The Hider has been selected to several film festivals: Mediterranean Film Festival 2017 in Syracusa, Italy, Alternative Film Festival 2017 Spring Edition in Toronto, Canada, Shock Stock Film Festival 2017 in London, Ontario, Canada, Horror at the Hooker 2017 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA and Flaming Puma Horror Film Festival in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA. At the AltFF 2017 Spring Edition in Toronto, The Hider won Best Horror Short, and the director, Deborah Jayne Reilly Smith was nominated for Best Director in the Short Program.