Shot in Calgary, Alberta, Canada July-Sept 2015. The Mongolia footage took place in nearby Kananaskis Country, at the Stoney Indian Reserves. Over one hundred Calgary residents of Mongolian heritage were hired to act in minor roles.
Burn Your Maps was filmed in 2015. The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2016. It was initially scheduled for limited, then wide release, for February/March 2017 but was ultimately pulled from the schedule. It was finally released on June 21, 2019, by Vertical Entertainment (4 years after being filmed, 3 years after showing at Toronto International Film Festival))
Burn Your Maps is a film adaptation of author Robyn Joy Leff's short story of the same name.