The film premiered in the Perspective Canada program at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival."A critical sampling of festival fare". The Globe and Mail, September 9, 1994. It was subsequently screened at the 1994 Atlantic Film Festival, where it won the awards for Best Direction and Best Writing in an Atlantic Canadian Film.Ian Johnston, "Paint Cans satire sweeps top Atlantic film awards". Halifax Daily News, September 22, 1994.
