Selected Festivals
Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland (World Premiere)
Cinéma Tout Écran, Geneva, Switzerland
Duisburger Filmwoche, Germany
Französische Filmtage Tübingen, Germany
Filmtage Augsburg, Germany
Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland
Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival, Saarbrücken, Germany
Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
Moscow International Film Festival, Russia (2000)
Der Neue Heimatfilm, Austria
Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage, Tunisia
Weltfilmtage Thusis, Switzerland
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival, USA
Moscow International Film Festival, Russia (2001 edition)
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, Cape Town, South Africa
Awards
Swiss Film Prize – Best Documentary Film (Nomination)
Selected Festivals
France: Clermont-Ferrand and Angers, plus the Institut du Monde Arabe
Germany: Duisburg, Saarbrücken, Augsburg and Tübingen
Austria: the Upper Austria award and regional press
Sweden: Göteborg
Poland: Kraków
Tunisia: Carthage
Italy: Rome
Russia: Moscow
Taiwan: Golden Horse
South Africa and the United States for the later festival screenings
Premiering at Locarno, ID Swiss toured international festivals across Europe, Africa and the United States, including Clermont-Ferrand, Göteborg, Moscow, Carthage, Cape Town and Minneapolis–St. Paul.