 "Sky-Blue Hometown" would go on to be invited to several international film festivals in 2001, including the Asian American International Film Festival in New York, the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Japan, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and the International Festival of Audio-visual Programs in Paris.In November of the following year, it won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema prize at the Taiwan International Documentary Festival.However, it was not shown in cinemas in Korea until 2003.