January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.
Kaouther Ben Hania
She studied Cinema at the Tunisian École des Arts et du Cinéma (EDAC), and later in Paris (at La Fémis and La Sorbonne). After directing several short films, she shot the feature-length documentaries ‘Imams go to School’ (2010) and ‘Zaineb Hates the Snow’ (2016, selected in Locarno). Her first fiction feature, ‘Challat of Tunis’ (2013), opened the ACID section of the Cannes Film Festival, and her second, ‘Beauty and the Dogs’ (2017), premiered at Un Certain Regard, before receiving the Meeting Point’s Youth Award at Seminci. Her next work, ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ (2020), premiered in Venice and was nominated for an Oscar, while ‘Four Daughters’ (2023) was premiered in Cannes where it won the Golden Eye for the best documentary film of the festival and earned her a second Oscar nomination. ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ (2025) premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize and eight other awards, before receiving the audience award in San Sebastián.
DIRECTOR
Kaouther Ben Hania
SCREENPLAY
Kaouther Ben Hania
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Juan Sarmiento G.
EDITOR
Qutaiba Barhamji, Kaouther Ben Hania, Maxime Mathis
SOUND
Amal Attia, Elias Boughedir, Gwennolé Leborgne, Marion Papinot, Lars Ginzel
MUSIC
Amine Bouhafa
PRODUCTION
Nadim Cheikhrouha, Odessa Rae, James Wilson, Baptiste Leroy
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Mime Films, Tanit Films
CAST
Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Clara Khoury, Amer Hlehel
