In director John Waters's annual Top 10 list, Jeannette - Die Kindheit der Jeanne d'Arc (2017) was the best film he saw in 2018.
The prestigious French film magazine 'Cahiers du cinéma' declared Jeannette - Die Kindheit der Jeanne d'Arc (2017) the 2nd best film of 2017.
As the film was produced by Franco-German TV channel Arte, it first premiered on television, a week before its theatrical release.