The Voice of Hind Rajab – Oscar® Nominated!

The Voice of Hind Rajab is a 2026 Academy Award nominee for Best International Feature Film.

Director Kaouther Ben Hania in conversation with AFMI Executive Director Serge Bakalian after the 2/26 show!

2/26 show AT RUSH!

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.]

“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