The German-Austrian coproduction starts out for its festival career as a contender of the main competition of the 38^th Moscow Film Festival  and will also be part of the Reihe Neues Deutsches Kino at the 34^th Filmfest Munich.

Jakob M. Erwa's feature debute Heile Welt, recently awarded the Diagonale-Prize for Best Austrian Movie, has been nominated for the First Steps Award in the category Best Feature Film.