EXCLUSIVE: Cinephil has come aboard to represent worldwide sales rights to Polish director Maciek Hamela’s In The Rearview, which will make its debut in the Cannes Film Festival next week as part of the ACID (Association for the Diffusion of Independent Cinema) program.
The project is a collective portrait composed of an array of experienes of Ukrainians who share a single goal: finding a safe haven in the throes of conflict.
It follows multiple generations of Ukrainian civilians as they abandon their homes and rely on the help of Hamela’s volunteer aid van to escape the life-threatening conflict.
As he steers through minefields to leave Ukraine and tries to get through numerous military checkpoints, Hamela guides the documentary from behind the wheel and behind the camera, crisscrossing the roads of Ukraine to transport uprooted refugees safely to Poland.
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