Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich’s documentary The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue had its invitation withdrawn to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) because it did not meet “conditions that were requested” by the festival, TIFF organisers said today (August 13).

The film tells the story of retired Israel Defense Forces General Noam Tibon who went on a mission to rescue family members during the October 7 attacks.

In a statement, TIFF claimed the filmmakers did not secure “legal clearance of all footage”, which was among the conditions requested to mitigate “known risks around the screening of a film”.

The film was not part of the TIFF Docs announcement on August 6.

The full statement is below.

“The invitation for the Canadian documentary film The Road Between Us

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