World Premiere
38th International Film Festival Rotterdam
Bright Futures
– NETPAC Special Mention Award “for [the director’s] bravery, his folly and his determination in showing us his little piece of heaven.”

 

 

Asian Premiere
33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival
Indie Power

 

 

22nd Singapore International Film Festival
In Focus

 

10th Jeonju International Film Festival
International Competition 

 

 

11th Barcelona Asian Film Festival 
Oficial
– Special Mention Award “for its unusual approach and his masterly direction”

 

5th Libertas Film Festival 
In competition: Feature Narratives

 

27th Filmfest M?nchen
Focus on the Far East

 

18th Brisbane International Film Festival
Asia Pacific
– NETPAC Award 

 

4th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
Asian Feature
– Golden Hanoman Award
– NETPAC Award: “This film embodies a respectful and unobstrusive directorial approach in representing the struggle for survival. It shows an intelligent use of cinematic apparatus in addressing not only a question that we all share in Asia-namely how to keep rice farming sustainable-but also the universal question of challenging state hegemony”

 

28th Vancouver International Film Festival
Dragons & Tigers

 

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Special Invitation Film

 

36th Flanders International Film Festival Ghent
World Cinema – A LOOK APART

 

7th Doclisboa
Riscos

 

11th Mumbai Film Festival
World Cinema

 

47th VIENNALE – Vienna International Film Festival
Propositions

 

10th Asiaticafilmmediale, Rome
Competition

 

CPH:DOX
Re:Think

24th Mar del Plata International Film Festival
The State of Things

 

13th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Feature Presentation
– Best Narrative Film

 

Taipei Golden Horse International Film Festival
Gala Screenings / Voice from the SEA

 

11th International Film Festival Bratislava
Documentaries Competition

 

31st Festival des 3 Continents
Official Selection – Out of Competition

 

14th International Film Festival of Kerala
World Cinema

 

8th Pune International Film Festival
Global Cinema

28th Fajr International Film Festival
Special Screening, Documentary

!f Istanbul
!f Inspired International Competition
– !f Inspired Award – Most Inspired Director

 

National Film & Sound Archive, Canberra
Regional Intersections – Intersections of Area, Cultural and Media Studies conference

 

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Documentary Fortnight

 

28th San Francisco Asian American Film Festival
Documentary Showcase

 

Berlin Documentary Forum,  Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Authorship. Authority. Authenticity.

 

Millenium International Documentary Film Festival
Competition
– Special Jury Award

 

Robert Flaherty Film Seminar
Work

 

Asian Hot Shot Berlin Festival
Competition
– Green Chilies Award (Best Film)

 

Also at: ZA-KOENJI, Ljubljana Doc, Melnitz Movies UCLA, Wisconsin, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Asian Film Festival of Dallas, NETPAC Imaging Asia, Harbourfront Centre Toronto, OzAsia Adelaide, Flahertiana, Vietnam, Five Flavours Warsaw…

 

63 International Film Festivals & Events Selections
10 International Awards