Rust premieres three years after fatal shooting - but cinematographer's mum refuses to attend

The first crowd to see "Rust" audibly gasped during a scene that eerily paralleled the real life tragedy that happened during filming ... when Alec Baldwin shot..

Alec Baldwin was absent from today's "Rust" premiere, hanging out instead in NYC this week -- as the film's opening focused on honoring cinematographer Halyna..

Moviegoers will get a chance to see the world from Halyna Hutchins' point of view when they go see "Rust" ... so says the new cinematographer brought on to..

Alec Baldwin is not off the hook for Halyna Hutchins' death as far as the "Rust" cinematographer's Ukrainian family is concerned -- her mother is ripping into..