The film was invited to compete at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival , as the festival 's director , Thierry Frémaux , saw the film , and praised it , calling it a " really good film . It complements '' Citizenfour '' marvelously . It helps understand a lot of things " . Frémaux said he wanted the film to screen at Cannes , but explained that the film 's producers " want to aim for the Oscars , so for them a Cannes premiere was a little too early " . It was shown at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival , and had its European premiere at the 64th San Sebastián Film Festival
2016 Cannes Film Festival
2016 Cannes Film Festival
Snowden (film)