Festivals:

The Wasteland has been officially selected in more than 30 international film festivals and has attracted the attention of both national and international critics and artists.

77^th Venice Int’l Film Festival (Biennale), 2 – 12 September 2020 (Orizzonti Competition Section), Venice – Italy (Winner of Best Film Award – Winner of FIPRESCI Award – Winner of FAI Foundation Award)

11^th Middle East Now Film Festival, 6 – 11 October 2020, Florence – Italy

65^th Valladolid Int’l Film Festival (Seminci), 24 – 31 October 2020, Valladolid – Spain  (Official Competition Section)

33^rd Tokyo Int’l Film Festival, October 31 – November 9, 2020 Tokyo – Japan (World Focus)

31^st Stockholm Int’l Film Festival, 11 – 22 November 2020, Stockholm –  Sweden (Open Zone – Int’l Critics Competition)

24^th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, November 13 – 29 2020, Tallinn Estonia (Current Waves)

31^st Singapore Int’l Film Festival, 26^th November – 6^th December 2020 (Asian Feature Competition)

13^th Subversive Int’l Film Festival, November 29^th – December 5^th 2020, Zagreb – Croatia (Competition Section- Winner of Wild Dreamer Award for Best Feature Film)

25^th Kerala Int’l Film Festival, 12^th – 19^th February 2021, Kerala – India (World Cinema)

18^th Chennai Int’l Film Festival, 18^th – 25^th February 2021, Chennai – India

19^th Pune International Film Festival, 4^th – 11^th March 2021, Pune – India (Global Cinema)

11^th Yashwant Int’l Film Festival, 13^th – 18^th March 2021, Mumbai – India

45^th Hong Kong Int’l Film Festival, April 1^st – 12^th 2021, Hong Kong (Competition Section, winner of FIREBIRD Award for the Best Film – Winner of Best Actor Award)

9^th MOOOV Int’l Film Festival, 20^th April – 3^rd May 2021, Bruges and Turnhout – Belgium (Int’l Competition)

14^th Lichter Film Fest Frankfurt Int’l, 27^th April – 2^nd May 2021, Frankfurt – Germany

10^th Iranian Film Festival Australia, 20 May – 16 June 2021, Perth, Brisbane & Sydney – Australia (Competition Section)

24^th Shanghai Int’l Film Festival, 11 – 20 June 2021, Shanghai – China (International Panorama)

10^th Bildrausch Film Festival Basel, June 16^th – 20^th 2021, Basel – Swiss (International Competition)

28^th Art Film Fest Kosice, 23^rd – 27^th June 2021, Bratislava – Slovakia (International Competition)

69^th Melbourne Int’l Film Festival, 5^th – 22^nd August 2021, Melbourne – Australia

21^st New Horizons Int’l Film Festival, 12^th – 22^nd August 2021, Warsaw –  Poland (Main Competition)

The Vancouver Cinematheque, 9^th – 12^th and 15^th September 2021, Vancouver – Canada

7^th Bogota Int’l Film Festival, 7^th – 15^th October 2021, Bogota – Colombia (Winner of Youth Award)

15^th Asian Film Awards, 8^th October 2021, Busan – Korea (Winner of Best Cinematography Award)

29^th Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival, 28 October – 7 November 2021, Toronto – Canada

32^nd Carthage Film Festival, October 30 – November 6 2021, Carthage – Tunisia (World Cinema)

19^th Inverness Film Festival, November 5^th – 11^th 2021, Inverness – Scotland

2^nd Vitré New Persian Images Film Festival, 10^th – 14^th November 2021, Vitre – France (Competition Section, winner of Best Film Award and Artistic & Cultural Education Award)

19^th Pune International Film Festival, 2^nd – 9^th December 2021, Pune – India (Global Cinema)

11^th Yashwant Int’l Film Festival, 10^th – 16^th December 2021, Mumbai – India

8^th Silk Road Int’l Film Festival, 8^th – 12^th December 2021, Fu Zhou – China

National Museum of Asian Art – Smithsonian Institution, 14^th – 30^th January 2022, Washington DC – Maryland and Virginia, USA

32^nd Tromso Int’l Film Festival, 17^th – 23^rd January 2022, Tromso – Norway (Winner of The Norwegian Peace Film Award)

UCLA Film & Television Archive, April 29^th  – May 8^th  2022, LA – USA