Max Schimmelpfennig and Mateo Wansing Lorrio also played two brothers in the later filmed episode "Sie sind mein L-Lieblingslehrer!" of the German TV series "Der Lehrer". The exact same constellation - Schimmelpfennig as a teenager who is burdened with a younger mentally disabled brother (played by Wansing Lorrio) - found a use again.
The movie was supported by the Nordrheinwestfälischer Kendoverband e.V. (North Rhine-Westphalian Kendo Federation) as well as the LSVD Ortsverband Köln e.V. (Cologne Lesbian and Gay Association).
"Hiebfest" won the Volker Rodde Film Award in 2016.