Principal photography lasted 21 days and was completed on schedule and within budget.
On 18 November 2004, the film premiered to a standing ovation at the Cape Town World Cinema Festival.
In May 2005, the film screened at the Cannes Film Festival, representing South Africa in the Tous Les Cinema de Monde (All the Cinemas of the World) section.
Greene also organized an outdoor screening for street kids in Cape Town.
Throughout the making of the movie, Greene kept his funders informed of the progress of the movie via email and all 1000 Associate Producers are listed in the film's credits, making it the longest Associate Producer credit title in history.