The mother of late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is boycotting the world premiere of "Rust" at a film festival in Poland on Wednesday, saying she views it as an attempt by Alec Baldwin to "unjustly profit" from her daughter's death.
The Western is premiering at the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage in the city of Torun three years after Hutchins was shot accidentally on set.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for "Rust," was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal on the set outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, in October 2021 when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer - but not the trigger - and the revolver fired.
Souza was expected to introduce the film at the festival, a popular industry event dedicated to the art of cinematography, and the premiere was being dedicated to Hutchins.
"It was always my hope to meet my daughter in Poland to watch her work come alive on screen," said Hutchins' mother Olga Solovey in a statement issued by her lawyer and carried by Britain's national news agency, PA.
