On 24 September 2012, the film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards.

[citation needed] However, on the same day, the head of Iran's government-controlled cinema agency called for a boycott of the Oscars due to a video on YouTube titled Innocence of Muslims that originated in the United States.

[5] The film features two concurrent stories: the main plot centering on Pasandideh, and a subplot focusing on Hormoz.

She is soon supposed to marry a family friend's grandson, who is studying abroad in a western country.

Acclaimed film producer Abbas Kiarostami designed one of the posters that was used to promote A Cube of Sugar.