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The Voice of Hind Rajab: Tunisian director’s devastating film about Palestine is up for an Oscar

The Voice of Hind Rajab made an immediate impact when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2025, receiving a 23-minute standing ovation and seven awards. More were to follow as it played at festivals around the world.

The Conversation

Reality winners: the rise and rise of the ‘verbatim’ movie

From Kaouther Ben Hania’s reconstruction of the killing of a five-year-old Gazan girl in The Voice of Hind Rajab to Ira Sachs use of a taped interview in Peter Hujar’s Day, real-life dialogue is being turned into drama

The Guardian - UK

Dozens of artists call for end to Israel’s ‘systematic attacks’ on Gaza hospitals

Actors, doctors and human rights leaders sign letter calling for restoration of medical care to ‘collapsed’ system

The Guardian - US

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‘It felt like she was asking me to save her’: the film based on a five-year-old Palestinian girl’s dying pleas

The Voice of Hind Rajab has stunned audiences with its use of the real-life audio of a girl’s call for help after her family’s car was attacked by an Israeli tank in Gaza. Its director explains why she had to tell Hind’s tragic story

The Guardian - UK

'The Voice of Hind Rajab': Blending documentary and fiction to portray the war in Gaza

How can filmmakers tell the horrors of the war in Gaza without distorting reality? With 'The Voice of Hind Rajab', director Kaouther Ben Hania offers an answer, halfway between documentary and fiction.

Euronews

How the last words of a little girl in Gaza became an award-winning film

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab is based on a recording of a six-year-old girl trapped under fire in Gaza, calling the Palestinian Red Crescent for help. RFI spoke to the director about why it was so important to her to make this film, which was…

Radio France Internationale

The Voice of Hind Rajab was better than the film which won Venice. But that result wasn’t a cop-out

Many felt Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza docufiction was robbed when Jim Jarmusch’s latest took the top prize. Yet accusations of moral cowardice on the part of the jury are naive and unfair

The Guardian - UK

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Gaza war film The Voice of Hind Rajab wins 2nd prize at Venice festival

Director Ben Hania pays tribute to slain five-year old Palestinian girl, calls for accountability for Israeli killings.

Al Jazeera

Gaza Film At Venice Targeted By Hate Campaign, Director Says

At its premiere, a powerful new Gaza film at the Venice Film Festival sparked 23 minutes of sustained applause.

International Business Times

The Voice of Hind Rajab review – provocative docufiction is fierce, urgent and heart-shattering

In an audacious move, director Kaouther Ben Hania reconstructs the killing of the five-year-old in Gaza using her real voice as she is bombarded by the Israeli army

The Guardian - UK

Filmmakers of 'Voice of Hind Rajab' condemn 'dehumanisation' in Gaza

At the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, the filmmakers and cast of Kaouther Ben Hania’s 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' made an emotional appeal to end the violence in Gaza, earning a standing ovation as they entered.

Euronews

Harrowing Docu-drama Gives 'Voice' To Gaza Victims At Venice Festival

A gut-wrenching film premiering at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday about a five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year gives a "voice" to Palestinian victims of the war, its director said.

International Business Times

In the shattering ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab,’ the story of a 6-year-old killed in Gaza

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's” The Voice of Hind Rajab” is debuting at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday

The Independent UK

Director Kaouther Ben Hania's Profound Exploration Of Family Dynamics

Explore the unique storytelling of 'Four Daughters,' a film blurring reality and fiction to portray a Tunisian family's struggles authentically.

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The Guardian - US

‘A very emotional shoot’: behind Four Daughters, an unusual, Oscar-tipped film

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania crafts a unique docudrama look at a family torn apart when two daughters leave to join the Islamic State

Salon

When your kids are radicalized by ISIS

Tunisia's Oscar submission is a cathartic meta-film that collaborates with a family whose daughters joined ISIS

France 24

Cannes movie explores roots of Sudan bloodshed, making festival history

Tunisia’s Kaouther Ben Hania joined early frontrunners for the Palme d’Or in Cannes with her haunting “Four Daughters”, about the decision by a group of teenage girls to join the jihad in Syria. Meanwhile, Africa’s “Cannes moment” continued with the timely screening of Sudanese drama “Goodbye Julia”, whose director spoke…

France 24

Africa’s ‘Cannes moment’ opens with tribute to Malian great Souleymane Cissé

The record number of African films at the 76th Cannes Film Festival has fuelled talk of a moviemaking revival on the continent, powered by a new generation of female directors. Fittingly, this year’s Carrosse d’Or award, part of the Directors Fortnight strand, went to Mali’s Souleymane Cissé, the veteran director…

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France 24

Indy, Scorsese and an African revival: What to expect from Cannes 2023

The Cannes Film Festival is poised to launch a blockbuster 76th edition on Tuesday stacked with celebrated auteurs and Hollywood star power, confident that it has weathered the Covid pandemic and upheld its status as the guardian of the big screen. In a belated and welcome sign of change, this…

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