Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
"Kaddu Beykat" played at the 1976 Berlin International Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize and the OCIC Award. It also won the Georges Sadoul Prize and an award at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. It was released in France on October 20, 1976. It was initially banned in Senegal.