The 2024 Camerimage Film Festival will hand a unique world premiere screening to Rust, the Alec Baldwin starring Western which became global news after the fatal on-set shooting of Ukrainian cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Alongside a debut screening, Camerimage will also hold a panel discussion with the film’s director Joel Souza, cinematographer Bianca Cline, and Hutchins’ longtime mentor Stephen Lighthill.
The panel will follow the screening. Festival organizers have said the filmmakers will discuss events surrounding the film and how the continued production with Cline after Hutchins’ death.
Organizers have said the group will also discuss the role of women in cinematography and safety on film sets. A native of neighboring Ukraine, Hutchins is said to have lobbied Souza early during the film’s production to screen the project in Poland at Camerimage — a festival that honors international cinematographers.
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