In 2009 , it vied with films with historical themes for the Prix du film d’histoire at the Festival international du film d'histoire de Pessac . The 2010 Alliance Française French Film Festival screened it in the Resistance section , with other films dealing with themes of oppression and resistance . Later in 2010 it competed in the official section , reserved for Mediterranean films , for the Eros and Psyche Award and Special Mention/Artistic Expression recognition at the MedFilm Festival . It also participated in the 2011 Providence French Film Festival . '' Korkoro '' was screened on the first day of the Santa Barbara Human Rights Film Festival in 2011 , along with films on subjects related to human rights ranging from " abortion rights to post – civil-war Sierra Leone and the then ongoing political turmoil in Zimbabwe " . In the same year , the Ankara International Film Festival placed it in its masters section , along with the works of such noted filmmakers as Werner Herzog , Takeshi Kitano and Ken Loach . The Washington , DC International Film Festival also had a screening of the movie in 2011
Ankara International Film Festival
22nd Ankara International Film Festival
Korkoro