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The controversial and zig-zagging journey for the Oct. 7 rescue movie The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue <\/em>had another twist on Sunday when it picked up <\/a>the People\u2019s Choice award for best documentary at the Toronto Film Festival.<\/p>\n Director Barry Avrich\u2019s documentary is about a retired Tel Aviv general driving through great danger to save his son\u2019s family at a kibbutz near Gaza\u00a0on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cTo win this award is thrilling for Mark and I. The audience voted and I appreciate that. And we look forward to the rest of this journey,\u201d Avrich said while accepting the doc audience award trophy at the Lightbox theater alongside producer Mark Selby. The Canadian documentary <\/a>centers on retired Israeli general Noam Tibon rescuing his family, including his son, from Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023 when they invaded kibbutz Nahal Oz.<\/p>\n The Road Between Us <\/em>generated buzz at TIFF with a world premiere that sparked pre-festival programming intrigue, cheers during a single Roy Thomson Hall screening on Sept. 10 and a tense protest <\/a>amid the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict involving supporters from both sides outside the high profile Toronto festival venue.<\/p>\n TIFF organizers first invited Avrich\u2019s film for its 2025 edition, and then disinvited the title, only to then reinstated the film after an outcry from the Canadian Jewish community and politicians and influencers in Israel. Eventually, Avrich and TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey settled their differences over \u201csafety, legal and programming concerns\u201d to allow the world premiere for the documentary to go ahead during the 50th<\/sup> edition.<\/p>\n Fest organizers raised early flags that clearances for footage of terrorist attacks taken by Hamas cameras and included in the documentary had not been obtained. It\u2019s understood that security concerns over a possible protest against the Israel Oct. 7 film also were in play.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Cameron, thank you. I appreciate everything that TIFF has done for us,\u201d a magnanimous\u00a0Avrich said Sunday morning as he turned to Bailey on the Lightbox stage after accepting the award. For his part, producer Selby added in his own acceptance remarks: \u201cI hope that all the filmmakers of this festival feel as supported as Barry and I did during this whole process.\u201d <\/p>\n The Road Between Us <\/em>will be mostly self-released <\/a>on around 125 screens in more than 20 cities throughout North America beginning Oct. 3.<\/p>\n Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The controversial and zig-zagging journey for the Oct. 7 rescue movie The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue had another twist on Sunday when it picked up the People\u2019s Choice award for best documentary at the Toronto Film Festival. 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