The Voice of Hind Rajab

By Kaouther Ben Hania

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

 

Stills

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