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This is a small surprise and an amazing outcome considering so many were trying to ban this documentary. The people know better than the elites and politicians seeking votes from a large demographic of some that do not like Judaism.
This is a small glimmer of hope in Canada. We wish to support Judeo-Christian values and many of us are the silent majority who support Judaism specifically. Israel must remain Jewish and hopefully all faiths in the country can be respectful and live side-by-side.
Those of us seeking the light, tolerance and peace in the world have your backs.
The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, Canadian director Barry Avrich’s gripping account of one family’s fight for survival during Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel, has won the People’s Choice Documentary Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The film follows retired Israeli general Noam Tibon as he races across a country under siege to save his son, journalist Amir Tibon, and his family from terrorists who have infiltrated their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz near the border with Gaza.
Avrich used interviews with both men, a walk-through of the places Noam visited, dashcam and Israeli army footage, and even bodycam video live-streamed by the terrorists, to create a documentary “with the raw urgency of a survival film,” TIFF wrote in a press release.
“You could make an excellent dramatic thriller out of the bones of Noam’s story,” National Post film reviewer Chris Knight wrote this week.
The honour caps a tumultuous festival run for The Road Between Us.
TIFF organizers had pulled the documentary from the schedule in August, citing a failure to meet “legal clearance for all footage.” That decision was swiftly met with backlash from Canadian politicians and a consortium of Hollywood celebrities — including Amy Schumer, Howie Mandel, Debra Messing and Mayim Bialik — who penned a letter condemning the move.
This is a small glimmer of hope in Canada. We wish to support Judeo-Christian values and many of us are the silent majority who support Judaism specifically. Israel must remain Jewish and hopefully all faiths in the country can be respectful and live side-by-side.
Those of us seeking the light, tolerance and peace in the world have your backs.
The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, Canadian director Barry Avrich’s gripping account of one family’s fight for survival during Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel, has won the People’s Choice Documentary Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The film follows retired Israeli general Noam Tibon as he races across a country under siege to save his son, journalist Amir Tibon, and his family from terrorists who have infiltrated their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz near the border with Gaza.
Avrich used interviews with both men, a walk-through of the places Noam visited, dashcam and Israeli army footage, and even bodycam video live-streamed by the terrorists, to create a documentary “with the raw urgency of a survival film,” TIFF wrote in a press release.
“You could make an excellent dramatic thriller out of the bones of Noam’s story,” National Post film reviewer Chris Knight wrote this week.
The honour caps a tumultuous festival run for The Road Between Us.
TIFF organizers had pulled the documentary from the schedule in August, citing a failure to meet “legal clearance for all footage.” That decision was swiftly met with backlash from Canadian politicians and a consortium of Hollywood celebrities — including Amy Schumer, Howie Mandel, Debra Messing and Mayim Bialik — who penned a letter condemning the move.
