The Voice of Hind Rajab – Oscar® Shortlisted!

The Voice of Hind Rajab is a 2026 Golden Globe nominee for best non-english language film, and is shortlisted for International Film Feature in the 98th annual Academy Awards.

WINNER, GRAND JURY PRIZE, 2025 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

Q&A with actor Amer Hlehel IN PERSON, moderated by filmmakers Jeffrey Friedman & Connie Fields, Saturday, January 10!

January 29, 2024: a 5-year-old girl, Hind Rajab, is trapped in a car under heavy fire in Gaza, the sole survivor. Her emergency calls reach the volunteers of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, who desperately attempt to calm and rescue her—the latter obstructed by IDF checkpoints and the unlikelihood of safe passage. In THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania (FOUR DAUGHTERS, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN) blends the actual phone recordings—which went viral several weeks after this incident with dramatizations of the emergency workers racing against time, and the situation’s emotional impact, to coordinate paramedics who could save her. By focusing on one life—and the lives of volunteers who risk their lives to save civilians—Ben Hania brings humanity and urgency to a war that has killed or caused the deaths of over 70,000, per a recent UN estimate. [Note: the film was made in partnership and collaboration with Rajab’s family and Palestine Red Crescent.]

Tunisia’s Official Submission to the Oscars

“The most vital film of the decade. An astonishing blend of dramatisation and reality” – GQ

“No other film this year will get more people talking, or more people crying. ★★★★★” – BBC

“A fierce, vehement piece of work.”
– London Eveing Standard

* About Amer Hlehel:
Palestinian Actor, director and playwright Amer Hlehel is known for his appearance in several films such as Mediterranean Fever, Alam, The Stranger – Al Garib, Tel Aviv on Fire, Personal Affairs, The Time that Remains, Amreeka, and the Golden Globe award-winning Paradise Now.