[1] It was selected in the Panorama section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival where it was screened on 20 February 2024.

[3] Trojan, a skilled crook, comes back to Berlin after a botched up coup twelve years ago.

[1] Scorched Earth had its world premiere on 20 February 2024, as part of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, in Panorama.

[10] Andreas Köhnemann reviewing in Kino Zeit at Berlinale rated the film with four stars and wrote, "Scorched Earth is competently made genre cinema that, in its reduction, ensures the highest level of tension.

"[11] Susanne Gottlieb reviewing the film at Berlinale for Cineuropa wrote, "The narrative elements of friendship, trust, loneliness and betrayal are found in Scorched Earth, and Arslan understands how to handle these basic human conflicts, while also knowing how to keep his audience engaged right up until the final minute.