‘Rust’ premieres at Polish film festival after three years of shooting incident

• Rust is set to premiere at the Camerimage film festival in Poland.
• The film gained notoriety when an incident led to Hutchins’ death.
• Baldwin faced involuntary manslaughter charges.

The Western film Rust is set to premiere on Wednesday at the Camerimage film festival in Torun, Poland, nearly three years after the tragic on-set shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

The film, starring Alec Baldwin, gained notoriety in 2021 when a rehearsal incident led to Hutchins’ death and injured director Joel Souza. Baldwin, accused of violating basic gun safety rules, faced involuntary manslaughter charges, which were dismissed earlier this year due to withheld evidence.

Hutchins’ mother, Olga Solovey, expressed her refusal to attend the event, stating, “Baldwin continues to increase my pain with his refusal to apologise to me and his refusal to take responsibility for her death.”

Director Joel Souza, who was wounded in the incident, will introduce the film. According to the festival, the screening honors Hutchins’ memory and her vision for Rust to be showcased at Camerimage. Bianca Cline, who completed the film as cinematographer, will also attend, though Baldwin will not.

The tragedy reignited debates about firearm safety on film sets, leading to revised industry guidelines. While Rust tells a fictional tale of accidental death in the Old West, its production became a somber reflection of real-life events, with filming concluding last year in Montana.

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