Queen Lear is awarded for the Best Feature Documentary by the members of The Turkish Film Critics Association at 52nd SIYAD Awards on August 23, 2020.
15th South East European Film Festival, being run online from June 24 - August 16 2020, awarded Queen Lear for the best documentary.
As part of the 23rd Maine International Film Festival between July 7-16 2020, Queen Lear is showing at the Skowhegan Drive-In Theatre on Sunday, July 12.
Having its Spanish premiere at 28th Barcelona International Women’s Film Festival, Queen Lear will be screened online between 8-14 June 2020 for the audience in Spain.
Having its German premiere at DOK.fest München, Queen Lear will be screened online between 7-24 May 2020 for the audience in Germany.
İstanbul Modern Cinema will feature all productions in Esmer's filmography with some special screenings and interviews between 6-16 Feb 2020.
Queen Lear will premiere at FIPADOC International Documentary Festival in Biarritz, France.
Pelin Esmer is invited to Camargo Foundation in Cassis-Marseille as one of the guest artists in residence to work on her new script in 2019.
After Adana Golden Boll FF, Queen Lear was screened at the 2'nd Ayvalık Film Festival with the attendance of Arslanköy Theatre Group.
Queen Lear made its international premier at 26'th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival and received Yılmaz Güney Film Award, Cüneyt Cebenoyan Critiques Award and Best Music Award.