm Festival 2003, Roma
• Global Peace Film Festival, Orlando, Florida
• Explore Asian Film Festival, Vancouver
• 2nd Arab Film Festival, 2002, Rotterdam
• Biennale des Cinémas Arabes, Paris
  
• 2005 Arab Film Fest, Tokyo, Japan
• Public Access Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
• 2nd International Film Festival Bangladesh
• 2nd Liberty Film Festival 2005- West Hollywood, California
• Minneapolis/St Paul Int'l Film Festival, USA
• Balafon Film Festival - XV edition; Bari-Italy 2005
• Kurdish Film Festival, Montreal, 2006

Awards:

• Winner Special Jury Award ‐ New Director's Showcase, Seattle Int’l Film Festival 2002

• Winner ‐ International Film Festival Festroia , Setubal, Portugal, 2002.

• In The Spirit of Freedom Award ‐ 19th Jerusalem Film Festival 2002

• Winner Rights to Have Rights Film Festival, Modena, Italy, 2003