The film was first shown at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland on 8 August 2013 . It has subsequently been shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada , the BFI London Film Festival in the United Kingdom , the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece ( under the title '' Ena xorki gia na dioxeis to skotadi '' ) , the AFI Fest in the United States , the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival in Denmark , the Torino Film Festival in Italy , the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Netherlands , the Vilnius International Film Festival in Lithuania ( under the title '' Kerai nuo tamsos '' ) , the New Directors/New Films Festival in the US , the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic , the New Horizons Film Festival in Poland ( under the title '' Zaklecie , ktore odpedza ciemnosc '' ) , and the Three Rivers Film Festival in the US . It has also seen release in Barcelona , Spain ( on 6 November 2014 ) , and New York City , US ( on 5 December 2014 ) , and is due to be released in France on 18 March 2015
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness