Film Movement Acquires U.S. Rights to Russia-Ukraine War Documentary ‘In the Rearview’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comCaroline Brew editor Film Movement has acquired the U.S. rights to Maciek Hamela’s “In the Rearview,” following its Cannes Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival premieres.
Film Movement has a theatrical release and awards campaign planned with the documentary’s producers and Polish Film Institute, which co-financed the film. “In the Rearview” won the Grand Jury Award at the Sheffield DocFest and will next play in DOC NYC as a Winner’s Circle selection as well as the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. “We are proud to bring this intimate, yet powerful and devastating film to U.S.
audiences, reminding us all of the human perspective of a war which continues to rage,” Film Movement president Michael Rosenberg said in a statement.
The award-winning documentary offers an intimate observation of the Russia-Ukraine war while it unfolds, following multiple generations of Ukrainian civilians forced to abandon their homes and rely on Hamela’s volunteer aid van to escape.
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