The Trance Bardo premiered at the University of Miami Canes Student Film Festival on May 2018.
The Trance Bardo was the Official Selection for the Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival Online on February 2019 and the Official Selection for the WRPN Women's International Film Festival in 2019.
Writer-Director-Producer Willa Simone Kaufman used poems written by published poet, Elizabeth Jacobson, through out the film and was the inspiration for The Trance Bardo.
The paintings in Boogie's exhibition and studio are original works by artist Leda Salazar.