With: Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Clara Khoury, Amer Hlehel.
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 5-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.
Festivals & Awards
82nd Venice International Film Festival – Official Competition – Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize & 7 collateral Awards
50th Toronto International Film Festival – Special Presentations
30th Busan International Film Festival – World Cinema Section
73rd San Sebastian International Film Festival – Perlak – AUDIENCE AWARD
Zurich Film Festival 2025 – Border Lines
27th Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival – Mostra World Panorama
Film Fest Gent 2025 – GRAND PRIX for Best Film
Hamptons International Film Festival 2025 – US Premiere – Conflict & Resolution
69th BFI London Film Festival – Official Competition
Chicago International Film Festival 2025 – Silver Hugo Jury Award to Kaouther Ben Hania
Warsaw International Film Festival – AUDIENCE AWARD
AFI Fest 2025 – World Cinema
CINEMED 2025 – Audience Award & Critics’ Award
Middleburg Film Festival – Best International Feature
La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival – AUDIENCE AWARD
PÖFF – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – Best of Festivals
38th European Film Awards (EFA) – Nomination for Best European Film & Best Sound Designers
Mostra de València – Cinema del Mediterrani – AUDIENCE AWARD
Brighton Cinecity – Audience Award
Leeds Film Festival – AUDIENCE AWARD & Best Fiction Feature
70th Cork International Film Festival – AUDIENCE AWARD
Doha Film festival – Youth Jury – Best Feature Film
French Film Festival London 2025
Red Sea Film Festival 2025
Golden Globes 2025 – Nomination for Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language category
98th Academy Awards®️ Shortlist Selection – Best International Film
2026 Cinema Eye Honors – Heterodox Award Nominee
Press
“Resonates with enormous power.”
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“A Tender and Devastating Elegy.”
INDIEWIRE
“The most indispensable film of the decade.”
AWARDS WATCH
“Vital.”
“The lightning rod the Free Palestine movement is waiting for.”
DEADLINE
“Wrenching.”
SCREENDAILY
