Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ihe nkiri mbụ nke Candescent kwadoro bụ "The Queen of Versailles", nke bụ ihe nkiri abalị mmeghe na 2012 Sundance Film Festival, ma họrọ ya maka DGA Award, IDA Award na Critics 'Choice Award. Hartley rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-emepụta ihe. Dịka onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri "Sons of the Clouds", ihe nkiri nke na-enyocha ihe gbasara ikike mmadụ na Western Sahara na Javier Bardem, Hartley meriri Goya Award 2013
maka ihe nkiri kacha mma. E gosipụtara ihe nkiri ahụ na 2012 Berlin International Film Festival, nwere North American premiere na Toronto International Film Festival, ma gosipụta ya na United Nations na New York, RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights na Washington, DC, na na European Parliament na Brussels.