Документальный фильм о спасении восьмерых людей в подвесном канатном пути в Пакистане выходит в британские кинотеатры

Cinema Entertainment Hanging By A Wire: Pakistan cable car rescue film out   By Safiyyah Tayyeb Community Reporter 0 Comments Hanging By A Wire is based on a true story of when eight young boys dangled in mid-air in a cable car, after one of two cables snapped between the remote villages of Jhangri and Battangi. (Image: Dogwoof) This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A documentary telling the extraordinary true story of eight people left stranded in a cable car high above a ravine in northern Pakistan is now showing in cinemas across the UK. Hanging By A Wire follows the 2023 cable-car rescue in the Himalayan foothills of Pakistan, when a routine school journey became a race against time. The film is directed by Mohammed Ali “Mo” Naqvi, a Pakistani-American filmmaker, producer and cultural strategist originally from Karachi. The documentary centres on an incident in the Allai Valley in Battagram, northern Pakistan, where a makeshift cable car was carrying eight people, including six schoolboys, on their journey to school. A supporting cable snapped, leaving the passengers suspended around 900 feet above a ravine. Families waited below as civilian rescuers, police and military personnel worked to bring everyone to safety. Dogwoof, the UK distributor, said the emergency quickly became an international story as the rescue was followed live on television and social media. The film explores the fear facing the passengers and the immense pressure on rescuers, with the cable car left hanging from a single remaining wire. Naqvi directed, produced and co-wrote the documentary with Bilal Sami. His previous work includes Netflix’s Turning Point, the BBC documentary The Accused: Damned or Devoted?, Channel 4’s Pakistan’s Hidden Shame and the award-winning documentary Among the Believers. Hanging By A Wire had its world premiere as an Opening Day selection in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2026. It has also screened at Tribeca, where it was listed as a UK, US and Pakistan co-production, with dialogue in English, Urdu, and Pashto. The film opened in selected UK cinemas on August 28 and is continuing its rollout through September. Screenings listed by Dogwoof include venues in London, Manchester, Rochdale, Chester, Liverpool, Leeds, Huddersfield, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Cardiff and Glasgow, as well as The Magic Lantern cinema in Tywyn and Zeffirellis in Ambleside. Further screenings are scheduled at cinemas in Chichester, Colchester and Bury St Edmunds later this month. Viewers are advised to check directly with their local cinema before travelling because dates and screening times can change. The documentary is also due to arrive on Paramount+ on October 28, after its cinema release. Cinema Entertainment 0 Comments Get involved with the news Send your news & photos