1. Special Mention Prize from the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI)     (8th Singapore International Film Festival) 2. Special Jury Prize     (9th Fukuoka Asian Film Festival - July 1996) 3. Special Mention from the Jury - New Currents Award Competition - Best New Asian Director     (1st Pusan International Film Festival - September 1996) 1. 8th Singapore Internationsl Film Festival (April 1995) 2. Asian Film Festival / Asian-American Federation of Florida Inc. (May 1995) 3. Fukuoka Asian Film Festival (Competition) (July 1995) 4. 9th Moscow International Film Festival (Competition) (July 1995) 5. The World Film Festial - Montreal (August/September 1995) 6. La Biennale Di Venezia - Venice Film Festival (August/September 1995) 7. 14th Vancouver international Film Festival (Competition) (September/October 1995) 8. Mill Valley Film Festival (October 1995) 9. The Shanghai International Film Festival (October/November 1995) 10. Hawaii International Film Festival (November 1995) 11. London Film Festival (November 1995) 12. Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (October/November 1995) 13. 19th Cairo International Film Festival (November/December 1995) 14. Berlin International Film Festival (Forum) (Febuary 1996) 15. The Night Film Festival - Copenhagen (March 1996) 16. Festival de Films de Fribourg (Competition) (March 1996) 17. 11th Dublin Film Festival (March) 18. San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (March 1996) 19. 20th Cleveland International Film Festival (March 1996) 20. Hong Kong International Film Festival (March/April 1996) 21. Sydney Film Festival (June 1996) 22. 13th Jerusalem Film Festival (July 1996) 23. Stockholm Film Festival (July 1996) 24. Asian American Film Festival - New York/Brooklyn (July/August 1996) 25. Sacramento Festival of Cinema (August 1996) 26. The 1st Pusan International Film Festival (Competition) (September 1996) 27. Australian International Film festival - Canberra (October 1996) 28. 16th Festival International du Film d'Amiens (November 1996) 29. Filmfest Braunschweig (November 1996) 30. Associacao Cultural Sladanha - Lisbon (November 1996) 31. Calcutta International Film Festival (December 1996) 32. PIA Film Festival - Tokyo (December 1996) 33. Cinemaya - Kerala (January 1997) 34. Cinema Lumiere - Bologna (Febuary 1997) 35. International Film Festival of Festivals in Saint-Petersburg - St Petersburg (June 1997)