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Opening Night: The Voice of Hind Rajab + ScreenTalk with Amer Hlehel and Khalid Abdalla (18*)

London Palestine Film Festival 2025

,Cinema 1

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. They do everything they can to get help to her.  

Oscar–nominated Kaouther Ben Hania’s recreation of this devastating emergency as a powerful narrative work uses real call recordings and scripted re-enactments based on first-hand testimonies and transcripts.  

Compelling and tense, The Voice of Hind Rajab is a single-location drama where dispatchers juggle protocol, panic and moral urgency, trying to comfort Hind Rajab while negotiating an impossible reality. Although we know the heartbreaking outcome, Hind was killed by Israel’s military, Ben Hania still builds unbearable suspense and a tragic sense of helplessness — honouring an innocent life and those who tried to save her. 

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Please note: This film is based on real events, and contains distressing content including realistic depictions of warfare, violence against civilians, the death of a child and real emergency call audio recorded by the Palestine Red Crescent. The imagery and mature themes of this film may be difficult for some audience members.  

Film information
  • Release year   2025
  • Country of origin   Tunisia/France
  • Director   Kaouther Ben Hania
  • Runtime   1hr 29mins

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