the film premiered at the hong kong international film festival in april 2017, and was also chosen for the karlovy vary film festival. it became the first konkani film to be commercially released in france. juze also became the first konkani film to be selected for mentoring and promotion during film bazaar, the filmmaking lab organised by national film development corporation (nfdc) in goa, in 2015. it was featured at the mumbai film festival in october 2017, at the 48th international film festival of india (iffi) in the indian panorama section in november 2017, the minsk film festival in belarus (where it won an award) and the dublin international film festival in ireland. the film was finally released in goa, with an "a" certification by the central board of film certification (cbfc), in april 2018.