AWARDS

Nominee for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2009
 
Best European Film - Europa Cinemas Label
Berlin Film Festival, Panorama Section

Best Foreign Language Film - FIPRESCI Award
Palm Springs International Film Festival

Best International Film - Sedona International Film Festival
 
Best Actress - Irina Potapenko
Max Ophüls Festival in Saarbrücken (Germany)
 
Winner of the First Prize "AURORA"
Tromsö International Filmfestival (Norway)
 
Winner of the FIPRESCI Award
Tromsö International Filmfestival (Norway)
 
Winner of the "Diagonale Prize"
Best Austrian film of the Diagonale 2008
 
Winner of the "Art-Cinéma-Award 2008"
CICAE (Confédération Internationale des Cinémas D´Art et Essai)

Winner of the "From A to A-Award"
Internationalen Filmfestival in Motovun, Croatia

Best Screenplay and Audience Award (Two Prizes)
Internationalen Filmfestival in Monterrey, Mexico
 
First Prize ("Star 2008")
Fünf Seen Filmfestival in Starnberg
 
First Prize ("Fliegender Ochse")
18th Filmkunstfest M-V in Schwerin
 
Martin Gschlacht wins the Diagonale Prize
AAC for Best Camera 2008
 
Maria Gruber wins the Femina Film Prize for set design
18th Verband der Filmarbeiterinnen e.V.

FESTIVALS

2009
Wisconsin Film Festival
Philadelphia Film Festival
Bermuda International Film Festival
Sedona International Film Festival
Film Comment Selects
Spokane International Film Festival
Portland International Film Festival
International Istanbul Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
Tromsö International Filmfestival
Palm Springs International Film Festival

2008
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Belgrade International Film Festival
Vilnius International Film Festival
São Paulo International Film Festival
Sevilla European Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
London Film Festival
Haifa International Film Festival
Warschau Film Festival
Morelia International Film Festival
Pusan International Film Festival
Reykjavík International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Zürich Film Festival
Oldenburg International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
Monterrey International Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
Brisbane International Film Festival
Motovun Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Fünf Seen Festival, First Prize
Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Sydney Film Festival
Brussels Film Festival
18th Filmkunstfestes M-V
Diagonale Festival of Austrian Films
Berlin International Film Festival