The film's characters first appeared in Lotte reis lõunamaale (Lotte Goes South), an Estonian animated TV series consisting of 13 five-minute episodes.
In 2007, the film was awarded the Latvian Film Prize for best animated feature film.
The films and their characters proved so popular in their homeland, that a theme park, Lottemaa (Lotte Village Theme Park), opened in Reiu, Häädemeeste Parish, Estonia.