The Voice of Hind Rajab
Kaouther Ben Hania
FR/TN/US,
2025,
89 min
Cast
Motaz Malhees, Saja Kilani, Amer Hlehel
Spoken language
Arabic
Subtitles
Nederlands, Frans
Nominated for the Oscar for Best International Feature
The Gaza genocide made Kaouther Ben Hania make her most urgent film to date. A true story that deserves a worldwide audience, and which won the Silver Lion on the Venice Film Festival and the Grand Prix in Ghent.
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A five-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.
Kaouther Ben Hania: “I can not accept a world in which a child calls for help and no-one answers. That pain, that failure, is for all of us.”
