• Grand Prize, 1997 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
• Observer Prize for best documentary, 1998 Edinburgh International Film Festival
• International film critics award FIPRESCI, 1998 Berlin Film Festival (Forum)
• Special prize, 1996 Jerusalem International Film Festival

Participation in additional film festivals: San Francisco, Taormina, Montreal, Toronto, Pusan, Vancouver, Vienna, Gent, Dublin, Rio de Janeiro etc…

Recent festivals:

• Prague International Film Festival (Febiofest), Czech Republic March 2008
• Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan, June 2008 including an exhibition of photographs taken by Ron Havilio in 1968-1974
• Rennes (France), Festival traveling, February 2009
• and in China:
  - Kunming, Yunnan Multi Culture Visual Festival (Yunfest), 20-27 March 2009
  - Guangzhou, Screen-out Film Exhibition and Sun Yat-sen University, 28-31 March
  - Beijing, CIFA (Chinese Independent Film Archive) Film Festival, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art and Beijing Film Academy, 1-6 April 2009