"die schneider krankheit" had its premiere at the 41st sitges film festival on 2 october 2008. there is typically no super 8 category at film festivals, so it was usually screened among video entries rather than 35 or 16 mm. within the first two years of its release, the short film was selected for more than 200 international film festivals and received more than forty-five awards. in 2016, there was a special screening of the short with chillon's third short film, "they will all die in space" at the skepto international film festival.