"The Voice of Hind Rajab has been nominated for an Academy Award for best international feature, a recognition for the Tunisian film that features the voice of a 5-year-old girl whose phone call begging for help was heard across the world before she was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The film is a mix of a documentary and drama that weaves in the recordings of Hind's phone call along with scripted, dramatized scenes of Palestinian Red Crescent dispatchers as they agonized over trying to save her. It was nominated alongside four other films."
"The announcement comes just a week before the second anniversary of Hind's killing on January 29, 2024. When The Voice of Hind Rajab premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year, the film received the longest standing ovation in the festival's history, lasting 23 minutes. It has been hailed as a crucial entry into the stories of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza."
The Voice of Hind Rajab received an Academy Award nomination for Best International Feature. The film centers on the recorded phone call of a five-year-old girl who begged for help before being killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The work combines documentary recordings with dramatized scenes of Palestinian Red Crescent dispatchers struggling to respond and save her. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival to a 23-minute standing ovation. The nomination was announced one week before the second anniversary of the girl's killing on January 29, 2024. The director is Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania.
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