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TIFF pulls documentary on 2023 Hamas attack from festival lineup, citing footage rights issue

NEW YORK (AP) — The ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ International Film Festival has pulled from its lineup a documentary on the Hamas 2023 attack into Israel over what the festival says was a footage rights issue.

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A sign bearing the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ International Film Festival logo. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)


NEW YORK (AP) — The ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ International Film Festival has pulled from its lineup a documentary on the Hamas 2023 attack into Israel over what the festival says was a footage rights issue.

Organizers for the festival acknowledged on Tuesday that they withdrew Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich’s “The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue†after initially offering the film a spot in the upcoming edition of TIFF. The film chronicles the story of retired whose efforts to save his family and others during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack was profiled in a “60 Minutes†segment.

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