The film premiered in North America at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres on September 16 at the 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival , receiving a standing ovation . Cameron Baily , the artistic director at TIFF , called it : a " freewheeling , engaging romantic romp that has real weight even though its humorous touch is as light as air " . It was later selected as the Saudi Arabian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
Barakah Meets Barakah