DOCNZ International Documentary Festival: March 2009, Rialto Cinemas, Auckland, New Zealand;
Frameline33: June 2009, Castro Theatre, San Francisco, USA;
Rhode Island International Film Festival: Aug. 2009, Columbus Theatre Arts Center - Rhode Island, USA;
QueerDOC 2009: Sept. 2009, Dendy, Newtown, Sydney, Australia;
Vancouver International Film Festival: Oct. 2009, Pacific Cinémathèque, Vancouver, Canada;
52nd DOK Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film: Oct. 2009 Passage Kinos,
Schaubühne Lindenfels Ballsaal, Leipzig, Germany;
7th Mix Brasil Film Festival of Sexual Diversity: Nov. 2009, Sao Paulo, Brasil;
Chéries-Chéris, the Paris Gay Lesbians Trans Film Festival: Nov. 2009, Forum Des Images, Paris, France;
GlobalFest FilmFest: Jan. 2010, The Plaza Theatre, Calgary, Canada;
ReFrame Peterborough International Film Festival: Jan. 2010, Peterborough, Canada;
The Beloit International Film Festival: Feb 2010, Wilson Theatre, Beloit, USA;
The 24th BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival: March 2010, BFI Southbank, London, UK;
The Third International Gay and Lesbian Audiovisual Arts Festival of Andalusia: March 2010,
Cordoba, Spain;
Siddharth Gautam Film Festival: March 2010, Kolkata, India;
KASHISH - Mumbai International Queer Film Festival: April 2010, PVR, Juhu, Mumbai, India;
26th Boston LGBT Film Festival: May 2010, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA;
7th Planete Doc Review Film Festival: May 2010, Kinoteka Theater, Warsaw, Poland;
7th Festival CINEPRIDE de Nantes: May 2010, Cinema Kartorza, Nantes, France.
20th Anniversary Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival: May 2010, Toronto, Canada;
1st Annual Out Twin Cities Film Festival: OPENING NIGHT FILM, June 2010, Minneapolis, USA;
17th Gaze Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival: July 2010, Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin, Ireland;
aGLIFF 23 (Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival): September 2010, Alamo Drafthouse, Austin,
Texas, USA;
Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles: September 2010, Civic Center Theater, Los Angeles, USA;
Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: October 2010, Cinema 21, Portland, Oregon, USA;
Ellensburg Film Festival: October 2010, Ellensburg, Washington, USA;
8th Annual Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival: September 2010, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA;
Queer Brighton / Brighton Photo Biennial: 2010, Brighton, England;
Glasgay!: October 2010, CCA (Centre for Contemporary Art) Glasgow, Scotland;
Radar Hamburg International Independent Film Festival: November 2010, Hamburg, Germany.
Awards/Nominations:
Winner - aGLIFF23 Documentary Jury Feature Prize: Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival:
(USA, 2010);
Special Mention - Best New Zealand Feature Documentary: DOCNZ International Documentary Festival
(NZ, 2009);
Finalist - Best Festival/Arts/Documentary: Qantas Film and Television Awards (New Zealand, 2009);
In Competition: Third International Gay and Lesbian Audiovisual Arts Festival of Andalusia (Spain 2010);
In Competition: KASHISH - Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (India, 2010).
Broadcast:
Noga Channel 8: Israel
Rain TV Optimistic Channel: Russia
YLE: Finland
Above: “Ola, Aitu, Mauli - The Inner Person” courtesy of Shigeyuki Kihara and Rebecca Swan
Below: “Fa’a fafine Animation” from Assume Nothing