5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Toronto International Film Festival reverses course, will ‘ensure' Oct. 7 doc is screened following swift backlash
In a stunning reversal, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will 'ensure' the screening of a documentary about Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel after initially booting the film because the terror group hadn't given permission to use its footage.
3 TIFF has reversed its previous decision to cut the film from the festival.
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TIFF's turnaround comes only as the festival faced outrage over reports that 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue' wouldn't be screened, because the filmmakers used footage filmed by Hamas but didn't obtain the rights for the clips.
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Festival CEO Cameron Bailey defended the earlier decision to bump the documentary, insisting in a Wednesday statement that 'censorship' had nothing to do with its original stance.
3 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue' details the horrors of the October 7th attacks in Israel.
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'I want to be clear: Claims that the film was rejected due to censorship are unequivocally false. I remain committed to working with the filmmaker to meet TIFF's screening requirements to allow the film to be screened at this year's festival. I have asked our legal team to work with the filmmaker on considering all options available,' Bailey wrote on social media.
