The Voice of Hind Rajab
Closing Film
Tunsia’s Submission for the 98th Academy Awards®
صوت هند رجب
89 min | Drama | 2025 | Tunisia, France | Arabic & English | English Subs
Synopsis:
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-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.
Schedule
Nov 19, 2025
Invitation Only
Director
Kaouther Ben Hania
Kaouther Ben Hania was born in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. She studied at the Ecole des Arts et du Cinéma in Tunisia, then at La Fémis and the Sorbonne in Paris. She has directed the features Les imams vont à l’école (10), The Blade of Tunis (13), Zaineb Hates the Snow (16), Beauty and the Dogs (17), The Man Who Sold His Skin (20), and Four Daughters (23), which played the Festival. The Voice of Hind Rajab (25) is her most recent film.
Credits
Director:
Kaouther Ben Hania
Executive Producers:
Kriz G. Gazmen
Annette Gozon
Carlo L. Katigbak
Producers:
Nadim Cheikhrouha
Odessa Rae
James Wilson
Cinematography:
Juan Sarmiento G.
Editing:
Qutaiba Barhamji
Maxime Mathis
Kaouther Ben Hania
Cast:
Saja Kilani
Motaz Malhees
Clara Khoury
Amer Hlehel
Screenwriters:
Kaouther Ben Hania