"Twisted" was an official selection at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York screened "Twisted" in its Cineprobe Series in 1997 and granted the director an honorarium for his work. MoMA screened the film again in 2013 as part of the Museum's celebration of the Charles Dickens' bicentenary film series and inducted the film into their permanent film collection.