the film premiered at the torino film festival in 2016, and screened at several film festivals throughout 2017 before having its commercial premiere in canada in november 2017. the toronto film critics association named the film as a finalist for the rogers best canadian film award at the toronto film critics association awards 2017. it was a finalist for the john dunning discovery award at the 6th canadian screen awards. it won the best narrative feature award at the san diego asian film festival 2017.