FILMS
CRIME OR RESCUE
Crime or Rescue follows radical animal activists who risk prison to rescue animals from testing facilities and factory farms — and unexpectedly fall in love during filming.
Rose Patterson, a UK rebel who breaks into animal testing facilities under cover of night, and Wayne Hsiung, an American lawyer fighting to establish a legal right to rescue. Separated by an ocean and bound by court orders, they fall in love across borders — and eventually marry.
As their legal battles mount and their missions grow more daring, one question becomes impossible to ignore: is it a crime, or a rescue?
Directed by Rebecca Loviconi
Executive Producers: Moby, Ellen Windemuth (Oscar- and BAFTA-winning My Octopus Teacher) and Jay Karandikar.
Soundtrack by Moby
Crime or Rescue is a feature documentary — adaptable as a three-part docuseries — directed by award-winning filmmaker and photojournalist Rebecca Loviconi (SLAY). The film follows radical animal activists conducting open rescues at testing facilities and factory farms across the US and UK, combining exclusive frontline footage with a remarkable love story at the heart of the movement.
Executive Producers behind the film are six-time Grammy-nominated musician and long-time animal rights campaigner Moby, Ellen Windemuth, Executive Producer of My Octopus Teacher (Netflix), and Jay Karandikar (SLAY, Humans and Other Animals).
European producer-distributor Off The Fence has now boarded the pic and is readying it as a package for the market.
Currently in production and post-production, expected late 2026.
