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-Best Short Film, Festival of the Iranian Cinema (KHANEH CINEMA), Tehran, Iran, 2014
-First Prize, La Cinéfondation, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France, 2013
-Silver Hugo for Best Live-Action Short, Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, US, 2013
-Honorable Mention in the Shortcut Competition, Tofifest International Film Festival, Torun, Poland, 2013
-Best Narrative Award, Eastern Breeze Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2013

-MOSTRA: Brazilian Film Series – Shorts Edition in São Paolo, Brazil, 2014
-Kinemastik International Short Film Festival Official Selection, Malta, 2014
-International Film Festival Message to Man Official Selection, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2014
-Birds Eye view Film Festival Official Selection, London, UK, 2014
-Festival Cinema Invisible Official Selection, Schenectady, NY, 2014
-Utah Arts Festival, Fear No Film, UT, US, 2014
-Females First, Women-Only Film Series, Dazed Vision, 2014
-Black Movie, Geneva International Independent Film Festival Official Selection, Geneva,
Switzerland, 2014
-Melbourne International Film festival Official Selection, Melbourne, Australia, 2013
-Chicago International Film Festival Official Selection, Chicago, US, 2013
-Cannes Film Festival, Cinéfondation Official Selection, Cannes, France, 2013
-International Yasujiro Ozu Film Festival Official Selection, Sassuolo, Italy, 2013
-Tofifest International Film Festival Official Selection, Torun, Poland, 2013
-Moscow Shorts Film Festival, Debutes, “Crème-de-la Crème” Screening, Moscow, Russia,
2013
-Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series, California, US, 2013
-Facets Film Dialogue, Facets Cinematheque, Chicago, US, 2013
-Eastern Breeze Film Festival Official Selection, Toronto, Canada, 2013
-Iranian Film Festival Official Selection, San Francisco, California, US, 2013
-Noor Film Festival Official Selection, Los Angeles, California, US, 2013
-Female Eye Film Festival Official Selection, Toronto, Canada, 2013
-Persian International Film Festival, Official Selection, Melbourne, Australia, 2013
-Zlin Film Festival, Zlin Dog Official Selection, Zline, Czech Republic, 2013
-Ivy Film Festival at Brown University Official Selection, Rhode Island, US, 2013
-Frankfurt Film Festival (Lichter) Official Selection, Frankfurt, Germany, 2013