Alec Baldwin's Rust premiere to honour late Halyna Hutchins year on from her on-set death

Rust is set to have its world premiere at the Camerimage Film Festival next month, a year on from the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western film

Rust's premiere will honour late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, it's been announced.

Production on the Western was paused in October 2021 when a prop gun being held by lead actor Alec Baldwin, now 66, discharged, killing Halyna, 42, and injuring director Joel Souza, 51. The film was eventually finished and will now receive its first screening at the 2024 Camerimage Film Festival in Poland.

Alongside staging the world premiere, festival organisers will hold a panel discussion featuring Joel, cinematographer Bianca Cline, and Halyna's mentor Stephen Lighthill after the screening, as reported by Bang Showbiz. It will see the trio discuss events surrounding the movie and how production continued with Bianca following Halyna's death, as well as talk about the role of women in cinematography and safety on film sets.

According to Deadline, Ukrainian-born Halyna is said to have campaigned to the director early in production to screen the film at Camerimage, which honours international cinematographers. As noted by the outlet, the edition of festival held in 2021 fell just weeks after Hutchins' death.

Festival director Marek Zydowicz said in a statement: "During the festival, we honored Halyna's memory with a moment of silence and a panel of cinematographers discussed safety on set. Now, once again, together with cinematographers and film enthusiasts, we will have this special opportunity to remember her."

It is currently unclear whether Alec - whose trial for involuntary manslaughter was thrown out in July after a judge ruled evidence had been mishandled - will attend the premiere. He's repeatedly insisted that he didn't pull the trigger of the gun or know why it contained live ammunition. After the case against him was dropped, Alec said: "There are too many people who have supported me to thank just now. To all of you, you will never know how much I appreciate your kindness toward my family."

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the film's armourer, was jailed for 18 months in April after being found guilty of a charge connected to the incident. Hannah, who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, later lodged an appeal following Alec's case being dropped but it was reported just days ago that a judge had declined to dismiss the case.

Rust resumed filming last year and finished its shoot in May 2023, with Alec saying in an Instagram post marking its completion: "It's been a long and difficult road. But we reach the end of the trail today." Camerimage runs from November 16-23.

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