in Toronto at Musique Corazon Studio and Blue Sound and Music, with ADR re-recording done at Soundesign in Los Angeles. Voice overs were done at Nomad Editing Company in Santa Monica which included Kate Hudson's new husband, Danny Fujikawa, and the official voice of iPhone, Glenn Martin. Release Scumbag had its world premiere at the 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam on 2 February 2017. Roberge, cast members Debra Haden and Camille Waldorf, along with the soundtrack artist Linda Lamb, were present for this, engaging with the audience after the film. It then had its North American premiere in the Museum of the Moving Image on 18 March 2017 for Queens World Film Festival] with an introduction from the Emmy Award-winning Sex and the City stylist, Patricia Field. Scumbag was selected by 18 film festivals, touring the film festival circuit with the most recent festival screening taking place on May 24, 2020 at Lower East Side Festival of the Arts held at Theater for the New City in New York City. Scumbag was released on VOD in North America by Byron Allen's company, Freestyle Digital Media, on 1 May 2018, available on iTunes, Vudu Movies & TV, Google Play, YouTube Movies, Amazon Instant, Amazon Prime, Fandango Now, FiOS from Frontier, Verizon Fios, Xbox, Vubiquity, SlingTV, Tubi TV, Walmart.com, MCTV, DirecTV, and Dish Network. Scumbag was released theatrically by OurScreen in the U.K. on 18 May 2018, with the U.K. premiere held at VUE Piccadilly, hosted with a cast Q & A from Bruno Wizard of the punk band The Homosexuals. Scumbag cast member Ryan Beard answered questions from the audience. Scumbag was released digitally outside of North America on April 4, 2019 through Distrify. Since the shutdown of Distrify, Scumbag was re-released outside of North America on November 30, 2021 on Vimeo on Demand. World Domination Pictures has also released the film internationally on Moodbox, Popsy on Plex, Mometu, Vimeo on Demand and Nuclear Home Video. Reception Scumbag has had mixed reviews where audiences either love or hate the movie, there is no middle ground. Scumbag has been called a "must see cult film" by World of Wonder while the China publication The Polysh says "you may hate the filmmaker for making you walk on mine bombs that go against public morales". Scumbag was selected as the Pick of the Week by LA Weekly in March 2018. Film Threat calls it