Montreal native Barry Avrich is shown in this handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Toronto International Film Festival (Mandatory Credit)
ANGA controversial documentary about the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks in Israel will make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival today.
鈥淭he Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue,鈥 from Montreal native Barry Avrich, chronicles retired Israeli general Noam Tibon's mission to rescue his family during the attacks.
Last month, TIFF said it pulled the film from its lineup due to security concerns and rights issues, prompting criticism from politicians, Jewish organizations and entertainment industry figures.聽
The festival reinstated the film days later, pledging clearer communication around its programming decisions.
Several pro-Palestine protests have taken place along TIFF鈥檚 main strip since the festival began, with demonstrators telling 春色直播on Saturday they were concerned that Avrich鈥檚 film was 鈥渁rt-washing鈥 Israel鈥檚 ongoing offensive in Gaza.
The team behind the documentary said last month they are not political filmmakers or activists but storytellers.聽
They added that films are meant to stimulate "debate from every perspective that can both entertain us and make us uncomfortable."
"The Road Between Us" is described on TIFF鈥檚 website as a 鈥渞escue thriller鈥 in which Avrich combines new interviews with footage from Oct. 7.
Several films by Palestinian filmmakers are also showing at TIFF, including the historical drama 鈥淧alestine 36,鈥 which transports audiences to the 1930s, when the territory was under British control, before the creation of the state of Israel.
Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251 people in their attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, prompting Israel's retaliatory offensive.
Since then, more than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war in the Gaza Strip, local health officials said last week. The ministry doesn鈥檛 say how many of those killed in the war were militants or civilians, but says women and children make up around half the dead.
鈥 With files from The Associated Press
This report by 春色直播was first published Sept. 10, 2025.
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