It was in October 2021 that the film's lead actor Alec Baldwin fired a shot with a gun that was supposed to be loaded with blanks – but which turned out to be live.
The shot hit and killed film photographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.
Halyna Hutchins' mother Olga Solovey is boycotting Wednesday's film premiere. She sees it as an attempt by Alec Baldwin to use her daughter's death for financial gain, she says in a statement via her lawyer to the British news agency PA.
The court dropped the charges against Alec Baldwin for causing another person's death. However, lawsuits against him remain, including one from Hutchins' mother. The film's armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was sentenced to 18 months in prison for causing another person's death earlier this year.
The film's director Souza will present the film, and the premiere will be dedicated to Hutchins.
Souza tells AFP that the incident left him emotionally devastated. He admits that he wondered whether he should finish the film.
"I was definitely hesitant. There was a time when I thought I didn't want to make films anymore", he said.
What convinced Souza was the knowledge that Hutchins' husband wanted her last work to be shown.
Alec Baldwin will not be attending the premiere, announces the film festival Camerimage.
