Close Your Eyes Hind (2025)
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, war drama
- Country
- Netherlands
- Runtime
- 32 min
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film tells the true story of Hind Rajab, a five year old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in 2024. It shows her final moments from her perspective.
tragicsomberemotionalintimatestarksomberquietly devastating
What happens
Close Your Eyes Hind is a 2025 Dutch biographical war drama short film written, directed, edited, and produced by Amir Zaza, based on the killing of Hind Rajab. It stars Patel Akkad as Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by the Israel Defense Forces during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip on 29 January 2024. The film made its world premiere at a benefit screening at the Focus Filmtheater Arnhem in the Netherlands on 18 June 2025, and was broadcast on television by NPO 2 on 6 November 2025. It won the Golden Calf for Best Short Film at the 2025 Netherlands Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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