The Sky Crawlers (film) ni Dakarete", by Ayaka, is not used in the American release. The film was an official selection of the 65th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Future Film Festival Digital Award, and the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Later, the film competed officially at the famed Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival, where it won three separate awards: the Jose Luis Guarner Critic Award, Best Original Soundtrack (for Kenji Kawai) and an award given by the Carnet Jove Jury for "the best motion picture for a youth audience." The film was also in the official selection at the
Quebec City Film Festival : cast members Roy Dupuis, Justin Leyrolles-Bouchard, Robert Lepage and Marianne Fortier were attending. Two Film Concerts were hosted at Palais Montcalm. "The Passion of Joan of Arc", Dreyer's silent masterpiece of 1928, eas interpreted by the pianist and organist Karol Mossakowski. QCFF also screened Oscar-winning "BiRDMAN" by Alejandro González Iñárritu, with the soundtrack performed live by its composer, drummer Antonio Sánchez. Various cultural personalities attended the Festival: Louise Lecavalier, Marc Séguin, Zachary Richard, Cédric Klapisch, and others. Mostly displayed in the historical center of Québec City, QCFF made screenings in the following places : Quebec City Film Festival Quebec