The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)

Original title

صوت هند رجب

Directed by

Kaouther Ben Hania

Genre

drama film, docudrama

Country

Tunisia, United Kingdom, France

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 318 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This docudrama recreates the real-world events around the death of five-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza. It follows the Red Crescent rescue workers trying to reach her as an Israeli military operation unfolds around them.

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What happens

The Voice of Hind Rajab (Arabic: صوت هند رجب, romanized: Ṣawt Hind Rajab) is a 2025 docudrama film written and directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. It follows the Red Crescent response during the killing of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl, by the Israel Defense Forces during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. It stars Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Amer Hlehel, and Clara Khoury. The film is a co-production between Tunisia and France. The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 3 September 2025, where it won the Grand Jury Prize and six other parallel prizes. It was theatrically released in Tunisia on 10 September, and was released in France on 26 November by Jour2Fête. At the 98th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best International Feature Film as the Tunisian entry. At the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, it was also nominated for Best Non-English Language Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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